The krypton-fueled Hall thruster offers the possibility of high-specific impulse and long lifetime. NASA's series of Hall thrusters have demonstrated krypton efficiencies only 5 - 15% less than xenon. Larger thrusters have smaller differences in efficiency. Plasma measurements have demonstrated that efficiency is reduced due to a decrease in mass utilization. Current efforts are considering the implications of these results, and how design changes can be made to increase the efficiency of krypton Hall thrusters.


    Zugriff

    Zugriff über TIB

    Verfügbarkeit in meiner Bibliothek prüfen


    Exportieren, teilen und zitieren



    Titel :

    Factors Affecting the Efficiency of Krypton Hall Thrusters


    Beteiligte:
    R. R. Hofer (Autor:in) / P. Y. Peterson (Autor:in) / D. T. Jacobson (Autor:in) / D. M. Manzella (Autor:in)

    Erscheinungsdatum :

    2004


    Format / Umfang :

    13 pages


    Medientyp :

    Report


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch




    Factors Affecting the Efficiency of Krypton Hall Thrusters

    Hofer, Richard R. / Peterson, Peter Y. / Jacobson, David T. et al. | NTRS | 2004


    Krypton Performance Optimization in High-Voltage Hall Thrusters

    Jesse Linnell / Alec Gallimore | AIAA | 2006



    Energy Efficiency in Low Voltage Hall Thrusters

    Ross, Jerry / King, Lyon | AIAA | 2007