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    New Frontiers for Aviation Fuel Cells

    AFCAD is a joint research project which aims to rapidly develop high temperature polymer electrolyte membrane (HTPEM) fuel cell technology for aviation.

    Bringing together ZeroAvia and three academic partners, AFCAD is supported by the Department for Business and Trade, the Aerospace Technology Institute and Innovate UK.

    Bringing together ZeroAvia and three academic partners, AFCAD is supported by the Department for Business and Trade, the Aerospace Technology Institute and Innovate UK.

    AFCAD project goals:

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    Define System Requirements

    Define requirements for the HTPEM stack in relation to a real 80-seat aircraft power system. Model system-, stack- and component-level requirements.

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    Advance Core Technologies

    Develop supporting technologies to increase Technology Readiness Level and bring forward expected adoption timelines.

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    Build and Test High Temperature PEM

    Develop, build and test HTPEM Stack, bipolar plates (BPP), membrane electrode assembly (MEA) technologies improving performance and durability.

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    Prep for Manufacturing; Develop Supply Chains

    Building prototypes, designing full-scale manufacturing lines and developing the underpinning supply chain to enable market uptake.

    Consortium Partners

    University of Kent

    Working to accurately measure thermal parameters and temperature distributions to validate ZeroAvia’s HTPEM systems.

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    Coventry University

    Leveraging and expanding its fuel cell testing infrastructure and resources to execute required tests at the stack level.

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    University of Sheffield AMRC

    University of Sheffield Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre will work to assess and assure manufacturability of key component designs, including pilot build lines.

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    Project Updates

    Project Launch

    ZeroAvia Awarded UK Government Grant to Progress Advanced Fuel Cell R&D for Clean Aviation

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