An example aircraft includes a parallel propulsion unit, the parallel propulsion unit comprising: a propulsor configured to provide forward propulsion of the aircraft; a gas turbine engine configured to drive the propulsor; an electrical machine configured to generate, for output via one or more electrical busses, electrical energy using mechanical energy derived from the gas turbine engine; and a power sharing module configured to control a ratio of the mechanical energy derived from the gas turbine engine used to drive the propulsor and used to generate electrical energy; and a plurality of series propulsion units, each series propulsion unit comprising a respective propulsor of a plurality of propulsors that are configured to provide forward propulsion of the aircraft and a respective electrical machine each configured to drive a respective propulsor of the plurality of propulsors using electrical energy received from one or more electrical busses.
HYBRID PROPULSION SYSTEMS WITH POWER SHARING
HYBRIDANTRIEBSSYSTEME MIT GEMEINSAMER LEISTUNGSNUTZUNG
SYSTÈMES DE PROPULSION HYBRIDE À PARTAGE DE PUISSANCE
2024-07-31
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B64D Ausrüstung für Flugzeuge , EQUIPMENT FOR FITTING IN OR TO AIRCRAFT |