Fuel cell configurations for a UAV

Fuel cell configurations for a UAV

An unmanned aerial vehicle system (UAV) 100 includes a mounting frame onto which at least a payload 30 is affixed and further includes a plurality of fuel cell stacks 50-n operable in a predefined configuration and wherein each of the plurality of stacks is housed in a separate package. The UAV also...

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Hauptverfasser: Ronan Elliot Wilde, Andrew Paul Kelly, Iain Matheson Fraser, Matthew Charles Scrace, Geoff Mark Lawson
Format: Patent
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
AEROPLANES
AIRCRAFT
AVIATION
BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
COSMONAUTICS
ELECTRICITY
HELICOPTERS
PERFORMING OPERATIONS
PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSIONOF CHEMICAL INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY
TRANSPORTING
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Zusammenfassung:An unmanned aerial vehicle system (UAV) 100 includes a mounting frame onto which at least a payload 30 is affixed and further includes a plurality of fuel cell stacks 50-n operable in a predefined configuration and wherein each of the plurality of stacks is housed in a separate package. The UAV also includes one or more tanks 60 that are configured to supply hydrogen to the plurality of stacks. A propulsion system is configured to receive an output power generated from the plurality of stacks. A power controller 40 is configured to couple the plurality of stacks in the predefined configuration. The propulsion system may comprise motors 70 driving rotors 80.