Mechanically decoupled from the turbine, compressors are powered electrically by the fuel cell.
Credit: University of Illinois/AW&ST
NASA Funds Turbine/Fuel-Cell Hybrid Study The feasibility of a novel aircraft propulsion system concept combining gas turbines and fuel cells, both using liquid hydrogen, is to be studied under a grant awarded by NASA to the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Funded under the NASA Innovative...
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