scholarly journals Electric and Magnetic Design of a Deployable WPT System for Industrial and Defense UAV Applications

Electronics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (18) ◽  
pp. 2252
Author(s):  
Filip Rosu ◽  
Alina Badescu
Keyword(s):  
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle ◽  
Low Voltage ◽  
Supply Voltage ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
System Efficiency ◽  
Wireless Power ◽  
Peak Efficiency ◽  
Aerial Vehicle ◽  
Present Design ◽  
Operation Frequency

The following paper presents a highly efficient wireless power transfer (WPT) system for unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) applications. The proposed system is designed as a deployable landing pad, where UAVs can be efficiently charged at distances up to 20 cm, while the UAV is landing. The operation frequency is 50 kHz. The current work presents two major contributions that help improve this aspect: a novel RX charging pad geometry and an unconventional design of a low-voltage, high-power DC–AC inverter using discrete MOSFET transistors. Both the pad’s geometry and the inverter are designed specifically for UAV applications. The input DC to output AC system efficiency peaks at approximately 95%. The peak efficiency is obtained at power transfers of 625 W. A major difference between the present design and traditionally used state-of-the-art systems is the low DC supply voltage requirement of just 24 V, compared with typical values that range from 50 up to 300 V at similar output power.

Designing an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle for Specific Aerial Applications of Insecticides and Herbicides

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammed S. Mayeed ◽  
Gabriel Darveau
Keyword(s):  
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle ◽  
Lift Force ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Von Mises Stress ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Aerial Application ◽  
Bottom Line ◽  
Flight Duration ◽  
Aerial Vehicle

In this study a gasoline powered hexa-copter unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) has been designed as a solution to farmers’ need for a low cost, easy to maintain, long flight duration, and multi-purpose means of specific aerial applications for insecticides and herbicides. Application of herbicides and pesticides by airplane is an example of how farmers have used technology to improve their bottom line and overall quality of life. Fields can now be sprayed in under an hour instead of consuming an entire day. However, if a producer has noxious weeds in only a small area, fixed-wing aerial application cannot be used as it is only accurate enough to do an entire field. Currently there is no solution for small scale, accurate, aerial herbicide application to meet this need. The currently available Yamaha Rmax UAV costs a tremendous amount of money and also requires a lot of money to maintain. Though it may be useful in large scale aerial spraying on the farm land, it would not be used in targeted specific areas as it is not efficient in specific applications. The gasoline powered hexacopter UAV designed in this study is a low cost solution to farmers’ need for specific aerial applications of insecticides and herbicides. The UAV design can carry 2–3 gallons of herbicide (16.7–25.0 lbs.) for a flight time of more than 30 minutes without refueling. The design could be transported in a 60.3in × 56.7in pickup bed. Structural and fatigue analyses are performed on the complete structure using state of the art software SolidWorks Simulation. The minimum factor of safety is obtained to be 10 based on maximum von Mises stress failure criteria. Under normal conditions with an estimated commercial use of 100 cycles per day it is observed that the design would survive for about 13 years without any fatigue failure. A drop test analysis is performed to ensure the design can survive a 5 feet freefall and a frequency analysis is also performed to observe the critical natural frequency of the structure. Flow simulations are performed on the 6 propellers/blades model using state of the art software SolidWorks Flow Simulation to observe the effect of vorticity interactions on the lift force. The design has been reasonably optimized based on maximizing the lift force. With this new UAV design small scale and substantial farmers could afford a personal UAV for aerial applications with a small amount of capital whose absence hindered efficient and effective specific aerial application for many years.

Development on Fault Detection and Diagnosis of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

2014 ◽  
Vol 494-495 ◽  
pp. 861-864
Author(s):  
Yi Peng Zhang ◽  
Ke Cai Cao
Keyword(s):  
Fault Detection ◽  
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles ◽  
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Fault Detection And Diagnosis ◽  
The Past ◽  
Aerial Vehicles ◽  
Aerial Vehicle ◽  
Detection And Diagnosis

The reliability of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) has caught the attention of many researchers in the past decades. This paper presents a review on the development and important issues of state-of-the-art researches in the field of fault detection and diagnosis (FDD) techniques. Faults on an individual unmanned aerial vehicle or a group of unmanned aerial vehicles are considered for providing an overall picture of fault detection and diagnosis approaches.

