Power-Minimizing Control of a Variable-Pitch Propulsion System for Versatile Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Henderson, Travis; Papanikolopoulos, Nikolaos

doi:10.1109/icra.2019.8794357

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“…Stevenson et al [28] compared the energy consumption of VSP and APP for a small electric unmanned aerial vehicle, and the results indicated that the APP was proven to be more efficient than the VSP. Sheng and Sun [29], Gebauer et al [30], and Henderson and Papanikolopoulos [31] carried out research on control and optimization of adjustable-pitch MPS for electric multicopters aimming at minimizing power consumption. The results showed that the adjustable-picth MPS could change the rotational speed and pitch at the same time, and there was an optimal combination of pitch and speed to get the minimum power.…”

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Research on Integrated Optimization Design Method of High-Efficiency Motor Propeller System for UAVs With Multi-States

Duan

Wang²,

Wang

et al. 2020

IEEE Access

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With the popularity of electric multi-rotor unmanned aerial vehicles (EMRUAV), the problem of low efficiency of the motor propeller system (MPS) becomes serious especially for EMRUAVs which have multiple working states. To solve this problem, an integrated optimization design method for high-efficiency MPS is proposed using an improved parallel particle swarm optimization and differential evolution (PSODE) hybrid algorithm. First, the brushless motor as well as the variable-speed and the adjustable-pitch propellers is modelled. Then considering the characteristics of the motor and the propeller sufficiently, an integrated optimization method for variable-speed and adjustable-pitch MPS is proposed by utilizing the improved PSODE. Specially, the self-organizing feature map theory is added to substitute the traditional ''winner-take-all'' method in the interactive study of the improved PSODE. Next, the optimization of a small electric-powered tilt quad rotor (TQR) which has four states: hovering, cruising, transition and maximum speed is carried out. At last, the wind-tunnel experiments are implemented to verify the feasibility and effectiveness of the proposed optimization method. The results indicate that the adjustable-pitch MPS is more suitable for EMRUAVs which have multiple working states, and that the improved PSODE has faster convergence speed and better global search ability than other optimization methods.INDEX TERMS Electric aircraft, motor, propeller, integrated design, improved PSODE optimization, tilt quad rotor, wind tunnel experiments.

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Research on Integrated Optimization Design Method of High-Efficiency Motor Propeller System for UAVs With Multi-States

Duan

Wang²,

Wang

et al. 2020

IEEE Access

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“…To control their attitude with less deformation on the wings, morphing UAVs [ 24 ] were equipped with a VPP system acting as the propulsion system, and the cyclic pitch was used to generate control moments. Both Henderson and Papanikolopoulos [ 25 ] and Manchin et al [ 26 ] used the VPP system to maximize the aerodynamic efficiency of the propellers by varying the AOA according to the detected airspeed.…”

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An Actuator Allocation Method for a Variable-Pitch Propeller System of Quadrotor-Based UAVs

Chang

Chen

Wen

et al. 2020

Sensors

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This paper presents a control allocation method for enhancing the attitude following performance and the energy efficiency of a variable-pitch propeller (VPP) system on quadrotor-based unmanned aerial vehicles. The VPP system was modeled according to the blade element momentum (BEM) theory, and an actuator allocation method was developed with the aim of enhancing the attitude control and energy performance. A simulation environment was built to validate the VPP system by creating a thrust and moment database from the experiments. A four-motor variable-pitch quadrotor was built for verifying the proposed method. The control allocation method was firstly verified in a simulation environment, and was then implemented in a flight controller for indoor flight experiments. The simulation results show the proposed control allocation method greatly improves the yaw following performance. The experimental results demonstrate a difference in the energy consumption through various pitch angles, as well as a reduction in energy consumption, by applying this VPP system.

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Adaptive Control of Variable-Pitch Propellers: Pursuing Minimum-Effort Operation

Henderson

Papanikolopoulos

2020

2020 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)

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Power-Minimizing Control of a Variable-Pitch Propulsion System for Versatile Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Cited by 4 publications

References 17 publications

Research on Integrated Optimization Design Method of High-Efficiency Motor Propeller System for UAVs With Multi-States

Research on Integrated Optimization Design Method of High-Efficiency Motor Propeller System for UAVs With Multi-States

An Actuator Allocation Method for a Variable-Pitch Propeller System of Quadrotor-Based UAVs

Adaptive Control of Variable-Pitch Propellers: Pursuing Minimum-Effort Operation

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