session 4

Title: Electric Propulsion
Description: This session is dedicated to all aspects of electric propulsion technologies, systems and applications.
Date: 2012-10-03
Time: 15:15
Room: TS14 (Sala Capri, Palacongressi)

IPC members

Chairman: Prof. Garri A. Popov, Research Institute of Applied Mechanics and Electrodynamics (RIAME), MAI, Russian Federation;
Chairman: Prof. Mariano Andrenucci, Independent consultant, Italy;
Rapporteur: Mr. Norbert Puettmann, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. (DLR), Germany;

papers
Order	Paper title	Mode	Presentation status	Speaker	Affiliation	Country
1	Recent Developments in High Power Electric Propulsion: Outcomes of HiPER Project Activities	15'	confirmed	Dr. Tommaso Misuri	Sitael Spa	Italy
2	Advancement of a 30 kW solar electric propulsion system capability for nasa human and robotic exploration missions	15'	confirmed	Mr. Bryan K. Smith	NASA Glenn Research Center	United States
3	APPLICATION OF STATIONARY PLASMA THRUSTERS FOR SPACECRAFT INSERTION INTO THE GEOSTATIONARY ORBIT	15'	confirmed	Dr. Viacheslav Petukhov	RIAME	Russian Federation
4	Electric propulsion subsystem on SGEO satellite: architecture, functional features and future enhancements	15'	withdrawn	Mr. Marco De Tata	OHB System AG-Bremen	Germany
5	Magnetic field tuning during the testing of Stationary Plasma Thruster	15'	confirmed	Mr. Krishna Mohan Shanbhogue	Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO)	India
6	High-Power Hall Propulsion System Development at NASA Glenn Research Center	15'	confirmed	Dr. George Schmidt	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	United States
7	The Alta FT-150 Thruster for the LISA Pathfinder and LISA/NGO Missions	15'	confirmed	Mr. Luca Paita	Sitael Spa	Italy
8	Development, integration and test of Power Electronic equipments for controlling Thrusters in the Micro-Newton range	15'	confirmed	Mr. Luca Ceruti	Galileo Avionica S.p.A.	Italy
9	Electric propulsion verification - Managing measurement uncertainty	15'	confirmed	Mr. Richard Blott	Space Enterprise Partnerships Limited	United Kingdom
10	Design of Air Intake for Air Breathing Ion Engine	15'	confirmed	Mr. Yasuyoshi Hisamoto	The Graduate University of Advanced Studies	Japan
11	Performance improvement of a carbon nanotube field emission cathode	15'	confirmed	Dr. Yasushi Ohkawa	JAXA	Japan
12	Analysis of VASIMR Air-Breathing Thruster	15'	confirmed	Mr. Charles Moser	Cranfield University	United Kingdom
13	Electroplating techniques for improving electrochemical resistance of silicon and nickel MEMS electrospray thrusters	Poster	confirmed	Ms. Natalya Brikner	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)	United States
14	Insight into endurance enhancement of ecr microwave discharge neutralizer	Poster	confirmed	Mr. Wataru Ohmichi	Tokyo University, Graduate school	Japan
15	A Plug and Play Pulsed Electrothermal Thruster for CubeSat Applications	Poster	confirmed	Mr. Matthias Lau	University of Stuttgart	Germany
16	Comparative study on numerical simulation by kinetic and fluid models for mhd accelerator	Poster	confirmed	Mr. Ulderico Spadavecchia	Nagaoka University of Technology	Japan
17	Effects of discharge characteristics on propellant ablation in Pulsed Plasma Thruster	Poster		Dr. Rui Zhang	College of Aerospace and Materials Engineering, National University of Defense Technology	China
18	The effect of discharge loop inductance compensation on hall thruster	Poster	confirmed	Ms. zhang wen	China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology (CALT)	China
19	Non conventional electrod configuration in electrogasdinamics tests.	Poster	confirmed	Mr. Enrique Calcagni	Instituto Universitario Aeronautico	Argentina
20	A New Design of Power Processing Unit for Hall Thrusters	Poster	withdrawn
21	Advanced plasma propulsion with magnetic nozzles	Poster	confirmed	Mr. Mario Merino	Universidad Politécnica de Madrid	Spain
22	FEEP characterization in terms of mass efficiency and specific impulse versus emitter geometry	Poster		Mr. Luca Paita	Sitael Spa	Italy
23	FEEP Thruster Characterization in Function of Emitter Hydraulic Resistance	Poster		Mr. Luca Paita	Sitael Spa	Italy
24	Particle In Cell simulation of FEEP Thruster Plume	Poster		Mr. Luca Paita	Sitael Spa	Italy
25	Surface electrical resistivity of randomly Caesium contaminated FEEP ceramic	Poster		Mr. Luca Paita	Sitael Spa	Italy
26	A new power processing control unit for a 20 mN class ion engine system	Poster	confirmed	Dr. Hiroshi Nagano	Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)	Japan
27	A 500 MicroNewton Class FEEP Thruster	Poster		Mr. Luca Paita	Sitael Spa	Italy
28	Design and research on pulsed high thrust resistojet	Poster	confirmed	Dr. Lukasz Mezyk	Warsaw University of Technology (WUT)	Poland
–	Alta FT-150 FEEP: overview and development status	with 16068		Mr. Luca Paita	Sitael Spa	Italy
–	AN EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF A 100-KW CLASS APPLIED FIELD MPD THRUSTER	with 15323		Dr. Riccardo Albertoni	Sitael Spa	Italy
–	Characterization of Dispenser Hollow Cathode Emitter for its acceptance in Hollow Cathode Assembly.	with 15595	confirmed	Mr. Karthikeyan Nandakumar	LPSC, ISRO	India

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