THE SOLUTION
A New Way Forward.
We do not want to pass the aviation emissions problem on to the next generation.
Carbon off-setting for aviation raises more questions than answers, SAF is only a partial solution, and Gaseous Hydrogen and Battery technology have insufficient range potential.
Placing restrictions on flying unnecessarily penalises the prosperity and ability to connect, so is not a real solution either. Continuing ‘as is’ with today’s technology is simply passing the problem to our children. We have to do better.
Liquid Hydrogen and Fuel Cells have the greatest zero emissions potential.
Why Liquid Hydrogen?
Liquid hydrogen whilst needing specialised storage (at -253°C) and requiring an extra manufacturing step to produce can be stored at low pressures and has less volume than gaseous hydrogen solutions. This means it has significantly superior potential for effective aircraft range compared to battery-electric and gaseous hydrogen. Hydrogen in its liquid form is also a very safe state to store hydrogen on the aircraft.
Hydrogen converted to electricity in fuel cells does not produce CO2 nor NOx, whereas if Hydrogen is burnt in a jet engine it will still produce damaging NOx and create soot that initiates contrails. Care in the design and operation of liquid hydrogen fuel cell aircraft allows us to eliminate CO2 and NOx and avoid contrails, giving us the potential for practical zero emissions flight.
Superior Range
Lower Weight & Good Gravimetric Efficiency
Smaller Volumes
Designing for a Safe and Performant Hydrogen Powered Future.
ZeAero% has a philosophy of developing future technology in a safe, low risk and practical stepwise manner. This starts with demonstrating individual technologies on the bench, and in ground rigs before progressing to flight testing.
Commercial implementation will begin with conversion of appropriate existing aircraft types to use our advanced hydrogen propulsion systems, to reduce risk and lower the certification complexity. This will allow our customers and the environment to benefit from our technology earlier. Our propulsion systems enable customers to have enhanced passenger revenue and range compared to competing solutions.
Longer term we expect to see new hydrogen aircraft redesigned purposely to work to the advantages of liquid hydrogen and to exploit our full technology portfolio. This will lead to hydrogen aircraft with leading range and payload at the highest safety levels possible.
New Design for Better Range
New Design for Safety
New Design for Better Payload
Designed for superior Payload-Range and Safety.
With innovative technologies and a smart clean sheet architecture to integrate the hydrogen systems much more effectively into the aircraft, a purpose-built aircraft created with ZeAero% technology will have the best zero emissions performance for its class of aircraft.
Being designed for hydrogen from day one means there is no compromise to the maintenance plan and hydrogen safety is maximized. Leading payload-range allows the aircraft to seamlessly integrate within existing airline networks and reduces infrastructure needs.
Class Leading 1000nm+ Unrefuelled Range
Lower Seat Mile Costs
Ability to fly TWO 500nm Sectors without Refuelling
Designed for Exceptional Economics.
But ZeAero% does not stop at simply designing for the best performance, we have also carefully designed our systems for great economics. Even with the worst predicted 2035 hydrogen pricing the ZeAero% systems can match or even improve on the per-seat cost base of legacy Jet Fuel aircraft.
This enables airlines to profitably offer zero emissions flights at affordable prices whilst also avoiding penalising emissions taxation.
