Aviation industry has a great impact on the world energy consumption with a global energy consumption fluctuating between 2.5% and 5%. Presently, the primary fuel used in aviation sector is liquid fossil fuel, resulting in high emissions of Greenhouse Gases. A fast growing of aviation industry is recording to comply with the requirements of the rise of population growth and air traffic. The need to develop an eco-friendly power technology to be used in aviation sector has been recently raised pointedly. Hydrogen fuel is considered as one of the promising alternative solutions to be used in aviation sector since it is renewable and environmentally friendly. The current chapter aims at reviewing the use of hydrogen as an alternative aviation fuel, focusing on energy consumption, emission-linked cost, and environmental cost. In addition, the different challenges facing the use of hydrogen in aircraft are presented and discussed. Results revealed that despite the numerous advantages of using hydrogen in aviation sector, many challenges slowed down the development of hydrogen fuel. These challenges are mainly the high price of green hydrogen generation, difficulty of storing hydrogen, absence of suitable infrastructure for hydrogen fuel, and the need to redesign the air jet. Aviation sector is required to consider all existing options to minimize the emissions from aviation industry and to develop and redesign new airplane to be able to comply with the different challenges.
Hydrogen Fuel for a Sustainable Aviation
Green Energy,Technology
2024-07-06
13 pages
Article/Chapter (Book)
Electronic Resource
English
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