Nov 8 2007
科学界正在逐渐对环保能源产生技术及其合适的应用产生更大的兴趣，这就是应用于航空药物的氢燃料电池。
这种无污染的技术在现代航空的发展中起着至关重要的作用，目前的目标是实现完全电气平面。氢燃料电池目前正在通过像波音公司这样的公司在无人驾驶汽车中作为推进系统进行测试，从其效率到回收副产品产生的水的可能性，也许是为了考虑其所提供的所有优势，也许是为了use in the plane’s toilets.
The application of this technology as propulsion for large commercial planes is far fetched, since at present time, fuel cells do not provide enough energy, but this technology could be implemented as an auxiliary power unit (APUs) that could start the engines in the plane, power the air conditioning, the lights, cabin pressure… etc.
欧洲项目的“电力优化飞机”旨在进一步开发适用于高效率APU的燃料电池技术。该项目涉及几家欧洲私营公司和来自不同国家的不同公共生物。西班牙由Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial (INTA), CESA SA. and SENER SA.
对于如何获得氢为燃料燃料的方法有不同的方法。到目前为止，大多数实验设计包括用于氢气的高压储罐，但这带来了严重的风险。它要求对飞机设计和加油物流进行更改，所有这些都添加了以下事实：氢的光密度意味着快速消耗率，只能进行短途飞行。所有这些不便都倾向于研究其他氢的来源，例如它从飞机上已经以发动机燃料而出现的煤油的船上生产，因此消除了对任何重大修饰的需求。
Two different procedures to reform the kerosene into hydrogen are being studied; one involving preparing the kerosene by a previous process to obtain richer hydrogen flow. And the second option would be a fuel cell capable of transforming the hydrocarbon directly into electric energy.
This new system would be lighter and more compact, reducing the weight of the equipment, but the technology to achieve this is currently at the evaluation phase.
Aware of the repercussion of this new technology in the aerospace sector, the Círculo de Innovación de Materiales, Tecnología Aerospacial y Nanotecnología (CIMTAN) (Innovation Circle in Materials, Aerospace Technology and Nanotechnology) is producing a report on the subject to be released at the end of the year. Its aim is to offer an overview of the technology and set the trends and roadmap that the scientific community is following.