Development of small scale microwave discharge ion thruster with variable magnetic field

Author

Takao, Y. ; Iwata, I. ; Chou, Nan-Hung

Author_Institution

Dept. of Digital Eng., Nishinippon Inst. of Technol., Kanda, Japan

fYear

2012

fDate

11-14 Nov. 2012

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

A microwave discharge ion thruster of 5cm size was fabricated and its next concept improved in plasma ignition and sustention was reported. As we have already developed 10cm and 2cm size microwave discharge type ion thrusters, the development of 5cm one on the basis of the previous ones is carried out. It is sometimes difficult to generate plasma in it. Several magnetic configurations in the discharge chamber were calculated for the development of 5cm thruster with variable magnetic field.

Keywords

high-frequency discharges; ignition; ion engines; plasma sources; discharge chamber; magnetic configuration; microwave discharge ion thruster; plasma generation; plasma ignition; size 10 cm; size 2 cm; size 5 cm; sustention; variable magnetic field; Discharges (electric); Electromagnetic heating; Magnetic fields; Magnetic flux; Microwave antennas; Microwave theory and techniques; Plasmas; Electric propulsion; Ion source; Ion thruster; Microwave discharge; Variable magnetic field;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Renewable Energy Research and Applications (ICRERA), 2012 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Nagasaki

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-2328-4

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4673-2329-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICRERA.2012.6477330

Filename

6477330