Rolls-Royce has announced its hydrogen aviation research project has made advancements, working in collaboration with Loughborough University.
Alongside easyJet, the two companies are planning to lead the way in the development of hydrogen combustion engine technology capable of powering a range of aircraft.
With the university’s Natioanl Centre for Combustion and Aerothermal Technology (NCCAT) and the German Aerospace Centre Deutsches Zentrum für Luft-und Raumfahrt (DLR), the organisations ran tests on a full annular combustor of a Pearl 700 engine running on 100% hydrogen, proving that fuel can be combusted at conditions representing maximum take-off thrust.
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