Since the great benefits and potential of the hydrogen, there are more and more industries that seek to make the most of this element that is found in abundant quantities in nature. Well now imagine that a group of specialists would already be looking for a way to power airplanes with it, isn’t it amazing what it is capable of achieving?
Hydrogen takes over another sector: this project will facilitate the use of hydrogen in airplanes
Now a company is looking for a way to make use of hydrogen in the field of air mobility, for which it is investing large amounts of money by launching a project to develop semiconductor technologies for electric propulsion.
We are talking about Airbus UpNext, the Airbus subsidiary, was the one that launched the Cryoprop project. This is based on a 2 megawatt semiconductor electric propulsion system. The system in question was developed by different Airbus teams, including Germany, France, Toulouse and Ottobrunn.
Imagine that the world of sustainable and efficient land mobility moves to larger, large-scale projects such as the transfer of hydrogen to air transport, not only we would reduce carbon dioxide levels In land mobility, we would also begin to do the same with air mobility.
Old research led the company to a new discovery
It is important to note that this is not the first project that Airbus UpNext has carried out since it previously worked for years on a superconductor technology intended for electric propulsion of considerably high powers. With these previous projects they came to develop a 500 kW cryogenic propulsion system.
The executive director of the prestigious company, Michael Augello, indicated that previous projects demonstrated that superconducting technologies can be very beneficial, so much so that they could be the key to high-power electrification in the next hydrogen airplanes that we will see in a future not too distant as everyone thinks.
Regarding this new project, Augello believes that the performance of the propulsion systems could be greatly improved. This would translate into greater savings in the weight of the plane and fuel. Furthermore, this would be a great alternative to maintain a low rate of environmental pollution, reducing the use of fossil fuels.
What is the objective of this innovative project?
The main idea of this project would be confirm the potential of superconducting energies For airplanes that are developed in the future, all this would be done at the same time in which some specific details would be evaluated such as the safety of the airplane, the maintenance that it may require and how often, on the other hand, the operations and also the industrialization of these promising ecological aircraft.
Another of the ideas with which Airbus UpNext makes Cryoprop It is with the intention of evaluating the economic and technical feasibility of. These technologies, in addition to position itself as one of the pioneering companies in taking hydrogen to the heightsbecoming one of the first leaders in efficient and sustainable aeronautical propulsion.
The new launch of this company has become a very important event since it focuses on finding new techniques that advance semiconductor electric propulsion technology. In this way, the path would be beginning to open towards a future of aviation that would never have been thought of before, with a totally modern, innovative and, above all, efficient and environmentally friendly approach.
