Diesel-Hybrid Portable Power Systems For Hybrid-Electric UAVs/UGVs/UUVs and Battery-Charging For Small UAVs/UGVs

摘要

Hybrid Electric Vehicles can offer significant benefits in stealth and versatility, and may even offer benefits in fuel efficiency and hence range/endurance. To meet the needs of HE-UAVs and HE-UGVs, and for in-field charging of batteries for small electric UAVs, D-STAR Engineering is developing 50 Watt and 700 Watt diesel-hybrid power systems. By January 2005, the 50 Watt system had made 63 Watts fully conditioned battery-charging power but needed improvements in reliability and life prior to field use. Also by January 2005,the power core of the 700 Watt rated system had beaten all goals for power and fuel consumption, and was being packaged into integrated power units for field testing. This presentation will provide an update on the status of the 50 Watt and 700 Watt Diesel-Hybrid Power Systems.