Sixth Conference on Propulsion Technologies for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Thursday, January 26, 2017
Shirley and Manny Ravet Auditorium, D. Dan and Betty Kahn Building Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Technion, Haifa
This year the student posters contest will take place. The best student poster will be awarded by a certificate and a prize of 1000 NIS donated by Association of Engineers, Architects and Graduates in Technological Sciences in Israel.
Conference program for download
Conference book of abstracts (pdf)
| 8:30 – 9:00 | Welcome and Registration |
| Opening session | Chairperson: Leonid Tartakovsky, Technion |
| 9:00 – 9:30 | Welcome: Daniel Rittel, Deputy Senior Vice President, Technion Yoram Halevi, Dean, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Technion Uri Zvikel, Head, Propulsion Branch, Directorate of Defense Research & Development, MAFAT Emanuel Liban, Chairman, Israel Society of Mechanical Engineers |
| 9:30 – 10:00 | Keynote address: Pushing the efficiency of internal combustion engines and UAV systems Robert Wagner, Director, Fuels, Engines, and Emissions Research Center, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA |
| Morning session | Chairman: Yitzhak (Itche) Hochmann, Edmatech (the session will be held in English) |
| 10:00 – 10:25 | UAV platforms in IDF – current usage issues and future trends Shlomi K., Head, UAV Department, Air Force, IDF |
| 10:25 – 10:50 | Orbital FlexDI: Providing reliable and efficient heavy-fuel IC engines for the UAV industry Geoff Cathcart & J.H.Tubb, Orbital, Australia |
| 10:50 – 11:15 | Coffee break |
| Noon session | Chairman: Hemi Oron, Elbit Systems (the session will be held in English) |
| 11:15 – 11:40 | Boosting technologies– a theoretical study about limits for small combustion engines Roland Baar, Chair of Combustion engines, Technical University Berlin, Germany |
| 11:40 – 12:05 | Reduction of Development Time and Number of Suppliers using Development Kits for Individual Complete Propulsion Systems Karsten Schudt, Managing partner, 3W International GmbH, Germany |
| 12:05 – 12:15 | Best Student Poster Award Ceremony |
| 12:15 – 13:40 | Lunch |
| Session “New Concepts” |
Chairperson: Kobi Feldman, Israeli Aerospace Industries (the session will be held in English) |
| 13:40 – 14:00 | A New Hydrogen-Based PCM Open-Cycle Micro Engine Eran Sher, A. Lidor, A. Zibitsker and D. Weihs, Technion, Israel |
| 14:00 – 14:20 | High efficiency split-cycle engine O. Tour, H.B.Tour and Ehud Sivan, Tour Engine Inc., Israel – USA |
| 14:20 – 14:40 | XMv3 High Efficiency Cycloidal Engine demonstrator Alexander Shkolnik, N. Shkolnik, LiquidPiston, Inc., USA |
| 14:40– 15:00 | HCCI combustion process in Wankel engine Guy Ben Haim & L. Tartakovsky, Technion, Israel |
| Session “Engine Design & Performance-1” | Chairperson: Michael Shapiro, Technion (the session will be held in English) |
| 13:40 – 14:00 | Speed reducers design for piston engines Luca Piancastelli, Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Bologna, Italy |
| 14:00 – 14:20 | Study of knock in a UAV engine Ran Amiel & L. Tartakovsky, Technion, Israel |
| 14:20 – 14:40 | High-Speed Infrared Imaging for Analysis of a Diesel Engine Supplied with a Premixed Methane-Air Charge M-A. Gagnon1, E. Mancaruso2, L. Sequino2, P. Tremblay1, S. Savary1, J. Giroux1, Vincent Farley1 and F. Marcotte1, 1 – Telops, Canada; 2 – Instituto Motori, Italy |
| 14:40 – 15:00 | Control system of a small UAV engine Idan Biner, Aeronautics Defense Systems Ltd., Israel |
| 15:00 – 15:20 | Coffee break |
| Session “Engine Design & Performance-2” | Chairman: Gil Finder, Israel Defense Forces (the session will be held in Hebrew) |
