TY - GEN
T1 - Performance Assessment of a Low-Temperature PEMFC Powered Integrated Propulsion System for UAV with Inclined Cathode Flow Structure
AU - Kehan, Zhou
AU - Zhiwei, Liu
AU - Nan, Meng
AU - Mingjing, Qi
AU - Jianmei, Huang
AU - Xiaojun, Yan
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 IEEE.
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - Air-cooling polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) have shown great application potential in unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for parcel service, disaster relief, and rescue missions. In this work, we develop a kW-level air-cooling PEMFC powered integrated propulsion system for UAV with an inclined cathode flow structure, and evaluate the performance of the integrated propulsion system. The simulated and experimental results show that the integrated propulsion system can directly use the airflow behind the propeller to feed the PEMFC cathode and discard the parasitic power caused by the axial fan in the PEMFCs. The thrust loss of the ICF structure is only 3.6%, which increases the power-to-weight ratio and thrust-to-weight ratio of the integrated propulsion system by 25.9% and 21.8%, respectively. Besides, the integrated propulsion system with the DC-DC module and the Li-ion battery pack shows great dynamic response performance in the power range of 0-2 kW.
AB - Air-cooling polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) have shown great application potential in unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for parcel service, disaster relief, and rescue missions. In this work, we develop a kW-level air-cooling PEMFC powered integrated propulsion system for UAV with an inclined cathode flow structure, and evaluate the performance of the integrated propulsion system. The simulated and experimental results show that the integrated propulsion system can directly use the airflow behind the propeller to feed the PEMFC cathode and discard the parasitic power caused by the axial fan in the PEMFCs. The thrust loss of the ICF structure is only 3.6%, which increases the power-to-weight ratio and thrust-to-weight ratio of the integrated propulsion system by 25.9% and 21.8%, respectively. Besides, the integrated propulsion system with the DC-DC module and the Li-ion battery pack shows great dynamic response performance in the power range of 0-2 kW.
KW - Air-cooling PEMFC
KW - UAV
KW - dynamic response
KW - electric propulsion system
KW - parasitic power
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85185348912
U2 - 10.1109/VPPC60535.2023.10403152
DO - 10.1109/VPPC60535.2023.10403152
M3 - 会议稿件
AN - SCOPUS:85185348912
T3 - 2023 IEEE Vehicle Power and Propulsion Conference, VPPC 2023 - Proceedings
BT - 2023 IEEE Vehicle Power and Propulsion Conference, VPPC 2023 - Proceedings
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 19th IEEE Vehicle Power and Propulsion Conference, VPPC 2023
Y2 - 24 October 2023 through 27 October 2023
ER -