Pulsed Plasma Thruster Using Water, Part II: Thruster Operation and Performance Evaluation

2003 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carsten Scharlemann ◽  
Thomas York ◽  
Hani Kamhawi
Keyword(s):  
Performance Evaluation ◽  
Pulsed Plasma ◽  
Pulsed Plasma Thruster ◽  
Plasma Thruster ◽  
And Performance

Design and performance of liquid propellant pulsed plasma thruster

Vacuum ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 73 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 419-425 ◽  
Author(s):  
Akira Kakami ◽  
Hiroyuki Koizumi ◽  
Kimiya Komurasaki ◽  
Yoshihiro Arakawa
Keyword(s):  
Pulsed Plasma ◽  
Liquid Propellant ◽  
Pulsed Plasma Thruster ◽  
Plasma Thruster ◽  
And Performance

Influence of Electrode Flare Angle on the Performance of Pulsed Plasma Thruster

2012 ◽  
Vol 232 ◽  
pp. 353-358
Author(s):  
Rui Zhang ◽  
Dai Xian Zhang ◽  
Zhen He ◽  
Fan Zhang ◽  
Jian Jun Wu
Keyword(s):  
Specific Impulse ◽  
Initial Energy ◽  
Pulsed Plasma ◽  
Plasma Velocity ◽  
Velocity Increase ◽  
Pulsed Plasma Thruster ◽  
Plasma Thruster ◽  
Equivalent Circuit Parameters ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Ablated Mass

In order to study the influence of electrode flare angle on the performance of Ablation Pulsed Plasma Thruster. Discharge character, plasma velocity and performance over different electrode flare angles of the Pulsed Plasma Thruster at 13.5J initial energy are measured experimentally, the effect of electrode flare angle on the electrode inductance gradient, equivalent circuit parameters and energy transfer efficiency are analyzed. It can be seen that the circuit parameters and inductance distribution are changed with electrode flare angle, the impulse bit, specific impulse, thruster efficiency and mean exhaust velocity increase non-linearly with flare angle increasing from 0 degree to 27 degree and the Pulsed Plasma Thruster gets the maximum thruster performance at 27 degree flare angle. It shows that with the increase of electrode flare angle the fraction of ablated mass accelerated magnetically and the impulse bit created by Lorentz force decrease are the reasons inducing the change in thruster performance.

Endurance testing of a pulsed plasma thruster for nanosatellites

2013 ◽  
Vol 91 ◽  
pp. 187-193 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Krejci ◽  
Bernhard Seifert ◽  
Carsten Scharlemann
Keyword(s):  
Pulsed Plasma ◽  
Pulsed Plasma Thruster ◽  
Plasma Thruster ◽  
Endurance Testing
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