Opening solid hydrogen storage markets through civil marine UAS

氢作为一种清洁、轻质燃料的使用受到技术限制以及储存和燃料电池的高成本的阻碍。该项目旨在克服进入市场的障碍，证明在用于海洋研究的小型无人机系统（UAS）上的早期市场应用是有利可图的，与锂电池相比，可以延长航程和有效载荷。Cella Energy的氢材料开发商、Arcola Energy的燃料电池专家和苏格兰海洋科学协会的UAS研究团队组成了一个联盟，正在努力展示一种可飞行的飞机，该飞机具有创新的固态氢存储与轻型燃料电池相结合，作为<7公斤的海上UAS的概念验证。小型无人机正在迅速发展为农业和陆地公共安全工具；还有海洋和气候研究，以及近海能源监测，在这些领域，他们受益于限制较少的航空监管。民用无人机将成为高能量密度、绿色能源解决方案（如氢）的早期采用者，领先于革命性的道路车辆低碳燃料。该项目强调了安全使用无人机系统和氢气对社会的好处。

Hydrogen’s use as a clean, lightweight fuel is held back by technological limitations and the high cost of storage and fuel cells. This project aims to overcome barriers to market entry by proving a profitable early market application in small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) designed for marine research, extending range and payload compared with lithium batteries. A consortium comprising Cella Energy’s hydrogen materials developers, Arcola Energy’s fuel cell expertise and the Scottish Association of Marine Science’s UAS research team are working to demonstrate a flyable aircraft with innovative solid-state hydrogen storage integrated with lightweight fuel cells as a proof-of-concept for <7 kg marine UAS. Small UAS are rapidly developing tools for agriculture and public safety on land; and marine and climate research, and energy monitoring offshore, where they benefit from less restrictive aviation regulation. Civilian UAS are due to emerge as an early-adopter of highly energy dense, green power solutions like hydrogen, in advance of a revolutionary low-carbon fuel for road vehicles. This project emphasises the benefits to society of the safe use of UAS, and of hydrogen.