According to the "Science and Technology Daily" and Chongqing upstream news reports, the first domestic solar hydrogen drone independently developed by the Yixiang UAV team of the Chongqing Research Institute of Harbin Institute of Technology successfully completed its first flight in Mingyue Lake in Chongqing Liangjiang Collaborative Innovation Zone, which means that the country's first innovative energy system combining solar energy and hydrogen energy developed by the Yixiang UAV team has officially "come out", which can greatly improve the endurance and environmental protection of the UAV.
The UAV adopts the team's self-developed solar power pressure-adaptive direct drive system, solar hydrogen hybrid system and large-size long wingspan aerodynamic shape, integrated lightweight carbon fiber fuselage, front and rear twin propeller coaxial drive system, innovative hydrogen-powered electric propulsion pod, compact fuselage structure, simple auxiliary components, the whole aircraft has the characteristics of low cruising energy consumption and long endurance, and the design can achieve ultra-long endurance flight across day and night.
According to reports, drones combining solar energy and hydrogen energy form an effective complementary energy system - using solar energy to charge during the day, and relying on hydrogen energy to maintain power at night or on cloudy days. IT Home learned from the Yixiang team that the above cooperation can make the drone have all-weather working ability, and can also greatly broaden its application scope, suitable for power inspection, forest protection, river monitoring, signal relay, environmental protection and other fields, especially reduce the number of take-off and landing, charging maintenance and shift arrangement, which can greatly improve work efficiency and reduce personnel and capital investment.
