Increased thruster performance has made closed-loop automatic control more difficult than previously. Specifically, high perveance optics tend to make reliable recycling more difficult. Control logic functions were established for three automatic modes of operation of a 30-cm thruster using a power conditioner console with flight-like characteristics. The three modes provide (1) automatic startup to reach thermal stability, (2) steady-state closed-loop control, and (3) the reliable recycling of the high voltages following an arc breakdown to reestablish normal operation. Power supply impedance characteristics necessary for stable operation and the effect of the magnetic baffle on the reliable recycling was studied.
Control of a 30 cm diameter mercury bombardment thruster
Electric Propulsion Conference ; 1973 ; Lake Tahoe, NV
01.10.1973
Aufsatz (Konferenz)
Keine Angabe
Englisch
Control of a 30 cm diameter mercury bombardment thruster
NTRS | 1973
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AIAA | 1973
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