{"id":139101,"date":"2023-05-02T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-02T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/?p=139101"},"modified":"2023-05-02T23:59:40","modified_gmt":"2023-05-02T23:59:40","slug":"alaska-airlines-and-zeroavia-begin-development-of-a-zero-emissions-aircraft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2023\/05\/alaska-airlines-and-zeroavia-begin-development-of-a-zero-emissions-aircraft.html","title":{"rendered":"Alaska Airlines and ZeroAvia begin development of a “zero-emissions” aircraft"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Alaska Airlines<\/strong> tuesday presented a Bombardier Q400 regional turboprop to ZeroAvia<\/strong> that will be retrofitted with a hydrogen-electric propulsion system in an effort to expand the reach and applicability of zero emissions flight technology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At an event, held at ZeroAvia\u2019s Paine Field research and development site, the companies were joined by high school students from Raisbeck Aviation High School, Washington State Governor Jay Inslee, Congresswoman Suzan DelBene and Snohomish County Executive Dave Somers to participate in the formal handover of the 76-seat Q400 aircraft that will be developed by ZeroAvia, the U.S.-headquartered leader in designing and building zero-emission, hydrogen-electric aircraft propulsion systems for aircraft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When Alaska Airlines\u2019 regional carrier Horizon Air retired its Q400 fleet, it reserved one of the aircraft for research and development purposes to further advance zero emissions technology for the aviation industry. The aircraft was repainted with a special livery to highlight the innovative mission of this partnership.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2192 Boeing adds 787-10 to its ecoDemonstrator program flight tests<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

ZeroAvia also debuted its breakthrough multi-megawatt modular electric motor system in a 1.8MW prototype configuration at the event \u2013 demonstrated with a propeller spin aboard the ZeroAvia\u2019s 15-ton HyperTruck ground-test rig. Combined with higher temperature PEM fuel cells and advanced power electronics \u2013 both technologies that ZeroAvia is developing in-house \u2013 the leading-edge electric motor technology is one of three key building blocks for enabling commercially-relevant hydrogen fuel cell engines for larger aircraft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“This is a great step forward in aviation innovation, to help create a new future of flight \u2013 right here at home,\u201d said Alaska Airlines CEO Ben Minicucci.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Aligning ZeroAvia\u2019s powertrain with the Dash 8-400 airframe will represent a commercially viable zero-emission aircraft with fuel cell engine technology around five times more powerful than what has been demonstrated anywhere to date.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ZeroAvia\u2019s recent advancements clear the way for a potential flight of the Q400, also recognized as the Dash 8-400, but also demonstrate rapid progress toward certification of the ZA2000 propulsion system. ZeroAvia has already demonstrated a track-record of world-first flight testing. In January, ZeroAvia flew a retrofitted 19-seat aircraft with its prototype 600kW hydrogen-electric engine (ZA600). This followed the demonstration flight of a 250kW system in 2020, which at the time of flight was the world\u2019s largest aircraft flown using a novel zero-emission power source.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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