Simulations of a miniaturized cylindrical Hall thruster

Laurent Garrigues; Gerjan J.M. Hagelaar; Jean Pierre Boeuf; Yevgeny Raitses; Artem Smirnov; Nathaniel J. Fisch

doi:10.1109/TPS.2008.2003976

Simulations of a miniaturized cylindrical Hall thruster

Laurent Garrigues, Gerjan J.M. Hagelaar, Jean Pierre Boeuf, Yevgeny Raitses, Artem Smirnov, Nathaniel J. Fisch

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A miniaturized cylindrical Hall thruster (CHT) is studied using a 2-D hybrid model. The simulation results are compared with experimental results for 100-W laboratory CHT. The channel of this thruster has a short coaxial part and a longer cylindrical region with a larger volume-to-surface ratio to reduce erosion. The 2-D model combines a fluid description of the electrons (continuity and momentum equations) and a particle description of the ions and the neutral atoms. The simulations confirm that the ionization takes place in the annular part of the channel, while the unusually high propellant utilization efficiency is found to be due to doubly charged ions.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	2034-2042
Number of pages	9
Journal	IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science
Volume	36
Issue number	5 PART 1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/TPS.2008.2003976
State	Published - 2008

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Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Condensed Matter Physics

Keywords

Anodes
Cylindrical Hall thruster (CHT)
Discharges
Electric potential
Ionization
Ions
Magnetic fields
Mathematical model
Simulations

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