Krznar, Matija (University of Zagreb, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Nava), Pavkovic, Danijel (University of Zagreb, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Nava), Kozhushko, Yuliia (Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute, National Technical Uni), Cipek, Mihael (University of Zagreb, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Nava), Zorc, Davor (University of Zagreb, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Nava), Crneković, Mladen (Faculty of Mechanical Engineering)

Control System Design for Hybrid Power Supply of an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Based on Linearized Averaged Process Models

Scheduled for presentation during the Poster Session "Poster Papers Session" (WePS), Wednesday, September 2, 2020, 13:00−18:00, Foyer, Mezzanine Level

2020 International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems (ICUAS), September 1-4, 2020 (Postponed from June 9-12, 2020), Athens, Greece

This information is tentative and subject to change. Compiled on April 19, 2024

Abstract

The paper presents the hybrid propulsion control system design for a multi-rotor unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) equipped with internal combustion engine (ICE) and generator as a primary energy source and direct-current (DC) power system with DC/DC buck converters controlling the input voltage of propeller electrical drives. Control system design is based on averaged linearized process models of the engine-generator set and buck converter, and utilization of damping optimum criterion, with control systems featuring proportional-integral (PI) feedback controllers augmented with feed-forward load compensators. The overall control system is validated by means of simulations within Matlab/Simulink environment.