Laboratory experiments of current collection to long conductors with geometries relevant to bare electrodynamic tethers

Details Laboratory experiments of current collection to long conductors with geometries relevant to bare electrodynamic tethers Laboratory experiments of current collection to long conductors with geometries relevant to bare electrodynamic tethers

Jan 2002

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SPACE TECHNOLOGY AND APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL FORUM- STAIF 2002. Conference on Thermophyiscs in Microgravity; Conference on In

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We describe chamber tests of simulated electrodynamic tethers (EDTs) of different geometries operating in a dense, high-speed plasma. The geometries tested and described here were cylindrical and flat-ribbon. Several important conclusions that can be drawn from the tests are as follows: the currents collected by cylinder are close to what would be predicted via orbital-motion-limited (OML) current collection theory. The tape tether had comparable current levels to a theoretical equal area OML cylinder collector. However, I-V behavior clearly is different at nearest distances (~16λD tape width) as compared to furthest test distances (~6λD tape width). The tape tether did better than a theoretical equal mass solid cylinder. A ``knee'' in the I-V curves can be seen in the tape data at a potential that is near the estimated energy of the incoming beam of ions, at least for the closest distances where Debye length is smallest. Below this knee the current increases rapidly as voltage is increased. Above the knee the current increases at a rate near that expected from OML current-collection models depending on the relative width. This likely is an example of high-speed plasma flow effect. Perpendicular tape orientation performed slightly better than parallel. .

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