Patents Assigned to SAFRAN POWER UNITS
  • Publication number: 20170361490
    Abstract: A method of fabricating a ceramic turbine blade, the method includes selective melting on a powder bed in order to obtain a blade mold cavity in a mold, a ceramic-based suspension is provided, the suspension is introduced into the blade mold cavity, the suspension is subjected to a gelation step in the mold cavity in order to obtain a blade suitable for being extracted from the mold cavity, and the blade is extracted from the mold cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2015
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Applicant: SAFRAN POWER UNITS
    Inventors: Emilie HERNY, Jean-Francois RIDEAU, Moataz ATTALLAH, Gang LIU, Tim BUTTON, Yun JIANG
  • Publication number: 20170309937
    Abstract: An assembly including a fuel cell arranged in a housing, the fuel cell includes an anode having an admission and an anode discharge, and a cathode having an oxygen admission and a cathode discharge, the assembly includes the housing and a sealed enclosure in which the fuel cell is arranged and configured in such a manner that the gas discharged by the fuel cell is discharged into the sealed enclosure so as to generate an over-pressure of oxygen-depleted air inside the sealed enclosure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2015
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Applicant: SAFRAN POWER UNITS
    Inventor: Fabien BOUDJEMAA
  • Publication number: 20170248080
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for starting a gas turbine, comprising an initiation system able, on command, to rotate said gas turbine. The starting device comprises means for receiving information representing the rotation speed of the gas turbine, means for calculating a set torque value according to said information representing the rotation speed of the gas turbine, and means for transmitting said set torque value to the initiation system, and the means for calculating the set torque value are suitable for making a comparison of the information representing the rotation speed of the gas turbine with a predetermined speed profile and calculating the set torque value from said comparison.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2015
    Publication date: August 31, 2017
    Applicants: SAFRAN POWER UNITS, SAFRAN ELECTRICAL & POWER
    Inventors: Stephane CHEVALIER, Fabien SILET, Alexis RENOTTE
  • Publication number: 20170198640
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device (30, 31, 39, 42) for preheating a fluid for supplying fuel injectors, comprising a fuel circuit comprising an electric pump (12, 44) controlled by an electronic power module (18). A bypass pipe (27) makes it possible to allow or prevent the flow of fuel to the equipment. According to the invention, the device comprises means for increasing the pressure difference between the inlet and outlet of the pump (22, 44), these means being arranged in the bypass pipe (27).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2015
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Applicant: Safran Power Units
    Inventor: Alban Depoutre
  • Publication number: 20170152055
    Abstract: An architecture of a propulsion system of a multi-engine helicopter is disclosed, comprising turboshaft engines that are connected to a power transmission gearbox. It comprises: a hybrid turboshaft engine that is capable of operating in at least one standby mode during a stable flight of the helicopter; a pack for quickly restarting said hybrid turboshaft engine in order to bring said engine out of said standby mode and to reach a nominal operating mode; an auxiliary power unit that is connected to said electrotechnical restart pack by means of a first AC/DC converter and is capable of providing said restart pack, on demand, with power required for bringing said hybrid turboshaft engine out of said standby mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2015
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Applicants: SAFRAN HELICOPTER ENGINES, SAFRAN POWER UNITS
    Inventors: Fabien Mercier-Calvairac, Stéphane Beddok, Stéphane Chevalier, Sophie Humbert
  • Publication number: 20170125825
    Abstract: A kit for forming a bipolar plate of a fuel cell, the kit comprising two half-plates (1A, 1B) adapted to be assembled one against the other, each of the two half-plates (1A, 1B) having grooves (11A, 12A, 11B, 12B) formed by embossing and extending in a longitudinal direction (X-X), and being adapted to form reagent flow channels (5A, 5B) on either side of the half-plates (1A, 1B), together with heat transfer fluid flow ducts (6) between the two half-plates (1A, 1B), the kit being characterized in that the half-plates (1A, 1B) are identical, each having at least one pair of complementary indexing elements (2A1, 2A2, 2B1, 2B2, 3A1, 3A2, 3B1, 3B2) made by embossing and adapted to center said half-plates (1A, 1B) relative to each other when they are assembled together.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2015
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Applicant: SAFRAN POWER UNITS
    Inventor: Yoann LAVENU
  • Publication number: 20170037784
    Abstract: The invention relates to a starting device for an auxiliary power unit (10), comprising a control unit (32) of the power supply of a starter motor (12), said motor (12) being suitable to be supplied with power by a supply network (16) and configured to drive a revolution of the auxiliary power unit (10), the control unit (32) being suitable to receive an item of information representative of the speed of rotation of the auxiliary power unit (10) and control of the power supply of the starter motor (12) by the control unit (32) being dependent on said item of information representative of the speed of rotation. The device is characterised in that the control unit (32) is suitable to receive an item of information representative of the voltage of the power supply network (16) and in that control of the power supply of the starter motor (12) by the control unit (32) is dependent on said item of information representative of the voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2015
    Publication date: February 9, 2017
    Applicant: SAFRAN POWER UNITS
    Inventors: Stephane CHEVALIER, Remi JOACHIM, Remy PEDOUX
  • Publication number: 20170008633
    Abstract: An aircraft turboprop engine includes at least a low-pressure body and a high-pressure body. The low-pressure body drives a propeller by means of a gearbox. The turboprop engine also includes means for supplying air to an air-conditioning circuit of an aircraft cabin, wherein the supply means has at least one compressor borne by the gearbox and of which the rotor is coupled to the low-pressure body by means of the gearbox.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2015
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Applicants: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES, SAFRAN, SAFRAN POWER UNITS
    Inventors: Nicolas Claude Parmentier, Pierre Froment, Jean-François Rideau, Bruno Thoraval
  • Publication number: 20160347457
    Abstract: An aircraft turboprop engine has at least a low-pressure body and a high-pressure body. The low-pressure body drives a propeller by means of a first gearbox. The turboprop engine also includes means for supplying air to an air-conditioning circuit of an aircraft cabin, wherein said supply means has at least one compressor of which the rotor is coupled to the low-pressure body. The compressor has an air inlet connected to means for bleeding air from an air inlet duct of the turboprop engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2015
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Applicants: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES, SAFRAN, SAFRAN POWER UNITS
    Inventors: Nicolas Claude Paramentier, Pierre Froment, Jean-François Rideau, Bruno Thoraval
  • Publication number: 20160332736
    Abstract: The invention relates to an aircraft turboprop engine (310) comprising at least a low-pressure body (12) and a high-pressure body (14), possibly also an intermediate-pressure body, at least one of said bodies comprising a compressor, the low-pressure body driving a propeller by means of a first gearbox (16), the turboprop engine also comprising means for supplying air to an air-conditioning circuit of an aircraft cabin, characterised in that said supply means comprise at least one compressor (60) of which the rotor (61) is coupled to the low-pressure body, said load compressor (60) including an air inlet (62) connected to means (72) for bleeding air from the compressor of the turboprop engine when all of the aforementioned bodies comprise only a single compressor, or from the compressor of the low-pressure body or the compressor of the intermediate-pressure body of the turboprop engine when all of the bodies comprise at least two compressors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2015
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Applicants: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES, SAFRAN, SAFRAN POWER UNITS
    Inventors: Nicolas Claude PARMENTIER, Pierre FROMENT, Jean-Francois RIDEAU, Bruno THORAVAL