Modular Hydrogen Fuel Cell Power Plant for Aviation and Mobile Energy Storage

Hydroplane Limited is Developing a Modular 150 kW Hydrogen Fuel Cell Power Plant for the General Aviation (GA), Urban Air Mobility (UAM), and DoD Vertical Takeoff and Landing (VTOL) markets. We are developing novel technology from the component, to fuel cell stack, to aircraft system level to overcome thermal limitations, reduce unit cost, improve performance, and enhance durability. Battery powered aerial vehicles are range limited, have a low payload fraction, thermal stability concerns, and reduced operational efficiency for the commercial and military customer. Our fuel cell aviation power plant mitigates all of the above. Aerial platforms fitted with our powerplant will have >20% improvement in range, endurance, and payload over batteries. We enable operational efficiency of eVTOL platforms to be similar to avgas fueled with lower maintenance costs and reduced carbon footprint.