30 KWe Class High Efficiency Arcjet Power Conditioner. Volume 1

Abstract

A 30 kWe arcjet PCU has been designed, built and tested, both with a solid state load and with a 30 kWe arcjet thruster. The arcjet PCU has accumulated over 40 hours full power or nearly full power operating time, and showed no sign of degradation. The measured efficiency was 94%, which can easily be increased to 95% by substitution of some recently available semiconductors. The stability of output current has been demonstrated while using current-mode, pulse-width modulation control. Keywords: Power conditioning, Arcjet, High efficiency, and Current-mode pulse-width modulation.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1988
Accession Number
ADA202244

Entities

People

  • Edward J. Britt
  • Kevin Mccracken
  • Wong See-pok

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Air Force
  • Arc Jet Engines
  • Closed Loop Systems
  • Frequency
  • High Voltage
  • Low Voltage
  • Measurement
  • Power Conditioning
  • Power Levels
  • Power Supplies
  • Resistance
  • Rocket Research
  • Rockets
  • Semiconductors
  • Simulations
  • Solar Panels

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerospace Propulsion Engineering.
  • Electrical Engineering

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics
  • Space
  • Space - Hall-Effect Thruster