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Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2020

Filed:

Jun. 09, 2017
Applicant:

General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);

Inventors:

Nicholas Adam Wagner, Revere, MA (US);

Daniel E. Bergsten, Topsfield, MA (US);

David Allen Gutz, Wenham, MA (US);

Assignee:

General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 31/00 (2006.01); B64D 27/24 (2006.01); B64D 27/10 (2006.01); B64C 27/04 (2006.01); F02C 6/20 (2006.01); B64C 27/12 (2006.01); F02K 5/00 (2006.01); B64D 27/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 31/00 (2013.01); B64C 27/04 (2013.01); B64C 27/12 (2013.01); B64D 27/10 (2013.01); B64D 27/24 (2013.01); F02C 6/20 (2013.01); F02C 6/206 (2013.01); F02K 5/00 (2013.01); B64D 2027/026 (2013.01); F05D 2220/323 (2013.01); F05D 2220/329 (2013.01);
Abstract

A hybrid electric propulsion system includes a gas turbine engine and an electric machine coupled to the gas turbine engine. A method for operating the propulsion system includes determining, by one or more computing devices, a baseline power output for the gas turbine engine; operating, by the one or more computing devices, the gas turbine engine to provide the baseline power output; determining, by the one or more computing devices, a desired power output greater than or less than the baseline power output; and providing, by the one or more computing devices, power to, or extracting, by the one or more computing devices, power from, the gas turbine engine using the electric machine such that an effective power output of the gas turbine engine matches the determined desired power output.


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