Zero-Emission: the Next-generation of Integrated Technology for Hydrogen storage (ZENITH)

商业航空对全球碳排放的贡献率为2-3%，国际能源署预测，如果不采取行动，这一数字将在未来30年内增加两倍。在英国，由于高水平的国际流量，目前的贡献率为10%，如果不采取行动，到2050年这一比例可能会达到40%。因此，英国政府制定了雄心勃勃的目标，到2030年在英国氢气和净零战略范围内展示零碳排放飞机。飞机的设计和制造之前专注于逐步提高组成机翼、机身和尾部的半整体部件的结构效率和生产率，并在油箱边界和结构功能之间建立一定程度的联系。然而，下一代飞机将需要使用完全集成的结构和材料进行能量存储，同时考虑到对环境的影响。GKN是全球领先的一级供应商，为世界上大多数飞机制造商提供零部件。巴斯大学在复合材料部件的分析、设计和制造方面拥有世界领先的专业知识，并在创造功能材料及其用于可持续氢能方面拥有世界领先的专业知识。GKN和巴斯通过皇家工程院研究教席、18个联合博士和四个EPSRC项目的正式合作伙伴的合作记录，其中包括一项正在进行的计划拨款(CerTest，EP/S017038/1)。以前的研究集中在结构复合材料和制造领域，与巴斯的材料和结构(MAST)中心进行了大部分合作。顶峰繁荣伙伴关系源于GKN在2030-40年间实现零排放飞机的雄心，以及巴斯大学将可持续发展确定为优先研究主题。它解决了氢储存和可持续结构这两个主要研究主题中的根本挑战。它汇集了来自MAST、化学工程(氢气储存、热传递)、化学(可持续聚合物、多孔材料)和数学科学(统计建模)的高技能、多学科的科学家和工程师团队。它将利用与巴斯的主要研究机构和中心的联系，包括可持续和循环技术中心(CSCT)、先进推进系统研究所(IAAPS)和计划中的UKRI氢气研究英才中心。Zenith将使GKN和英国学术界成为零排放飞机零部件制造的世界领先者，使英国处于这个快速发展的市场的前沿。

Commercial aviation contributes 2-3 % to global carbon emissions and the International Energy Agency has predicted that this will triple within the next three decades if no action is taken. In the UK the current contribution is 10% due to high levels of international traffic, and this could reach 40% by 2050 without action. The UK government has therefore set out an ambitious target to demonstrate a zero-carbon emission aircraft by 2030 within the UK Hydrogen and Net Zero Strategies.The design and manufacture of aircraft has previously focused on incrementally improving structural efficiency and productivity of the semi-monocoque parts which make up the wing, fuselage and tail, with a degree of linkage between fuel tank boundaries and structural function. However, next-generation aircraft will require energy storage using fully integrated structures and materials whilst accounting for environmental impact. GKN is the leading global Tier-one supplier of parts for most of the world's aircraft manufacturers. The University of Bath has world-leading expertise in the analysis, design and manufacture of composite parts, as well as in the creation of functional materials and their use for sustainable hydrogen energy. GKN and Bath have a track record of collaboration via a Royal Academy of Engineering Research Chair, eighteen joint PhDs and as formal partner in four EPSRC projects including an ongoing Programme Grant (CerTest, EP/S017038/1). Previous research has focussed in the areas of structural composites and manufacture, with most collaboration within Bath's Materials and Structures (MAST) Centre. The ZENITH Prosperity Partnership arises from GKN's ambition to realise zero-emission aircraft in the 2030-40 timeframe and the University of Bath identifying sustainability as a priority research theme. It addresses fundamental challenges within the two major research themes of Hydrogen Storage and Sustainable Structures. It brings together a highly skilled, multidisciplinary team of scientists and engineers from MAST, the Departments of Chemical Engineering (hydrogen storage, heat transfer), Chemistry (sustainable polymers, porous materials) and Mathematical Sciences (statistical modelling). It will exploit links with leading research institutes and centres at Bath, including the Centre for Sustainable and Circular Technologies (CSCT), the Institute for Advanced Propulsion Systems (IAAPS) and the planned UKRI Centre of Excellence for Hydrogen Research. ZENITH will establish GKN and UK academia as world leaders in manufacture of parts for zero emission aircraft, positioning the UK at the forefront of this rapidly developing market.