Periodic Reporting for period 1 - NEWBORN (NExt generation high poWer fuel cells for airBORNe applications)
Période du rapport: 2023-01-01 au 2023-06-30
The key innovation areas of the project are:
* Internally modular aerospace PEM fuel cell stack with high power density of >5kW/kg, operating temperature >105 °C, and high output power (designed for up to 1 MW, demonstrated in an intermediate configuration of 720 kW)
* Self-regulated structural and conformal load-bearing cryogenic tank with high gravimetric index and minimal boil-off in 24 hours.
* Dual architecture air supply system
* Tightly integrated thermal management system
* Lightweight & low pressure drop heat exchangers
* Multi-fidelity digital twin
* Redundant modular bus-tie DC/DC converters with extreme power density of >20 kW/kg and >98% efficiency, scalable up to 10 MW
* High availability control system architecture
* Scalable high voltage propulsion subsystem with high power density
* Battery pack technology concept with innovative thermal management
During RP1 the project delivered following results:
* Aircraft level requirements summary
* Integration concepts for commuter and regional category of Aircraft
* Solution scalability analysysis summary
* Concept for parallelization to achieve higher power output
* Analysis of requirements alignment between NEWBORN and H2ELIOS projects
* Initial architecture of air supply system including humidity management and initial test strategies
* Preliminary fuel cell system specification
* Preliminary MEA optimization report
* Initial stack cell voltage monitoring system integration concept
* System-level thermal analysis and simulations
* Thermal management subsystem architecture description
* Aircraft-level thermal management analysis
* Initial architecture of the control system
* Selection of the control system platform
* Initial control system architecture
* Architecture of power distribution system
* Electric system simulation modes
* Preliminary electric system simulation results
* Motor inverter trade study
* Motor inverter PDR