US Patent Issued to The Boeing on May 5 for "Hybrid turbofan and solid oxide fuel cell propulsion system and related methods" (Washington Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,617,537, issued on May 5, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Arlington, Va.).

"Hybrid turbofan and solid oxide fuel cell propulsion system and related methods" was invented by Mingxuan Shi (Mukilteo, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Hybrid propulsion systems that utilize liquid natural gas solid oxide fuel cells in a manner practical for use in aircraft that avoid the use of heavy batteries, provide transient response times suitable for use in aircraft, and/or simplify reactant pre-conditioning systems using a compressor and turbine pair operatively coupled to the solid oxide fuel cell. Such hybrid propulsion systems for an aircraft may i...