Hybrid engine with a gas turbine engine

• US 8,432,048 B1
• Filed: 03/08/2011
• Issued: 04/30/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 03/08/2011
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Florida Turbine Technologies, Inc. (Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Florida Turbine Technologies, Inc. (Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Incorporated)
• Inventors: Paulino, Jose R
• Primary Examiner(s): Waks, Joseph
• Application Number:
  US13/042,676
• Time in Patent Office: 784 Days
• Field of Search: 290/1.A
• US Class Current: 290/1.A
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2025/005 driven by electric motors forming part of the propulsion unit
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 3/04 of turbine type
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 6/24 characterised by the combustion engines
• CPC Class Codes: F01D 15/02 Adaptations for driving vehicles, e.g. locomotives
• CPC Class Codes: F01D 15/10 Adaptations for driving, or combinations with, electric generators
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/62 Hybrid vehicles

Abstract

A hybrid power plant with a gas turbine engine that produces a hot gas flow that is passed through a power turbine to drive an output shaft. A second compressor and second combustor is driven by an electric motor to produce a second hot gas flow that is passed through the power turbine to drive the output shaft. at a cruise speed, only the gas turbine engine is operated to supply hot gas to the power turbine. At low speed or idle, only the second compressor and second combustor is used to produce a hot gas flow for the power turbine. At maximum power, both the gas turbine engine and the second compressor and combustor produces hot gas for the power turbine.

Claims

1. A hybrid power plant comprising:

a gas turbine engine with a first compressor, a first combustor and a turbine to produce a first hot gas flow;

a second compressor driven by an electric motor to produce a compressed air and a second combustor to receive the compressed air to burn with a fuel and produce a second hot gas flow;

a manifold to receive the first and second hot gas flows;

a power turbine to receive the hot gas flow from the manifold and drive an output shaft;

a battery connected to the electric motor to supply electrical energy and drive the electric motor; and

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an electric generator driven by the power turbine and connected to the battery to charge the battery.

2. The hybrid power plant of claim 1, and further comprising:

the second combustor is connected directly to the manifold without a turbine.