Power and Endurance Modelling of Battery-Powered Rotorcraft

Analiza Abdilla; Arthur Richards; Steve Burrow

doi:10.1109/IROS.2015.7353445

Power and Endurance Modelling of Battery-Powered Rotorcraft

Analiza Abdilla, Arthur Richards, Steve Burrow

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Abstract

This paper characterises the power consumption
of electric rotorcraft and derives an endurance estimation
model for such aircraft powered by LiPo batteries. Theoretical
analysis is backed by experimental flight tests using a popular commercial quadrotor. Experiments on Commercial Off-The-Shelf Lithium-Polymer
batteries, which are the technology dominating the multirotor Unmanned Aerial Vehicle market, are carried out to determine battery run-time and specific energy/capacity models, whilst investigating the battery variability. These battery models are combined with the rotorcraft power model to provide
an endurance estimation model, accounting for both battery variability as well as the electric propulsion system effects, which is experimentally validated through flight tests.

Original language	English
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/IROS.2015.7353445
Publication status	Published - 2015
Event	IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, IROS 2015 - Hamburg, Germany Duration: 28 Sept 2015 → 2 Oct 2015

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Conference	IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, IROS 2015
Country/Territory	Germany
City	Hamburg
Period	28/09/15 → 2/10/15

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Craddock, I. J. (Principal Investigator), Coyle, D. T. (Principal Investigator), Flach, P. A. (Principal Investigator), Kaleshi, D. (Principal Investigator), Mirmehdi, M. (Principal Investigator), Piechocki, R. J. (Principal Investigator), Stark, B. H. (Principal Investigator), Ascione, R. (Co-Principal Investigator), Ashburn, A. M. (Collaborator), Burnett, M. E. (Collaborator), Damen, D. (Co-Principal Investigator), Gooberman-Hill, R. (Principal Investigator), Harwin, W. S. (Collaborator), Hilton, G. (Co-Principal Investigator), Holderbaum, W. (Collaborator), Holley, A. P. (Manager), Manchester, V. A. (Administrator), Meller, B. J. (Other ), Stack, E. (Collaborator) & Gilchrist, I. D. (Principal Investigator)
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