• DocumentCode
    2970804
  • Title

    Very high efficiency drives for solar powered unmanned aircraft

  • Author

    Mecrow, Barrie ; Bennett, John ; Jack, Alan ; Atkinson, David ; Freeman, Alan

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Electr., Electron. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Newcastle
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    6-9 Sept. 2008
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    6
  • Abstract
    Solar powered aircraft require electric drives for the main propulsion system. It is critical that these drives provide both very high efficiency and low mass. This paper describes a permanent magnet machine drive, developed specifically for this application. The machine uses 6% silicon steel laminations to achieve very low iron loss, combined with a high pole number to minimize mass. The system has been developed to maximize efficiency, taking into account both power electronic and motor losses.
  • Keywords
    aircraft; motor drives; permanent magnet motors; propulsion; remotely operated vehicles; solar powered vehicles; high efficiency drive; motor loss; permanent magnet machine drive; power electronic; solar powered unmanned aircraft; Air gaps; Aircraft propulsion; Batteries; Inverters; Iron; Lamination; Sheet materials; Silicon; Steel; Unmanned aerial vehicles;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Electrical Machines, 2008. ICEM 2008. 18th International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Vilamoura
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-1735-3
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-1736-0
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICELMACH.2008.4800095
  • Filename
    4800095
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=2970804