A power processing unit for a 15 kW Hall thruster is under development at NASA Glenn Research Center. The unit produces up to 400 VDC with two parallel 7.5 kW discharge modules that operate from a 300 VDC nominal input voltage. Silicon carbide MOSFETs and diodes were used in this design because they were the best choice to handle the high voltage stress while delivering high efficiency and low specific mass. Efficiencies in excess of 97 percent were demonstrated during integration testing with the NASA-300M 20 kW Hall thruster. Electromagnet, cathode keeper, and heater supplies were also developed and will be integrated with the discharge supply into a vacuum-rated brassboard power processing unit with full flight functionality. This design could be evolved into a flight unit for future missions that requires high power electric propulsion.


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    Titel :

    High Input Voltage Discharge Supply for High Power Hall Thrusters Using Silicon Carbide Devices


    Beteiligte:
    L. R. Pinero (Autor:in) / R. J. Scheidegger (Autor:in) / M. V. Aulsio (Autor:in) / A. G. Birchenough (Autor:in)

    Erscheinungsdatum :

    2014


    Format / Umfang :

    18 pages


    Medientyp :

    Report


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch




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