Patents by Inventor Jonathan Chauvin

Jonathan Chauvin has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20230204786
    Abstract: The invention is a method for determining wind speed components by using a placed LiDAR sensor (1). For this method, the wind speed components are first approximated by using the signals from the LiDAR sensor (1). These approximations are used in a wind signal model, and then used in a non-stationary Kalman filter (KAL), to construct filtered measurement signals. The filtered measurement signals are then used to reconstruct (REC) the wind speed components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2021
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventors: Jonathan CHAUVIN, Benoit BAYON, Fabrice GUILLEMIN, Romain GOUSSAULT, Guillaume SABIRON
  • Patent number: 10054038
    Abstract: The invention relates to a combustion engine equipped with a dual supercharging system in which a mechanical compressor is driven by an electric motor. The method controls a combustion engine with the electric motor being controlled by determining a rotational speed setpoint for positive-displacement compressor using a supercharge volume filling model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES
    Inventors: Thomas Leroy, Alexandre Chasse, Jonathan Chauvin
  • Patent number: 10041473
    Abstract: A method of optimizing the power recovered by a wind turbine by reducing the mechanical impact on the structure is disclosed. A first angle of inclination of the blades allowing the recovered power to be optimized is determined. The aerodynamic force produced on the nacelle when the blades are directed with a first angle is determined. A second angle of inclination of the blades allowing obtaining an aerodynamic force setpoint value is then determined by inverting the aerodynamic force model and using a wind velocity measurement, a rotor velocity measurement and the aerodynamic force setpoint value. Finally, the blades are directed to the second angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES
    Inventors: Jonathan Chauvin, Yann Creff
  • Patent number: 9879592
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for controlling a combustion engine (1) equipped with a supercharging system, comprising a turbocharger (2) and a mechanical compressor (3) and a bypass circuit disposed in parallel with the mechanical compressor comprising a controlled bypass valve (4). The method includes: a) acquiring a boost pressure setpoint Psuralsp; b) converting the boost pressure setpoint Psuralsp into an opening setpoint Bypasssp of the bypass valve (4) using a filling model modelling the filling of the supercharging boost volume between the intake valves of the engine (1) and the mechanical compressor (3) and bypass valve (4); and c) controlling the bypass valve (4) is according to the opening setpoint Bypasssp of the bypass valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES
    Inventors: Thomas Leroy, Jonathan Chauvin, Alexandre Chasse
  • Patent number: 9790924
    Abstract: The invention is a method for controlling and/or monitoring a wind turbine 1 equipped with a LIDAR sensor 2. Control and/or monitoring provides an estimation of the wind speed at the rotor obtained an estimator and a LIDAR sensor 2. The estimator of the wind speed at the rotor is constructed from a representation of the wind, a model of the LIDAR sensor and a model of wind propagation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES
    Inventors: Benoit Bayon, Jonathan Chauvin
  • Patent number: 9739281
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for determining the pressure Pavcm upstream of a mechanical compressor (3) equipped with a double supercharging circuit of a combustion engine. The pressure Pavcm is determined by a dynamic model based on a law of conservation of flow rate in the volume upstream of the mechanical compressor. The model links the pressure Pavcm upstream of the mechanical compressor (3) to a temperature Tavcm upstream of the mechanical compressor (3), to a boost pressure Psural and boost temperature Tsural on the intake side of the engine, and to an openness Bypass of the bypass valve (4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES
    Inventors: Thomas Leroy, Jonathan Chauvin, Alexandre Chasse
  • Patent number: 9541065
    Abstract: The invention is a method for controlling a wind turbine to optimize the energy production with an estimation of the incident wind speed Vw being used to obtain an optimum control (COM). The estimation of wind speed M is achieved by accounting for the dynamics of the system from the measurement of rotor speed the torque imposed on the generator and of orientation of the turbine blades.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES
    Inventors: Jonathan Chauvin, Ghizlane Hafidi-Rami Yahyaoui
  • Patent number: 9488118
