DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING ON-DEMAND ENGINE SOFTWARE USING A DISTRIBUTED LEDGER

    公开(公告)号:EP4390670A2

    公开(公告)日:2024-06-26

    申请号:EP24168042.0

    申请日:2020-11-03

    发明人: GILTON, Jeffrey

    IPC分类号: G06F8/61

    摘要: Devices, systems, and methods for providing software to aircraft (130) using a distributed ledger are disclosed. A software delivery system (100) includes aircraft (130) having an engine controller (136) configured to verify and install software utilized by components of the aircraft (130), an electronic distribution system (124) coupled to the aircraft (130), an edge manager (170) coupled to the electronic distribution system (124), and computing devices (182) acting as nodes in a distributed ledger base (180) maintaining a distributed ledger. The electronic distribution system (124) verifies a request for software, requests software, and initiates an installation protocol with the engine controller (136). The edge manager (170) maintains software. The distributed ledger base (180) is coupled to the aircraft (130), the electronic distribution system (124), and the edge manager (170). The distributed ledger provides a record including information pertaining to a request for software, verifications of the request by the electronic distribution system (124), the edge manager (170), and the engine controller (136), and an installation of the software.

    AMMONIA BASED HYDROGEN POWERED COMBINED PROPULSION SYSTEM

    公开(公告)号:EP4386188A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-06-19

    申请号:EP23209636.2

    申请日:2023-11-14

    IPC分类号: F02C3/22 F02C7/224 F02K7/16

    摘要: A propulsion system (4) includes a turbine engine (10), and a ramjet engine (6), a fuel storage tank (90) that stores a fuel (92), such as an ammonia-based fuel, a heat exchanger (70) through which the fuel (92) passes to obtain gaseous (or supercritical) fuel components (98, 102) of the fuel (92), and a separator (72) that separates the gaseous fuel components (98, 102) into a first fuel component (98) and a second fuel component (102). The first fuel component (98) is provided to the ramjet engine (6) for ramjet combustion and/or to the turbine engine (10) for turbine combustion, in a high speed operating state (1005) of the propulsion system (4), while the second fuel component (102) may be provided to an inlet (60) of the turbine engine (10) for the turbine combustion.

    FUEL TANK HEAT REJECTION SYSTEM
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    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:EP4382432A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-06-12

    申请号:EP23207241.3

    申请日:2023-11-01

    IPC分类号: B64D37/06 B64D37/34

    CPC分类号: B64D37/34 B64D37/06

    摘要: A fuel tank heat rejection system (403, 503) for an aircraft (10). The fuel tank heat rejection system (403, 503) includes a fuel tank compartment (460, 560) in the aircraft (10) and a fuel tank (46, 282, 304, 404, 504, 604, 704, 804) having an exterior surface (617, 717, 817) and storing fuel (267) therein. The fuel tank (46, 282, 304, 404, 504, 604, 704, 804) is located in the fuel tank compartment (460, 560). The fuel tank heat rejection system (403, 503) includes one or more air valves (462, 562) that provide fluid communication to the fuel tank compartment (460, 560). The one or more air valves (462, 562) opening to operably direct cooling air into the fuel tank compartment (460, 560) through the one or more air valves (462, 562), the cooling air contacting the exterior surface (617, 717, 817) of the fuel tank (46, 282, 304, 404, 504, 604, 704, 804) such that heat from the fuel (267) is rejected from the fuel tank (46, 282, 304, 404, 504, 604, 704, 804).