Computer Science – Performance
Scientific paper
Oct 2004
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2004esasp.555e.124e&link_type=abstract
Proceedings of the 4th International Spacecraft Propulsion Conference (ESA SP-555). 2-9 June, 2004, Chia Laguna (Cagliari), Sard
Computer Science
Performance
Scientific paper
The Elwing company has designed and modelled an electrode-less plasma thruster. This new concept has been designed to overcome fundamental limitations of existing solutions such as Hall Effect Thrusters and Gridded Ion Thrusters. In order to solve reliability and lifetime concerns as well as erosion and contamination problems known on these devices, Elwing's thruster has no component immersed in the discharge and does not require any neutralizer. Furthermore, as the function of ionization and acceleration are distinct, this new thruster concept is suitable for flexible operations as it can be fully throttled in both specific impulse and thrust while remaining at high efficiency above 50%. This design also introduces efficient non-mechanical thrust vectoring capability. Many features of the basic concept are discussed to show how this concept can be tailored to various operating conditions for power varying from 200W to 50kW. The thruster operations have been simulated and scaling laws established. The most significant performance achieved by this design is a thrust density in the range of 10N/m2 to more than 500 N/m2 which increases with available power. Obtained performances range from 5.9mN/4200s at 200W, an efficiency of 61%, up to 2.79N/3350s at 50kW with an efficiency of 91%.
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