Plume interference effects of the racetrack-shaped anode-layer Hall thruster system
Mechanical Engineering Journal, 2022 Plume interference effects on the discharge characteristics and thruster performance for two heads system were investigated to evaluate the optimum design of the Hall thruster cluster system using the anode-layer head.
Takeshi MIYASAKA +6 more
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Small Hall Effect Thruster with 3D Printed Discharge Channel: Design and Thrust Measurements
Aerospace, 2021 This paper presents the design and performance of the UAH-78AM, a low-power small Hall effect thruster. The goal of this work is to assess the feasibility of using low-cost 3D printing to create functioning Hall thrusters, and study how 3D printing can ...
Ethan P. Hopping +2 more
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Comparative analysis of simulation and experiment for the Hall-type thruster BPT-4000
Results in Engineering, 2023 Since 2004, the Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPL/PI/UnB) has been developing permanent magnet Hall thrusters due to their high efficiency. However, permanent magnets have limited use due to their maximum working temperature (the point at which they begin ...
Marconi C. Porto +3 more
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Plume Divergence and Discharge Oscillations of an Accessible Low-Power Hall Effect Thruster
Applied Sciences, 2021 Hall effect thrusters (HETs) are an increasingly utilized proportion of electric propulsion devices due to their high thrust-to-power ratio. To enable an accessible research thruster, our team used inexpensive materials and simplified structures to ...
Matthew Baird +3 more
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Review of Plasma-Induced Hall Thruster Erosion
Applied Sciences, 2020 The Hall thruster is a high-efficiency spacecraft propulsion device that utilizes plasma to generate thrust. The most common variant of the Hall thruster is the stationary plasma thruster (SPT).
Nathan P. Brown, Mitchell L. R. Walker
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Effect of Anode Dielectric Coating on Hall Thruster Operation [PDF]
, 2003 An interesting phenomenon observed in the near-anode region of a Hall thruster is that the anode fall changes from positive to negative upon removal of the dielectric coating, which is produced on the anode surface during the normal course of Hall ...
Bishaev A. M. +7 more
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Newly designed ignition circuit to improve the ignition reliability of Hall thruster
AIP Advances, 2022 This study proposes a newly designed ignition circuit that does not change the ignition starting parameters of a Hall thruster, reduces the critical ignition voltage, and improves ignition reliability. The complexity and weight of the Hall thruster power
Jingjing Li +10 more
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Near-field angular distributions of high velocity ions for low-power hall thrusters [PDF]
, 2009 Experimental angular distributions of high-energy primary ions in the near-field region of a small Hall thruster between 50-200 mm downstream of the thruster exit plane at a range of centerline angles have been determined using a highly-collimated ...
Johnson, Lee K. +2 more
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PROBE AND SPECTRAL INVESTIGATIONS OF ELECTRIC PROPULSION HALL EFFECT THRUSTER
Авіаційно-космічна техніка та технологія, 2017 The work is devoted to the study of a low-power Hall Effect Thruster. The currency of developing and increasing of integral characteristics of Hall Effect Thruster with power consumption less 0,3 kW is substantiated. The main directions of low-power Hall
Сергей Николаевич Кулагин
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What We Have Learned By Studying The P5 Hall Thruster [PDF]
, 2003 The Hall thruster is an advanced spacecraft propulsion system that uses electrical power provided by the spacecraft to generate thrust by ionizing and accelerating ions to high velocities.
Gallimore, Alec D.
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