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公开(公告)号:US20240286754A1
公开(公告)日:2024-08-29
申请号:US18404258
申请日:2024-01-04
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor: Honggang Wang , Brandon Wayne Miller , Michael Anthony Benjamin , Richard L. Hart , Randy M. Vondrell , Ryan St. Pierre
IPC: B64D37/32 , B64D27/355
CPC classification number: B64D37/32 , B64D27/355
Abstract: A system for an aircraft including: a fuel tank defining an interior; and a fuel cell assembly having a fuel cell defining an air outlet, wherein the air outlet of the fuel cell is in airflow communication with the interior of the fuel tank for providing an inerting airflow from the fuel cell to the interior of the fuel tank to reduce an oxygen content of the interior of the fuel tank.
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公开(公告)号:US12040623B2
公开(公告)日:2024-07-16
申请号:US17430525
申请日:2019-05-08
Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
Inventor: Patrick Hart , Honggang Wang
CPC classification number: H02J3/46 , G05B13/024 , H02J3/381 , H02J2300/20
Abstract: The example embodiments are directed to a system and method for dynamically controlling classes of assets in a hybrid generation power plant. In one example, the system may include a plurality of classes of power assets with at least one class comprising a non-renewable power source and at least one class comprising a renewable power source, and a power controller configured to manage a class of power assets from among the plurality of classes, the power controller including a pre-processing module configured to dynamically shape an error being fed into a respective power source of the class of power assets, and an asset control module configured to dynamically adjust a power setpoint of the respective power source of the class of power assets.
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公开(公告)号:US12037124B2
公开(公告)日:2024-07-16
申请号:US17581098
申请日:2022-01-21
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor: Honggang Wang , Michael Anthony Benjamin , Seung-Hyuck Hong , Richard L. Hart
IPC: B64D27/24 , B64D27/10 , F02C7/26 , H01M8/04111 , H01M8/04223 , H01M8/04225 , H01M8/04701 , B64D27/02 , B64D41/00 , F02C1/10
CPC classification number: B64D27/24 , B64D27/10 , F02C7/26 , H01M8/04111 , H01M8/04225 , H01M8/04231 , H01M8/04708 , H01M8/04738 , B64D27/026 , B64D2041/005 , F02C1/10 , H01M2250/20
Abstract: A method for operating a propulsion system for an aircraft, the propulsion system including a gas turbine engine and a fuel cell assembly, the fuel cell assembly comprising a fuel cell stack having a fuel cell defining an outlet positioned to remove output products from the fuel cell during operation, the method including: executing a startup sequence for the gas turbine engine, wherein executing the startup sequence comprises initiating the startup sequence for the gas turbine engine; executing a startup sequence for the fuel cell assembly concurrently with, or subsequent to, initiating the startup sequence for the gas turbine engine; and operating the fuel cell assembly to provide output products to a combustion section of the gas turbine engine.
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公开(公告)号:US11967743B2
公开(公告)日:2024-04-23
申请号:US17676488
申请日:2022-02-21
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor: Honggang Wang , Radislav A. Potyrailo , Michael Anthony Benjamin
IPC: F02C7/00 , B60L50/70 , B60L58/30 , B64D27/10 , B64D27/24 , H01M8/0444 , H01M8/04858 , H01M8/0662 , H01M8/249
CPC classification number: H01M8/0444 , B60L50/70 , B60L58/30 , B64D27/10 , B64D27/24 , F02C7/00 , H01M8/0494 , H01M8/0662 , H01M8/249 , B60L2200/10 , F05D2220/323 , F05D2240/35 , F05D2270/053 , H01M2250/20
Abstract: A propulsion system is provided including: a gas turbine engine including a combustion section having a combustor; and a modular fuel cell assembly. The modular fuel cell assembly includes: a first fuel cell string comprising a first processing unit and a first fuel cell stack, the first fuel cell stack comprising a first fuel cell defining an outlet configured to provide output products from the first fuel cell to the combustor; and a second fuel cell string comprising a second processing unit and a second fuel cell stack, the second fuel cell stack comprising a second fuel cell defining an outlet configured to provide output products from the second fuel cell to the combustor.
