Sustainable Aviation—Hydrogen Is the Future

Talal Yusaf, Louis Fernandes, Abd Rahim Abu Talib, Yazan S. M. Altarazi, Waleed Alrefae, Kumaran Kadirgama, Devarajan Ramasamy, Aruna Jayasuriya, Gordon Brown, Rizalman Mamat, Hayder Al Dhahad, F. Benedict and Mohamd Laimon
Additional contact information
Talal Yusaf: School of Engineering and Technology, Central Queensland University, Brisbane, QLD 4008, Australia
Louis Fernandes: Development Department, Aviation Australia, Brisbane, QLD 4009, Australia
Abd Rahim Abu Talib: Aerodynamic, Heat Transfer & Propulsion Group, Department of Aerospace Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang 43400, Malaysia
Yazan S. M. Altarazi: Aerodynamic, Heat Transfer & Propulsion Group, Department of Aerospace Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang 43400, Malaysia
Waleed Alrefae: Mechanical Engineering Technology Department, Kuwait Technological Studies, The Public Authority of Applied Education and Training (PAAET), Kuwait City 130192, Kuwait
Kumaran Kadirgama: Faculty of Mechanical & Automotive Engineering Technology, University Malaysia Pahang, Pekan 26600, Malaysia
Devarajan Ramasamy: Faculty of Mechanical & Automotive Engineering Technology, University Malaysia Pahang, Pekan 26600, Malaysia
Aruna Jayasuriya: School of Engineering and Technology, Central Queensland University, Brisbane, QLD 4008, Australia
Gordon Brown: Development Department, Aviation Australia, Brisbane, QLD 4009, Australia
Rizalman Mamat: Faculty of Mechanical & Automotive Engineering Technology, University Malaysia Pahang, Pekan 26600, Malaysia
Hayder Al Dhahad: Mechanical Engineering Department, University of Technology, Baghdad 19006, Iraq
F. Benedict: Enhance Track Sdn. Bhd., Puchong 47120, Malaysia
Mohamd Laimon: Engineering Faculty, Al-Hussein Bin Talal University, Ma’an 71111, Jordan

Sustainability, 2022, vol. 14, issue 1, 1-17

Abstract: As the global search for new methods to combat global warming and climate change continues, renewable fuels and hydrogen have emerged as saviours for environmentally polluting industries such as aviation. Sustainable aviation is the goal of the aviation industry today. There is increasing interest in achieving carbon-neutral flight to combat global warming. Hydrogen has proven to be a suitable alternative fuel. It is abundant, clean, and produces no carbon emissions, but only water after use, which has the potential to cool the environment. This paper traces the historical growth and future of the aviation and aerospace industry. It examines how hydrogen can be used in the air and on the ground to lower the aviation industry’s impact on the environment. In addition, while aircraft are an essential part of the aviation industry, other support services add to the overall impact on the environment. Hydrogen can be used to fuel the energy needs of these services. However, for hydrogen technology to be accepted and implemented, other issues such as government policy, education, and employability must be addressed. Improvement in the performance and emissions of hydrogen as an alternative energy and fuel has grown in the last decade. However, other issues such as the storage and cost and the entire value chain require significant work for hydrogen to be implemented. The international community’s alternative renewable energy and hydrogen roadmaps can provide a long-term blueprint for developing the alternative energy industry. This will inform the private and public sectors so that the industry can adjust its plan accordingly.

Keywords: aviation energy; pollution; advanced technology; education; policies and regulations (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
References: View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (16)

Downloads: (external link)
https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/14/1/548/pdf (application/pdf)
https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/14/1/548/ (text/html)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:14:y:2022:i:1:p:548-:d:717901

Access Statistics for this article

Sustainability is currently edited by Ms. Alexandra Wu

More articles in Sustainability from MDPI
Bibliographic data for series maintained by MDPI Indexing Manager ().