Reviews of methods to extract and store energy for solar-powered aircraft

Gao, Xian-Zhong; Hou, Zhanqiang; Guo, Zheng; Chen, Xiaoqian

doi:10.1016/j.rser.2014.11.025

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“…Modern photovoltaic technology started its development with the silicon PV cell in the USA as far back as 1954 and by 1964 NASA had placed the Nimbus satellite in space powered with a 470 W solar array. A decade later the first solar powered aircraft (Sunrise 1) was launched with a MTOM of 12 kg it had 4096 PV cells of 11% efficiency and produced 450 W of power [48]. An important performance parameter for PV cells is its solar conversion efficiency which is normally expressed as a percentage of the electrical energy produced to the solar energy to which it is exposed.…”

Section: Supercapacitors Provide a Credible Alternative To Lithiummentioning

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Review of Electrically Powered Propulsion for Aircraft

Bolam

Vagapov

Anuchin

2018

2018 53rd International Universities Power Engineering Conference (UPEC)

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This paper presents a review of the state-of-the-art in aircraft electrical propulsion technology. A comparison is provided of differing propulsion mechanisms such as propellers, open fans, ducted fans, multi-stage rim driven fans and distributed thrust designs and their suitability to particular flight profiles and mission applications. Electrical motor architectures are also reviewed with particular attention being given to synchronous machines, such as Brushless Direct Current (BLDC) and Switched Reluctance Motor (SRM) technologies, and the recent advances that have been made in solid-state switching and High Temperature Superconducting (HTS) material applications. Present day electrical power generation, storage and control technologies are also reviewed including hybrid and fuel cell technologies and regeneration techniques. Electrical storage capabilities with regard to specific power and energy characteristics are discussed and the extent to which existing system technology can be integrated onto a Hybrid-electric and an All Electric Aircraft (AEA) is also investigated. Finally, a conclusion is provided highlighting the current technological challenges facing the development of commercial aircraft in terms of performance, airframe configuration and legislative and operational infrastructural requirements. , all electric aircraft, hybridelectric aircraft, more electric aircraft, unmanned aircraft, rim driven fan, high speed electrical flight, aircraft batteries, fuel Keywords-electrical propulsion cells, PV cells, supercapacitors(3)

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Section: Supercapacitors Provide a Credible Alternative To Lithiummentioning

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Review of Electrically Powered Propulsion for Aircraft

Bolam

Vagapov

Anuchin

2018

2018 53rd International Universities Power Engineering Conference (UPEC)

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“…The methods of power generation and energy saving aboard an aircraft are described in paper [2]. However, the peculiarities of choosing power parameters (specific power of propulsion, power of the solar plant) of an aircraft were not revealed in full.…”

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Analysis of mass-energy balance of unmanned aircraft fueled by solar energy

Сухов

Kozei

2017

EEJET

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“…In that direction, the different forms of electrical conversion result very important in the energy processing. Thus, the appropriate supply of multiple applications of the new energy forms is achieved [5][6][7][8][9][10]. In such applications, some involving motion generations are found whose operation is reduced to the design of drivers for motors (see [11,12]).…”

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Bidirectional Tracking Robust Controls for a DC/DC Buck Converter‐DC Motor System

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Two differential flatness-based bidirectional tracking robust controls for a DC/DC Buck converter-DC motor system are designed. To achieve such a bidirectional tracking, an inverter is used in the system. First control considers the complete dynamics of the system, that is, it considers the DC/DC Buck converter-inverter-DC motor connection as a whole. Whereas the second separates the dynamics of the Buck converter from the one of the inverter-DC motor, so that a hierarchical controller is generated. The experimental implementation of both controls is performed via MATLAB-Simulink and a DS1104 board in a built prototype of the DC/DC Buck converter-inverter-DC motor connection. Controls show a good performance even when system parameters are subjected to abrupt uncertainties. Thus, robustness of such controls is verified.

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Reviews of methods to extract and store energy for solar-powered aircraft

Cited by 74 publications

References 112 publications

Review of Electrically Powered Propulsion for Aircraft

Review of Electrically Powered Propulsion for Aircraft

Analysis of mass-energy balance of unmanned aircraft fueled by solar energy

Bidirectional Tracking Robust Controls for a DC/DC Buck Converter‐DC Motor System

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