Wireless Charging Techniques for UAVs: A Review, Reconceptualization, and Extension

An important application in the growing field of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) is in monitoring and inspection of high voltage power lines and electrical networks. The UAV-based monitoring method will save energy, simplify access to impassable or remote areas, reduce inspection cost, and automate...

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Published in:IEEE access 2018-01, Vol.6, p.29865-29884
Main Authors: Lu, Maxim, Bagheri, Mehdi, James, Alex P., Phung, Toan
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Batteries
Drones
Electrical networks
inductive power transfer
Inspection
Laser beams
Monitoring
Power lines
Unmanned aerial vehicles
Wind
wireless charging
Wireless communication
wireless energy transfer
Wireless power transmission
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Summary:An important application in the growing field of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) is in monitoring and inspection of high voltage power lines and electrical networks. The UAV-based monitoring method will save energy, simplify access to impassable or remote areas, reduce inspection cost, and automate the inspection process. However, the battery capacity of a medium scale drone limits their travel distance and mission duration. It is crucial to improve the energy feeding system of drones and overcome the battery capacity problem to foster the use of drones for routine monitoring operations. In this study, we focus on presenting wireless techniques available for drone mission duration improvement as well as discuss and practically examine the most feasible and reliable technique to charge UAV using power lines.
ISSN:2169-3536
2169-3536
DOI:10.1109/ACCESS.2018.2841376