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Guru3D.com » News » Drones on Hydrogen Can Fly for Hours and Hours

Drones on Hydrogen Can Fly for Hours and Hours

by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 12/16/2015 10:48 AM | source: | 17 comment(s)
Drones on Hydrogen Can Fly for Hours and Hours

Intelligent Energy announced today it has developed a prototype of a hydrogen fuel cell powered range extender for drones that allows up to several hours of drone flight time, instead of the regular 15~20 minutes.

The range extender offers longer flight time and fast re-fuel capabilities, addressing two of the biggest challenges for manufacturers of battery-powered drones. Intelligent Energy will unveil its prototype of the fuel cell range extender on a drone at CES 2016.

By combining an ultra lightweight fuel cell stack with a battery, Intelligent Energy’s range extender offers up to several hours of drone flight time rather than the typical 20 minutes maximum flight times seen today. In addition, fuel cells can significantly reduce the downtime currently required for recharging between flights – from one to two hours to an average of two minutes.

“Drones are one of the most exciting new technologies. Even with advanced batteries their value is limited. For commercial use, they need to offer better flight times and range,” said Julian Hughes, Group Business Development Director and Acting Managing Director for Intelligent Energy’s Consumer Electronics Division. “That will all become possible with the release of our range extender platform. A longer flight time coupled with a quick re-fuel opens a wide range of new commercial possibilities for businesses such as drones for inspection of offshore platforms, search and rescue, high quality aerial photography, precision agriculture and parcel delivery and more. Given we also have the ability to tailor solutions to customer requirements, this could completely revolutionise the potential of drone technology.”

In the last decade Intelligent Energy has worked with Boeing Phantom Works to power the world’s first manned fuel cell aircraft in commercial airspace and with Airbus for an auxiliary power unit.  For the past 14 months it has independently tested drones with fuel cell and battery hybrid systems. Flight tests were conducted on two configurations: one solely powered by a hydrogen fuel cell, the other powered by a fuel cell-battery hybrid system. A camera was operated on the test flights and was found to record a steady image with no interruptions, a critical feature for commercial drone use.

Intelligent Energy’s prototypical hybrid fuel cell drone range extender will be shown at a special Intelligent Energy Embedded World event at CES 2016. Attendees will get a first-hand look at the impact fuel cells can have on devices, ranging from smartphones and tablets to drones.



Drones on Hydrogen Can Fly for Hours and Hours




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southamptonfc
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#5206358 Posted on: 12/16/2015 04:45 PM


Good call! If they find the heli crashing into a car, it was the kids. I see you've embraced the dark side :D

haha classic

bladekke
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#5206407 Posted on: 12/16/2015 06:50 PM
That would be scary if Hydrogen on its own wasn't so hard to fuse, usually requiring the energy of atomic fission.

He does not mean a hydrogen bomb like in a nuclear fusion bomb. Just burn the remaining hydrogen. And i guess you can do that with something as simple as a spark plug. Or am i totally wrong here?

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#5206410 Posted on: 12/16/2015 06:51 PM
He does not mean a hydrogen bomb like in a nuclear fusion bomb. Just burn the remaining hydrogen. And i guess you can do that with something as simple as a spark plug. Or am i totally wrong here?

You're probably right. Making a nuclear hydrogen bomb requires an INSANE amount of mass. Hydrogen by itself though, is explosive due to it's reaction with oxygen in the air.

Fun fact - when you ignite hydrogen, the outcome is nothing but water.

bladekke
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#5206490 Posted on: 12/16/2015 11:07 PM
you're probably right. Making a nuclear hydrogen bomb requires an insane amount of mass. Hydrogen by itself though, is explosive due to it's reaction with oxygen in the air.

Fun fact - when you ignite hydrogen, the outcome is nothing but water.
2 H² + O² = 2 H²O
The other comment just made me doubt as he seems so sure :)

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#5206538 Posted on: 12/17/2015 12:47 AM
Where do I pre-order, I'm getting sick of swapping my batteries every 10 minutes, and I'm running 3S 5000mah batteries.

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