An Overview of the High Power Electric Propulsion (HiPEP) Project

2004 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fred Elliott ◽  
J. Foster ◽  
M. Patterson
Keyword(s):  
High Power ◽  
Electric Propulsion

A review of high-power magnetoplasmodynamic electric propulsion designs and studies of RSC Energia

2020 ◽  
pp. 112-133
Author(s):  
Victor V. SINYAVSKIY
Keyword(s):  
Service Life ◽  
Electric Power ◽  
High Power ◽  
Electric Propulsion ◽  
Nuclear Power ◽  
Materials Science ◽  
Low Voltage ◽  
Power Input ◽  
Design Bureau ◽  
Rocket Propulsion

At the initiative of S.P.Korolev, in 1959, Special Design Bureau No.1 (now RSC Energia) established the High-temperature Power Engineering and Electric Propulsion Center which was tasked with development of nuclear electric propulsion for heavy interplanetary vehicles. Selected as the source of electric power was a nuclear power unit based on a thermionic converter reactor, and selected as the engine was a stationary low-voltage magnetoplasmodynamic (MPD) high-power (0.5–1.0 MW) thruster which had thousands of hours of service life. The paper presents the results of extensive efforts in research, development, design, materials science experiments, and tests on the MPD-thruster, including the results of development and 500-hours life tests of an MPD-thruster with a 500-600 kW electric power input that used lithium propellant. The world’s first lithium 17 kW MPD-thruster was built and successfully tested in space. The paper points out that to this day nobody has surpassed the then achievements of RSC Energia neither in thruster output during long steady-state operation, nor in performance and service life. Key words: Martian expeditionary vehicle, nuclear electric rocket propulsion system, electric rocket thruster, magnetoplasmodynamic thruster, lithium, cathode, anode, barium, electric propulsion tests in space.

High power solar electric propulsion and the Asteroid Redirect Robotic Mission (ARRM)

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nathan Strange ◽  
John Brophy ◽  
Farah Alibay ◽  
Melissa L. McGuire ◽  
Brian Muirhead ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Power ◽  
Electric Propulsion ◽  
Solar Electric Propulsion

Power Processing Units for High Power Solar Electric Propulsion

1992 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert H. Frisbee ◽  
Radhe S. L. Das ◽  
Stanley Krauthamer
Keyword(s):  
High Power ◽  
Electric Propulsion ◽  
Solar Electric Propulsion

High power dense electric propulsion motors

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Haran Karmaker ◽  
Dean Sarandria ◽  
Man Tak Ho ◽  
James Feng ◽  
Devdatta Kulkarni ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Power ◽  
Electric Propulsion
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