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Other than being super explosive would liquid hydrogen work for an airplane?
by maxxxxx 8y ago
Other than being super explosive would liquid hydrogen work for an airplane?
- nradov 8y agoEven if the safety issues could be resolved, the cooling requirements and high volume make liquid hydrogen impractical for commercial aviation. The most likely carbon neutral solutions for aviation fuel are either algae produced bio fuels, or synthetic hydrocarbons manufactured using renewable energy.
- acidburnNSA 8y ago*Manufacturer using low-carbon energy. At the moment, biofuels are renewable but high-carbon and nuclear is low-carbon but not (considered) renewable.
- carbocation 8y agoI know nothing about the topic, but there seems to be a nice Wikipedia article that your question prompted me to find: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrogen-powered_aircraft https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrogen-powered_aircraft
- alan 8y agoI'm suddenly imagining a hydrogen balloon-plane at take off that uses up the hydrogen in the balloon as it flies, until the balloon has been fully reeled back into the plane and it lands on a runway like a normal plane, with reserve hydrogen in its wing-tanks.
- Scoundreller 8y agoIf you time it right, it just slowly drifts to the ground and lands vertically with a slight jolt.
- robin_reala 8y agoDepends on your definition of aeroplane: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skylon_%28spacecraft%29#SABRE_engines https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skylon_%28spacecraft%29#SABRE_...