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Re:Launch HN: Stralis (YC W23) – Hydrogen electric aircraft ... by foobarian on Tuesday November 21, 2023 @09:46AM (#38364298)
Another thing that is probably out of scope for OP is safety in handling LH at the ports. Presumably there would be many of these high-pressure tanks laying around ready to be swapped in (instead of pumped) and would sooner or later cause an accident. But it would be nice to have that problem to solve to begin with :-)
Re:Launch HN: Stralis (YC W23) – Hydrogen electric aircraft ... by stuart8ol on Tuesday November 21, 2023 @03:29PM (#38369608)
That is out of our scope as a business but it is something we have found we have to address head on with our customers and airport partners. They want to understand the whole logistics and associated safety from green H2 production to aircraft tank. We don't have it all figured out yet but we are working with some great partners on the problem. We have created a Hydrogen Flight Alliance here in Brisbane https://newsroom.bne.com.au/hydrogen-flight-alliance-launche... that includes, BOC (a Linde Company) and H2EC who are tackling the logistics and re-fueling of liquid hydrogen. Note that we are using liquid H2, which is more expensive than gas, but comes with a variety of benefits, one of which is that it is stored at low pressure. We could opt to store it just over ambient pressure but we will most likely go with storing it < 10 bar - much less than the 350 - 900 bar, that gaseous H2 is typically stored at.
Re:Launch HN: Stralis (YC W23) – Hydrogen electric aircraft ... by hyperthesis on Tuesday November 21, 2023 @04:04PM (#38370105)
Good, infrastructure matters: Birdseye, famous for fish, got freezers into supermarkets; Edison, famous for lights, constructed generators; Tesla (co), famous for cars, constructed charging stations.