Design and Innovative Integrated Engineering Approaches Based Investigation of Hybrid Renewable Energized Drone for Long Endurance Applications

Yinyin Wang, Lokeshkumar Kumar, Vijayanandh Raja (), Hussein A. Z. AL-bonsrulah (), Naveen Kumar Kulandaiyappan, Ashok Amirtharaj Tharmendra, Nagaraj Marimuthu and Mohammed Al-Bahrani
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Yinyin Wang: Economics and Management School, Nantong University, Nantong 226019, China
Lokeshkumar Kumar: Department of Aeronautical Engineering, Kumaraguru College of Technology, Coimbatore 641049, Tamil Nadu, India
Vijayanandh Raja: Department of Aeronautical Engineering, Kumaraguru College of Technology, Coimbatore 641049, Tamil Nadu, India
Hussein A. Z. AL-bonsrulah: Al-Amarah University College, Amarah 62001, Iraq
Naveen Kumar Kulandaiyappan: Department of Aeronautical Engineering, Kumaraguru College of Technology, Coimbatore 641049, Tamil Nadu, India
Ashok Amirtharaj Tharmendra: Department of Aeronautical Engineering, Kumaraguru College of Technology, Coimbatore 641049, Tamil Nadu, India
Nagaraj Marimuthu: Department of Aeronautical Engineering, Kumaraguru College of Technology, Coimbatore 641049, Tamil Nadu, India
Mohammed Al-Bahrani: School of Engineering, University of Plymouth, Plymouth PL4 8AA, UK

Sustainability, 2022, vol. 14, issue 23, 1-48

Abstract: At present, surveillance is attracting attention in the field of UAV development. In particular, border surveillance plays a vital role in obtaining the required data around the border and for assisting in military operations. The primary function of this Hybrid UAV (VTOL and Fixed Wing) is to provide prerequisite data, captured during day/night surveillance, to the respective database. One of the primary problems that arise in border patrolling is the use of the UAV under different environmental conditions, thereby reducing its endurance firmly. In addition to the surveillance equipment, energy harvesting techniques are involved in solving the problem of endurance. The piezoelectric energy harvester and solar panels are added to harvest electrical energy in the UAV. Based on this application, the conceptual design of the Hybrid UAV, based on nature, was designed and investigated theoretically, as well as computationally. A series of analysis, which includes Computational Fluid Dynamics, Finite Element Analysis and Analytical approach, was used to determine the energy harvested from the energy harvester. This work confirms the proposed integrated engineering approach for the estimation of renewable energy, via PVEH patches, and the same approach is thus offered to researchers for subsequent applications. Additionally, a hybrid energy idea for newly developed drones was proposed in this work. This concept will be extensively used in the unmanned aircraft system sectors.

Keywords: energy drone; hybrid energy; hybrid UAV; long endurance; solar energy; piezo-vibrational energy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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