Advanced laboratory for testing plasma thrusters and Hall thruster measurement campaign

• Autorzy: Szelecka A.

Identyfikatory

DOI

10.1515/nuka-2016-0036

• Konferencja: PLASMA-2015 International Conference on Research and Applications of Plasmas (7-11 September 2015 ; Warsaw, Poland)
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Plasma engines are used for space propulsion as an alternative to chemical thrusters. Due to the high exhaust velocity of the propellant, they are more effi cient for long-distance interplanetary space missions than their conventional counterparts. An advanced laboratory of plasma space propulsion (PlaNS) at the Institute of Plasma Physics and Laser Microfusion (IPPLM) specializes in designing and testing various electric propulsion devices. Inside of a special vacuum chamber with three performance pumps, an environment similar to the one that prevails in space is created. An innovative Micro Pulsed Plasma Thruster (LPPT) with liquid propellant was built at the laboratory. Now it is used to test the second prototype of Hall effect thruster (HET) operating on krypton propellant. Meantime, an improved prototype of krypton Hall thruster is constructed.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

electric propulsion; Hall thruster

• Wydawca: Institute of Nuclear Chemistry and Technology
• Czasopismo: Nukleonika
• Rocznik: 2016
• Tom: Vol. 61, No. 2
• Strony: 213--218
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 6 poz., rys.

Twórcy

autor

Szelecka A.

• Institute of Plasma Physics and Laser Microfusion, 23 Hery Str., 01-947 Warsaw, Poland, Tel.: [phone], Fax: [phone]

Bibliografia

• 1. Biagioni, L., Saverdi, M., Berti, M., Cesari, U., & Andrenucci, M. (2003). Design and preliminary characterization of a 5 kW Hall thruster prototype. (Report IEPC-03-228).
• 2. Barral, S., Kurzyna, J., Remírez, E., Martín, R., Ortiz, P., Alonso, J., Bottinelli, S., Mabillard, Y., Zaldíva, A., Rangsten, P., & Koppel, C. R. (2013). Development status of an open capilla pulsed plasma thruster with non-volatile liquid propellant. In Proceedings of the 33rd International Electric Propulsion Conference, The George Washington University, Washington, D.C., USA, October 6–10, 2013. (Report IEPC-2013-291).
• 3. Finite element method magnetics. Retrieved from www.femm.info/wiki/HomePage.
• 4. Kurzyna, J., Barral, S., Daniłko, D., Miedzik, J., Bulit, A., & Dannenmayer, K. (2013). First tests of the KLIMT thruster with xenon propellant at the ESA Propulsion Laboratory. Warsaw: IPPLM. (Internal report).
• 5. Kurzyna, J., Barral, S., Daniłko, D., & Miedzik, J. (2015). KLIMPT – Krypton Large Impulse Thruster, Deliverable 3.2, First Prototype Design and Testing Report. Warsaw: IPPLM. (Internal report).
• 6. Kurzyna, J., Daniłko, D., Szelecka, A., & Bourdain, L. (2015). KLIMPT – Krypton Large Impulse Thruster, Deliverable 3.4, Second Prototype Design and Testing Report. Warsaw: IPPLM. (Internal report).

Uwagi

PL

Opracowanie ze środków MNiSW w ramach umowy 812/P-DUN/2016 na działalność upowszechniającą naukę.