TY - GEN
T1 - 3D Quasi-Neutral Far Field Plume Modeling of SPT-100
AU - Tekinalp, Arman
AU - Levin, Deborah A.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 IEEE.
PY - 2018/6/24
Y1 - 2018/6/24
N2 - Hall thrusters are a common spacecraft propulsion device for orbit maintenance and north-south station keeping. One of the concerns about Hall thrusters is the effect of the thruster plume on the spacecraft life [1]. The sputtering of high energy ions, can cause erosion of sensitive surface coatings used for solar cell elements and thermal control. Although previously there has been ground-based facility tests, these could not replicate a space environment, due to the so called facility effects [2]. Thus, in order to understand the effect of CEX ions, Hall thruster plumes should be modeled.
AB - Hall thrusters are a common spacecraft propulsion device for orbit maintenance and north-south station keeping. One of the concerns about Hall thrusters is the effect of the thruster plume on the spacecraft life [1]. The sputtering of high energy ions, can cause erosion of sensitive surface coatings used for solar cell elements and thermal control. Although previously there has been ground-based facility tests, these could not replicate a space environment, due to the so called facility effects [2]. Thus, in order to understand the effect of CEX ions, Hall thruster plumes should be modeled.
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U2 - 10.1109/ICOPS35962.2018.9575555
DO - 10.1109/ICOPS35962.2018.9575555
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85118939560
T3 - IEEE International Conference on Plasma Science
BT - ICOPS 2018 - 45th IEEE International Conference on Plasma Science
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 45th IEEE International Conference on Plasma Science, ICOPS 2018
Y2 - 24 June 2018 through 28 June 2018
ER -