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DLR and Airbus Testing Hydrogen PEM Fuel Cell Auxiliary Power System in A320

Posted on May 26, 2008

The fuel cell system on the Airbus A320 ATRA research aircraft was built by DLR. Right: Airbus Project Leader Jens Dietrich Kurre. Click to enlarge. Credit: Airbus Deutschland.The Institute for Technical Thermodynamics of the German Aerospace Center (Institut f r Technische Thermodynamik des Deutschen Zentrums f r Luft- und Raumfahrt, DLR), together with its partner Airbus, has equipped and flown its Airbus A320 ATRA (Advanced Technology Research Aircraft) testing a 20 kW Michelin PEM hydrogen fuel cell system for use in auxiliary power applications.In July 2007, the first flight experiments...

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