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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 18, 2021
Filed:
Jun. 26, 2017
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Robert Charles Hon, Fort Mitchell, KY (US);
Michael Thomas Gansler, Mason, OH (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A hybrid-electric propulsion system includes a turbomachine and an electric machine coupled to the turbomachine. A method for operating the hybrid-electric propulsion system includes receiving information indicative of an operability parameter of the turbomachine; determining the turbomachine is operating within a predetermined operability range based at least in part of the received information indicative of the operability parameter of the turbomachine; and operating the hybrid electric propulsion system in an electric generation mode to generate electric power with the electric machine in response to determining the turbomachine is operating within the predetermined operability range.