Collins Leads Project To Develop Conformal LH2 Tank

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Fuel tanks are integral to the structure of the wing on modern airliners and cannot be adapted to store liquid hydrogen.
Credit: Airbus
A central challenge to developing hydrogen-fueled aircraft is the space required to store the fuel. Liquid hydrogen (LH2) has three times the energy density of jet fuel but requires four times the volume to match the energy content of the same mass of jet fuel. LH2 must also be stored under pressure...
Graham Warwick

Graham leads Aviation Week's coverage of technology, focusing on engineering and technology across the aerospace industry, with a special focus on identifying technologies of strategic importance to aviation, aerospace and defense.

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