In France, ZeroAvia announced the UK Government has awarded the company and consortium partners a grant to develop a novel liquid hydrogen management system. The project, co-funded through the ATI Programme, will culminate in integration of the lightweight fuel system into a Dornier 228 before a series of flight tests.
The Liquid Hydrogen System Integration & Flight Test (LH-SIFT) project will rapidly develop a Liquid Hydrogen Management System (LHMS) and create an adaptable flight testbed capability. The testbed capability will benefit UK and global LH2 supply chains in maturing liquid hydrogen technologies faster, the firm said.
Consortium partners Green Resource Engineering and Gas & Liquid Controls will collaborate with ZeroAvia on fill, feed, vent and vaporiser systems.
The project will also establish what it claims to be the world’s first liquid hydrogen flying commercial airframe testbed.
ZeroAvia is advancing certification of a 600kW hydrogen-electric powertrain for 10-20 seat planes using gaseous hydrogen fuel.
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