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ZHANG Guangmeng, LI Zengshan, YANG Liu, et al. Overall design of long-endurance multi-rotor fuel cell UAV[J]. Journal of Aerospace Power, 2025, 40(10):20230551 doi: 10.13224/j.cnki.jasp.20230551
Citation: ZHANG Guangmeng, LI Zengshan, YANG Liu, et al. Overall design of long-endurance multi-rotor fuel cell UAV[J]. Journal of Aerospace Power, 2025, 40(10):20230551 doi: 10.13224/j.cnki.jasp.20230551

Overall design of long-endurance multi-rotor fuel cell UAV

doi: 10.13224/j.cnki.jasp.20230551
  • Received Date: 2023-09-01
    Available Online: 2025-07-03
  • In view of the existing problems and application requirements of long endurance, an overall design scheme of long-endurance multi-rotor fuel cell UAVs with fuel cell as the main power supply device and lithium battery as auxiliary power supply device was proposed. Based on the finite element analysis method, the structure of the body was selected, the structural parameters such as the length and diameter of the arm were determined, and a reasonable fuel cell hydrogen storage system platform was designed. The “fuel cell + lithium battery” hybrid power system was constructed, and the topology of the hybrid system was simplified through axiomatic design. According to the design scheme, the UAV system integration was completed, the test flight tests of the UAV no-load flight, load capacity and endurance were carried out, and the comprehensive performance of the hybrid power system and its control strategy and heat dissipation module were verified. After actual testing, the weight of the UAV was 37.95 kg, the payload capacity was 10 kg, and the endurance time after loading the payload task system can reach 4 hours and 20 minutes, which can meet the expected design effect.

     

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