Within NASA's Project Prometheus, high specific impulse ion thrusters for electric propulsion of spacecraft for the proposed Jupiter Icy Moon Orbiter (JIMO) mission to three of Jupiter's moons: Callisto, Ganymede and Europa will require high voltage operation to meet mission propulsion. The anticipated approx.6,500 volt net ion energy will require electrical insulation and propellant isolation which must exceed that used successfully by the NASA Solar Electric Propulsion Technology Readiness (NSTAR) Deep Space 1 mission thruster by a factor of approx.6. Xenon propellant isolator prototypes that operate at near one atmosphere and prototypes that operate at low pressures (< 100 Torr) have been designed and are being tested for suitability to the JIMO mission requirements. Propellant isolators must be durable to Paschen breakdown, sputter contamination, high temperature, and high voltage while operating for factors longer duration than for the Deep Space 1 Mission. Insulators used to mount the thrusters as well as those needed to support the ion optics have also been designed and are under evaluation. Isolator and insulator concepts, design issues, design guidelines, fabrication considerations and performance issues are presented. The objective of the investigation was to identify candidate isolators and insulators that are sufficiently robust to perform durably and reliably during the proposed JIMO mission.


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    Titel :

    Ultra High Voltage Propellant Isolators and Insulators for JIMO Ion Thrusters


    Beteiligte:
    B. A. Banks (Autor:in) / J. R. Gaier (Autor:in) / C. C. Hung (Autor:in) / P. A. Walters (Autor:in) / E. Sechkar (Autor:in)

    Erscheinungsdatum :

    2004


    Format / Umfang :

    20 pages


    Medientyp :

    Report


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch




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