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Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2024

Filed:

May. 27, 2022
Applicant:

General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);

Inventors:

Honggang Wang, Clifton Park, NY (US);

Sumit Bose, Niskayuna, NY (US);

Assignee:

General Electric Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 41/00 (2006.01); H01M 8/04298 (2016.01); H01M 8/2465 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 41/00 (2013.01); H01M 8/04298 (2013.01); H01M 8/2465 (2013.01); B64D 2041/005 (2013.01); H01M 2250/20 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method of operating a fuel cell assembly for an aircraft is provided. The method includes: receiving flight load predictor data for a scheduled flight of the aircraft prior to initiation of the scheduled flight of the aircraft; and reconfiguring the fuel cell assembly in response to the received flight load predictor data prior to the initiation of the scheduled flight of the aircraft, wherein reconfiguring the fuel cell assembly comprises adding or removing a fuel cell module to or from the fuel cell assembly to increase or decrease a power capacity of the fuel cell assembly.


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