Test Results for a Fuel Cell-Powered Demonstration Aircraft 2006-01-3092
A fuel cell powered airplane has been designed and constructed at the Georgia Insitute of Technology to develop an understanding of the design and implementation challenges of fuel cell-powered unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). A custom 448W net output proton exchange membrane fuel cell powerplant has been constructed and tested. A demonstrator aircraft was designed and built to accommodate this powerplant and the fuel cell powered aircraft has performed seven test flights to date. Test data show that the aircraft performance validates the models used for design and optimization and that the fuel cell aircraft is capable of longer endurance, higher performance test flights.
Citation: Bradley, T., Moffitt, B., Thomas, R., Mavris, D. et al., "Test Results for a Fuel Cell-Powered Demonstration Aircraft," SAE Technical Paper 2006-01-3092, 2006, https://doi.org/10.4271/2006-01-3092. Download Citation
Author(s):
Thomas H. Bradley, Blake A. Moffitt, Reid W. Thomas, Dimitri N. Mavris, David E. Parekh
Affiliated:
Georgia Institute of Technology, Aerospace Systems Design Laboratory, Georgia Tech Research Institute
Pages: 11
Event:
Power Systems Conference
ISSN:
0148-7191
e-ISSN:
2688-3627
Related Topics:
Fuel cells
Unmanned aerial vehicles
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