    Abstract: In a method of controlling the combustion of a combustion engine from an estimation of the burnt gas mass fraction in the intake manifold, a measurement relative to a fresh air flow rate or to a burnt gas flow rate is performed upstream from the mixing space where fresh air and burnt gas mix. The burnt gas mass fraction present in the mixing space is then estimated from the measurement and from a model of the mixing dynamics in this space. A transport delay between the space and the intake manifold is estimated. The mass fraction of burnt gas in the intake manifold is then deduced in real time. Finally, combustion is controlled from the burnt gas mass fraction in the intake manifold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES
    Inventors: Delphine Bresch-Pietri, Thomas Leroy, Jonathan Chauvin
  • Patent number: 9458826
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for controlling a wind turbine by optimizing its production while minimizing the mechanical impact on the transmission. The wind turbine comprises a nacelle provided with a rotor on which blades are fastened and an electrical machine linked to the rotor by a transmission in which pitch angle of the blades is controlled, comprising An aerodynamic torque setpoint and an electrical machine torque setpoint making possible maximizing the recovered power are determined from measurements of wind speed, of rotor speed and of electrical machine speed. At least one of the setpoints is modified by subtracting from it a term proportional to a difference between the measured speed of the rotor and the measured speed of the electrical machine. A pitch angle of the blades making possible production of the aerodynamic torque setpoint is determined. The blades are oriented according to the angle of inclination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES
    Inventor: Jonathan Chauvin
  • Patent number: 9422875
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of controlling an internal-combustion engine (1) equipped with an exhaust gas recirculation circuit and with variable timing means, having a first actuator (8) and of a second actuator (9). The method comprises acquiring a torque setpoint for the engine Tqsp determining a position setpoint for the first actuator (8) VVTint and a position setpoint for the second actuator (9) VVTexh by using a burnt gas flow model (MEGB) that relates the position setpoints of the actuators to the engine torque setpoint Tqsp . The burnt gas flow model (MEGB) comprises a cylinder filling model (MR), the burnt gas fraction in the cylinder is controlled by applying position setpoints VVTint and VVTexh to the variable timing means (8 and 9).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES
    Inventors: Thomas Leroy, Jonathan Chauvin
  • Patent number: 9334799
    Abstract: A method of real-time estimation of the intensity of the knocking of an internal combustion engine utilizing a vibratory sensor is disclosed which is useful for control of internal combustion. A vibratory signal representing vibrations of the engine is continuously acquired as a function of the crankshaft angle. A model of a wave equation propagating through the cylinder-head is constructed. The coefficients of a Fourier decomposition of the vibratory signal are determined in real time by inverting the dynamics of the wave equation model using an estimator. The energy contained in the signal is computed by summing the squares of the coefficients of the Fourier decomposition. A parameter correlated with the intensity of knocking equal to the square root of the maximum of the energy is determined in real time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES
    Inventor: Jonathan Chauvin
  • Patent number: 9261070
    Abstract: The invention converts wave energy into electrical energy. A device moved by wave action is coupled to an electric machine for generating electrical power and to drive the device to improve conversion of wave action into electrical power. The conversion of the wave energy is improved through real-time estimation of forces exerted by waves on a pendulum axis to estimate the force to be applied to the device by the electric machine acting as an electrical motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: IFP Energies nouvelles
    Inventors: Nicolas Henwood, Jérémy Malaize, Jonathan Chauvin
  • Publication number: 20150315960
    Abstract: The invention relates to a combustion engine equipped with a dual supercharging system in which a mechanical compressor is driven by an electric motor. The method controls a combustion engine with the electric motor being controlled by determining a rotational speed setpoint for positive-displacement compressor using a supercharge volume filling model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2013
    Publication date: November 5, 2015
    Inventors: Leroy THOMAS, Alexandre CHASSE, Jonathan CHAUVIN
  • Publication number: 20150285222
    Abstract: The invention is a method for controlling a wind turbine to optimize the energy production in which control was an estimation of the incident wind speed Vw to obtain an optimum control (COM) ?sp,Tesp. The estimation of wind speed Vw is achieved by accounting for the dynamics of the system (MOD DYN) from the measurement of rotor speed ?r the torque imposed on the generator Te and of orientation ? of the turbine blades.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2013
