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Title:
PROPULSION SYSTEM FOR AIRCRAFT
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2023157934
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
To provide a method for charging an electric energy storage unit of a hybrid-electric aircraft propulsion system.SOLUTION: A hybrid-electric propulsion system (50) includes a turbomachine (102) and an electric machine (56) coupled to the turbomachine (102). A method for operating the hybrid-electric propulsion system (50) includes: receiving information indicative of an operability parameter of the turbomachine (102); determining whether the turbomachine (102) is operating within a predetermined operability range on the basis of at least part of the received information indicative of the operability parameter of the turbomachine (102); and operating the hybrid electric propulsion system (50) in an electric generation mode to generate electric power with the electric machine (56) in response to determining that the turbomachine (102) is operating within the predetermined operability range.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 4

Inventors:
ROBERT CHARLES HON
MICHAEL THOMAS GANSLER
Application Number:
JP2023130371A
Publication Date:
October 26, 2023
Filing Date:
August 09, 2023
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
GENERAL ELECTRIC CO GE
International Classes:
F02C7/00; B60L50/16; B60L50/60; B60L58/10; B64D27/10; B64D27/24
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Masato Iida
Choe Yun
Kenji Tanaka