Designing UAV Charging Framework for Forest Area with Microgrid

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are suitable for forest fire monitoring, which is critical to prevent unexpected hazards. However, a lack of charging measures is the bottleneck restricting the development of surveillance drones in forest areas. This paper envisions a hierarchical charging framework...

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Published in:Energies (Basel) 2024-12, Vol.17 (23), p.6109
Main Author: Yu, Ming
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Air-turbines
Alternative energy sources
Aviation
biomass energy
coordination control based on DC voltage
Digital cameras
Drone aircraft
Drones
Efficiency
Energy resources
Fire prevention
Forest & brush fires
forest fire surveillance
forest microgrid
Ground stations
heterogeneous drones
Lasers
Methods
Self sufficiency
speed regulation
Surveillance
Wind power
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Summary:Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are suitable for forest fire monitoring, which is critical to prevent unexpected hazards. However, a lack of charging measures is the bottleneck restricting the development of surveillance drones in forest areas. This paper envisions a hierarchical charging framework of heterogeneous drones for forest fire surveillance based on a microgrid with renewable energy. Different replenishment methods of heterogeneous drones, as well as the coordination control strategy of the microgrid in a forest, which are designed to support continuous surveillance, are specified. To improve the transient stability as well as the capacity of fault ride-through in a forest microgrid for the multiple charging of fire surveillance drones, coordination control with a speed regulation strategy for a forest microgrid is proposed in which the substantial kinetic energy generated by the rotation of wind turbines is utilized to mitigate power fluctuations in a timely manner. Simulations are conducted under typical working conditions to verify the effectiveness of the method.
ISSN:1996-1073
1996-1073
DOI:10.3390/en17236109