This modern airship is designed to lift up to 30 tons and drives eco- friendly long range. The design has some real interesting features.
The superstructure is a so called lifting body. The hull is shaped to design dynamic lift during flight which gains up to 20% more lift than the aerostatic lift. The construction is called semi- rigid cause the upper hull is flexible and can change its form. The material is very durable and heat resistant.
The lifting gas is hot steam with around 150°Celsius. The lifting power is lower than helium or hydrogen gas, but its free of costs and can be produced everywhere.
Power supply is done by own on- board algae farm bio reactors. These reactors works by an manipulated algae type called Chlamydomonas reinhardtii which produce hydrogen gas. This gas is mixed with oxygen in a fuel cell. The chemical power plant and a photovoltaik power unit on the roof produce the energy which is used to drive the airship and to heat up the steam. The water for the steam is the "waste" of the chemical reaction of the fuel cells. The steam is made with the help of an on- board air source heat pump.
The drive is produced by four cyclogiro- rotors. These modern axial propellers use the Magnus effect and the Voigt- Schneider method to produce a adaptive airstream vector. Each of these four rotors produce individual steerable vectors which can turn and pitch the airship in all three dimensions.
The airship is used for heavy duty lifting missions in rural zones. The cargo can be up to 12 TEU 20 foot containers (6 FEU 40 foot containers) or three modular cabins.
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