Aircraft power plants including hydrogen turbo-expanders, and associated methods are provided. One method of operating an aircraft power plant includes: driving a load onboard an aircraft with a combustion engine; heating a solid metal hydride onboard the aircraft to cause hydrogen gas to be released from the solid metal hydride; expanding the hydrogen gas through a turbo-expander to produce work; and using the work produced by the turbo-expander to drive the load.
AIRCRAFT POWER PLANT WITH HYDROGEN TURBO-EXPANDER
GROUPES MOTOPROPULSEURS D'AERONEF AVEC TURBODETENTEUR A HYDROGENE
2024-01-14
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B64D Ausrüstung für Flugzeuge , EQUIPMENT FOR FITTING IN OR TO AIRCRAFT |
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