Article
Design and implementation of a power management module for a MUAV
Fecha
2011Autor
Torres-Ortega, H.
Garcia-Torales, G.
Estrada-Marmolejo, R.
Flores, J.L.
Institución
Resumen
The implementation of a photovoltaic and an electronic module that manages the energy improves the flight time and the autonomy performance in an UAV. The module consists in a device that tracking the maximum power point of PV module by a PWM current-voltage regulation to charge a Li-Po battery. Characterization and modeling of crystalline and amorphous solar cells has been made. Our simulation estimates speed of battery charge. As a result, we increase the autonomy of the battery charge which is reflected in a UAV that performs tasks in fewer flights and without human supervision. © 2011 SPIE.