TY - GEN
T1 - Small fuel cell powering an unmanned aerial vehicle
AU - Fürrutter, Marco Klaus
AU - Meyer, Johan
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - This paper presents the design of a power plant in the form of a 100 W hydrogen fuel cell to provide sufficient power to maintain steady, level flight for a small scale fixed wing unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). The size of the fuel size is smaller than any other fuel cell previously used for this type of application. What makes this aircraft unique is the small fuel cell, which will be integrated into the UAV to achieve the objective of sustaining flight using only 100 W of power. Performances of the fuel cell and aircraft are evaluated using data from laboratory and flight tests.
AB - This paper presents the design of a power plant in the form of a 100 W hydrogen fuel cell to provide sufficient power to maintain steady, level flight for a small scale fixed wing unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). The size of the fuel size is smaller than any other fuel cell previously used for this type of application. What makes this aircraft unique is the small fuel cell, which will be integrated into the UAV to achieve the objective of sustaining flight using only 100 W of power. Performances of the fuel cell and aircraft are evaluated using data from laboratory and flight tests.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=74349106081&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/AFRCON.2009.5308096
DO - 10.1109/AFRCON.2009.5308096
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:74349106081
SN - 9781424439195
T3 - IEEE AFRICON Conference
BT - IEEE Africon 2009
T2 - IEEE Africon 2009
Y2 - 23 September 2009 through 25 September 2009
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