Opening solid hydrogen storage markets through civil marine UAS

氢作为一种清洁、轻便的燃料的使用受到技术限制以及存储和燃料电池高昂成本的限制。该项目旨在克服进入市场的障碍，通过证明为海洋研究设计的小型无人机系统(UAS)的早期市场应用是有利可图的，与锂电池相比，扩展射程和有效载荷。由Cella Energy的氢材料开发商、Arcola Energy的燃料电池专业知识和苏格兰海洋科学协会的UAS研究团队组成的财团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功能，并集成了轻型燃料电池，作为7公斤重的船用UAS的概念验证。小型无人机正在迅速开发用于农业和陆地公共安全的工具；以及海洋和气候研究，以及近海能源监测，在这些领域，它们受益于限制较少的航空监管。民用无人机将成为氢气等高能源密集型绿色电力解决方案的先行者，领先于道路车辆革命性的低碳燃料。该项目强调了安全使用UAS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.