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Yes, the original article is about thermophotovoltaics. Regarding the article posted here (and since a drone with a furnace is not feasible) I went with solar.
by wumms 7y ago
Yes, the original article is about thermophotovoltaics.
Regarding the article posted here (and since a drone with a furnace is not feasible) I went with solar.
- IanCal 7y agoThe corresponding author to be fair did say unmanned aerial vehicles.
- wumms 7y agoTrue, though it is combined (in the article) with a maximum power consumption: "those that require as little as 100 watts, [such as] a lightweight unmanned aerial vehicle" The original paper says "unmanned vehicles" (no aerial) and has a reference [0] to "unmanned undersea vehicles". [0] https://www.pnas.org/content/early/2019/07/15/1903001116#ref-33 https://www.pnas.org/content/early/2019/07/15/1903001116#ref...
- rebuilder 7y agoThe article says "a wide range of applications, from those that require as little as 100 watts, [such as] a lightweight unmanned aerial vehicle, to 100 megawatts"
- wumms 7y agoI read the 100 watts as referring to lightweight unmanned aerial vehicle. 100 megawatts is followed by "[providing] electricity for 36,000 homes." The original paper does not mention lightweight aerial vehicles as an application, but a drone is mentioned in the title (and shown in the top image) of the article. Applications mentioned in the paper are: hybrid cars, unmanned vehicles, deep-space probes, energy storage, enabling efficient cogeneration systems for heat and electricity. (A less-misleading title might even be: "New thermophotovoltaic engine for deep-space probes")
- baking 7y agoHow about one of the authors talking about a credit-card sized device supplying 100 watts to quad-coptors using liquid fuel and staying airborn for 16+ hours. (https://youtu.be/lDxJsa8miNQ?t=3202 https://youtu.be/lDxJsa8miNQ?t=3202)