Ballard Power Systems, a leading provider of innovative clean energy solutions and fuel cell technologies, has released a whitepaper outlining the role of fuel cell-based energy systems in the propulsion of small commercial unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).
Download the full whitepaper from Ballard’s website
The paper gives details of:
- The limitations of current UAV propulsion technologies, such as batteries and small internal combustion engines
- Design considerations for a fuel cell powered UAV, including fueling options and hybridization
- Ballard’s PEM (proton exchange membrane) fuel cell propulsion module and the stages of a typical UAV integration project
The paper is illustrated with case studies featuring fuel cell-powered unmanned aerial systems such as the Naval Research Laboratory’s Ion Tiger and an augmented version of Insitu’s ScanEagle platform. To find out more, download the whitepaper from Ballard’s website.
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