The microwave electrothermal thruster (MET) is attractive for medium- or high-power spacecraft propulsion. A propellant gas is heated by passing it through a microwave plasma discharge created in a resonant cavity by tuning either the TM(011) or the TM(012) mode for impedance-matched operation. The MET is electrodeless, synergistically combines high pressure and high power capability, provides external control over the energy-conversion discharge, and operates on hydrogen propellant. Upwards of 95% efficiency has been reported. Calculations of potential MET performance are reported. Apparatus for testing the MET to power levels of 30 kW at 915 MHz is described. The low-ripple operation of the microwave generator has been verified, as has a procedure for starting the microwave discharge and raising the power applied to the cavity. Impedance-matched resonant operation of the microwave cavity has been achieved.


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    Titel :

    Microwave electrothermal propulsion for space


    Weitere Titelangaben:

    Elektrothermischer Mikrowellenantrieb für den Weltraum


    Beteiligte:
    Power, J.L. (Autor:in)

    Erschienen in:

    Erscheinungsdatum :

    1992


    Format / Umfang :

    13 Seiten, 17 Quellen




    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)


    Format :

    Print


    Sprache :

    Englisch




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