Korea’s Hydrogen Industries Inc. and just announced its entry into the UAV market with the HyliumX liquid hydrogen fuel cell drone which reportedly can fly for over 5-hours straight without needing to be powered up.
For comparison, the DJI Mini 2 SE is good for up to 30-minutes on a full charge. The drone weighs 16 kg, measures 749 mm x 792.5 mm x 597.5 mm and can fly up to 10kms with a payload of 4kg.
Its Liquid Hydrogen Power Pack combines an ultralight liquefied hydrogen fuel tank with a Proton exchange membrane fuel cell, thus resulting in high efficiency energy perfect for military, infrastructure, agriculture, delivery and many other applications.
The HyliumX can be deployed from a Mobile Ground Control Station (mGCS), which has a built-in hydrogen refueling system onboard.
HYLIUM INDUSTRIES, INC. was established in 2014 as a Korea Institute of Science and Technology’s (KIST) venture company. Since then we have been developing the nation’s first cryogenic liquid hydrogen manufacturing and storage technologies with R&D support from the Korean Government.
Receiving over $18 million in investments and partnering with world renowned companies, we have achieved to become one of the top companies in the industry.
Hylium has developed various technologies related to the hydrogen liquefaction system and owns over 40 patents and intellectual property rights, with more patents pending. In 2015 Hylium Industries’ technologies were acknowledged by the Cryogenic Engineering Conference with a Russel B. Scott Memorial Award for the Best Application in Small-Capacity Hydrogen Liquefaction Technology.
Source: Press Release