The disclosure relates to a drive system and to a method for providing kinetic energy for a propulsion device of an aircraft. The drive system is designed as a series hybrid system, which has an electric motor for driving the propulsion device, a generator for providing the electrical energy for the electric motor, and an internal combustion engine for providing the kinetic energy for operating the generator. The generator is designed as a superconducting generator. Hydrogen is used as a coolant for the generator. As soon as the hydrogen in the region surrounding the generator exceeds a specified temperature, the hydrogen is drawn from the generator in the gaseous state and fed to a device, which processes the hydrogen in such a way that energy that may be used in the drive system is provided. The device may be a fuel cell and/or the internal combustion engine designed as a hydrogen turbine, for example.
ANTRIEBSSYSTEM UND VERFAHREN ZUM ANTREIBEN EINES VORTRIEBSMITTELS EINES FAHRZEUGS, UNTER VERWENDUNG KRYOGENER KÜHLUNG
DRIVE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DRIVING A MEANS OF PROPULSION OF A VEHICLE BY USING CRYOGENIC COOLING
SYSTEME DE PROPULSION ET PROCÉDÉ D'ENTRAÎNEMENT D'UN MOYEN DE PROPULSION D'UN VÉHICULE, EN UTILISANT UN REFROIDISSEMENT CRYOGÉNIQUE
2018-04-25
Patent
Electronic Resource
German
IPC: | B60L PROPULSION OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES , Antrieb von elektrisch angetriebenen Fahrzeugen |
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