Aircraft power plant
AssigneePratt & Whitney Canada Corp.
InventorSerge DUSSAULT
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Abstract
Aircraft power plants and associated methods are provided. A method for driving a load on an aircraft includes: transferring motive power from an internal combustion (IC) engine to the load; discharging a flow of first exhaust gas from the IC engine when transferring motive power from the IC engine to the load; receiving the flow of first exhaust gas from the IC engine into a combustor; mixing fuel with the first exhaust gas in the combustor and igniting the fuel to generate a flow of second exhaust gas; receiving the flow of second exhaust gas at a turbine and driving the turbine with the flow of second exhaust gas from the combustor; and transferring motive power from the turbine to the load.
Claims6
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A method of driving a load onboard an aircraft, the method comprising:
- transferring motive power from an internal combustion (IC) engine to the load, the IC engine using intermittent combustion during operation;
- discharging a flow of first exhaust gas from the IC engine when transferring motive power from the IC engine to the load;
- receiving the flow of first exhaust gas from the IC engine into a combustor;
- mixing fuel with the first exhaust gas in the combustor and igniting the fuel to generate a flow of second exhaust gas;
- receiving the flow of second exhaust gas at a turbine and driving the turbine with the flow of second exhaust gas from the combustor;
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- transferring motive power from the turbine to the load.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.