Title:
AIRCRAFT FUEL SUPPLY SYSTEM
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2023/074782
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
An aircraft fuel supply system according to the one aspect of the present disclosure supplies a hydrogen fuel to a hydrogen-fueled engine installed onboard an aircraft, the aircraft fuel supply system comprising: a fuel tank storing the hydrogen fuel; a pump that feeds out the hydrogen fuel from the fuel tank, the pump feeding out a quantity of the hydrogen fuel according to the rotation rate of a rotating mechanism of the pump; an engine that burns the hydrogen fuel fed out from the pump to provide propulsion to the aircraft; a speed change device that drives the rotating mechanism of the pump so that the rotation rate of the rotating mechanism of the pump is changeable; and a control device that controls the speed change mechanism on the basis of a requested fuel quantity of the engine.
Inventors:
TAKAI MASATO
OSHIMA RYOSUKE
OSHIMA RYOSUKE
Application Number:
PCT/JP2022/040097
Publication Date:
May 04, 2023
Filing Date:
October 27, 2022
Export Citation:
Assignee:
KAWASAKI HEAVY IND LTD (JP)
International Classes:
B64D37/30; F02C9/28; F02C9/30; F02C9/40
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Attorney, Agent or Firm:
ARCO PATENT & TRADEMARK ATTORNEYS (JP)
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