CONTROL OF A PROPULSION SYSTEM WITH A FUEL CELL

• Main Authors: ASARI KOKKI, BENJAMIN MICHAEL ANTHONY, WANG HONGGANG
• Format: Patent
• Language: Chinese; English
• Published: 07.07.2023
• Subjects: AIR INTAKES FOR JET-PROPULSION PLANTS; AIRCRAFT; ARRANGEMENTS OR MOUNTING OF POWER PLANTS OR PROPULSIONTRANSMISSIONS IN AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS; BLASTING; COMBUSTION ENGINES; CONTROLLING FUEL SUPPLY IN AIR-BREATHING JET-PROPULSION PLANTS; COSMONAUTICS; ELECTRICITY; EQUIPMENT FOR FITTING IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; FLYING SUITS; GAS-TURBINE PLANTS; HEATING; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS; LIGHTING; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; PARACHUTES; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSIONOF CHEMICAL INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY; TRANSPORTING; WEAPONS

A propulsion system includes: a fuel cell assembly including a fuel cell and fuel cell assembly operating conditions, the fuel cell defining an outlet positioned to remove an output product from the fuel cell; a combustion section including a combustor configured to receive a flow of aviation fuel from the aircraft fuel supply, and further configured to receive an output product from the fuel cell; and a controller comprising a memory and one or more processors, the memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the propulsion system to operate, the operations comprising: determining data indicative of at least one of an enthalpy or a composition of an output product from the fuel cell; and modifying aviation fuel flow from the aircraft fuel supply to the combustor based on at least one of the enthalpy or composition of the output product. 一种推进系统，包括：燃料电池组件，燃料电池组件包括燃料电池和燃料电池组件操作条件，燃料电池限定出口，出口定位成从燃料电池移除输出产物；燃烧区段，燃烧区段包括燃烧器，燃烧器被构造为接收来自飞行器燃料供应部的航空燃料流，并且进一步被构造为接收来自燃料电池的输出产物；和控制