A study of cylindrical Hall thruster for low power space applications

Raitses, Y; Fisch, N J; Ertmer, K M; Burlingame, C A

doi:10.2172/759246

Title: A study of cylindrical Hall thruster for low power space applications

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A 9 cm cylindrical thruster with a ceramic channel exhibited performance comparable to the state-of-the-art Hall thrusters at low and moderate power levels. Significantly, its operation is not accompanied by large amplitude discharge low frequency oscillations. Preliminary experiments on a 2 cm cylindrical thruster suggest the possibility of a high performance micro Hall thruster.

Authors:: Raitses, Y; Fisch, N J; Ertmer, K M; Burlingame, C A

Publication Date:: Thu Jul 27 00:00:00 EDT 2000

Research Org.:: Princeton Plasma Physics Lab. (PPPL), Princeton, NJ (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Energy Research (ER) (US)

OSTI Identifier:: 759246

Report Number(s):: PPPL-3479
TRN: AH200025%%41

DOE Contract Number:: AC02-76CH03073

Resource Type:: Technical Report

Resource Relation:: Other Information: PBD: 27 Jul 2000

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 33 ADVANCED PROPULSION SYSTEMS; THRUSTERS; HALL EFFECT; PERFORMANCE; PROPULSION SYSTEMS; SPACE FLIGHT

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                    Raitses, Y, Fisch, N J, Ertmer, K M, and Burlingame, C A. A study of cylindrical Hall thruster for low power space applications.  United States: N. p., 2000. 
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                    Raitses, Y, Fisch, N J, Ertmer, K M, and Burlingame, C A. 2000.  
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