A vehicle (10), preferably an unmanned and/or autonomous vehicle for example an unmanned aerial vehicle, UAV, is described. The vehicle (10) comprises: a set of structural components (100), arranged to provide, at least in part, a structure of the vehicle (10) and to resist, at least in part, internal and external forces in one, two or three dimensions; a propulsion system (600), arranged to propel the vehicle (10), and/or an auxiliary power supply (700), arranged to provide electrical power to the vehicle (10); a set of hydrogen storage devices (200), including a first hydrogen storage device (200A), and optionally a set of heaters (300) including a first heater (300A), wherein the set of hydrogen storage devices (200) is arranged to provide hydrogen gas to the propulsion system (600) and/or to the auxiliary power supply (700); wherein the first hydrogen storage device (200A) comprises: a pressure vessel (230A), having a first fluid inlet (210A) and a first fluid outlet (220A), comprising therein a thermally conducting network (240A) optionally thermally coupled to the first heater (300A), wherein the pressure vessel (230A) is arranged to receive therein a hydrogen storage material in thermal contact, at least in part, with the thermally conducting network (240A); and preferably, wherein the thermally conducting network (240A) has a lattice geometry, a gyroidal geometry and/or a fractal geometry in two and/or three dimensions; and wherein the first hydrogen storage device (200A_, preferably the pressure vessel and/or the thermally conducting network (230A) thereof, provides a first structural component (100A) of the set of structural components (100).
VEHICLE
FAHRZEUG
VÉHICULE
2022-03-30
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | F17C Behälter zum Aufnehmen oder Speichern verdichteter, verflüssigter oder verfestigter Gase , VESSELS FOR CONTAINING OR STORING COMPRESSED, LIQUEFIED, OR SOLIDIFIED GASES / B64C AEROPLANES , Flugzeuge / B64D Ausrüstung für Flugzeuge , EQUIPMENT FOR FITTING IN OR TO AIRCRAFT / B64F GROUND OR AIRCRAFT-CARRIER-DECK INSTALLATIONS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR USE IN CONNECTION WITH AIRCRAFT , Boden- oder Flugzeugträgerdeckeinrichtungen besonders ausgebildet für die Verwendung in Verbindung mit Luftfahrzeugen |
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