Development of a small long endurance hybrid PEM fuel cell powered UAV

SAE Technical Papers

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages

  Herwerth, Christopher ^a   Chiang, Charles ^a   Ko, Alan ^a   Matsuyama, Shigeru ^a   Choi, Sang Bum ^a   Mirmirani, Maj ^a   Gamble, Dustin ^b   Paul, Ryan ^b   Sanchez, Valentin ^b   Arena, Andrew ^b   Koschany, Arthur ^c   Gu, George ^c   Wankewycz, Taras ^c   Jin, Placido ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Horizon Fuel Cell Technologies   (China)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES; POLYELECTROLYTES; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV);

CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY; COMPOSITE AIRFRAME; COMPRESSED HYDROGENS; FUEL CELL TECHNOLOGIES; LONG ENDURANCES; OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY; POLYMER ELECTROLYTE MEMBRANES; UNINHABITED AIR VEHICLES;

PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC);

EID: 85072442833     PISSN: 01487191     EISSN: 26883627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4271/2007-01-3930     Document Type: Conference Paper

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