Performance of a Low-Power Cylindrical Hall Thruster | Zendy

Kurt A. Polzin | Zendy; Thomas E. Markusic | Zendy; Boris Stanojev | Zendy; Amado DeHoyos | Zendy; Yevgeny Raitses | Zendy; Artem Smirnov | Zendy; N. J. Fisch | Zendy

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Performance of a Low-Power Cylindrical Hall Thruster

Author(s) -

Kurt A. Polzin,

Thomas E. Markusic,

Boris Stanojev,

Amado DeHoyos,

Yevgeny Raitses,

Artem Smirnov,

N. J. Fisch

Publication year - 2007

Publication title -

journal of propulsion and power

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.913

H-Index - 101

eISSN - 1533-3876

pISSN - 0748-4658

DOI - 10.2514/1.28595

Subject(s) - aerospace engineering , power (physics) , ion thruster , propulsion , aeronautics , engineering , materials science , electrical engineering , physics , quantum mechanics

Recent mission studies have shown that a Hall thruster which operates at relatively constant thrust efficiency (45-55%) over a broad power range (300W - 3kW) is enabling for deep space science missions when compared with slate-of-the-art ion thrusters. While conventional (annular) Hall thrusters can operate at high thrust efficiency at kW power levels, it is difficult to construct one that operates over a broad power envelope down to 0 (100 W) while maintaining relatively high efficiency. In this note we report the measured performance (I(sub sp), thrust and efficiency) of a cylindrical Hall thruster operating at 0 (100 W) input power.

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