Performance optimization criteria for pulsed inductive plasma acceleration

Polzin A. Kurt; Edgar Y. Choueiri

doi:10.1109/TPS.2006.875732

Performance optimization criteria for pulsed inductive plasma acceleration

Polzin A. Kurt, Edgar Y. Choueiri

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Abstract

A model of pulsed inductive plasma thrusters consisting of a set of coupled circuit equations and a one-dimensional momentum equation has been nondimensionalized leading to the identification of several scaling parameters. Contour plots representing thruster performance (exhaust velocity and efficiency) were generated numerically as a function of the scaling parameters. The analysis revealed the benefits of underdamped current waveforms and led to an efficiency maximization criterion that requires the circuit's natural period to be matched to the acceleration timescale. It is also shown that the performance increases as a greater fraction of the propellant is loaded nearer to the inductive acceleration coil.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	945-953
Number of pages	9
Journal	IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science
Volume	34
Issue number	3 PART 3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/TPS.2006.875732
State	Published - 2006

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Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Condensed Matter Physics

Keywords

Acceleration modeling
Nondimensional scaling parameters
Pulsed inductive acceleration
Pulsed plasma acceleration

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Performance optimization criteria for pulsed inductive plasma acceleration

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