Flying Longer, Smarter: Energy Innovations for Energy Storage
As UAVs expand their presence across industries, from agriculture to defense and delivery, the need for innovative and efficient energy storage solutions has never been greater.
An international research team has identified parameters to integrate PV cells into unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). Image: Nehemia Gershuni-Aylho, Wikimedia Commons Researchers from Spain and Ecuador have developed an optimization method to integrate PV cells and batteries into UAVs.
Researchers from Spain and Ecuador have developed an optimization method to integrate PV cells and batteries into UAVs. They presented their findings in “ Optimization of the solar energy storage capacity for a monitoring UAV,” which was recently published in Sustainable Futures.
Thus, solar energy harvesting may directly power the propeller and realize fully self-powered UAVs. In contrast, mechanical energy harvesting is mainly used to charge low-power onboard electronic devices such as sensors and make UAVs partially self-powered.
Expanding mini-UAV energy storage demonstrates promoting clean, sustainable unmanned aeronautics on smaller scales. Furthermore, Tian et al. investigated the interconnected relationships between flight dynamics and power distribution for fixed-wing hybrid electric UAVs combining solar panels, fuel cells, and batteries.
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