Development of electric propulsion systems at IRS

Author

Herdrich, Georg ; Auweter-Kurtz, Monika ; Bock, Dagmar ; Fertig, Markus ; Haag, Daniel ; Nawaz, Anuscheh ; Röser, Hans-Peter

Author_Institution

Inst. of Space Syst., Stuttgart Univ., Stuttgart

fYear

2008

fDate

15-19 June 2008

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

1

Abstract

This paper presents recent developments in the field of electric propulsion for interplanetary missions such as the arcjet system TALOS and the magnetoplasmadynamic thrusters Van-Allen belt and SIMP-LEX. Investigations include measurement of mass bit, plasma current, plasma acceleration time, plasma thrust, and plasma dynamic properties. Thruster optimization includes ground testing, numerical simulations as well as thermal modelling.

Keywords

aerospace propulsion; electric propulsion; numerical analysis; plasma devices; plasma jets; plasma magnetohydrodynamics; SIMP-LEX; TALOS; Van-Allen belt; arcjet system; electric propulsion; ground testing; interplanetary missions; magnetoplasmadynamic thrusters; mass bit; numerical simulations; plasma acceleration time; plasma current; plasma dynamic properties; plasma thrust; thermal modelling; Belts; Current measurement; Magnetic field measurement; Plasma accelerators; Plasma measurements; Plasma properties; Plasma simulation; Propulsion; Testing; Time measurement;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Plasma Science, 2008. ICOPS 2008. IEEE 35th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Karlsruhe

ISSN

0730-9244

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1929-6

Electronic_ISBN

0730-9244

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PLASMA.2008.4591159

Filename

4591159