Publication Date:
2016-06-07
Description:
Experimental facilities for electric propulsion testing at the University of Tennessee Space Institute, jointly operated by the Center for Advanced Space Propulsion, include a cryogenically cooled, computer-controlled, 9 ft diameter by 20 ft long vacuum chamber, capable of maintaining a baseline pressure of 10(exp -7) Torr, a 30 cm diameter ion thruster, and laser diagnostic and electrical diagnostic instrumentation. These facilities are described here in some detail, with emphasis on the measurement of ion thruster parameters such as neutral and ion densities, temperature, and velocity in the exhaust, as well as plasma potential and electron temperature.
Keywords:
SPACECRAFT PROPULSION AND POWER
Type:
Center for Advanced Space Propulsion Second Annual Technical Symposium Proceedings; p 64-72
Format:
application/pdf
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