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NExt generation high poWer fuel cells for airBORNe applications

Description du projet

Vers des piles à combustible vertes pour l'aviation

La transition vers des infrastructures énergétiques propres et durables est sans limite. L'aviation, qui représente 12 % des émissions de CO2 liées aux transports, a un rôle important à jouer. Le projet NEWBORN, financé par l’UE, appliquera le principe du tremplin et mettra sur le marché des piles à combustible adaptées à l’aviation. Ce projet permettra d’obtenir des données opérationnelles à l’appui de la certification CS-25 des avions. Réunissant 18 partenaires de diverses disciplines, dont trois partenaires non traditionnels de l’aérospatiale et deux PME, NEWBORN travaillera sur 28 technologies habilitantes clés. D’ici à la fin de 2025, le projet fera la démonstration d’une technologie de source d’énergie à base de piles à combustible largement évolutive. L’objectif global est d’atteindre une efficacité du système de propulsion de 50 % d’ici 2026.

Objectif

NEWBORN focuses on realistic and commercially viable project outcomes significantly exceeding the Call topic Expected Outcomes. This is the only path to bring a real impact, well beyond paperwork and test rigs. With this in mind, the project applies the steppingstone principle and intends to bring aviation graded fuel cells into the market as soon as safely possible. This will generate operational data to support certification on CS-25 aircraft. It will further provide vital acceptance gap mitigation in the conservative air transport environment. The 18 multi-disciplinary partners, including 3 non-traditional aerospace partners and 2 SMEs, will work on 28 key enabling technologies. They will be matured and optimized to support an EIS of CS-23 aircraft by 2030 and regional aircraft by 2035. The ambition of the project is to achieve an overall propulsion system efficiency of 50% by 2026, calculated as a ratio of energy on the propeller shaft to the hydrogen lower heating value. This ambition greatly surpasses the expected outcome of the HPA-02 Call. Similarly, by the end of 2025, the project will demonstrate widely scalable fuel cell power source technology with a power density of >1.2 kW/kg and stack power density of >5 kW/kg. Technologies will be adaptable to different maximum flight altitudes of ≤ FL250 and ≤FL450, and scalable down to ~250kW and reusable for secondary power in SMR flying altitudes by 2026. An innovative cryogenic tank concept will be integrated, demonstrating a gravimetric index of 35% for the CS-23 aircraft and scalable up to 50% for regional aircraft. The project will also address high power density high voltage energy conversion, propulsion systems, and the next generation microtube heat exchangers, along with an accurate digital twin of the overall system. All together, NEWBORN will develop a technology demonstrator prepared for flight demonstration in Clean Aviation Phase 2.

Coordinateur

HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL SRO
Contribution nette de l'UE
€ 8 945 426,88
Adresse
V PARKU 2325/16 CHODOV
148 00 Praha
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Région
Česko Severozápad Ústecký kraj
Type d’activité
Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
Liens
Coût total
€ 12 779 181,25

Participants (15)

Partenaires (3)