European space agency fuel cell activities

✍ Scribed by F. Baron

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1990
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 781 KB
• Volume: 29
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0378-7753
• DOI: 10.1016/0378-7753(90)80021-5

✦ Synopsis

Hermes activity

At the Ministerial conference in the Hague in November 1987, the development of the Hermes winged-space vehicle solution was endorsed and the first step of the development programme was approved.

This paper describes the progress status concerning the Hermes fuel cell development programme (HFCP).

Two fuel cell power plants represent the main power sources for Hermes which will consume an average of about 4.6 kW and an energy around 1220 kW h for a twelve day mission (including safety margin). Figure shows a schematic of the power architecture.