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AssigneesSafran Helicopter Engines, Safran Electrical & Power
InventorsPhilippe Vallart, Jean-Michel Bazet, Loïc Le Duigou
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The invention relates to an architecture of a propulsion system of a multi-engine helicopter comprising turboshaft engines connected to a power transmission gearbox, characterised in that it comprises: at least one hybrid turboshaft engine (20) capable of operating in at least one standby mode during a stable cruise flight of the helicopter; at least two systems (30; 40) for controlling each hybrid turboshaft engine (20), each system (30; 40) comprising an electric machine (31; 41) connected to the hybrid turboshaft engine (20) and suitable for rotating the gas generator thereof, and at least one source (33; 43) of electrical power for said electric machine (31; 41), each reactivation system (30; 40) being configured such that it can drive said turboshaft engine (20) in at least one operating mode among a plurality of predetermined modes.
A method for reactivating a hybrid turboshaft engine, said hybrid turboshaft engine being comprised in an architecture of a propulsion system of a multi-engine helicopter, said architecture having turboshaft engines connected to a power transmission gearbox, said hybrid turboshaft engine being capable of operating in at least one standby mode during a stable cruise flight of the helicopter and a second turboshaft engine operating during the stable cruise flight,
A method for reactivating a hybrid turboshaft engine, said hybrid turboshaft engine being comprised in an architecture of a propulsion system of a multi-engine helicopter, said architecture having turboshaft engines connected to a power transmission gearbox, said hybrid turboshaft engine being capable of operating in at least one standby mode during a stable cruise flight of the helicopter and a second turboshaft engine operating during the stable cruise flight,
A method for reactivating a hybrid turboshaft engine, said hybrid turboshaft engine being comprised in an architecture of a propulsion system of a multi-engine helicopter, said architecture having turboshaft engines connected to a power transmission gearbox, said hybrid turboshaft engine being capable of operating in at least one standby mode during a stable cruise flight of the helicopter and a second turboshaft engine operating during the stable cruise flight,
A method for reactivating a hybrid turboshaft engine, said hybrid turboshaft engine being comprised in an architecture of a propulsion system of a multi-engine helicopter, said architecture having turboshaft engines connected to a power transmission gearbox, said hybrid turboshaft engine being capable of operating in at least one standby mode during a stable cruise flight of the helicopter and a second turboshaft engine operating during the stable cruise flight,
A method for reactivating a hybrid turboshaft engine, said hybrid turboshaft engine being comprised in an architecture of a propulsion system of a multi-engine helicopter, said architecture having turboshaft engines connected to a power transmission gearbox, said hybrid turboshaft engine being capable of operating in at least one standby mode during a stable cruise flight of the helicopter and a second turboshaft engine operating during the stable cruise flight,
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