Airbus unveiled a new concept of 'Pods' in the
place of 'Pylons' as a futuristic Propulsion system.
To be honest, Airbus is still the searching for answers
for a suitable propulsion design using Hydrogen fuel to the campaign, it's ZEROe
concept aircraft.
the searching team found one such concept of
Self-sufficient Pods to power an eight bladed propeller system.
In other words, 'Pods' are basically
stand-alone propulsion systems based on sodium hydrogen fuel cell technology
under Airbus's ZEROe concept aircraft or airbus a319 united.
Each “pod” is proposed to house below
sub-components/systems:
A propeller.
Electric motors.
Fuel cells.
LH2 tank.
Power electronics.
A cooling system.
A set of auxiliary equipment.
How will the 'Pod' work?
Electric current will be produced from Fuel
cells of pods by the supply of hydrogen and air.
Power action electronics will convert the
current to power the electric motors which will drive the propeller.
Pods to have quickly removable fixtures for an
easy hvac maintenance and hydrogen refueling operations in airports.
