H2 Clipper achieves milestone with simulated testing of hydrogen-powered airship
Published by Bella Weetch,
Editorial Assistant
Global Hydrogen Review,
H2 Clipper, Inc., an aerospace and alternative energy company developing hydrogen-powered airships and end-to-end hydrogen infrastructure solutions, has announced that it has completed a simulated wind tunnel test using computational fluid dynamics (CFD) of its hydrogen-powered 'Pipeline-In-The-SkyTM' airship.
The analysis confirms that the airship’s aerodynamic design achieves an extremely low level of residual drag and is another step in validating the airship’s operating performance and the company’s cost modelling.
H2 Clipper Founder and CEO, Rinaldo Brutoco, said: “The successful analysis with CFD marks a major milestone for the development of the ‘Pipeline-In-The-Sky’ airship and brings H2 Clipper one step closer to realising our goal of providing the fastest, most flexible, and efficiently scalable way to transport fuel-grade hydrogen to market worldwide.”
The H2 Clipper airship design is the result of radically innovating and rethinking lighter-than-air flight for global fuel and cargo transport. The airships offer unprecedented speed, payload, and cost advantages: 70% less than the cost of traditional air freighters, payloads up to 277 t (252 t), 7 – 10 times faster than shipping by truck or cargo vessel, and 100% carbon free. The company has received multiple patents on using an airship to deliver liquid hydrogen to market, offering economic and logistical advantages over other methods of bulk delivery of hydrogen. By transporting cheap clean power produced from renewable sources to markets with high energy demand, H2 Clipper solves the economical and effective challenges of transporting hydrogen from where it can be produced at the lowest cost to where it is most needed. H2 Clipper anticipates completing the construction of a prototype in 2025, with the goal of flying its first full-sized airship in 2028.
In 2021, H2 Clipper was selected for inclusion in Dassault Systèmes’ exclusive 3DEXPERIENCE® Lab accelerator programme. Participation in the accelerator will help H2 Clipper advance its mission of developing and commercialising a global fleet of 100% green airships that will transform the hydrogen and air transport industry. Using the Dassault Systèmes 3DEXPERIENCE platform, the company can simulate and rapidly evaluate complex engineering design concepts on the path to the optimal design for a 21st century version of the hydrogen dirigible.
Read the article online at: https://www.globalhydrogenreview.com/hydrogen/15062022/h2-clipper-achieves-milestone-with-simulated-testing-of-hydrogen-powered-airship/
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