Influence of propellant properties on the performance of a pulsed plasma thruster
- Paper number
IAC-14,C4,4,6,x24599
- Author
Mr. Hua Zhang, College of Aerospace Science and Engineering, National University of Defense Technology, China
- Coauthor
Dr. Jianjun Wu, National University of Defense Technology, China
- Coauthor
Dr. Zhen He, College of Aerospace and Materials Engineering, National University of Defense Technology, China
- Coauthor
Mr. Daixian Zhang, College of Aerospace Science and Engineering, National University of Defense Technology, China
- Coauthor
Dr. Rui Zhang, College of Aerospace and Materials Engineering, National University of Defense Technology, China
- Year
2014
- Abstract
Pulsed plasma thrusters(PPTs) have been used widely in space flight mission due to their high specific impulses, low power requiements, and simple propellant management. The propellant is one of the most important factors which influent the performance of PPTs. Teflon is the most common propellant for PPTs. In this study, Teflon was modified by seeding additives to change the characteristics of ionization and heat conduction. The influence of properties of propellants on the performance of PPTs was investigated by measuring the performance parameters of PPTs using different modified propellants.
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