Invention Application
- Patent Title: AIRCRAFT COMPRISING HYDROGEN STORAGE TANKS
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Application No.: US17562775Application Date: 2021-12-27
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Publication No.: US20220281615A1Publication Date: 2022-09-08
- Inventor: Malcolm L HILLEL , Alexis LAMBOURNE
- Applicant: ROLLS-ROYCE plc
- Applicant Address: GB London
- Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE plc
- Current Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE plc
- Current Assignee Address: GB London
- Priority: GB2100664.8 20210119
- Main IPC: B64D37/30
- IPC: B64D37/30 ; B64C1/22 ; B64D37/04 ; B64D37/06

Abstract:
An aircraft comprises a hydrogen-fuelled propulsion system, a plurality of like generally cylindrical hydrogen storage tanks and a conveying system arranged to convey hydrogen from the hydrogen storage tanks to the hydrogen-fuelled propulsion system. The aircraft further comprises a fuselage having a cargo bay (502) including one or more (510A-G) of the plurality of hydrogen storage tanks, the longitudinal axes (511A-G) of the one or more hydrogen storage tanks within the cargo bay extending parallel to the longitudinal axis (501) of the fuselage and lying in one or more planes (595, 597) extending across the width dimension of the cargo bay. The hydrogen storage tanks within the cargo bay have a common aspect ratio R in the range 4.2≤R≤25.7, allowing the volume of space with the cargo bay occupied by stored hydrogen to be maximised or approximately maximised.
Public/Granted literature
- US11905028B2 Aircraft comprising hydrogen storage tanks Public/Granted day:2024-02-20
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