| 15:20 – 15:40 | Engineering design considerations in UAV fuel systems Ron Raz, Elbit systems Ltd., Israel |
| 15:40 – 16:00 | Pollutants emission implications of a hybrid propulsion system Erez Mosafi, Ledico – Bosch, Israel |
| 16:00 – 16:20 | The Independent Modular Drive based on Axial Flux Electric Motors Alexander Sromin, ALBUS Technologies Ltd., Israel |
| 16:20 – 16:40 | UAV Integrated Propulsion system guidelines & consideration Hanan Kapara, Elbit systems Ltd., Israel |
| “Engine Design & Performance-2” | Chairman: Ariel Dvorjetski, Directorate of Defense Research & Development, MAFAT (the session will be held in English) |
| 15:20 – 15:40 | Fuel cell technologies for UAV applications Ehud Galun, Directorate of Defense Research & Development, MAFAT, Israel |
| 15:40 – 16:00 | Electrical Power Sources for Elbit SUAV Family Vladimir Livshits, Elbit systems Ltd., Israel |
| 16:00 – 16:20 | Energy Case Based on Hydrogen Generator O. Dahan, I. Dayee, A. Schechter, Idit Avrahami, Ariel University, Israel |
| 16:20 – 16:40 | A novel hydrogen production method for UAVs fed with fuel cells Guy N. Michrowski, Terragenic, Israel |
| Closing remarks 16:40 – 16:50 |
Leonid Tartakovsky, Chairman Organizing Committee |
Posters session
- Power Watch Algorithms for Drone Li-ion Batteries
Alex Nimberger & Niles Fleischer, Algolion Ltd. - Multifunction Micro Turbine Generators (MiTG) based on mass production turbocharger
B. Arav1, R. Shulman1, V. Kaminsky2, R. Kaminsky2, A.Filippov2, A. Lazarev2, 1 – TurboGEN Technology, Tel-Aviv, Israel; 2 – Turbotekhnika, Moscow, Russia - Using Morphological Research to improve Micro Turbine Generators (MiTG)
B. Arav1, S. Besedin2, V. Kaminsky3, R. Kaminsky3, 1 – TurboGEN Technology, Tel-Aviv, Israel; 2 – Microturbine Technology, St. Petersburg, Russia ; 3 – Turbotekhnika, Moscow, Russia - Long Distance Airborne UAV
Shemer Slaav, Technion – IIT, Israel - Powertrain for the 2017 SAE Student Car
T. Lipshitz, D. Brudner, I. Hirsh, A. Sacks, A. Asraf, M. Abraham, D. Jacobson, P. Moscovitz, D. Alfisi, O. Kozlovsky, O. Marksheid, P. Ruff, D. Buntin, D. Zadok, R. Baltzan, Technion – IIT, Israel - Effects of diesel particle filter on nanoparticle emissions and energy efficiency of in-use buses
R. Fleischman, R. Amiel, L. Tartakovsky, Technion – IIT, Israel - Air pollution by nanoparticles in diesel-propelled passenger trains
V. Abramesco, Technion – IIT, Israel - Lubricant oil pressure in a Formula-SAE Student race car
N. Dabush, Technion – IIT, Israel - Reforming-controlled HCCI process
A. Eyal, Technion – IIT, Israel - Design of an optically accessible research single-cylinder engine
N. Dekel, O. Gur, A. Asraf, T. Almogi, D. Epstein, Y. Lung, A. Ben Ari, Technion – IIT, Israel - Stagnation-point ignition of a fuel spray-oxidant mixture
G. Kats & J. B. Greenberg , Technion – IIT, Israel - Optimization of Extinguishing Powder Dispersal
A. Shalel, T. Bar, D. Katoshevski, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
* The Program is subject to changes
** A posters session will be open for audience during the whole Conference day. Poster presenters will make a 2-min presentation of their work during the Posters Session. The best student poster will be awarded by a certificate and a prize of 1000 NIS donated by Association of Engineers, Architects and Graduates in Technological Sciences in Israel.
Participation in the Conference is free of charge, however early registration is required.
An exhibition will take place in the Conference lobby, where the leading industries will demonstrate their latest developments in the field of UAV propulsion.
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
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