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A comprehensive review of energy sources for unmanned aerial vehicles, their shortfalls and opportunities for improvements
Immanuel N. JiyaRupert GouwsDmitri BessarabovChristiaan MartinsonAshleigh K. Townsendsubject
0301 basic medicineComputer scienceSuper-capacitor (SC)Review Article03 medical and health sciencesEnergy storage technology0302 clinical medicineElectric power transmissionLithium-polymer (Li-Po)lcsh:Social sciences (General)lcsh:Science (General)MultidisciplinaryEnergyPayloadHydrogen energyFuel cellFuel technology(FC)DroneVDP::Teknologi: 500030104 developmental biologyElectric power transmissionAerospace engineeringRisk analysis (engineering)Electrical engineeringEnergy densityUnmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)Fuel cellslcsh:H1-99Energy source030217 neurology & neurosurgerylcsh:Q1-390description
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles were first introduced almost 40 years ago and their applications have increased and diversified substantially since then, in both commercial and private use. One of the UAVs main issues when it comes to mobility is that the power sources available are inadequate, this highlights an area for improvement as the interest in drones is on the increase. There exist many different types of power supplies applied to UAVs, however each has their own limitations and strengths that pertain to weight contributions, charging and discharging times, size, payload capabilities, energy density and power density. The aim of this paper is to review the main power sources available for UAVs, determine their shortfalls, compare the power sources with each other and offer suggestions as to how they can be improved – hence identifying where the gap lies for developing better alternative power sources.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-11-01 | Heliyon |