A hydrogen-fuelled aircraft 100 comprises a fuselage 118, wings 116A, 116B and four cylindrical elongate hydrogen storage tanks 112A-D mounted on the exterior of the fuselage. An aerodynamic fairing 114 forms a continuous air-washed surface of the aircraft together with a lower portion of the fuselage. The hydrogen storage tanks extend generally parallel to the fuselage and are contained between the fairing and the fuselage. First and second tanks (112A, 112B) are mounted adjacent first and second wings (116A, 116B) respectively and third and fourth tanks (116C, 116D) are mounted adjacent the first and second tanks respectively. The aircraft 200 provides for storage of a large volume of compressed hydrogen without compromising the volume of usable space within the fuselage. The aircraft is able to carry out flight missions comparable in range and payload to those of an equivalent conventionally-fuelled aircraft.
Aircraft with hydrogen storage tanks
2021-03-03
Patent
Electronic Resource
English