HYBRID PROPULSION INSTALLATION AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SUCH AN INSTALLATION

• Main Authors: POUMAREDE, Vincent, MARIN, Jean-Philippe Jacques
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 16.02.2022
• Subjects: AIR INTAKES FOR JET-PROPULSION PLANTS; AIRCRAFT; ARRANGEMENTS OR MOUNTING OF POWER PLANTS OR PROPULSIONTRANSMISSIONS IN AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; BLASTING; COMBUSTION ENGINES; CONTROLLING FUEL SUPPLY IN AIR-BREATHING JET-PROPULSION PLANTS; COSMONAUTICS; ELECTRIC EQUIPMENT OR PROPULSION OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLEDVEHICLES; ELECTRODYNAMIC BRAKE SYSTEMS FOR VEHICLES, IN GENERAL; EQUIPMENT FOR FITTING IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; FLYING SUITS; GAS-TURBINE PLANTS; HEATING; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS; JET-PROPULSION PLANTS; LIGHTING; MAGNETIC SUSPENSION OR LEVITATION FOR VEHICLES; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; PARACHUTES; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING; VEHICLES IN GENERAL; WEAPONS

A hybrid propulsion installation for an aircraft, including an internal combustion engine having at least one combustion chamber; at least one electricity generator; an electrical propulsion system; electromechanical protection mechanism arranged between the or each electricity generator and the electrical propulsion system; wherein the installation also includes: an electronic computer configured to: receive at least one piece of information on a position of the electromechanical protection mechanism; receive at least one piece of information on a speed of rotation of a shaft of the internal combustion engine; and control the flow of fuel supplying the combustion chamber depending on the information received.