Future Hydrogen Fueled Commercial Transports

750615

02/01/1975

Event
National Air Transportation Meeting
Authors Abstract
Content
Liquid hydrogen has been proposed as an alternate fuel for aircraft to supplant our dwindling and increasingly costly and insecure hydrocarbon fuels. It is plentiful in supply, recyclable after combustion, low in pollutant and toxic products, high energy content per unit mass, and compatible with state-of-the-art engine technology. Its low density, storage and handling problems, uncertain costs, and safety aspects are facets that have to be dealt with before widespread application is accepted.
This paper outlines some of the airplane design problems and economic aspects of subsonic commercial transports that might be evolved using liquid hydrogen as fuel. Both short and medium haul applications are considered and it will be shown that whatever the category in terms of size and range, these aircraft can compete with equivalent concepts utilizing conventional hydrocarbon jet fuels.
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DOI
https://doi.org/10.4271/750615
Pages
10
Citation
Carline, A., "Future Hydrogen Fueled Commercial Transports," SAE Technical Paper 750615, 1975, https://doi.org/10.4271/750615.
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Publisher
Published
Feb 1, 1975
Product Code
750615
Content Type
Technical Paper
Language
English