Discharge characteristics of an ablative pulsed plasma thruster with non-volatile liquid propellant

2017 ◽  
Vol 111 (1) ◽  
pp. 014101 ◽  
Author(s):  
William Yeong Liang Ling ◽  
Tony Schönherr ◽  
Hiroyuki Koizumi
Nukleonika ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 60 (2) ◽  
pp. 257-261 ◽  
Author(s):  
Agnieszka Szelecka ◽  
Jacek Kurzyna ◽  
Dariusz Daniłko ◽  
Serge Barral

Abstract A new type of pulsed plasma thruster (PPT) for small satellite propulsion is investigated, of which the most innovative aspect is the use of a non-volatile liquid propellant. The thruster is based on an open capillary design. The thruster achieved a thrust-to-power ratio above 45 μN/W, which constitutes a 5-fold improvement over the water-propelled pulsed plasma thruster, and which is also slightly above the performance of a similarly sized PPT with a solid propellant.


Vacuum ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 80 (11-12) ◽  
pp. 1234-1238 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hiroyuki Koizumi ◽  
Yoko Kawazoe ◽  
Kimiya Komurasaki ◽  
Yoshihiro Arakawa

Author(s):  
Akira Kakami ◽  
Hiroyuki Koizumi ◽  
Yohei Furuta ◽  
Kimiya Komurasaki ◽  
Yoshihiro Arakawa

2017 ◽  
Vol 45 (10) ◽  
pp. 2715-2724 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yanan Wang ◽  
Weidong Ding ◽  
Le Cheng ◽  
Jiaqi Yan ◽  
Zhichuang Li ◽  
...  

2014 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 344-351 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wenzheng Liu ◽  
Hao Wang ◽  
Dejin Zhang ◽  
Jian Zhang

2021 ◽  
Vol 2064 (1) ◽  
pp. 012114
Author(s):  
S A Buldashev ◽  
R V Emlin ◽  
P A Morozov ◽  
I F Punanov ◽  
Ye N Shcherbakov ◽  
...  

Abstract In this work, we present the results on thrust performance of 0.5 kg sub-joule pulsed plasma thruster prototype based on a high-voltage transformer with magnetic storage capable of work at frequency of 400 Hz. The discharge unit is made of ferroelectric ceramics with an option for utilizing liquid propellant. In case of vacuum oil as a propellant, we obtained values of thrust of ~ 80 nN·s per discharge and 33 μN·s for 400 pulses in 1 second.


Vacuum ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 73 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 419-425 ◽  
Author(s):  
Akira Kakami ◽  
Hiroyuki Koizumi ◽  
Kimiya Komurasaki ◽  
Yoshihiro Arakawa

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