Energy Management of a Solar-Battery Powered Fixed-Wing UAV

In this work, a hybrid solar-battery feeding system is proposed to achieve a constant output power on a fixed-wing Unmanned Aerial Vehicle-UAV. Firstly, a single and hybrid power source configurations for long endurance UAV applications are exposed. Thus, a solar-battery based feeding system with a...

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Published in2018 International Conference on Information Systems and Computer Science (INCISCOS) pp. 180 - 185
Main Authors Avila, Eduardo, Jaramillo, Angelica, Costa, Juan, Pozo, Marcelo, Borja, Gabriel, Madera, Paul, Paredes, Andres, Otero, Nilo, Condolo, Vicente, Vintimilla, Alejandro
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE 01.11.2018
Subjects
Batteries
Energy management
fixed-wing
Maximum power point trackers
maximum power point tracking
photovoltaic system
Photovoltaic systems
Sliding mode control
unmanned aerial vehicle
Unmanned aerial vehicles
Vehicle dynamics
Voltage control
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Summary:In this work, a hybrid solar-battery feeding system is proposed to achieve a constant output power on a fixed-wing Unmanned Aerial Vehicle-UAV. Firstly, a single and hybrid power source configurations for long endurance UAV applications are exposed. Thus, a solar-battery based feeding system with a suitable energy management is proposed. Furthermore, a Maximum Power Point Tracking (MPPT) technique is selected to achieve the maximum efficiency of the solar photovoltaic (PV) array. Besides, Sliding-Mode Control (SMC) is implemented on a cascade control scheme in order to achieve a suitable energy conversion. Finally, the hybrid feeding system performance is analyzed for different solar radiation and load profiles remarking proper dynamic and steady-state responses.
DOI:10.1109/INCISCOS.2018.00033