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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY
Volume 42, Issue 10, Pages 6926-6940Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2017.01.137
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Unmanned aerial vehicle; Polymeric electrolyte membrane fuel cell; Hydrogen; Hybrid power management; Sodium borohydride; Long endurance
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Boeing Research & Technology Europe has designed, developed and subsequently bench and flight tested, in a wide range of different operative conditions, an electric Unmanned Air Vehicle (UAV) powered by a hybrid energy source. The energy source features a 200 We Polymer Electrolyte Membrane (PEM) fuel cell system fed by a chemical hydride hydrogen generator that produces highly pure hydrogen at the fuel cell operating pressure from the controlled hydrolysis of Sodium Borohydride (NaBH4), resulting in 900 Wh of energy from 1 L of chemical solution. Equipped also with high specific energy Lithium Polymer batteries, this fuel cell powered UAV is able to achieve flight durations close to 4 h. This paper summarizes the aircraft and systems design, the results of the bench and flight tests along with the main challenges faced during this development and the lessons learned for future optimization. (C) 2017 Hydrogen Energy Publications LLC. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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