Emergency power supply system, aircraft having such an emergency power supply system and a method for providing at least electric power and hydraulic power in case of an emergency in an aircraft

US10676208B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED · DE
• Airbus Defence and Space GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Joerg Wangemann · Magdeburg, DE
• Hauke-Peer Leudders · Hamburg, DE
• Sijmen Zandstra · Hamburg, DE
• Peer Drechsel · Hamburg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 24, 2015
• Grant date: Jun 9, 2020
• Expiry date: Jun 24, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02T90/40
• WIPO field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

An emergency power supply system for providing hydraulic power and electric power in an aircraft includes a fuel cell having an electric outlet for providing electric power, a conversion unit couplable with at least one of an AC bus and a DC bus and the electric outlet, and at least one hydraulic pump having a reconfigurable electric motor and a motor control unit and being couplable with a hydraulic system for providing hydraulic power. The conversion unit is adapted for converting a supply voltage of the electrical outlet to at least one of an AC voltage matching a predetermined voltage at the AC bus and a DC voltage matching a predetermined voltage at the DC bus. The reconfigurable electric motor is couplable with the fuel cell and the AC bus and is adapted for being operated by the supply of electric power either from the fuel cell or the AC bus.