Heaven FCH

HEAVEN main goal is to design, develop and integrate the worldwide first aircraft powertrain based on high power density fuel cell system and high energy density liquid hydrogen fuel system into an existing 2-4 seats aircraft for testing in flight operation.

About project

Cryogenic liquid hydrogen storage technology will be applied to aeronautical applications for the first time worldwide. This technology improves the current energy density of pressurized H2 tanks by a factor of 2 to 5, and leads to commercially viable performances.

A pressurized fuel cell system is demonstrated to increase the power density of the system by a factor of 2 to 3 and can operate at higher temperature, leading to fewer cooling efforts needed and thus a reduction of weight, power consumption and volume of the thermal management system.

Protocols based on safety analysis, redundancy of the powertrain, auxiliary systems, tests and simulations with the final goal of a flight demonstration will provide reliability figures in support of future certification.

News and Events

HEAVEN NEWSLETTER 07

Apr 17, 2023

CONTENTS Partners' progress concerning the Heaven project (October 2022 – March 2023) HEAVEN Project meeting Relevant upcoming events about hydrogen, fuel cells and aviation This project has received funding from the Fuel Cells and Hydrogen 2 Joint Undertaking...

H2FLY reaches milestone in the further development of its hydrogen-electric powertrain for aircraft as it passes first filling tests with integrated liquid hydrogen tank

Apr 12, 2023

H2FLY successfully tested filling procedure with liquid hydrogen (LH2) in an on-ground test with its hydrogen-electric aircraft HY4 In following coupling tests, liquid hydrogen is supplied from an aircraft-integrated LH2 tank to a fuel cell system and coupled with...

D3.4 Main results of the hydrogen fuel system

Feb 15, 2023

This project has received funding from the Fuel Cells and Hydrogen 2 Joint Undertaking (now Clean Hydrogen Partnership) under Grant Agreement No 826247. This Joint Undertaking receives support from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation programme,...