Conceptual design and analysis of hybrid airships with renewable energy

Lanchuan Zhang; Mingyun Lv; Junhui Meng; Huafei Du

doi:10.1177/0954410017711726

Conceptual design and analysis of hybrid airships with renewable energy

Lanchuan Zhang, Mingyun Lv, Junhui Meng^*, Huafei Du

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Beihang University

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An increasing focus on hybrid airships and the developments in renewable energies has allowed a methodology for conceptual design and analysis to be described. After a model presented and its aerodynamic characteristics obtained through a computational fluid dynamics method, two types of hybrid airships, solar powered at high altitudes and hydrogen powered for cargo, are demonstrated using a wing loading as their independent variable. Then the constraints determining the design point are presented. Parametric estimates of two types for component mass are then illustrated on distribution diagrams. And the sensitivity of wing loading and its effects on hybrid airships are discussed.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2144-2159
Number of pages	16
Journal	Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part G: Journal of Aerospace Engineering
Volume	232
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/0954410017711726
Publication status	Published - 1 Sept 2018
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Hybrid airship
conceptual design
performance
renewable energy
wing loading

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