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Bao Liu, Maarten Vanierschot and Frank Buysschaert
The present work examines the capabilities of two transition models implemented in ANSYS Fluent in the open-water performance prediction of a rim-driven thruster (RDT). The adopted models are the three-equation ??-????-??
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Wonjae Yoon, Vikas Khandu Bhosale and Hosung Yoon
The development of propulsion systems based on green propellants, as an alternative to hydrazines, has been gaining interest within the space community. The study of Ammonium Dinitramide (ADN)-based liquid monopropellant, which is low-toxic and can deliv...
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Luca Leporini, Ferhat Yaman, Tommaso Andreussi and Vittorio Giannetti
Hall thrusters are plasma-based devices that have established themselves as one of the most attractive and mature electric propulsion technologies for space applications. These devices often operate in a regime characterized by low frequency, large ampli...
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Jifei Ye, Sibo Wang, Hao Chang, Yanji Hong, Nanlei Li, Weijing Zhou, Baoyu Xing, Bangdeng Du and Chengyin Xie
Laser micro-thrust technology is a type of propulsion that uses a laser beam to ablate a propellant such as a metal or plastic. The ablated material is expelled out the back of the spacecraft, generating thrust. The technology has the advantages of high ...
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Qi Liu, Yong Li, Yanlin Hu and Wei Mao
The objective of this study is to investigate the effects of a magnetic field gradient on the performance of a magnetically shielded Hall thruster. The Particle-in-cell with Monte Carlo collision method (PIC-MCC) is used to simulate the discharge process...
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Yajie Han, Guangqing Xia, Bin Sun, Junjun Zhang, Liuwei Chen and Chang Lu
This paper presents the development, analysis, and performance evaluation of a novel transversal-feed Electron Cyclotron Resonance Plasma Thruster (ECRPT). The ECRPT operates based on the transversal-feed principle and incorporates optimized structural d...
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Farouk Smith and Jieun Bae
This paper presents the design and development of a sub-joule micro-Pulsed Plasma Thruster (µPPT) as a possible low-cost propulsion solution for Pocket-Cubes, used to increase its reliability, capability, and lifetime. It is shown that the µPPT successfu...
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Jeongmoo Huh and Ki Sun Park
This paper reports on the effect of structural materials on heat loss-associated propulsion performance degradation of monopropellant thrusters in the micro scale. In order to address the effect of fabrication materials on heat loss, propellant flow char...
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Dillon O?Reilly, Georg Herdrich, Felix Schäfer, Christoph Montag, Simon P. Worden, Peter Meaney and Darren F. Kavanagh
Pulsed plasma thrusters (PPT) have demonstrated enormous potential since the 1960s. One major shortcoming is their low thrust efficiency, typically <30%. Most of these losses are due to joule heating, while some can be attributed to poor efficiency of th...
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Hongfen Bai, Bo Yu and Wei Gu
With the increasing use of electric propulsion ships, the emergence of the shaftless rim-driven thruster (RDT) as a revolutionary integrated motor thruster is gradually becoming an important development direction for green ships. The shaftless structure ...
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