US 12,412,914 B2
Environmental control system having a fuel cell assembly
Honggang Wang, Clifton Park, NY (US); and Sumit Bose, Niskayuna, NY (US)
Assigned to General Electric Company, Evendale, OH (US)
Filed by General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US)
Filed on May 16, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/745,315.
Prior Publication US 2023/0369617 A1, Nov. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. H01M 8/04858 (2016.01); B64D 13/06 (2006.01); B64D 41/00 (2006.01); H01M 8/0432 (2016.01); H01M 8/0438 (2016.01); H01M 8/04492 (2016.01); H01M 8/04537 (2016.01); H01M 8/04992 (2016.01)
CPC H01M 8/04925 (2013.01) [B64D 41/00 (2013.01); H01M 8/0432 (2013.01); H01M 8/0438 (2013.01); H01M 8/04492 (2013.01); H01M 8/04552 (2013.01); H01M 8/04582 (2013.01); H01M 8/04992 (2013.01); B64D 2013/0611 (2013.01); B64D 2041/005 (2013.01); H01M 2250/20 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An environmental control system assembly for an aircraft, the assembly comprising:
an environmental control system;
a fuel cell assembly in electrical communication with the environmental control system for providing electrical power to the environmental control system; and
a controller operably connected to the fuel cell assembly, the controller operable to modulate an amount of power generated by the fuel cell assembly and provided to the environmental control system based on load forecasting data from an ECS load forecasting module of the controller.