Abstract

One of the factors for the long endurance of high altitude long endurance (HALE) of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) that belong to Institut Teknologi Bandung, Indonesia or called as HALE UAV ITB is the design of battery and solar panel. This paper discusses the method to calculate battery and solar panel requirements for HALE UAV ITB to fly for more than 24 hours at 20.000 feet. Several designs, configuration, and type of solar panels are analysed to fulfil HALE UAV ITB requirements. The variable compared is solar panel area, weight, and types. As a result, the use of Monocrystalline Silicone solar cell was found to be much more efficient than Polycrystalline Silicon, CIGS Thin Film, and Amorphous Silicon Thin Film with power generated per area of 224 Watt/m2 and power per weight of 436 Watt/kg. The minimum area required for a Monocrystalline Silicone type solar cell to generate power is 5.94 m2 with a total cell weight of 5.31 kg.

Details

Title
High altitude long endurance of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) ITB solar panel conceptual design
Author
Moelyadi, M A 1 ; Sulthoni, M A 2 ; Zulkarnain, M F 1 ; Akbar, M F 2 ; Assakandari, B K 2 

 Flight Mechanics Research Group, Faculty of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Bandung Institute of Technology, Jalan Ganesha No. 10 Bandung 40132, Indonesia 
 School of Electrical Engineering and Informatics, Bandung Institute of Technology, Jalan Ganesha No. 10 Bandung 40132, Indonesia 
Publication year
2021
Publication date
Aug 2021
Publisher
IOP Publishing
ISSN
17578981
e-ISSN
1757899X
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2569676410
Copyright
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