Optimal Sizing of a Photovoltaic-Hydrogen Power System for HALE Aircraft by means of Particle Swarm Optimization

Table 4

Cases of study results.

Aircraft		PPVS/kW	PSS/kWh	PURFC/kW	MASS/kg	EFFS/%
Pathfinder	Mean	5.37	24.49	11.51	191.01	46.82
	StDev; (CV)	0.25; (4.6%)	3.90; (15.9%)	1.50; (13.0%)	5.16; (2.7%)	1.05; (2.2%)
	Min	5.20	22.92	8.38	187.92	44.55
	Max	5.97	35.18	12.22	205.36	47.60
Pathfinder plus	Mean	6.04	32.36	15.01	224.09	47.81
	StDev; (CV)	0.33; (5.4%)	6.04; (18.7%)	0.95; (6.3%)	7.69; (3.4%)	0.46; (1.0%)
	Min	5.80	28.88	12.40	217.77	46.90
	Max	6.70	44.33	15.40	238.66	48.28
Helios HP01	Mean	18.31	88.88	33.58	589.91	45.82
	StDev; (CV)	0.80; (4.4%)	11.19; (12.6%)	4.01; (12.0%)	14.89; (2.5%)	0.92; (2.0%)
	Min	17.10	73.81	24.35	565.60	44.22
	Max	20.01	104.44	36.28	608.09	46.80