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Environment & Energy

CoopersDad

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2. It uses a fuel cell, so is not a combustion engine.

Reply to Vogon_Glory (Reply #1)

Thu Nov 14, 2024, 03:11 PM

Nov 14

The air is thinner at altitude and power can be impacted however adjustments to the compressor delivering air to the fuel cell can compensate.
Hydrogen is touted as a great aviation fuel, and I wonder what innovators are doing to account for even thinner air at higher altitudes.

Thanks!

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Are these locomotives powered by fuel cells or internal combustion Vogon_Glory Nov 14 #1

It uses a fuel cell, so is not a combustion engine. CoopersDad Nov 14 #2

Thanks! n/t Vogon_Glory Nov 14 #3

Not a test, just the real world. NNadir Nov 15 #4