Comparison of PEM Fuel Cell vs. Lithium-Sulfur Battery Systems for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

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2021-10-28

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Koku, Harun
Pala, Damla Eroğlu
Erişen, Nisa

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Electrically powered unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are gaining attention and attempts are underway to improvetheir performance in terms of weight, vibration, noise, emission and reliability. Fuel cells or batteries are commonlyused systems in these UAVs. In this study, the energy storage comparison between the Proton Exchange Membrane(PEM) fuel cell and the Lithium-Sulfur (Li-S) battery is performed for a 500W UAV to determine the appropriatedesign. While a commercial product is used for the mass predictions of the PEMFC case, the developed systemlevelperformance model is used for the Li-S battery. It is observed that the PEM fuel cell case is favorable for all ofthe flight times investigated here and there is a need for an analysis beyond the boundaries of the designated casestudy to observe the conditions in which the use of Li-S battery is more advantageous.

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Hydrogen Energy, PEM Fuel Cell, Li-S Battery, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/94351
https://hidrojenteknolojileri.org/ihtec2021/IHTEC_2021-Proceedings-v1.pdf

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5th International Hydrogen Technologies Congress

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Department of Chemical Engineering, Conference / Seminar

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H. Koku, D. E. Pala, and N. Erişen, “Comparison of PEM Fuel Cell vs. Lithium-Sulfur Battery Systems for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles,” presented at the 5th International Hydrogen Technologies Congress, Niğde, Türkiye, 2021, Accessed: 00, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/94351.