Airbus Helicopters

Airbus Corporation

European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company Eads France

Gilles Bezes

Matthieu Sautreuil

Emmanuel Joubert

Hichem Smaoui

Bruno Rechain

A drive system of at least one rotor of an aircraft via electrical energy in addition to or as a replacement of a mechanical system. The electrical energy is provided at least in part by at least one device for recovering thermal energy from hot gases of an internal combustion engine of the aircraft.

Aircraft propulsion architecture integrating an energy recovery system

An electrical architecture for an aircraft having a main electrical machine connected to a fuel burning engine and a secondary electrical machine connected to a power transmission assembly. A high-voltage electrical master box is connected by a first line and by a second line to a multifunction converter, the high-voltage electrical master box connecting the first line to the secondary electrical machine, and the second line to at least the main electrical machine and the secondary electrical machine. The multifunction converter includes a supervisor connected to an avionics system and to a control system controlling the engine, and to a controller of the high-voltage electrical master box.

Electrical architecture for an aircraft, an aircraft, and a method of using it

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Lancon de Provence, France

Gilles Bezes