HYBRID GAS TURBINE ENGINE
DRIVE
November 8, 2023
A hybrid multi-spool gas turbine engine (10), has: a LP spool (12) and a HP spool (14) rotatable about a central axis, the LP spool (12) having an LP compressor (12a) and an LP turbine (12b) engaged to the LP compressor (12a) via an LP shaft (12c), the LP shaft (12c) engaged to a rotatable load (16) at a first end thereof, the HP spool (14) having an HP turbine (14b) and an HP compressor (14a) engaged to the HP turbine (14b) via a HP shaft (14c); an accessory gearbox (AGB) (32) engaged to both of the LP shaft (12c) and the HP shaft (14c) and located proximate a second end thereof, the AGB (32) having at least one accessory output (32b) drivingly engageable to at least one accessory (36) and at least one input (32a, 32f); and at least one electric motor (34) drivingly engaged to the at least one input (32a, 32f) of the AGB, the at least one electric motor (34) drivingly engaged to the rotatable load (16) via the AGB and the LP shaft (12c).
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