Computer-based decision support for the development of liquid hydrogen aircraft refuelling infrastructure at existing airports
"Flight shame" should be called "kerosene shame". It is not air travel per se, but the burning of fossil kerosene at an altitude of 10,000 metres that is driving climate change. As an alternative fuel to fossil kerosene, green liquid hydrogen will play an important role in short- and medium-haul aviation in the future. In order to be able to refuel aircraft with liquid hydrogen in an efficient operational process, it is necessary to establish a hydrogen infrastructure at existing airports. The research project will develop a computer-based decision support tool using operations research methods. This will support the efficient construction and expansion of the liquid hydrogen refuelling infrastructure and the phasing out of the kerosene infrastructure for specific airports in the period up to 2050.
The project is part of the Cluster of Excellence "Sustainable and Energy-Efficient Aviation - SE²A" in cooperation with TU Braunschweig.
