TY - GEN
T1 - Cylindrical hall thrusters
AU - Raitses, Yevgeny
AU - Smimov, Artem
AU - Fisch, Nathaniel J.
PY - 2006/12/18
Y1 - 2006/12/18
N2 - The cylindrical Hall thruster, proposed and studied at the PPPL features high ionization efficiency, quiet operation, ion acceleration in a large volume-to-surface ratio channel, and performance comparable with the state-of-the-art Hall thrusters. These characteristics were demonstrated in low and medium power ranges. For a miniaturized 100 W cylindrical thruster, we achieved performance improvements, including a 30-40% plume narrowing, reliable discharge initiation, and stable operation in the discharge voltage range of 50-600 V.
AB - The cylindrical Hall thruster, proposed and studied at the PPPL features high ionization efficiency, quiet operation, ion acceleration in a large volume-to-surface ratio channel, and performance comparable with the state-of-the-art Hall thrusters. These characteristics were demonstrated in low and medium power ranges. For a miniaturized 100 W cylindrical thruster, we achieved performance improvements, including a 30-40% plume narrowing, reliable discharge initiation, and stable operation in the discharge voltage range of 50-600 V.
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:33845432391
SN - 1563478145
SN - 9781563478147
T3 - Collection of Technical Papers - 37th AIAA Plasmadynamics and Lasers Conference
SP - 522
EP - 530
BT - Collection of Technical Papers - 37th AIAA Plasmadynamics and Lasers Conference
T2 - 37th AIAA Plasmadynamics and Lasers Conference
Y2 - 5 June 2006 through 8 June 2006
ER -