Sorption Heat Exchanger to Enable Thermal Safety of Electric Aircraft. This project aims to develop a sorption heat exchanger for the electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft, Vertiia, by loadin

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Sorption Heat Exchanger to Enable Thermal Safety of Electric Aircraft. This project aims to develop a sorption heat exchanger for the electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft, Vertiia, by loading sorption thermal storage into airflow channels of the heat exchanger. On the ground, the solid-gas sorption storage with ultrahigh energy density is pre-discharged. During the flight, battery generated heat is then mostly absorbed by the sorption storage by releasing its stored moisture. The novel heat exchanger is expected to significantly improve thermal dissipation capability with minimum weight and onboard energy penalties. This technology not only ensures thermal safety of Vertiia’s batteries, but it also provides more allowable weight for passengers and mitigating thermal-accelerated battery degradation.. Scheme: Early Career Industry Fellowships. Field: 4012 - Fluid Mechanics and Thermal Engineering. Lead: Dr Chunrong Zhao