Hydrogen-Oxygen Combustion for Medium Range Jet Engines
Faculty Mentor Name
Elliott Bryner
Format Preference
Poster
Abstract
We take a dive into the wonderful world of Hydrogen combustion by looking into the possibility of using it as a fuel for jet engines for commercial flight. Our team studies H2/O2 flames to locate a system that will function without the need for completely new engines. H2/O2 combustion produces completely clean energy with no emissions other than H2O so that makes it a very desirable entity. The aim of our team is to develop a system that will be able to be retrofitted into a jet engine reducing costs for the airlines and allowing aircraft to adopt this system a lot faster. We also aim to target medium ranged aircraft - A320’s, B737’s - because this is the most used type of aircraft domestically across the US. Using careful analysis methods and a comprehensive understanding of heat exchangers and the chemical properties of elements such as air, O2 and H2, we hope to be able to extract oxygen out of the air midflight in order to produce a mixture of H2 and O2. It is a highly combustible fluid which produces a large amount of energy we can turn into thrust to propel the aircraft.
Hydrogen-Oxygen Combustion for Medium Range Jet Engines
We take a dive into the wonderful world of Hydrogen combustion by looking into the possibility of using it as a fuel for jet engines for commercial flight. Our team studies H2/O2 flames to locate a system that will function without the need for completely new engines. H2/O2 combustion produces completely clean energy with no emissions other than H2O so that makes it a very desirable entity. The aim of our team is to develop a system that will be able to be retrofitted into a jet engine reducing costs for the airlines and allowing aircraft to adopt this system a lot faster. We also aim to target medium ranged aircraft - A320’s, B737’s - because this is the most used type of aircraft domestically across the US. Using careful analysis methods and a comprehensive understanding of heat exchangers and the chemical properties of elements such as air, O2 and H2, we hope to be able to extract oxygen out of the air midflight in order to produce a mixture of H2 and O2. It is a highly combustible fluid which produces a large amount of energy we can turn into thrust to propel the aircraft.