Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are suitable for forest fire monitoring which is critical to prevent unexpected hazards. However, lack of charging measures is the bottleneck restricting the development of surveillance drones in forest areas. This paper envisions a hierarchical charging framework of heterogeneous drones for forest fire surveillance based on microgrid with renewable energy. Different replenishment methods of heterogeneous drones as well as the coordination control strategy of the microgrid in forest are specified that are designed to support continuous surveillance. To improve the transient stability as well as the fault ride-through capacity of the microgrid for multiple charging of fire surveillance drones, MPC coordination control with speed regulation strategy of forest microgrid are proposed in which the large rotating kinetic energy of wind turbines are utilized to timely suppress power disturbance. Simulations are conducted under typical working conditions to verify the effectiveness of the method.
Source: Energies
DOI: 10.3390/en17236109
Author: Ming Yu
Institution: Beijing Forestry University
Language: English
Subfield: Control and Systems Engineering
Field: Engineering
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $2,955
OpenAlex ID: W4404994127