TY - GEN
T1 - Study on a Double Pulse Discharge solid pulsed plasma thruster
AU - Huang, Tian Kun
AU - Wu, Zhi Wen
AU - Ma, Yu
AU - Xie, Kan
AU - Liu, Xiang Yang
AU - Wang, Ning Fei
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - Pulsed Plasma Thrusters(PPTs) are reliable, relatively simple, high specific impulse and low cost that can be used in small satellites and deep space exploration. One of the main issues with solid PPTs is low efficiency. In this paper, the mechanism of energy utilization in solid PPTs was discussed to find the way to increase the efficiency of solid PPTs. A Double Pulse Discharge solid PPT, whose energy is stored in two capacitors and releases at different time, was designed base on a traditional solid PPT. As the delay time between the two pulses was about 200μs which was much longer than the solid PPT's discharge time, the secondary capacitor could not discharge.
AB - Pulsed Plasma Thrusters(PPTs) are reliable, relatively simple, high specific impulse and low cost that can be used in small satellites and deep space exploration. One of the main issues with solid PPTs is low efficiency. In this paper, the mechanism of energy utilization in solid PPTs was discussed to find the way to increase the efficiency of solid PPTs. A Double Pulse Discharge solid PPT, whose energy is stored in two capacitors and releases at different time, was designed base on a traditional solid PPT. As the delay time between the two pulses was about 200μs which was much longer than the solid PPT's discharge time, the secondary capacitor could not discharge.
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84904708305
SN - 9781629939094
T3 - Proceedings of the International Astronautical Congress, IAC
SP - 7132
EP - 7136
BT - 64th International Astronautical Congress 2013, IAC 2013
PB - International Astronautical Federation, IAF
T2 - 64th International Astronautical Congress 2013, IAC 2013
Y2 - 23 September 2013 through 27 September 2013
ER -