General Electric Company
HYBRID PROPULSION SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME

Abstract:

A system and method for controlling a hybrid propulsion system. The system includes a computer programmed to obtain altitude and terrain information associated with a predetermined route for the hybrid propulsion system comprising a first energy source and a second energy source. The computer is also programmed to determine a power requirement and a torque requirement associated with the altitude and the terrain along the the predetermined route of the hybrid propulsion system, generate a trip plan to control at least one of a plurality of performance parameters and enable a stable low temperature combustion conditions in the hybrid propulsion system, as the hybrid propulsion system travels along the predetermined route. The computer is further programmed to preferentially select at least one of: the first energy source and the second energy source based on the trip plan to deliver at least one of: the power requirement and the torque requirement of the hybrid propulsion system.