Name: 為飛機制造氫電發動機的公司 (The company building hydrogen-electric engines for planes)
Uploaded: 2025-11-05T18:32:52.000Z
Duration: 5 min 30 s

Today, aviation emits around 3% of CO2 emissions, but

航空業目前大約佔了二氧化碳排放的3%，但

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its impact on the climate is even greater because of where those emissions are.

由於這些排放物的位置，它對氣候的影響更大。

ZeroAvia is solving the climate emission problem caused by aviation.

ZeroAvia 正在解決航空業造成的氣候排放問題。

We're developing engines that run on hydrogen to generate electricity and power aircraft without emissions.

我們正在開發使用氫氣發電並為飛機提供動力、零排放的引擎。

I'm James McMicking, the chief strategy officer at ZeroAvia.

我是 James McMicking，ZeroAvia 的首席策略官。

We're at ZeroAvia's UK R&D facility in the Cotswolds, and

我們現在位於 ZeroAvia 英國考茨沃爾德的研發設施，

we're integrating these hydrogen electric engines into aircraft in order to test them up in the air.

我們正在將這些氫電動引擎整合到飛機上，以便在空中進行測試。

This is where we're developing the future of aviation propulsion technology using hydroelectric engines.

在這裡，我們正利用水力發動機開發航空推進技術的未來。

It begins with assembling the fuel cell system.

We then add to that the electric engines.

然後我們將電動引擎加入其中。

So these are the power electronics that take the electricity from the fuel cell system and turn that into a current that can be controlled to run a motor.

這些就是電力電子設備，它們接收來自燃料電池系統的電力，轉換成可控的電流來驅動馬達。

We do the fuel cell development and assembly here in the hangar.

我們在這裡的機庫進行燃料電池的開發和組裝。

This plane is our Dornier 228 testbed aircraft.

這架飛機是我們的 Dornier 228 測試機。

So it's been retrofitted with a hydrogen electric engine.

所以它已經改裝了氫電動引擎。

So if you follow me down the left hand side here, there's cables that run in to the fuselage and you can see a number of black boxes here, which we call open frame fuel cell systems.

如果你跟我往左邊看，這裡有連接到機身的線纜，你可以看到一些黑色的盒子，我們稱之為開放式燃料電池系統。

And this is where the electricity is being generated by the hydrogen through the fuel cell stack.

這裡就是透過燃料電池堆，由氫產生電力的部分。

This is a test bed that we can use to validate and test technology.

這是一個我們可以用來驗證和測試技術的測試平臺。

And then further down the fuselage is the hydrogen fuel tank.

然後機身再往後，就是氫燃料儲存槽。

On the far side, we've got some ducting that's bringing in air from the outside, pushing it through a radiator, and

在最裡面，我們有一些管道，將外部的空氣引入，通過散熱器，

that's being used to keep our fuel cell systems at the right temperature.

這些空氣被用來讓我們的燃料電池系統保持在適當的溫度。

That engine is in development and will be the first certified engine.

這具引擎正在開發中，將是首具獲得認證的引擎。

We're going to take a look at some of our test facilities here and hydrogen infrastructure.

我們要帶大家看看這裡的一些測試設施和氫能基礎設施。

So this is really where the magic is happening.

We're now standing in our hydrogen lab, and this facility is for testing our fuel cell systems primarily.

我們現在正站在我們的氫能實驗室裡，這個設施主要用於測試我們的燃料電池系統。

This is how we learn and feedback our learning into the design process.

這就是我們學習並將學習成果回饋到設計流程中的方式。

And if you follow me into this room here, you'll see what we call our open frame arrangement.

如果你跟我進到這個房間，你會看到我們稱之為開放式框架的配置。

So this is where we've got all of the different components and key parts of the system laid out in an open format.

這就是我們將系統中所有不同的組件和關鍵零件以開放形式佈局的地方。

So this is not clearly how it would go into the aircraft, but

這顯然不是它將如何安裝到飛機上的樣子，但

what this allows us to do is switch out components, repeat the testing and learn from the engines and the technology that we're putting together here.

這讓我們能夠更換組件、重複測試，並從我們在這裡組裝的引擎和技術中學習。

So if you look under here, you've got two silver boxes and those are the fuel cells themselves.

所以如果你看這裡，你會看到兩個銀色的盒子，那就是燃料電池本身。

So inside there is where the reaction is taking place to turn hydrogen and oxygen into water and electricity.

所以裡面就是氫氣和氧氣反應產生水和電力的過程。

So here we have our flight test operations and this is James Yap.

所以這裡就是我們的飛行測試操作，這是 James Yap。

So flight test engineering here at ZeroAvia fulfills a number of duties, but

所以在 ZeroAvia 的飛行測試工程承擔許多職責，但

the main one is to help look after the safe conduct of test flights on the aircraft.

主要職責是確保飛機上的測試飛行安全進行。

Principally recently, we've been looking after our Hydra and Dornier, making sure the 13 flights we've conducted so far have all gone safe and sound.

最近，我們主要負責我們的 Hydra 和 Dornier，確保到目前為止的 13 次飛行都安全順利。

We do all sorts of things, from just writing the test cards to planning what we think the performance is going to be like and then helping them with the safety work.

我們做各種事情，從撰寫測試卡到規劃我們預期的性能，然後協助他們進行安全工作。

So this is our map of the airspace for southern half of the uk.

所以這是我們英國南部空域的地圖。

We're doing some workup training and our hydrant aircraft stays within a 5 mile radius of Kemble.

我們正在進行一些演練訓練，我們的氫動力飛機將在 Kemble 半徑 5 英里內飛行。

That's about to be increased to 10 miles when we do the next test.

下次測試時，這個範圍將增加到 10 英里。

Following that we're able to do our A to B flight, which is moving the aircraft from Kemble down to Boscombe down, which is an mod site just here at the moment, ZeroAvia is going through a certification process with two regulators, the CAA in the UK and the FAA in the US.

之後，我們就能進行 A 到 B 的飛行，也就是將飛機從 Kemble 移到 Boscombe Down，那是一個國防部基地。目前，ZeroAvia 正與英國的 CAA 和美國的 FAA 這兩個監管機構進行認證流程。

And we're certifying the electric propulsion system with the FAA and the whole engine with the CAA.

我們將與 FAA 一起認證電動推進系統，並與 CAA 一起認證整個引擎。

Our first commercial product will be 2025.

我們的首個商業產品將在 2025 年推出。

In 2027, 2028, we expect to be able to power a larger regional turboprop sized aircraft.

在 2027 年、2028 年，我們預計將能為較大型的渦輪螺旋槳區域飛機提供動力。

And then late this decade, into the2030s, we'll start to break into the jet aircraft space.

然後在本世紀末，進入 2030 年代，我們將開始進入噴射機市場。

Hydrogen is expensive today and that's because there isn't an industry at scale in the short term.

氫氣目前價格昂貴，這是因為短期內還沒有大規模的產業。

The industry does think the costs for the passenger are going to increase as we make that transition.

產業認為，在轉型過程中，乘客的成本確實會增加。

We also anticipate being able to deliver some economic advantages and may actually contribute to reduction in the cost of traveling in the long term.

我們也預期能帶來一些經濟上的優勢，長期來看，甚至有助於降低旅行成本。

So that might allow people to travel more, but do so without climate impact.

這樣一來，大家就能去更多地方旅行，而且不會對氣候造成影響。