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Date of Patent:
Nov. 30, 2021

Filed:

May. 01, 2020
Applicants:

Airbus Defence and Space Gmbh, Taufkirchen, DE;

Airbus Operations Gmbh, Hamburg, DE;

Inventors:

Dominique Vergnet, Toulouse, FR;

Barnaby Law, Hamburg, DE;

Winfried Lohmiller, Taufkirchen, DE;

Assignees:

AIRBUS DEFENCE AND SPACE GMBH, Taufkirchen, DE;

AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBH, Hamburg, DE;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 31/00 (2006.01); H01M 8/04858 (2016.01); H01M 16/00 (2006.01); H02J 4/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 31/00 (2013.01); H01M 8/04925 (2013.01); H01M 16/003 (2013.01); H02J 4/00 (2013.01); B64D 2221/00 (2013.01); H01M 2250/20 (2013.01); H02J 2300/30 (2020.01); H02J 2310/44 (2020.01);
Abstract

An energy management system for an aircraft, wherein the energy management system comprises a fuel cell configured to convert chemical energy into electric energy, at least one energy source configured to provide electric energy, at least one electrical load, an electric bus electrically coupled to the fuel cell, the at least one energy source, and the at least one electrical load, and a controller configured to control the at least one electrical load in such a manner that a minimum load to the fuel cell is ensured. Furthermore, an aircraft comprises such energy management system. A method for managing energy in a system comprises electrically coupling a fuel cell, at least one energy source, and at least one electrical load by an electric bus, and controlling at least one electrical load in such a manner that a minimum load to the fuel cell is ensured.


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