An aircraft power plant has a hybrid propulsion system having an electric motor, an output shaft drivingly connectable to a thrust generator, a combustion engine, a compressor, and a planetary gear train having an Auxiliary Power Unit (APU) mode in which the electric motor is in driving engagement with the compressor via the planetary gear train while the combustion engine is disengaged from the output shaft, and a propulsion mode in which the combustion engine and the electric motor are in driving engagement with the output shaft via the planetary gear train.
Hybrid aircraft propulsion power plants
28.11.2023
Patent
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
IPC: | F02C Gasturbinenanlagen , GAS-TURBINE PLANTS / B60W CONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPE OR DIFFERENT FUNCTION , Gemeinsame Steuerung oder Regelung von Fahrzeug-Unteraggregaten verschiedenen Typs oder verschiedener Funktion / H02K Dynamoelektrische Maschinen , DYNAMO-ELECTRIC MACHINES / B64D Ausrüstung für Flugzeuge , EQUIPMENT FOR FITTING IN OR TO AIRCRAFT |