A Holistic Energy Model for Drones
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Yazarlar: Umut Can ÇABUK, Mustafa Tosun, Rune Hylsberg Jacobsen, Orhan DAĞDEVİREN
2020 28th Signal Processing and Communications Applications Conference (SIU), , , Uluslararası, Tam Metin Bildiri, ss 1-4
DOI: 10.1109/siu49456.2020.9302218
Özet
Endurance of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in operation is a critical aspect of usability and serviceability; therefore, the energy efficiency must carefully be considered in the UAV system design. In spite of their high potential, electric-powered rotating-wing multi-copters, which are drones, have even scarcer energy resources. Thus, extraordinary diligence is required to make them useful in demanding commercial, industrial, civil, and military missions. Working on energy-saving strategies is crucial to discover how drones consume their energy sources. This paper provides a mathematical model regarding the energy consumption of drones. The composition of the energy-consuming parts and operations are presented as well as an estimation of their shares in the grand total. An exemplary calculation is made using real-world data for validation. Ultimately, some approaches regarding energy saving are pointed out, which may be useful, particularly for swarms.