25th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 3 - 8 September 2006, Hamburg, Germany
Paper ICAS 2006-7.7.2

A COMPARISON OF SOLIDE OXIDE FUEL CELL DESIGNS AS ENERGY SOURCE FOR THE ALL-ELECTRIC AIRCRAFT

N. Bundschuh, J. Dollmayer*, U. B. Carl*
DLR, Germany; *TU Hamburg-Harburg, Germany

Keywords: fuel cell; aircraft systems; fuel consumption

The integrated development of fuel cell systems in addition with environmental control systems offers the opportunity for energetic optimization of aircraft system performance. The paper presents possible interactions between the fuel cell system and the ECS and analyses the possible integrated architectures in terms of fuel consumption and pollutant emissions.

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