TY - GEN
T1 - Design and Parameters Analysis of a Solar Powered UAV for Extended Endurance
AU - Jia, Zong
AU - Zhou, Zhou
AU - Zhuang, Shao
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2024.
PY - 2024
Y1 - 2024
N2 - This paper presents a conceptual design methodology for solar-powered range-extending unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) based on the solar-powered range-extending coefficient. Solar-powered range-extending UAVs are primarily designed for daytime flight. The design methodology is based on energy and mass balance during level flight. Based on the Keidel solar irradiance model, the solar cell model, the maximum power point tracker (MPPT) model and lithium battery model, a simplified model for energy acquisition and storage is developed for the UAV. The factors influencing the solar-powered range-extending coefficient are analyzed by deriving the energy balance. The impact of the solar-powered range-extending coefficient, endurance time, and other key parameters on the overall parameters of the UAV such as cruise speed, wing load and payload coefficient is discussed. To verify the method, a hand-launchable UAV with a wingspan of 3.2 m was designed and constructed. Flight tests demonstrate that the UAV can sustain over 8 h of flight time in ecological monitoring tasks.
AB - This paper presents a conceptual design methodology for solar-powered range-extending unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) based on the solar-powered range-extending coefficient. Solar-powered range-extending UAVs are primarily designed for daytime flight. The design methodology is based on energy and mass balance during level flight. Based on the Keidel solar irradiance model, the solar cell model, the maximum power point tracker (MPPT) model and lithium battery model, a simplified model for energy acquisition and storage is developed for the UAV. The factors influencing the solar-powered range-extending coefficient are analyzed by deriving the energy balance. The impact of the solar-powered range-extending coefficient, endurance time, and other key parameters on the overall parameters of the UAV such as cruise speed, wing load and payload coefficient is discussed. To verify the method, a hand-launchable UAV with a wingspan of 3.2 m was designed and constructed. Flight tests demonstrate that the UAV can sustain over 8 h of flight time in ecological monitoring tasks.
KW - Conceptual design method
KW - Solar-powered range-extending coefficient
KW - Solar-powered UAV
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U2 - 10.1007/978-981-97-3998-1_136
DO - 10.1007/978-981-97-3998-1_136
M3 - 会议稿件
AN - SCOPUS:85200243699
SN - 9789819739974
T3 - Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering
SP - 1742
EP - 1750
BT - 2023 Asia-Pacific International Symposium on Aerospace Technology, APISAT 2023, Proceedings - Volume I
A2 - Fu, Song
PB - Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
T2 - Asia-Pacific International Symposium on Aerospace Technology, APISAT 2023
Y2 - 16 October 2023 through 18 October 2023
ER -