    Publication date: October 8, 2015
    Inventors: Jonathan Chauvin, Ghizlane Hafidi-Rami Yahyaoui
  • Publication number: 20150247447
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for controlling a combustion engine (1) equipped with a supercharging system, comprising a turbocharger (2) and a mechanical compressor (3) and a bypass circuit disposed in parallel with the mechanical compressor comprising a controlled bypass valve (4). The method includes: a) acquiring a boost pressure setpoint Pspsural; b) converting the boost pressure setpoint Pspsural into an opening setpoint Bypasssp of the bypass valve (4) using a filling model modelling the filling of the supercharging boost volume between the intake valves of the engine (1) and the mechanical compressor (3) and bypass valve (4); and c) controlling the bypass valve (4) is according to the opening setpoint Bypasssp of the bypass valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2013
    Publication date: September 3, 2015
    Inventors: Thomas Leroy, Jonathan Chauvin, Alexandre Chasse
  • Publication number: 20150240826
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for determining the pressure Pavcm upstream of a mechanical compressor (3) equipped with a double supercharging circuit of a combustion engine. The pressure is determined by a dynamic model based on a law of conservation of flow rate in the volume upstream of the mechanical compressor. The model links the pressure Pavcm upstream of the mechanical compressor (3) to a temperature Tavcm upstream of the mechanical compressor (3), to a boost pressure Psural and boost temperature Tsural on the intake side of the engine, and to an openness Bypass of the bypass valve (4).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2013
    Publication date: August 27, 2015
    Inventors: Thomas Leroy, Jonathan Chauvin, Alexandre Chasse
  • Patent number: 9109522
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of controlling a combustion engine (1) comprising at least one cylinder (2) and a manifold (3) and an exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) circuit including an EGR valve. The EGR valve (6) is controlled by carrying out the following stages: a) measuring a pressure difference ?P in a portion of the exhaust gas recirculation circuit including the EGR valve; b) selecting a burnt gas fraction set point BGRsp in the intake manifold (3); c) calculating an opening set point for the EGR valve (6) from a pressure drop relation applied in a portion of the exhaust gas recirculation circuit including the EGR valve, depending on difference ?P at the EGR valve and on the burnt gas fraction set point BGRsp in the intake manifold; and d) controlling the EGR valve (6) as a function of the opening set point of EGR valve (6).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: IFP ENERGIES nouvelles
    Inventors: Delphine Bresch-Pietri, Thomas LeRoy, Jonathan Chauvin
  • Publication number: 20150145253
    Abstract: The invention is a method for controlling and/or monitoring a wind turbine 1 equipped with a LIDAR sensor 2. Control and/or monitoring provides an estimation of the wind speed at the rotor obtained an estimator and a LIDAR sensor 2. The estimator of the wind speed at the rotor is constructed from a representation of the wind, a model of the LIDAR sensor and a wind propagation model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2014
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Inventors: Benoit BAYON, Jonathan CHAUVIN
  • Publication number: 20140084586
    Abstract: The invention is a method of converting wave energy into electrical energy using a device comprising a moving device cooperating with an electric motor which oscillates with respect to the motor under the action of the waves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2012
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Inventors: Nicolas Henwood, Jérémy Malaize, Jonathan Chauvin
  • Patent number: 8560207
    Abstract: The invention is a method of controlling the combustion of a diesel engine comprising determining setpoint values for physical parameters linked with the intake of gaseous oxidizer in the combustion chamber, and a setpoint value ?injref for the crank angle at which fuel has to be injected into the combustion chamber. While the engine control system controls actuators in such a way that the values of the physical parameters are equal to the setpoint values, setpoint value ?injref is corrected before the physical parameters reach their setpoint values, by accounting for the differences between the real values of the physical parameters and the setpoint values of these parameters. Finally, the engine control system controls fuel injection into the combustion chamber when the crank angle is equal to this corrected setpoint value ?injref in order to keep combustion optimal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: IFP
    Inventors: Mathieu Hillion, Jonathan Chauvin