scholarly journals Wireless power transfer from unmanned aerial vehicle to low-power wide area network nodes: Performance and business prospects for LoRaWAN

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (11) ◽  
pp. 155014771988816
Author(s):  
Aleksandra Tiurlikova ◽  
Nikita Stepanov ◽  
Konstantin Mikhaylov
Keyword(s):  
Low Power ◽  
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle ◽  
Wireless Power Transfer ◽  
Wide Area ◽  
Area Network ◽  
Full Potential ◽  
Baseline Scenario ◽  
Power Transfer ◽  
Wireless Power ◽  
Aerial Vehicle

Supported by the remarkable progress across many technological domains, the Internet of Things (IoT) ecosystem demonstrates steady growth over the few past years. This growth enables a number of new exciting applications. Nonetheless, hardly one can say today that the utility of the IoT is used to its full potential. This fact is especially notable for the monitoring applications deployed in remote areas. To address the needs of these use cases, in the article we propose a solution based on the combination of three key technologies: the low-power wide area networks, the unmanned aerial vehicles, and the wireless power transfer. In the article, we first detail the novel concept of a wireless power transfer-enabled unmanned aerial vehicle employed to charge the LoRaWAN sensor nodes. Then, via extensive simulations and analysis of an illustrative LoRaWAN application, we investigate both technical and, notably, business performance indicators, and compare them against the ones for a baseline scenario with no unmanned aerial vehicle. Our results illustratively demonstrate that in the long-term perspective, the inclusion of a wireless power transfer-enabled drone may drastically reduce the system’s operating expenses. At the very same time, our results highlight the limits, bottlenecks, and trade-offs related to the proposed concept, thus providing the basis and calling for further investigation.

Application of Synchronous Rectifiers in Power Supply for Unmanned Aerial Vehicle

2011 ◽  
Vol 130-134 ◽  
pp. 154-157
Author(s):  
He Na Chen ◽  
Yi Ming Zhang ◽  
Hai Juan Wang
Keyword(s):  
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle ◽  
Power Supply ◽  
High Efficiency ◽  
Low Voltage ◽  
Charge Retention ◽  
Current Output ◽  
Forward Converter ◽  
Switching Power ◽  
Aerial Vehicle ◽  
Gate Charge

Power supply for Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) low voltage, high current output, so conventional diode rectifier circuit had been unable to meet the high efficiency in switching power supply, which should selected synchronous rectification (SR). But conventional gate charge retention drive existed dead time and constant drive voltage problems. In this paper, proposes a new gate charge retention drive to improve the phenomenon. Using Saber to analysis the two methods, we could verify the accuracy of the theory. Finally, 72v input 6v/20 output forward converter are designed using the new methods and 90% efficiency is achieved at full load.

scholarly journals Research on the Multiobjective Optimization of Microwave Wireless Power Receiving in an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Network

Complexity ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Yuanming Song ◽  
Yajie Liu ◽  
Wanli Xu ◽  
Xu Yang ◽  
Rui Wang
Keyword(s):  
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle ◽  
Optimization Model ◽  
Power Transmission ◽  
Access Point ◽  
Transmission Efficiency ◽  
Wireless Power ◽  
Energy Transmission ◽  
Transmission Equipment ◽  
Aerial Vehicle ◽  
Vehicle Network

With the wide application of various wireless energy transmission technologies and unmanned aerial vehicle clusters in both production and life, the use of microwave wireless energy transmission to provide a real-time energy supply for an unmanned aerial vehicle network in flight has become an effective way to extend its working time. This paper focuses on the optimization of the energy transmission efficiency and cost in the microwave wireless power receiving process of an unmanned aerial vehicle network. Considering the overall energy transmission efficiency from the power supply terminal to the power receiving network and the cost of the wireless power transmission equipment of the network, we have established a multiobjective wireless power receiving optimization model including a microwave energy emission source and an unmanned aerial vehicle network that receives energy. The model is optimized to select the best wireless power access point and the number of wireless power receiving modules in a network node. In the case study, the optimization model is solved using an evolutionary algorithm, and the solution results verify the effectiveness and correctness of the model.

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