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Effects of Magnetic Shielding Configuration on Discharge Characteristics and Performance of a 60 mm-Diameter Low-Power Hall Thruster [PDF]
Journal of Aerospace Technology and Management, 2021 Lifetime is a main factor restraining the application of low-power Hall thruster. Magnetic shielding configuration is regarded as a promising method to prolong the lifespan of Hall thruster.
Weilong Guo +4 more
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Hybrid-PIC Modeling of the Transport of Atomic Boron in a Hall Thruster [PDF]
Computational analysis of the transport of boron eroded from the walls of a Hall thruster is performed by implementing sputter yields of hexagonal boron nitride and velocity distribution functions of boron within the hybrid-PIC model HPHall. The model is
Brandon D. Smith +2 more
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Study of the thrust response characteristics of Hall Micro Thruster
Results in PhysicsAn advanced Watt class Hall Micro Thruster (HMT) is offered for Space Gravitational Wave Detection (SGWD), and an investigation has been conducted on its start-up, shutdown, rise, and fall response times.
Liexiao Dong +6 more
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Influences of Magnetic Flux Density on Discharge Characteristics of Low-Power Hall Thruster [PDF]
Journal of Aerospace Technology and Management, 2021 The design of the magnetic field is crucial to the performance of the hall thruster. This paper investigates the effects of magnetic field on the discharge characteristics of the low-power hall thruster in the method of combining simulation and ...
Weilong Guo, Jun Gao, Zuo Gu, Ning Guo
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Simulation of Hollow Cathode in the Hall Thruster by Particle in Cell (PIC) Method [PDF]
علوم، فناوری و کاربردهای فضایی, 2023 The this article the characteristics of the hollow cathode plasma particles in the spt-100 hall effect thruster have been investigated by two-dimensional particle-in-cell simulation. One of the main and important components of the hall thruster is hollow
masumeh kiantaj +3 more
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Study on the influence of magnetic field on the performance of a 5 kW hall thruster
Frontiers in Materials, 2023 Hall thruster is a kind of plasma optics device, which is used mainly in space propulsion. To study the influence of magnetic field on the performance of a 5 kW hall thruster, a two-dimensional PIC-MCC model was built.
L. Yang, P. Y. Wang, T. Wang
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An integrated fluid simulation platform on Hall thruster plasmas
AIP Advances, 2022 In this work, a newly integrated fluid simulation platform, named DUT-HTFS, is developed for the multiple physical fields in Hall thrusters. The integrated simulation platform includes three inter-related parts: the geometry module, background magnetic ...
Nannan Li +3 more
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EPJ Techniques and Instrumentation, 2022 The lifetime of electric propulsion (EP) thrusters depends particularly on the erosion characteristics of operation relevant components, for instance, the grid hole erosion of gridded ion thrusters or the channel wall erosion of Hall effect thrusters ...
Carsten Bundesmann +8 more
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PIC-DSMC Simulation of a Hall Thruster Plume with Charge Exchange Effects Using pdFOAM
Aerospace, 2023 To develop technologies for the stable operation of electric propulsion systems, the effects of charge exchange (CEX) on the exhaust plume of a Hall thruster were studied using the particle-in-cell direct simulation Monte Carlo (PIC-DSMC) method. For the
Sang Hun Kang
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NASA's Hall thruster program [PDF]
37th Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit, 2001 NASA's Hall thruster program has base research and focused development efforts in support of the Advanced Space Transportation Program, Space-Based Program, and various other programs. The objective of the base research is to gain an improved understanding of the physical processes and engineering constraints of Hall thrusters to enable development of ...
Robert Jnkovsky +7 more
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