That's number one! $100 million of investors money down the drain. Hydrogen is no solution for aircraft. Using H2 as a fuel is a complete waste of energy. First of all it takes vast amounts of green energy to produce these amounts of H2. https://lnkd.in/emajGpiz 2) there is almost no infrastructure in place to provide all the airports with H2. The gas grid in most countries is not suitable for transporting H2. https://lnkd.in/eqzdcdr5 3) the extra heavy and large cryogenic/compressed hydrogen tanks will reduce the payload of an aircraft by at least 15-40% https://lnkd.in/eGN8-SGG 4) The re-fuelling of H2 planes is going to be a lot more difficult due to the fact that 1000 litres of liquid H2 weighs only 71 kg not accounting for the problems when handling H2 of -252 degrees C. https://lnkd.in/e2UhpGxB 5) there are serious safety issues with the use of H2. 40 grams of hydrogen has the explosive of 1 kg TNT 6) Airbus says they have a production model ready by 2035. The world can’t wait that long. If you want a scientific view on H2 klick here. https://lnkd.in/gxyvksGB
Hydrogen in aviation: Explainer video with Bernard van Dijk
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Giorgio Betteto
7mo
Points 2, 3 and 4 , and also 5 are valid also for EV battery powered planes. So SAF is the only short-medium term solution?
As a company developing nexgen hybrid light aircraft solutions, we cannot agree more. However, the large sums of cash incentives to chase the impossible dream are detrimental to the investment in viable solutions. Thank you for your constant logical and understandable explanations that help us in the industry be better equipped to respond in discussion with our various potential sponsors
Martin Salamon
7mo
Soon we’ll have CATL airplanes 🙂 https://electrek.co/2024/06/25/catl-successfully-tests-electric-plane-1800-mile-model-nears/
Bernard Dijk van thank you for sharing, very informative and interesting post. Hydrogen powered aviation for commercial use will have many challenges to overcome. I am not optimistic for its deployment in the near future. I have worked in cryogenic LNG industry and I can confirm that handling of liquid hydrogen in commercial environments such as airports is going to be extremely difficult and expensive with huge safety challenges.
It’s been obvious for a long time Hydrogen would be a non starter for all transport applications.
Mark White
7mo
Nice explanation on the drawbacks of hydrogen for aircraft, so what motivation would anyone have for doing it?
H2 tanks also will need far more space in the airplane for less fuel, space that would be unavailable for passengers or luggage, etc. The energy density of H2 is rather low.
Stan Sanders
7mo
Look at Heliogen
CEO of Abbink Aviation Consultancy
7moMaybe the only good way to use H2 in net-zero CO2 aviations is as a step towards PtL SAF. Maybe not as energy efficient as electric or H2, but a lot more effective, directly appliccable and without large aircraft design and major infrastructure investments and changes at airports. At least till 2050. But large investments in green H2 production and CO2 capture will be necessary to gradually produce more and more green PtL SAF.