Airbus Helicopters

Mikaël Henaff

Marc Gazzino

Guillaume Dumur

Michel Jamot

Jérémy Camus

Jean-François Logeais

Léonard Boudier

A method for controlling a hybrid power plant of a vehicle provided with a heat engine and at least one electrical unit comprising an electric machine, an electrical energy source, and a power management unit, the heat engine and the at least one electric machine being mechanically connected to input shafts of a gearbox. After acquiring parameters of the at least one electrical unit, and receiving a mechanical power requirement of the vehicle, a usable electrical power that can be used by the electrical unit and at least one operating setpoint of the electrical unit are determined as a function of the parameters and the mechanical power requirement. Finally, the heat engine and the electrical unit are controlled as a function of the at least one operating setpoint in order to meet the mechanical power requirement.

Method for controlling a hybrid power plant for a vehicle and control architecture for such a hybrid power plant

A method for testing a hybrid power plant equipping a rotary-wing aircraft comprising at least one lift rotor, the hybrid power plant being configured to rotate the at least one lift rotor, the hybrid power plant comprising at least one heat engine configured to rotate the at least one lift rotor; and at least one electric motor supplied with electrical energy by at least one electrical power source, the at least one electric motor being configured to rotate the at least one lift rotor at least when at least one of the at least one heat engine fails.

Method for testing a hybrid drive system on an aircraft, associated computer program and aircraft

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Mikaël Henaff