Liebherr-Aerospace equips itself with a hydrogen bench in its test center in Toulouse
Liebherr-Aerospace Toulouse is working on systems and equipment to reduce fuel consumption, but also to contribute, at its level, to aircraft that are more carbon neutral. The equipment manufacturer has recently equipped itself with a hydrogen cell installed in its test center on its Toulouse site. This investment in test facilities will allow Liebherr-Aerospace Toulouse to solve the ability to generate electrical power, using fuel cells, to power the major new electrical non-propellants of a new generation single-aisle aircraft. , while providing overall thermal management (fuel cells and electrical systems).
A hydrogen bench at Liebherr-Aerospace Toulouse
Liebherr-Aerospace Toulouse is working on systems and equipment to reduce fuel consumption, but also to contribute, at its level, to aircraft that are more carbon neutral. An emblematic project consists of using hydrogen as a fuel cell power source to produce sufficient electrical power, of the order of 400 kW, to power all the non-propulsive systems of the next generation of aircraft. To carry out its activities, Liebherr-Aerospace Toulouse, with the support of the Direction Générale de l’Aviation Civile within the framework of the France Relance plan, is developing this power generation system.
To power major electrical non-propulsion systems of a single-aisle aircraft
To evaluate this solution in a representative environment, the company, with the support of the Occitanie Region, recently equipped itself with a hydrogen cell installed in its test center on its Toulouse site. This new investment in test facilities will allow Liebherr-Aerospace Toulouse to solve the ability to generate electrical power, using fuel cells, to power the major electrical non-propulsion systems of a new-generation single-aisle aircraft, while providing overall thermal management (fuel cells and electrical systems).
Accelerate the development of the necessary elements
Beyond these substantial investments allocated to hydrogen, Liebherr-Aerospace Toulouse is also developing new systems and equipment with less impact in terms of emissions, particularly CO2, and is collaborating with the entire aeronautical sector as well as the academic to accelerate the development of the products needed for the next generation of carbon-free aircraft.