Aviation giant Airbus successfully completed testing of its ‘iron pad’ hydrogen fuel cell system and plans to test it on an Airbus A380 by 2026. The A380 is a ZEROe test bed, which is a part of the ZEROe project.
But, what does ZEROe even mean? The project aims to develop a sustainable fuel system under the company’s zero-emission initiative.
Currently, the fuel cell system can achieve a total power output of 1.2 megawatts. Since it’s in its early stages, the engine was tested under life-like conditions in a facility instead of being put on a plane.
That doesn’t mean it didn’t have all the required parts, though. It included electric motors and a gearbox but compensated a jet propellor with artificial electromagnetic load. READ MORE...
