SUAV
Microtubular Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Power System developement and integration into a Mini-UAV
| Coordinatore | HyGear Fuel Cell Systems B.V.
Organization address
address: Westervoortsedijk 73 contact info |
| Nazionalità Coordinatore | Netherlands [NL] |
| Totale costo | 3˙796˙031 € |
| EC contributo | 2˙109˙518 € |
| Programma | FP7-JTI
Specific Programme "Cooperation": Joint Technology Initiatives |
| Code Call | FCH-JU-2010-1 |
| Funding Scheme | JTI-CP-FCH |
| Anno di inizio | 2011 |
| Periodo (anno-mese-giorno) | 2011-12-01 - 2015-11-30 |
Partecipanti
| # | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
HyGear Fuel Cell Systems B.V.
Organization address
address: Westervoortsedijk 73 contact info |
NL (Arnhem) | coordinator | 437˙873.00 |
| 2 |
SURVEY COPTER SAS
Organization address
address: AERODROME contact info |
FR (PIERRELATTE) | participant | 401˙940.00 |
| 3 |
THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM
Organization address
address: Edgbaston contact info |
UK (BIRMINGHAM) | participant | 226˙408.00 |
| 4 |
CONSIGLIO NAZIONALE DELLE RICERCHE
Organization address
address: Piazzale Aldo Moro 7 contact info |
IT (ROMA) | participant | 226˙379.00 |
| 5 |
ADELAN LTD
Organization address
address: "wycherley, tower road, Ashley Heath," contact info |
UK (Market Drayton) | participant | 195˙904.00 |
| 6 |
ERDLE ERICH KONRAD
Organization address
address: AUF DEM RUHBUHL 105 contact info |
DE (IMMENSTAAD) | participant | 189˙534.00 |
| 7 |
AIRBUSGROUP LIMITED
Organization address
address: THE STRAND 111 contact info |
UK (London) | participant | 177˙629.00 |
| 8 |
CATATOR AB
Organization address
address: SOLVEGATAN 43 B IDEON DELTA 6 contact info |
SE (LUND) | participant | 104˙192.00 |
| 9 |
ZACHODNIOPOMORSKI UNIWERSYTET TECHNOLOGICZNY W SZCZECINIE
Organization address
address: AL. PIASTOW 17 contact info |
PL (SZCZECIN) | participant | 84˙861.00 |
| 10 |
AIRBUS DEFENCE AND SPACE GMBH
Organization address
address: WILLY MESSERSCHMITT STRASSE 1 contact info |
DE (OTTOBRUNN) | participant | 64˙798.00 |
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Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)
'SUAV aims to design, optimise and build a 100-200W mSOFC stack, and to integrate it into a hybrid power system comprising the mSOFC stack and a battery. Additional components of the system are a fuel processor to generate reformate gas from propane and other electrical, mechanical and control balance of plant (BoP).
All these components will be constituents of an entire fuel cell power generator which will first be tested in the lab and, after further optimisation and miniaturisation, in a mini UAV platform. SUAV is primarily aiming at platforms like the CopterCity UAV platform from Survey Copter (France) but will consider other options (in particular fixed wing vehicles) too.
Propane was chosen as the fuel due to its superior energy density compared to hydrogen, whichever storage technique is used. The SOFC was chosen since it can convert reformate (i.e. CO/H2-mixtures) to electricity, as compared to other types of fuel cell that require very pure hydrogen, which significantly reduces fuel processing.
The design of the mSOFC power generator will be primarily driven by the weight and volume available in the mini-UAV. The project intends to optimise mission duration, while efficiency is of less concern. It will open opportunities for exploitation in other light-weight man-portable applications.'
Introduzione (Teaser)
EU-funded scientists are developing a fuel cell power generator for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) that should prolong their flight mission from two to five hours.