Design and optimization of hydrogen tank for fuel cell powered UAV aircraft / Khairul Ashraff Othman

Othman, Khairul Ashraff (2009) Design and optimization of hydrogen tank for fuel cell powered UAV aircraft / Khairul Ashraff Othman. Degree thesis, Universiti Teknologi MARA.

Abstract

This project is about designing and producing a new lightweight hydrogen tank for the fuel cell powered UAV. The tanks that are available now are steel and composite tank. The reason to develop the tank is to reduce a weight for UAV aircraft and to compare the performance between three different types of hydrogen tank. The new tank that needed to be compared is 1.5L carbonated drinks bottle. The bottle is tested by compressing air to the maximum pressure it can reach. The cap of the bottle is reinforced by using carbon fiber and epoxy to avoid from hydrogen leakage. The three of tanks are tested at fuel cell to compared the performance in terms of pressure, volume, mass flow rate and the duration of the fuel cell can operated.

Metadata

Item Type:	Thesis (Degree)
Creators:	Creators Email / ID Num. Othman, Khairul Ashraff 2006134843
Contributors:	Contribution Name Email / ID Num. Thesis advisor Ward, Thomas Arthur (Dr.) UNSPECIFIED
Subjects:	T Technology > TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery > Power resources T Technology > TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery > Machine design and drawing
Divisions:	Universiti Teknologi MARA, Shah Alam > Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
Programme:	Bachelor Engineering (Hons) Mechanical
Keywords:	Hydrogen, Aircraft, Fuel cell
Date:	November 2009
URI:	https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/38790