Development of two UAVs for volcano studies in southern peru

Joab Apaza, Danny Scipion, Diego Lume, Carlos Saito

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Abstract

The development of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) has gained importance over the last few years due to the innovations brought to farming, architecture, and/or medicine. A novel field where they have been used is volcanology for its long-distance control and the possibility to add multiple sensors for sensing volcano parameters. Two UAVs will be constructed: a multi-rotor (quadcopter) and a fix wing airplane for studying the most active volcano in Peru, the Ubinas. The objective is to get important and useful volcano data without risking the lives of researchers. The quadcopter will be used for image capturing and video recording of the plume, while the airplane will fly close or through to the volcanic plume measuring temperature, humidity, carbon dioxide, sulfuric dioxide, and hydrogen sulfide.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 2017 IEEE 24th International Congress on Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computing, INTERCON 2017
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)9781509063628
DOIs
StatePublished - 20 Oct 2017
Event24th IEEE International Congress on Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computing, INTERCON 2017 - Cusco, Peru
Duration: 15 Aug 201718 Aug 2017

Publication series

NameProceedings of the 2017 IEEE 24th International Congress on Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computing, INTERCON 2017

Conference

Conference24th IEEE International Congress on Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computing, INTERCON 2017
Country/TerritoryPeru
CityCusco
Period15/08/1718/08/17

Keywords

  • Carbon dioxide measurements
  • Contamination measurements
  • Humidity measurements
  • Sulfuric dioxide measurements
  • Temperature measurements
  • UAV
  • Volcano studies

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