Aircraft power plants including combustion engines, and associated methods for recuperating waste heat from such aircraft power plants are described. A method includes transferring the heat rejected by the internal combustion engine to supercritical CO2 (sCO2) used as a working fluid in a heat engine. The heat engine converts at least some the heat transferred to the sCO2 to mechanical energy to perform useful work onboard the aircraft.


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    Title :

    AIRCRAFT POWER PLANT WITH SUPERCRITICAL CO2 HEAT ENGINE


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    Publication date :

    2022-04-28


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English


    Classification :

    IPC:    B64D Ausrüstung für Flugzeuge , EQUIPMENT FOR FITTING IN OR TO AIRCRAFT / F01K STEAM ENGINE PLANTS , Dampfkraftanlagen / F02G HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT ENGINE PLANTS , mit Heißgas oder Verbrennungsgasen betriebene Kraftmaschinenanlagen, wobei die Kraftmaschinen mit Verdrängerwirkung arbeiten



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