NASA Extends Work On Hydrogen-Fueled And Cooled Airliner Concept

Graham Warwick July 21, 2023
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
The Cheeta concept is powered by fuel cells filed with liquid hydrogen from tanks above the cabin.
Credit: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
NASA has signed a new cooperative agreement with the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign to extend work on a zero-emission aircraft propulsion concept that uses liquid hydrogen as both an energy carrier and a cryogen to enable superconductivity to increase efficiency and reduce weight. The...
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