Abstract: The invention relates to a method for electrically characterising the cells of a photovoltaic module. Said method comprises measuring (MES) the light intensity emitted by electro luminescence by each of the cells according to a voltage applied to the module. Said method further comprises determining (RI), based on the measurements of the light intensity emitted by electroluminescence by each of the cells in a first voltage range applied to the module, hierarchical relationships of analytical relationships between first characteristic electrical parameters of the cells. Said method further comprises determining (R2), based on the measurements of the light intensity emitted by electroluminescence by each of the cells in a second voltage range applied to the module, hierarchical relationships of analytical relationships between second characteristic electrical parameters of the cells.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a rotary machine (10), comprising a casing (32) delimiting an oil compartment (31), a shaft (33), a bearing (22, 23, 24), an oil sealing device (35) located between the rotary portion (360) and the upper portion (320) of the casing (32), characterised in that the oil sealing device (35) comprises at least one groove (52) for drawing in external air in the direction (S) of rotation of the shaft (33), the groove (52) being located in the rotary portion (360) and/or in the upper portion (320) of the housing (32), the rotary portion (360) not being in contact with the upper portion (320), the groove (52) for drawing in external air being configured to draw air from the upstream end (521) to the downstream end (522) towards the compartment (31) when the shaft (33) rotates in the direction (S).

Abstract: The protective suit (100) for a person comprises:—a main portion; and—a fully removable band (36) having predetermined outlines extending from a neck (17) of the suit to the lower ends of the left and right legs (19) of the suit.

Abstract: The invention relates in particular to a solid metallic component. This component (1) is particularly notable in that it comprises a core (5) and an external shell (3) which surrounds said core (5) in all directions, this core (5) and this shell (3) being made of different grades of steel, the steel of said core (5) having martensite and bainite critical cooling rates lower than those of the steel or steels of said shell (3).

Abstract: A method for maintaining a tube heat exchanger includes: obtaining measurement signals resulting from the passage of a measurement probe in the tubes of the heat exchanger, determining a reference time series corresponding to an average, at each instant, of the measurement signals, synchronising each measurement signal with the reference time series by applying a dynamic time warping, DTW, to said measurement signal and the reference time series, and searching for a potential anomaly by measuring a potential local deviation of a measurement signal with respect to the other measurement signals.

Abstract: A method for estimating a quantity of a system includes the following steps: for each variable of a plurality of variables, obtaining a sequence of successive measurements, determining a sequence of successive values of a stability parameter, the parameter being a weighted sum of rates of variation of the variables, identifying a time interval in which the stability parameter is less than or equal to a predetermined threshold for a duration greater than or equal to a predetermined duration, estimating a sequence of successive estimates of a particular variable, a start time of the sequence being included in the time interval, comparing the sequence of estimates and the sequence of measurements, in order to determine an adjustment parameter, and estimating the physical quantity of the system using the adjustment parameter.

Abstract: The invention relates to a system comprising: a fuel cell able to operate in a first and a second operating mode, such that: in the first mode, the fuel cell consumes energy in order to produce hydrogen, and in the second mode, the fuel cell produces energy by consuming hydrogen; a first storage device for storing hydrogen produced by the fuel cell when the fuel cell is in the first mode, the first storage device being able to absorb hydrogen at a first pressure and to release hydrogen at a second pressure, greater than the first pressure; and, a second storage device able to store hydrogen coming from the first storage device, the second storage device being able to absorb hydrogen by forming, with the hydrogen, a second metal hydride when the hydrogen is at the second pressure.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a rotary machine (10), comprising a casing (32) delimiting an oil compartment (31), a shaft (33), a bearing (22, 23, 24), an oil sealing device (35) located between the rotary portion (360) and the upper portion (320) of the casing (32), characterised in that the oil sealing device (35) comprises at least one groove (52) for drawing in external air in the direction (S) of rotation of the shaft (33), the groove (52) being located in the rotary portion (360) and/or in the upper portion (320) of the housing (32), the rotary portion (360) not being in contact with the upper portion (320), the groove (52) for drawing in external air being configured to draw air from the upstream end (521) to the downstream end (522) towards the compartment (31) when the shaft (33) rotates in the direction (S).

Abstract: A device for holding a flap of a non-return valve in a closed position, which is configured to carry out hydraulic testing of a device or apparatus, includes a body which takes the form of a caliper with two arms that are articulated relative to each other, at a first of the two opposite ends thereof, about a first axis, in that it includes a holder articulated about the first axis and in that the two arms each has, at the second end thereof, a pad pivoting about axes that are parallel to the first axis.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device for controlling a plurality of nuclear reactors, comprising, for each nuclear reactor, a plurality of sensors for measuring operating parameters as well a system for controlling the nuclear reactor.

Abstract: A method for non-destructive testing of a plurality of components based on measurement signals, each of the measurement signals corresponding to a predetermined different component, including the following steps: obtaining a sequence of at least one signal portion based on each measurement signal, for each pair associating two signal portions having one and the same position in their respective sequence, a distance between these signal portions of the pair is computed, the distance being computed using dynamic time warping, for each signal portion, determining at least one statistical indicator based on the distances of pairs involving said signal portion, the statistical indicator being associated with the component of said signal portion, and for each component, comparing at least one indicator of the component to indicators of other components, and as a function of the comparison, determining the soundness or unsoundness of the component.

