Solar Powered Drones

Power Electronics

Bachelor thesis (2020)

Authors

M. Geertjes Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science
J.I. Spijkstra Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science

Contributors

P. Manganiello Photovoltaic Materials and Devices - EEMCS (mentor)
Jochem Baselmans Tera-Hertz Sensing - EEMCS (graduation committee member)
Gautham Ram Mouli DC systems, Energy conversion & Storage - EEMCS (graduation committee member)
M. Muttillo Photovoltaic Materials and Devices - EEMCS (graduation committee member)
Faculty
Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science
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Published Date

30-06-2020

Language

English

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Faculty

Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science

Abstract

Sustainable energy technologies are ever-increasing in popularity, not only among companies but also among consumers. Photovoltaic, or PV, cells are amongst the most well known in this field. This project was set up for designing a PV-powered UAV that is able to generate an albedo map of an area equal or bigger than the campus of the TU Delft in a single run. PV cells, however, are highly susceptible to changes in weather conditions and have a range of voltages at which these cells can supply power. Besides that, unnecessary losses occur if the so-called ’Maximum Power Point’ (MPP) is not tracked. In this thesis, a boost converter is proposed for the aforementioned system to implement the maximum power point tracking and supply the, by the PV system produced, power as efficiently as possible to the UAV power system.

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