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Electric power system for high altitude uav technology survey
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
|---|---|
| Copyright Year | 1997 |
| Description | Electric powertrain technologies with application to high altitude Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) are assessed. One hundred twenty five solar electric UAV configurations and missions were simulated. Synergistic design opportunities were investigated with the premise that specific benefits may be realized, for example, if a single component can serve multiple functions, such as a battery being used for energy storage as well as for a structural component of the aircraft. For each UAV mission simulation, the airframe structure, powertrain configuration (type of solar cells, energy storage options) and performance baseline (1997 or 2001) were specified. It has been found that the use of the high efficiency (multijunction) solar cells or the use of the synergistic amorphous silicon solar cell configuration yields aircraft that can accomplish the majority of the missions of interest for any latitude between 0 deg and 55 deg, hence, a single versatile aircraft can be constructed and implemented to accomplish these missions. |
| File Size | 8673320 |
| Page Count | 115 |
| File Format | |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19980002722 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t9w140s4f |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1997-11-16 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Electronics And Electrical Engineering Solar Cells High Altitude Pilotless Aircraft Amorphous Silicon Energy Sources Latitude Electric Batteries Surveys Aircraft Power Supplies Wings Airfoil Profiles Airframes Mission Planning Photovoltaic Conversion Energy Storage Flight Simulation Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports ServerĀ (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Technical Report |