The thrust generated by a T6 ion engine hollow cathode
The thrust generated by a T6 ion engine hollow cathode
The thrust produced by a T6 ion engine main discharge hollow cathode was characterized using different propellants with a target-based measurement system, for discharge current values of 5–25 A and a wide range of mass flow rates. The calculated values of specific impulse are far in excess of those that could be attributed to the heating of a gas to
thermal equilibrium with the walls, as in a resistojet. This would suggest an operation mechanism more similar to that of an arcjet. The main scaling parameter for the specific impulse appears to be the discharge power per unit mass flow rate (specific power).
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Gessini, Paolo
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Coletti, Michele
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Gabriel, Stephen
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Gessini, Paolo
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Coletti, Michele
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Gabriel, Stephen
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Gessini, Paolo, Coletti, Michele and Gabriel, Stephen
(2014)
The thrust generated by a T6 ion engine hollow cathode.
Acta Astronautica, 102, .
(doi:10.1016/j.actaastro.2014.05.003).
Abstract
The thrust produced by a T6 ion engine main discharge hollow cathode was characterized using different propellants with a target-based measurement system, for discharge current values of 5–25 A and a wide range of mass flow rates. The calculated values of specific impulse are far in excess of those that could be attributed to the heating of a gas to
thermal equilibrium with the walls, as in a resistojet. This would suggest an operation mechanism more similar to that of an arcjet. The main scaling parameter for the specific impulse appears to be the discharge power per unit mass flow rate (specific power).
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Accepted/In Press date: 6 May 2014
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