Arcjet Facility

Abstract

The Phillips Laboratory's Electric Propulsion Laboratory has designed and begun installation of an arcjet research facility. A 5 foot by 10 foot long chamber with eight 12 inch quartz windows will allow non-intrusive diagnostic research on arcjets. A 6 foot by 8 foot endurance test chamber will allow continuous testing of 5 to 100 kilowatt arcjets for up to 1500 hours. Each of the chambers will be equipped with the essential instrumentation to measure thruster operating conditions. This includes thrust, chamber pressure, chamber and propellant temperature, mass flow, current, and voltage. Video cameras will be used for plume visualizations.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1991
Accession Number
ADA243948

Entities

People

  • Salvador Castillo

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Air Force
  • Arc Jet Engines
  • Cantilever Beams
  • Chambers
  • Computers
  • Data Acquisition
  • Dielectric Gases
  • Electric Propulsion
  • Geosynchronous Orbits
  • High Temperature
  • Low Earth Orbits
  • Measurement
  • Power Supplies
  • Strain Gages
  • Transducers
  • Vehicles

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerospace Propulsion Engineering.
  • Hydraulic Engineering.
  • Pulsed Power and Plasma Physics.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Hall-Effect Thruster