Thesis Chapters by Marco Villani
This paper presents the "state of the art" of the solar UAV (Unmanned Air Vehicle). Using convent... more This paper presents the "state of the art" of the solar UAV (Unmanned Air Vehicle). Using conventional fuel is a pollutant, have a limited life and costly. So there is a huge demand for using an unlimited non-exhaustible source of energy as a fuel. As solar energy is one of the available renewable energy, it can be used to increase the endurance of UAV. It talks about of the application of Solar UAV, of the key technologies involved in the design and manufacture. The main challenge in a solar air-vehicle design is balancing between the available energy and operational requirements. Since these two represent complex functions of the design variables the design process is based on a Multidisciplinary Optimization Design (MDO) approach.
There are various types of electric motors, solar cells, batteries, hybrid operating systems, which will be discussed.
An important attention is given to HeliPlat, the solar UAV designed by the Department of Aerospace Engineering of “Politecnico di Torino”.
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Thesis Chapters by Marco Villani
There are various types of electric motors, solar cells, batteries, hybrid operating systems, which will be discussed.
An important attention is given to HeliPlat, the solar UAV designed by the Department of Aerospace Engineering of “Politecnico di Torino”.
Published by Marco Villani
Papers by Marco Villani
There are various types of electric motors, solar cells, batteries, hybrid operating systems, which will be discussed.
An important attention is given to HeliPlat, the solar UAV designed by the Department of Aerospace Engineering of “Politecnico di Torino”.