Abstract: Device for supplying electric power to at least one electrical energy-consuming unit or to at least one electrical energy-supplying unit or to at least one electrical energy-consuming and -supplying unit of an electrical installation, the device including a plurality of electrical energy generators, each generator of the plurality being connected electrically in parallel with the other generators, each generator including a computing unit, a power converter and an electrical energy storage and supply element, the power converter of a generator being bidirectional and configured so as to supervise a value of a setting variable on the basis of an electric charging or discharging power of the storage element of said generator, the electric charging or discharging power being calculated in real time by the computing unit on the basis: —of a function of the values of the setting variables of the electric charging or discharging power of each of the storage and supply elements of the other generators; and —of a det
Abstract: A method for converting an input voltage (Vin) of a converter (1) into an output voltage (Vout), the circuit comprising a first bridge arm consisting of two switches (A) and (B), a second bridge arm consisting of two switches (C) and (D), connected in parallel, a primary coil coupled to a secondary coil, and connected by a center point pole (PAB) of the first bridge arm, and by another center point pole (PCD) of the second bridge arm; the circuit further comprising a capacitor in parallel between the respective terminals of each of the switches (A, B, C, D); a third bridge arm formed by two switches (E) and (F), connected in series; each of the switches (A, B, C, D, E, F) being associated with a diode at the terminals of said switch; an injection inductance (Linj) connected to the center point (PAB) of the first bridge arm, and to the center point (PEF) of the third bridge arm; a monitoring-control unit configured to control the switches to turn them ON or OFF, according to a control cycle configured to ensur
Abstract: Disclosed is a battery configured to electrically power at least one actuator or to receive electrical energy from at least one onboard actuator onboard an electrically autonomous vehicle, the battery including at least one battery element, the at least one battery element, being configured to store or restore electrical energy, the battery also comprising a thermoelectric device that is electrically connected to the at least one battery element, the thermoelectric device including: —a first heat-conducting portion placed in contact with the at least one battery element, —at least one thermoelectric cell, placed in contact with the heat-conducting portion, the at least one thermoelectric cell, being configured to produce a first positive or negative thermal power as a function of a first electrical current passing through the at least one thermoelectric cell, the first electrical current being provided by the at least one battery element—a second heat-conducting portion placed in contact with the at least one
Abstract: The present invention relates to a bi-directional power converter (100) for converting an input voltage into an output voltage. The bi-directional power converter (100) may comprise a primary switching unit having a primary switching frequency and a secondary switching unit having a secondary switching frequency: the primary switching frequency being lower than the secondary switching frequency.