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Modeling and analysis of solar energy collected by high altitude solar UAV’s surface

  • Yi Zhang*
  • , Long Bin Liu
  • , Dong Xu Liu
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

This paper proposed a numerical model to investigate the characteristics of solar energy collected by the UAV’s surface in different flight conditions. The novel model consists of a solar radiation model and a solar-powered aircraft model. The solar radiation model describes the process of the sunlight (including visible and infrared light) reaching the surface of the panels, and key effective factors are included. The solar-powered aircraft model describes a conventional layout fixed wing aircraft model with solar panels on the upper surface of the wing. The whole model was solved numerically by a computer program developed with C language to calculate the total power that the panels absorbed under different conditions. The visual and numerical results were presented and discussed in details.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationMachine Tool Technology, Mechatronics and Information Engineering
EditorsZhongmin Wang, Liangyu Guo, Jianming Tan, Dongfang Yang, Dongfang Yang, Kun Yang, Dongfang Yang, Dongfang Yang, Dongfang Yang
PublisherTrans Tech Publications Ltd
Pages234-237
Number of pages4
ISBN (Electronic)9783038352464
DOIs
StatePublished - 2014
EventInternational Conference on Machine Tool Technology and Mechatronics Engineering, ICMTTME 2014 - Guilin, China
Duration: 22 Jun 201423 Jun 2014

Publication series

NameApplied Mechanics and Materials
Volume644-650
ISSN (Print)1660-9336
ISSN (Electronic)1662-7482

Conference

ConferenceInternational Conference on Machine Tool Technology and Mechatronics Engineering, ICMTTME 2014
Country/TerritoryChina
CityGuilin
Period22/06/1423/06/14

Keywords

  • Energy collected
  • Modeling
  • Solar UAV

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