Optimization of Hydrogen Generator for UAVs

Christopher T. Barrow; Geo Jong Kim; Cutler Phillippe; John F. Maddox; Hyun Tae Hwang

doi:10.1109/iTherm54085.2022.9899635

Optimization of Hydrogen Generator for UAVs

Christopher T. Barrow, Geo Jong Kim, Cutler Phillippe, John F. Maddox, Hyun Tae Hwang

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Abstract

An optimization study was conducted for an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) hydrogen generator containment vessel utilizing ammonia borane pellets. The optimization considered pellet size, number of pellets, pellet spacing, chamber volume, and wall thickness. Candidate configurations were selected using an energy balance analysis. A transient Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) analysis was performed on the candidate configurations to monitor heat transfer through the vessel before and after the reaction to ensure no other pellets reached the activation temperature. Chamber volume and pellet spacing were found to be the dominant parameters and a minimal mass design is presented.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 21st InterSociety Conference on Thermal and Thermomechanical Phenomena in Electronic Systems, ITherm 2022
ISBN (Electronic)	9781665485036
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/iTherm54085.2022.9899635
State	Published - 2022
Event	21st InterSociety Conference on Thermal and Thermomechanical Phenomena in Electronic Systems, ITherm 2022 - San Diego, United States Duration: May 31 2022 → Jun 3 2022

Publication series

Name	InterSociety Conference on Thermal and Thermomechanical Phenomena in Electronic Systems, ITHERM
Volume	2022-May
ISSN (Print)	1936-3958

Conference

Conference	21st InterSociety Conference on Thermal and Thermomechanical Phenomena in Electronic Systems, ITherm 2022
Country/Territory	United States
City	San Diego
Period	5/31/22 → 6/3/22

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© 2022 IEEE.

Funding

ACKNOWLEDGMENT This study was supported by the Agency for Defense Development (ADD) of Korea (grant number: 17–114–407– 038).

Funders	Funder number
Korean Agency for Defense Development	17–114–407– 038
Korean Agency for Defense Development

Keywords

UAV
ammonia borane
hydrogen fuel cell
hydrogen storage
thermal management

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Control and Systems Engineering
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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Barrow, C. T., Jong Kim, G., Phillippe, C., Maddox, J. F., & Tae Hwang, H. (2022). Optimization of Hydrogen Generator for UAVs. In Proceedings of the 21st InterSociety Conference on Thermal and Thermomechanical Phenomena in Electronic Systems, ITherm 2022 (InterSociety Conference on Thermal and Thermomechanical Phenomena in Electronic Systems, ITHERM; Vol. 2022-May). https://doi.org/10.1109/iTherm54085.2022.9899635

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Proceedings of the 21st InterSociety Conference on Thermal and Thermomechanical Phenomena in Electronic Systems, ITherm 2022. 2022. (InterSociety Conference on Thermal and Thermomechanical Phenomena in Electronic Systems, ITHERM; Vol. 2022-May).

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