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Whitepaper: Cold Testing has become hot

NLR heeft baanbrekende werk verricht aan geavanceerde koelsystemen voor materiaal- en structurele tests, waarbij temperaturen variërend van -55°C tot extreme temperaturen zoals -253°C zijn bereikt. De toekomstige doelen van NLR omvatten het testen van volledig schaalbare waterstoftanks, brandstofsysteem-componenten en waterstof-elektrische aandrijfsystemen zijn cruciaal voor het bereiken van netto-nul-emissies tegen 2050. De continue technologische vooruitgang en hoge eisen benadrukken de cruciale rol die koude testtechnologie speelt in de luchtvaartindustrie.

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