Hydrogen-powered Future: CQUniversity and Stralis Advance Clean Aviation With World-first Tech
Description
Stralis and CQUniversity have joined forces to help power up an innovative hydrogen-electric aircraft to help decarbonise aviation and secure a cleaner future for the aviation industry. CQUniversity's Centre for Hydrogen and Renewable Energy provides the expertise to help Stralis advance their innovative liquid hydrogen fuelled HT-PEM fuel cell electric propulsion system towards the first test flight.
Partners
Stralis Aircraft
Regional University Industry Collaboration (RUIC) Program
CSIRO
Impact
Stralis and CQUniversity have joined forces to help power up an innovative hydrogen-electric aircraft to help decarbonise aviation and secure a cleaner future for the aviation industry.
Stralis Aircraft are developing long-range hydrogen-electric propulsion systems for aviation with the aim of manufacturing the systems and aircraft in Queensland.
The project – supported by the Regional University Industry Collaboration (RUIC) Program – aims to design a heat management system for a high-temperature proton-exchange membrane fuel cell (HT-PEMFC) system that will help accelerate Stralis’ efforts to integrate the fuel cell into their hydrogen powered aircraft.
Funded by the Queensland Government and delivered by Australia’s national science agency, CSIRO, the RUIC Program connects small to medium enterprises (SMEs) with regional universities to undertake collaborative research partnerships across Queensland.
Stralis aims to fly a hydrogen-powered aircraft from Gladstone to Brisbane to demonstrate it is possible to decarbonise aviation for a cleaner future.
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