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@PHDTHESIS{Rau:1010823,
      author       = {Rau, Alexander},
      othercontributors = {Stumpf, Eike and Hornung, Mirko},
      title        = {{E}valuation of system-level implications of introducing
                      hydrogen-powered aircraft on the passenger air
                      transportation network},
      school       = {Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen},
      type         = {Dissertation},
      address      = {Aachen},
      publisher    = {RWTH Aachen University},
      reportid     = {RWTH-2025-04348},
      pages        = {1 Online-Ressource : Illustrationen},
      year         = {2025},
      note         = {Veröffentlicht auf dem Publikationsserver der RWTH Aachen
                      University; Dissertation, Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische
                      Hochschule Aachen, 2025},
      abstract     = {The global aviation industry faces a pronounced challenge
                      to mitigate its contribution to anthropogenic climate
                      change. While total carbon emissions contribution of
                      passenger air travel was estimated to account for around
                      $3\%$ of the global carbon emissions in 2019, this is
                      projected to increase due to the hard-to-abate character of
                      emissions from jet fuel powered aircraft. One potential
                      pathway that is recently gaining attention in research,
                      policy, and industry is the transition towards using green
                      hydrogen as zero-carbon fuel. Next to technological,
                      infrastructural, and economical challenges, this would
                      introduce a wide range of impactful changes to a system
                      centred around safety and reliability. This thesis employs a
                      holistic approach and examines these changes from a flight
                      network perspective, focusing on passenger transport in
                      Europe. It uses a two-step approach: first, top-level
                      aircraft requirements (TLAR) for a hydrogen aircraft are
                      determined to maximise the emissions reduction in a fixed
                      network. Then, the changes the chosen aircraft configuration
                      would impose on the air transportation network in Europe are
                      identified. For this purpose, it utilises network modelling
                      and linear optimisation techniques. The thesis recreates the
                      air transportation network using demand and direct operating
                      cost optimisation, without considering revenue and
                      airline-specific factors. It illustrates that an aircraft
                      with 140-seats and 2,000 km range could be able to address
                      more than half of carbon emissions caused by intra-European
                      passenger flights by 2050. The introduction of hydrogen
                      aircraft will have substantial impact on network structure,
                      including flight frequency, capacity, and stopover routes,
                      depending on seat capacity and range of the hydrogen
                      aircraft design. Lastly, it shows that air-ports that have a
                      favourable green hydrogen supply could benefit from the
                      introduction of hydrogen aviation.},
      cin          = {415310},
      ddc          = {620},
      cid          = {$I:(DE-82)415310_20140620$},
      typ          = {PUB:(DE-HGF)11},
      doi          = {10.18154/RWTH-2025-04348},
      url          = {https://publications.rwth-aachen.de/record/1010823},
}