Energy Management Strategy for All-electric Propulsion UAV based on Fuel Cell Power System

Malo Cresson, Rui Ma, Liangcai Xu

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Abstract

To last longer in the air, fuel cell (FC) hybrid unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) need to control the energy flow from the different power sources. In this work, multiple power sources such as photovoltaic (PV) panels, battery systems and supercapacitors (SCs) are used to supplement the FC over a flight simulation. According to the requirements of the flight scheme, a 1.1 kW proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) system, 1kWh li-ion battery, 185W PV panel and a 1F/72V SC are considered here. To ensure minimum hydrogen consumption and degradation and a stable dc bus voltage, three energy management strategies (EMSs) are implemented and compared. A suitable topology is used, with unidirectional, bidirectional converters and their controllers.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationIECON 2021 - 47th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society
PublisherIEEE Computer Society
ISBN (Electronic)9781665435543
DOIs
StatePublished - 13 Oct 2021
Event47th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, IECON 2021 - Toronto, Canada
Duration: 13 Oct 202116 Oct 2021

Publication series

NameIECON Proceedings (Industrial Electronics Conference)
Volume2021-October

Conference

Conference47th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, IECON 2021
Country/TerritoryCanada
CityToronto
Period13/10/2116/10/21

Keywords

  • Battery
  • EMS
  • Fuel Cell
  • Hydrogen
  • PV panel
  • SC
  • UAV

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