Blended wing body aircraft with a combustion engine and method of use
AssigneeJetZero, Inc.
InventorsRonald Tatsuji Kawai, Shailesh Atreya
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Abstract
A system for a blended wing body aircraft with a combustion engine is illustrated. The aircraft comprises a blended wing body, at least a fuel source located within the blended wing body and configured to store a fuel, wherein the fuel includes liquid hydrogen, and at least a propulsor configured to propel the blended wing body aircraft. The at least a propulsor comprises a combustion engine configured to burn the fuel from the fuel source and produce mechanical work to power the at least a propulsor.
Claims20
A system for a blended wing body aircraft with a combustion engine, the aircraft comprising:
- a blended wing body;
- at least a fuel source located within the blended wing body and configured to store a fuel, wherein the fuel includes liquid hydrogen, wherein the fuel source comprises:
- a multi-bubble fuel tank comprising at least a plurality of main lobes and at least four small lobes positioned on an outer perimeter of the plurality of main lobes, wherein each small lobe defines a varying volume from each remaining small lobes of the at least four small lobes, and wherein each junction of the multi-bubble tank comprises a continuous septum that partitions the multi-bubble tank into compartments and prevents fluid communication therethrough between the compartments;
- an inner wall and an outer wall with a vacuum chamber disposed between the inner wall and the outer wall, wherein the outer wall comprises a reflective material;
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- at least a propulsor configured to propel the blended wing body aircraft, the at least a propulsor comprising a combustion engine configured to:
- burn the fuel from the fuel source;
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- produce mechanical work to power the at least a propulsor.
A method of use of a system for a blended wing body aircraft with a combustion engine, the method comprising:
- storing a fuel using at least a fuel source located within a blended wing body of the blended wing body aircraft, wherein the fuel source comprises:
- a multi-bubble fuel tank comprising at least a plurality of main lobes and at least four small lobes positioned on an outer perimeter of the plurality of main lobes, wherein each small lobe defines a varying volume from each remaining small lobes of the at least four small lobes, and wherein each junction of the multi-bubble tank comprises a continuous septum that partitions the multi-bubble tank into compartments and prevents fluid communication therethrough between the compartments;
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- an inner wall and an outer wall with a vacuum chamber disposed between the inner wall and the outer wall, wherein the outer wall comprises a reflective material;
- propelling the aircraft, using at least a propulsor mechanically affixed to the blended wing body aircraft, the at least at propulsor comprising a combustion engine;
- burning, at the combustion engine, the fuel from the fuel source;
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- producing, at the combustion engine, mechanical work to power the at least a propulsor.
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