Parametric Investigations of Miniaturized Cylindrical and Annular Hall Thrusters

Conference · Tue Oct 16 04:00:00 EDT 2001

OSTI ID:788455

Smirnov, A ^[1]; Raitses, Y; Fisch, N J

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1. Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory

A cylindrical geometry Hall thruster may overcome certain physical and technological limitations in scaling down of Hall thrusters to miniature sizes. The absence of the inner wall and use of the cusp magnetic field can potentially reduce heating of the thruster parts and erosion of the channel. A 2.6 cm miniaturized Hall thruster of a flexible design was built and successfully operated in the power range of 50-300 W. Comparison of preliminary results obtained for cylindrical and annular thruster configurations is presented.

• Research Organization: Princeton Plasma Physics Lab., NJ (US)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Science (US)
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-76CH03073
• OSTI ID: 788455
• Report Number(s): Cfpaper-4360
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

33 ADVANCED PROPULSION SYSTEMS
ANNULAR SPACE
CUSPED GEOMETRIES
CYLINDRICAL CONFIGURATION
DESIGN
HALL EFFECT
HEATING
MINIATURIZATION
POWER RANGE
PROPULSION SYSTEMS
THRUSTERS