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Design and construction of an annular helicon closed drift thruster
Design and construction of an annular helicon closed drift thruster
dc.contributor.author | Walker, Mitchell L. R. | |
dc.contributor.author | Kieckhafer, Alexander W. | |
dc.contributor.corporatename | Georgia Institute of Technology. Office of Sponsored Programs | en_US |
dc.contributor.corporatename | Georgia Institute of Technology. School of Aerospace Engineering | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-03-29T17:12:26Z | |
dc.date.available | 2018-03-29T17:12:26Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2009-01 | |
dc.description | Issued as final report | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | The Georgia Institute of Technology (GA Tech) has completed a three-phase process which developed an annular helicon plasma source and integrated it into a Hall Effect Thruster (HET). Phase 1 designed the annular helicon source and began plasma measurements using an RF-compensated Langmuir probe. Phase 2 extended the operating conditions of the annular helicon and used a highly-efficient commercial Langmuir probe unit for rapid data acquisition and development of design criteria for the Annular Helicon Closed Drift Thruster (AHCDT) device. Phase 3 took the results of Phase 2, developed the design for the AHCDT, and began performance testing. Initial tests of the AHCDT show that when operated at conditions similar to a HET, the thrust output of the AHCDT is within 10% of the original HET. Additionally, the AHCDT has shown the capability to operate at discharge voltages much lower than a HET, thus enabling future performance characterization and optimization at high thrust-to-power ratios. | en_US |
dc.description.sponsorship | United States. Air Force. Office of Scientific Research | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1853/59461 | |
dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
dc.publisher | Georgia Institute of Technology | en_US |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | School of Aerospace Engineering ; Project no. 104107 | en_US |
dc.subject | Hall effect thruster | en_US |
dc.subject | Plasma | en_US |
dc.title | Design and construction of an annular helicon closed drift thruster | en_US |
dc.title.alternative | Annular hellicon plasma source for high thrust-to-power Hall thrusters | en_US |
dc.type | Text | |
dc.type.genre | Technical Report | |
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local.contributor.author | Walker, Mitchell L. R. | |
local.contributor.corporatename | Daniel Guggenheim School of Aerospace Engineering | |
local.contributor.corporatename | Office of Sponsored Programs | |
local.contributor.corporatename | College of Engineering | |
local.relation.ispartofseries | OSP Final Research Reports | |
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