Sep 29, 2022
Doctoral student Max Vater speaks at the 71st DLRK in Dresden
Under the motto "Aerospace - researching together and shaping sustainably." the 71st German Aerospace Congress (DLRK), organised by the German Aerospace Society (DGLR), took place from September 27th to 29th, 2022 at the German Hygiene Museum in Dresden. The DGLR as a scientific-technical association bundles the expertise from research, industry and politics, and was able to organise a national congress in presence for the first time again after a two-year pandemic break, with numerous plenary and technical lectures, panel discussions and space for networking opportunities.
On the first day of the event, participants were given an insight into TU Dresden's research on aviation-relevant hydrogen topics such as storage, use and their safety-critical issues in the session "H2 & Aviation - Challenges and Innovations". Max Vater, an associated member of the Research Training Group, also took part and presented a paper on "Safety aspects in H2 use and storage for aviation". The subject of his presentation was the safety analysis of refuelling processes for hydrogen-powered aircraft in order to compare the reliability of an established refuelling system for gaseous hydrogen from the automotive industry with a refuelling system for cryogenic hydrogen. In addition, an extension of the safety analysis was proposed, which makes it possible to better evaluate hydrogen tanks made of fibre composite materials in terms of safety.