Patent ID: 11867137
Assignee: nan
Field: Engines, pumps, turbines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F | IPC F

Claim 0:
1. A jet engine having an electrically powered superheating section comprising:
a heating element;
one or more reheaters;
an electrical power source configured to power the heating element and the one or more reheaters, the electrical power source comprising:
a battery source connected to an electrical alternator;
an electric generator connected to a first inverter and a second inverter, said first inverter having an input through which it receives energy produced by said alternator, and also having one output through which it supplies power back to said electric generator, wherein the first inverter operates the electric generator and alternator in combination, and the second inverter feeds power to the heating element or the one or more reheaters;
wherein, after initiation of the system through power supplied by the battery source, the alternator and generator work in combination to generate electrical power to the heating element and the one or more reheaters.