Aircraft having a fuel-cell propulsion system
AssigneeMTU Aero Engines AG
InventorsThomas Scherer, Barnaby Law, Stephan Lellek, Jan Hägert
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Abstract
The invention is directed to an aircraft having a fuel-cell propulsion system that includes a fuel cell for supplying electricity to an electric propulsion apparatus of the aircraft, a fuel store for storing fuel for the fuel cell, and a cooling apparatus for cooling the fuel cell. A main heat exchanger of the cooling apparatus and the fuel store are arranged on a top side of a fuselage of the aircraft, and the main heat exchanger is arranged in front of the fuel store toward the aircraft nose.
Claims10
An aircraft having a fuel-cell propulsion system, wherein the fuel-cell propulsion system comprises:
- at least one fuel cell configured and arranged to provide electrical supply of an electrical propulsion apparatus of the aircraft,
- at least one fuel store configured and arranged to store fuel for the fuel cell, and
- at least one cooling apparatus configured and arranged to cool the fuel cell and having a main heat exchanger, wherein
- the main heat exchanger of the cooling apparatus and the at least one fuel store are arranged on a top side of a fuselage of the aircraft, and
- the main heat exchanger is arranged on a nose side in front of the fuel store.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.