Bjorn’s Corner: Sustainable Air Transport. Part 12. Hydrogen storage.

March 25, 2022, ©. Leeham News: Last week, we looked at the energy density by mass and volume for hydrogen and regular Jet fuel (Kerosene), Figure 1. With this information, we now look at how these fuels can… Read More

Bjorn’s Corner: Sustainable Air Transport. Part 6. Energy consumption.

February 11, 2022, ©. Leeham News: In a sister article, Part 6P. Energy consumption, the deeper discussion we use Leeham’s Aircraft Performance Model from our consulting practice to generate the aeronautical energy consumption for aircraft like Eviation’s Alice… Read More

Forecast 2022: Sustainability

Subscription Required By Bjorn Fehrm Introduction February 7, 2022, © Leeham News: The year that passed was when Sustainability broke through the walls of “I’m not convinced we have a problem” and “If so, what shall we do… Read More

Bjorn’s Corner: The challenges of hydrogen. Part 33. Wrap-up: The Eco-system

April 16, 2021, ©. Leeham News: Last week, we wrapped up the operational part of sustainable air transport using hydrogen as an energy source. Now we look at where we are with the all-important Eco-system. It has many… Read More

Bjorn’s Corner: The challenges of hydrogen. Part 32. Wrap-up: Going forward

April 9, 2021, ©. Leeham News: Last week we made a summary of the history of initiatives for sustainable aviation, now we look at the likely developments over the next 10 years. What is the likely development for… Read More

Bjorn’s Corner: The challenges of hydrogen. Part 31. Wrap-up: Where we stand

April 2, 2021, ©. Leeham News: It’s time to wrap up our series on the hydrogen airliner alternative for Sustainable Commercial Aviation. We review the status for sustainable aviation as of today, then look at the future next… Read More

Bjorn’s Corner: The challenges of hydrogen. Part 30. Integrated nacelles.

March 26, 2021, ©. Leeham News: This week, we look at combining the propulsion and hydrogen tank in an integrated nacelle as Airbus proposes in Figure 1. Airbus calls it its “pod” solution. What are the advantages, and… Read More

Bjorn’s Corner: The challenges of hydrogen. Part 29. Gas turbine heat management.

March 19, 2021, ©. Leeham News: This week we look deeper into the gains we can have for a hydrogen gas turbine-propelled airliner. The ideas stem from the work of Chalmers Professor T. Grönstedt’s team in different EU… Read More

Bjorn’s Corner: The challenges of hydrogen. Part 28. Airbus priorities

March 12, 2021, ©. Leeham News: I had the chance to talk about Sustainable Air Transport with Airbus VP Zero Emission Aircraft, Glenn Llewellyn, in the week. The discussion centered around Airbus’ overall direction and the targets with… Read More

Bjorn’s Corner: The challenges of hydrogen. Part 27. Fuel cell APU gains

March 5, 2021, ©. Leeham News: We have discussed different auxiliary power generation principles for a hydrogen aircraft over the last weeks. We found a fuel cell auxiliary power system has many attractions, one being the possibility of… Read More