Zeroavia and PowerCell to cooperate in developing upcoming fuel cells

Zeroavia has announced that it signed a new memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the PowerCell Group for Cooperation in fuel cell techniques from the next generation. The detailed research and development will focus on medium and high -temperature fuel cells that will open more powerful energy applications such as aircraft with large and dizziness.

The two companies have been working together over the past few years, as PowerCell’s fuel smokers are part of the initial model of Zeroavia Powertrains that have operated both fuel -transported fuel -transmitted protesters by Zeroavia.

Zeroavia designs a multi-mortal balance with a photography with low-temperature exchanging membrane chimneys (LT-PEM) applied to flight applications. As such, the Swedish fuel cell manufacturer is a major resource for the first 600 kW power generator (ZA600) designed for up to 20 seat aircraft.

Fuel cells with a high temperature in Zeroavia-part of the road map to deliver the ZA2000 power group to 40 to 80 seats and a major part of the company’s components to other clean components-actually at the industry level at the next level.

It can allow increased temperature of operating fuel cell systems by reducing the required cooling and hydration, which leads to simplification of architecture and improving the amount of energy for a specific weight unit.

Cooperation will benefit from PowerCell’s long experience in the manufacture of hydrogen and hydrogen technologies to push advanced fuel cell solutions to the high levels of TRL. For Zeroavia, it will provide the opportunity to exploit its technology in different sectors, while maintaining its primary concentration on space.

“In PowerCell, we have found a similar and cooperative partner over the past few years, with a common passion for the progress of hydrogen fuel cell techniques to get more power -related aircraft. We can work together in this industry faster, in addition to the use of these developed use of use of use in solutions Myrators.

“We are confident that the first hydrogen electrical planes will fly commercially in the coming years. When this happens, it will have a snowball effect because we are happy to deepen in allocating these benefits in this field, on this leader, to this limit of horses, in this field. Removing more emissions,” said Richard Berkeng, CEO of PowerCell Group.

Zeroavia has already tested a preliminary model from its first engine (ZA600) on the Dornier 228 in its UK base and submitted a request for the issuance of ZA600 certificates at the end of last year. The company has also conducted advanced ground tests in the United States and the United Kingdom to obtain the main building block technologies of the ZA2000 system, including refrigerated tanks or LH2 and high -temperature and appropriate PEM systems. ZA2000 will support up to 80 regional turbine aircraft such as ATR72 or Dash 8 400.