Corrigendum to “Fuel Cells: A Real Option for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Propulsion”

Study of the propulsion system of a VTOL MUAV using fuel cells

1 Abstract: The use of fuel cells as energy source is becoming more common in different applications for transport. This technology is also emerging gradually in the aviation world. In fact, fuel cells can considerably increase (by about 200%) the flight endurance of Unmanned Air Vehicles (UAV) compared to advanced lithium-ion batteries currently in use. The fuel cell makes UAVs more effective ...

Fuel Cell Technologies for Defence Applications

By virtue of their distinct features like autonomy, low signatures, no emissions, high specific energy etc., fuel cells could find a number of applications in the defence sector. Depending on the specific context, the requirement could be for a wearable, portable or distributed power supply. Powering unmanned aerial vehicles, ground vehicles and autonomous underwater vehicles form a separate re...

Validated Modeling and Synthesis of Medium-scale Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cell Aircraft

This paper describes a methodology for design and optimization of a polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) fuel cell unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). The focus of this paper is the optimization of the fuel cell propulsion system and hydrogen storage system for a baseline aircraft. Physics-based models, and experimentally-derived sub-system performance data are used to characterize the performance of ...

Advances in unmanned underwater vehicles technologies: Modeling, control and guidance perspectives

Recent decades have witnessed increased interest in the design, development and testing of unmanned underwater vehicles for various civil and military missions. A great array of vehicle types and applications has been produced along with a wide range of innovative approaches for enhancing the performance of UUVs. Key technology advances in the relevant area include battery technology, fuel cell...

Integrated flight/thrust vectoring control for jet-powered unmanned aerial vehicles with ACHEON propulsion