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公开(公告)号:US11923569B2
公开(公告)日:2024-03-05
申请号:US17240228
申请日:2021-04-26
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor: Hendrik Pieter Jacobus de Bock , Richard L. Hart , Honggang Wang , Narendra D. Joshi
IPC: H01M8/0258 , H01M8/0263
CPC classification number: H01M8/0258 , H01M8/0263 , H01M2250/20
Abstract: A fuel cell unit that includes a support structure having a plurality of flow channels and an active layer membrane coupled with the support structure, the active layer membrane comprising at least one electrode layer. Each flow channel of the plurality of flow channels is configured to direct one of air and fuel across at least one electrode layer of an active layer membrane to create electric current. Each flow channel of the plurality of flow channels includes at least one enhancement feature that is configured to disrupt a formation of a boundary layer near a surface of the active layer membrane where reactions occur. The plurality of flow channels can be positioned in a zig-zag configuration to allow for an increase in power density of the fuel cell unit.
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公开(公告)号:US20240051673A1
公开(公告)日:2024-02-15
申请号:US17887872
申请日:2022-08-15
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor: Kishore Ramakrishnan , Trevor Howard Wood , Harry Kirk Mathews, JR. , Eric Richard Westervelt , Honggang Wang , Timothy Richard DePuy
CPC classification number: B64D31/06 , B64D27/10 , B64D27/24 , B64D2027/026
Abstract: An aircraft engine includes a low pressure spool, a high pressure spool, and an alternative power source. The alternative power source is configured to add power to the high pressure spool. A controller is configured to determine a noise sensitive condition; and control, in response to determining the noise sensitive condition, the alternative power source to add power to the high pressure spool.
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公开(公告)号:US20230313744A1
公开(公告)日:2023-10-05
申请号:US17712747
申请日:2022-04-04
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor: Honggang Wang , Michael Anthony Benjamin , Stefan Joseph Cafaro
CPC classification number: F02C9/40 , F23R3/36 , F02C7/32 , F02C9/48 , F05D2220/323 , F05D2220/76 , F05D2270/304
Abstract: A method of operating a gas turbine engine is provided. The method includes: providing a flow of a primary fuel to a combustor of a turbomachine, the turbomachine including a compressor, a turbine, and a spool rotatable with the compressor and the turbine; receiving data indicative of a spool parameter of the spool; and modifying a flow of a secondary fuel to the combustor in response to the received data indicative of the spool parameter of the spool.
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公开(公告)号:US11719441B2
公开(公告)日:2023-08-08
申请号:US17568341
申请日:2022-01-04
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor: Honggang Wang , Michael Anthony Benjamin
Abstract: Systems and methods including a reformer stack extended around a combustion chamber. The reformer stack is configured to provide output products to the combustion chamber.
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公开(公告)号:US20230212991A1
公开(公告)日:2023-07-06
申请号:US17568313
申请日:2022-01-04
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor: Honggang Wang , Michael Anthony Benjamin
CPC classification number: F02C9/40 , F02C7/22 , F23R3/36 , F05D2220/32 , F05D2240/35
Abstract: Systems and methods include a fuel cell stack extended around a combustion chamber that is configured to provide output products to the combustion chamber to achieve at least one of late lean injection and a desired combustor gas concentration distribution. The fuel cell stack is positioned at a downstream section of the combustion chamber along an axial direction.
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公开(公告)号:US20230039759A1
公开(公告)日:2023-02-09
申请号:US17396401
申请日:2021-08-06
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor: Honggang Wang , Michael A. Benjamin , Seung-Hyuck Hong , Richard L. Hart
IPC: H01M8/04111 , H01M8/2457 , H01M8/04746
Abstract: An integrated fuel cell and combustor assembly includes a combustor that is fluidly coupled with at least one upstream compressor that generates compressed air. A fuel cell stack having a cathode and an anode is fluidly coupled to the combustor. The fuel cell stack is configured to receive intake fuel and a portion of the compressed air as intake air, to generate a fuel cell power output using the intake fuel and the intake air, and to direct a fuel and air exhaust from the fuel cell stack into the combustor. A self-reliant air supply system is fluidly coupled with the at least one upstream compressor and the fuel cell stack, and is configured to supply the intake air to the fuel cell stack. A fault-tolerant controller is configured to detect a transient event within the combustor and to control the self-reliant air supply system during the transient event.
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