Chemical hydride powered and air breathing PEMFC for UAVs

Author

Semiz, Levent ; Serin, Ramis Berkay ; Sankir, Nurdan Demirci ; Sankir, Mehmet

Author_Institution

Dept. of Mater. Sci. & Technol., Micro & Nanotechnol. Grad. Program, TOBB Univ. of Econ. & Technol., Ankara, Turkey

fYear

2013

fDate

20-23 Oct. 2013

Firstpage

555

Lastpage

558

Abstract

In this study, hydrogen gas generation for Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells (PEMFC) was provided using precious catalysts. The critical catalyst concentration value and the effects of the catalyst amount and the sodium borohydride concentration on the hydrogen production rate were analyzed. PEMFC are one of the good candidates for powering unmanned air vehicles due to their low weight and high durability. They can provide longer flying times than lithium ion batteries. Our group manufactured a PEMFC producing 150 W power for unmanned air vehicles and optimized its performance. Moreover, the influence of the compression and the purge valve on and off time on fuel cell performance was investigated.

Keywords

autonomous aerial vehicles; catalysts; hydrogen production; proton exchange membrane fuel cells; UAV; air breathing PEMFC; chemical hydride powered PEMFC; critical catalyst concentration value; fuel cell performance; hydrogen gas generation; hydrogen production rate; power 150 W; proton exchange membrane fuel cells; sodium borohydride concentration; unmanned air vehicles; Chemicals; Fuel cells; Hydrogen; Protons; Unmanned aerial vehicles; Valves; Hydrogen generation; catalyst; chemical hydride; fuel cell; unmanned air vehicle;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Renewable Energy Research and Applications (ICRERA), 2013 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Madrid

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICRERA.2013.6749817

Filename

6749817