Liquid hydrogen fuel system design and demonstration in a small long endurance air vehicle

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 39, Issue 21, 2014, Pages 11279-11290

  Stroman, Richard O ^a   Schuette, Michael W ^b   Swider Lyons, Karen ^a   Rodgers, Joseph A ^a   Edwards, Daniel J ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b SOTERA DEFENSE SOLUTIONS   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryogenic; Dewar; Endurance; Fuel cell; Hydrogen; UAV

Indexed keywords

CRYOGENIC LIQUIDS; CRYOGENICS; DURABILITY; EVAPORATION; FUEL CELLS; FUEL STORAGE; HYDROGEN; LIQUEFIED GASES; RESEARCH LABORATORIES; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV);

ACTIVE PRESSURE CONTROL; DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS; HEAT TRANSFER MODEL; NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY; OPERATIONAL FLEXIBILITY; SYSTEM DESIGN AND DEMONSTRATIONS; THERMODYNAMIC EQUILIBRIA; UNMANNED AIR VEHICLE (UAVS);

DEWARS;

EID: 84903274217     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2014.05.065     Document Type: Article

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