01.1 - Aircraft Design and Integrated System (Basics and Theory)
INCREMENTAL TRADE-OFF STUDY OF A HYDROGEN FUEL CELL-BASED PROPULSION SYSTEM USING MDAO TECHNIQUES
R. di Giuseppe, ISAE-Supaero, SafranTech, France; S. Delbecq¹, V. Pauvert, SafranTech, France; V. Pommier-Budinger¹; ¹ISAE-SUPAERO, France
A fuel cell based propulsion system is a possible solution to reduce the carbon footprint of the aviation sector. The study proposes an incremental trade-off design approach to minimize the mass of a system composed of a fuel cell stack, an air compressor, a heat exchanger, and an electric motor. The methodology involves identifying the design variables, the couplings, and formulating a multipoint optimization problem.