This patent discloses a powerplant for an aerial vehicle comprised of Perovskite-Silicon tandem photovoltaic solar cells covering the wings and fuselage, a lithium-sulfur battery, a high-pressure unitized regenerative proton exchange membrane (“PEM”) device, and hydrogen tanks. The PEM device has a fuel-cell mode and an electrolysis mode. During level flight, the PEM device operates in fuel-cell mode, converting hydrogen into electricity. The electricity is used to run a plurality of pairs of permanent magnet synchronous motors, coupled to propellers, and mounted in a coaxial rotor configuration. During level flight, the array of solar cells re-charges the Li—S battery pack. During takeoff and landing, the Li—S battery pack supplements the electricity generated by the PEM device in fuel-cell mode. On the ground, the solar cells provides electricity to the PEM device, which operates in electrolysis mode, converting water into hydrogen gas, which is then stored in the hydrogen tanks.


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    Title :

    HYDROGEN-SOLAR INTEGRATED ENERGY SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AIRCRAFT


    Contributors:

    Publication date :

    2025-05-22


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English


    Classification :

    IPC:    B64G Raumfahrt , COSMONAUTICS / H01M Verfahren oder Mittel, z.B. Batterien, für die direkte Umwandlung von chemischer in elektrische Energie , PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY



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