Power Management Strategy by Enhancing the Mission Profile Configuration of Solar-Powered Aircraft
Solar energy offers solar-powered unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) the possibility of unlimited endurance. Some researchers have developed techniques to achieve perpetual flight by maximizing the power from the sun and by flying in accordance with its azimuth angles. However, flying in a path that foll...
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| author | Parvathy Rajendran Kah Wee Lim Kuan Theng Ong |
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| description | Solar energy offers solar-powered unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) the possibility of unlimited endurance. Some researchers have developed techniques to achieve perpetual flight by maximizing the power from the sun and by flying in accordance with its azimuth angles. However, flying in a path that follows the sun consumes more energy to sustain level flight. This study optimizes the overall power ratio by adopting the mission profile configuration of optimal solar energy exploitation. Extensive simulation is conducted to optimize and restructure the mission profile phases of UAV and to determine the optimal phase definition of the start, ascent, and descent periods, thereby maximizing the energy from the sun. In addition, a vertical cylindrical flight trajectory instead of maximizing the solar inclination angle has been adopted. This approach improves the net power ratio by 30.84% compared with other techniques. As a result, the battery weight may be massively reduced by 75.23%. In conclusion, the proposed mission profile configuration with the optimal power ratio of the trajectory of the path planning effectively prolongs UAV operation. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-5ab28af1fa5d484d84f5072eaec1b1d42025-02-03T01:04:49ZengWileyInternational Journal of Aerospace Engineering1687-59661687-59742016-01-01201610.1155/2016/93453689345368Power Management Strategy by Enhancing the Mission Profile Configuration of Solar-Powered AircraftParvathy Rajendran0Kah Wee Lim1Kuan Theng Ong2School of Aerospace Engineering, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Engineering Campus, 14300 Nibong Tebal, Pulau Pinang, MalaysiaSchool of Aerospace Engineering, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Engineering Campus, 14300 Nibong Tebal, Pulau Pinang, MalaysiaSchool of Aerospace Engineering, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Engineering Campus, 14300 Nibong Tebal, Pulau Pinang, MalaysiaSolar energy offers solar-powered unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) the possibility of unlimited endurance. Some researchers have developed techniques to achieve perpetual flight by maximizing the power from the sun and by flying in accordance with its azimuth angles. However, flying in a path that follows the sun consumes more energy to sustain level flight. This study optimizes the overall power ratio by adopting the mission profile configuration of optimal solar energy exploitation. Extensive simulation is conducted to optimize and restructure the mission profile phases of UAV and to determine the optimal phase definition of the start, ascent, and descent periods, thereby maximizing the energy from the sun. In addition, a vertical cylindrical flight trajectory instead of maximizing the solar inclination angle has been adopted. This approach improves the net power ratio by 30.84% compared with other techniques. As a result, the battery weight may be massively reduced by 75.23%. In conclusion, the proposed mission profile configuration with the optimal power ratio of the trajectory of the path planning effectively prolongs UAV operation.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/9345368 |
| spellingShingle | Parvathy Rajendran Kah Wee Lim Kuan Theng Ong Power Management Strategy by Enhancing the Mission Profile Configuration of Solar-Powered Aircraft International Journal of Aerospace Engineering |
| title | Power Management Strategy by Enhancing the Mission Profile Configuration of Solar-Powered Aircraft |
| title_full | Power Management Strategy by Enhancing the Mission Profile Configuration of Solar-Powered Aircraft |
| title_fullStr | Power Management Strategy by Enhancing the Mission Profile Configuration of Solar-Powered Aircraft |
| title_full_unstemmed | Power Management Strategy by Enhancing the Mission Profile Configuration of Solar-Powered Aircraft |
| title_short | Power Management Strategy by Enhancing the Mission Profile Configuration of Solar-Powered Aircraft |
| title_sort | power management strategy by enhancing the mission profile configuration of solar powered aircraft |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/9345368 |
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