TY - GEN
T1 - Energy distribution mechanism in ablative pulsed plasma thrusters
AU - Sun, Guorui
AU - Wu, Zhiwen
AU - Huang, Tiankun
AU - Li, Hang
AU - Zeng, Linghan
AU - Liu, Xiangyang
AU - Xie, Kan
AU - Wang, Ningfei
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Inc, AIAA. All rights reserved.
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - The low efficiency of ablative pulsed plasma thrusters (APPT) has been criticized in applications for many years. In order to improve the efficiency of APPT, the energy distribution mechanism must be studied. Based on the parallel-electrode APPT as the research object, we measured the discharge voltage, discharge current, mass bit to estimate the impulse bit, specific impulse and the thruster efficiency at the different discharge energy levels. Then, combined with the numerical model, the energy distribution of APPT was summarized. Finally, some opinions were proposed to improve the thruster efficiency.
AB - The low efficiency of ablative pulsed plasma thrusters (APPT) has been criticized in applications for many years. In order to improve the efficiency of APPT, the energy distribution mechanism must be studied. Based on the parallel-electrode APPT as the research object, we measured the discharge voltage, discharge current, mass bit to estimate the impulse bit, specific impulse and the thruster efficiency at the different discharge energy levels. Then, combined with the numerical model, the energy distribution of APPT was summarized. Finally, some opinions were proposed to improve the thruster efficiency.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85066488635&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.2514/6.2018-4909
DO - 10.2514/6.2018-4909
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85066488635
SN - 9781624105708
T3 - 2018 Joint Propulsion Conference
BT - 2018 Joint Propulsion Conference
PB - American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Inc, AIAA
T2 - 54th AIAA/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference, 2018
Y2 - 9 July 2018 through 11 July 2018
ER -