Establishment of a Hall Thruster Cluster

Abstract

DURIP funds were used to develop a Hall thruster cluster test facility centered around the University of Michigan Large Vacuum Test Facility and a 2x2 cluster of BUSEK 600 W BHT-600 Hall thrusters. This capability will facilitate our three-year program to address the issue of high-power CDT operation and to provide insight on how chamber effects influence CDT engine/cluster characteristics.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 2004
Accession Number
ADA420670

Entities

People

  • Alec D. Gallimore

Organizations

  • University of Michigan

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Electric Propulsion
  • Elliptical Orbits
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Engines
  • Hall Thrusters
  • Ion Thrusters
  • Magnetic Fields
  • Measurement
  • Mechatronic Engineering
  • Propulsion Systems
  • Space Systems
  • Spacecraft
  • Test Facilities
  • Thrusters

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerospace Propulsion Engineering.
  • Research Science/Academic Research

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Hall-Effect Thruster