DocumentCode :
3606569
Title :
Development of an Electrostatic Calibration System for a Torsional Micronewton Thrust Stand
Author :
Kean How Cheah ; Kay-Soon Low ; Quang-Vinh Tran ; Zirui Lau
Author_Institution :
Satellite Res. Centre, Nanyang Technol. Univ., Singapore, Singapore
Volume :
64
Issue :
12
fYear :
2015
Firstpage :
3467
Lastpage :
3475
Abstract :
This paper presents the development of an electrostatic calibration system that produces consistent and reproducible calibration force over three orders of magnitude in the range 30 μN-3.4 mN with a deviation error of less than 2%. In the proposed approach, the electrostatic force is generated using a pair of heat sinks that is electrically charged with high voltage and engaged at a particular distance. Precise control of the high-voltage pulses applied to the calibrator produces calibration impulse bit in the range 7-340 μNs. The calibrator is used to tune a torsional thrust stand that performs measurements of constant and impulsive force from any micropropulsion system.
Keywords :
calibration; electrostatic devices; electrostatic calibration system; electrostatic force; heat sinks; high-voltage pulses; torsional micronewton thrust stand; torsional thrust stand; Calibration; Electrostatic measurements; Electrostatics; Force; Force measurement; Heat sinks; Electrostatic; micronewton; satellite micropropulsion; thrust stand; thrust stand.;
fLanguage :
English
Journal_Title :
Instrumentation and Measurement, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher :
ieee
ISSN :
0018-9456
Type :
jour
DOI :
10.1109/TIM.2015.2476237
Filename :
7273878
Link To Document :
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