Abstract: Method for estimating an axial power imbalance in a nuclear reactor, comprising the following steps: obtaining a reactor power setpoint, for each variable of a plurality of variables of the reactor, determining a sequence of the variable, the sequence representing estimated future variations of the variable, determining a sequence of the axial power imbalance, by taking into account the sequences of the plurality of variables of the reactor, the determination of the sequence of the axial power imbalance using a machine learning module that is trained beforehand on historic reactor data.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for treating aqueous effluents from the primary circuit of a nuclear power plant implementing a separation of boric acid using a reverse osmosis membrane, characterized by the fact that it comprises steps consisting of treating the effluents using a multi-stage assembly composed of reverse osmosis modules comprising a membrane with a high boron rejection rate, arranged in parallel and in series, and recycling of the intermediate products to different points in the assembly.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for detecting, by ultrasound, defects in a material (MS), comprising the steps of transmitting, by M transmitters of index i, and receiving, at sampling times n.Te, by means of M receivers of index j, signals x(n, i, j), forming a sampling matrix (A?) having N columns Yn formed by the signals x(n, i, j) for which a distance between the receiver of index j and the transmitter of index i is equal to the deviation ? and rows Xi,j formed by the signals x(n, i, j), the pair i, j being different from one row Xi,j to the next, calculating a covariance matrix (C?) for the projections Xi,jproj,k of the rows Xi,j of the matrix (A?) on the K eigenvectors (Vk) corresponding to the K largest eigenvalues (?k), subtracting, from each row Xi,j, the K projections Xi,jproj,k to obtain residual measurement signals x*(n, i, j) for detecting defects.

Abstract: The present invention concerns a device for controlling a plant with an electricity generation and/or electricity storage unit and a connection terminal intended to be connected to a microgrid, comprising an automatic controller (100) configured to compute a setpoint voltage Uref(i) of each unit, members (1, 2, 3, 4i, 5) for measuring or determining a total active power Pcentrale, a voltage URmes of the terminal, of a voltage reference UcentraleRef according to a function f depending at least on the total active power Pcentrale, of a first individual reactive power Qmes(i) of each unit, a first voltage corrector (5), having a second prescribed transfer function corr, the automatic controller being configured to compute UcentraleRef=f(Pcentrale), and Uoffset=corr(UcentraleRef?URmes) and Uref(i)=Uoffset(i)?KUQ(i)?Qmes(i).

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for driving the charging and discharging of a plurality of electrical energy storage devices connected to a common connection point (PCC) of an electrical distribution network, as a function of variation of a requested power value (Ptref) at the common connection point, each electrical energy storage device (i) presenting a respective instantaneous state of charge (SOCi), comprising steps of: a—determining a number of electrical energy storage devices needed (Nneeded) to provide the requested power value at a time t, b—activating and/or deactivating one or more of the electrical energy storage devices, as a function of the determined number of electrical energy storage devices needed (Nneeded), and the values of the instantaneous states of charge (SOCi) of each of the electrical energy storage devices (i), and c—distributing the requested power (Ptref) between the activated electrical energy storage devices.

Abstract: A device for holding a flap of a non-return valve in a closed position, which is configured to carry out hydraulic testing of a device or apparatus, includes a body which takes the form of a caliper with two arms that are articulated relative to each other, at a first of the two opposite ends thereof, about a first axis, in that it includes a holder articulated about the first axis and in that the two arms each has, at the second end thereof, a pad pivoting about axes that are parallel to the first axis.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device for controlling a plurality of nuclear reactors in clusters, comprising, for each reactor, a plurality of sensors for measuring operating parameters as well as a system for controlling the nuclear reactor, the nuclear reactors being grouped into clusters having a cluster head.

Abstract: The invention relates in particular to a solid metallic component. This component (1) is particularly notable in that it comprises a core (5) and an external shell (3) which surrounds said core (5) in all directions, this core (5) and this shell (3) being made of different grades of steel, the steel of said core (5) having martensite and bainite critical cooling rates lower than those of the steel or steels of said shell (3).

Abstract: The present invention relates to a photovoltaic facility (1) comprising a solar tracker (2) and at least one square or rectangular photovoltaic panel (3) mounted on the solar tracker (2), this solar tracker (2) enabling the inclination of the photovoltaic panel (3) to be varied with respect to the horizontal, so that two opposite edges of the photovoltaic panel, referred to as horizontal edges (31), are always horizontal whatever the inclination of the photovoltaic panel (3). This facility is characterised in that it comprises at least one gutter (4) for recovering rainwater, in that this gutter (4) is mounted along one of the two horizontal edges (31) of the photovoltaic panel (3) using at least two anchoring devices (5), to which it is suspended, so that it can oscillate under the action of its own weight, about a horizontal axis of rotation (Y-Y?), so as to remain horizontal whatever the inclination of the photovoltaic panel (3).