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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 08, 2022
Filed:
May. 30, 2017
Centre National DE LA Recherche Scientifique (Cnrs), Paris, FR;
Universite D'orleans, Orleans, FR;
Pascal Brault, Saint Denis en Val, FR;
Cédric Grolleau, Saint Anne, FR;
Samuel Rouxel, Le Bardon, FR;
Serge Gasnier, Orleans, FR;
Amael Caillard, Cléry Saint André, FR;
Thomas Lecas, Saint Denis de l'Hotel, FR;
CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE, Paris, FR;
UNIVERSITÉ D'OrlÉANS, Orléans, FR;
Abstract
Disclosed is a method for electrical supply of an apparatus by a system including an intermittent electrical source, electrical storage unit, a fuel cell, and an electrochemical unit for generating the fuel. The method includes steps of: determining a power balance of the system depending on the power consumed by the apparatus and supplied by the intermittent electrical source; receiving data representative of the stability of the power balance during a safety period; controlling the fuel cell and the electrochemical unit: to activate the electrochemical unit if the power balance is greater than a first threshold and the data are not characteristic of a subsequent decrease in the power balance; activating the fuel cell if the power balance is less than a second threshold, which is less than the first threshold, and the data are not characteristic of a subsequent increase in the power balance.