Described herein is a power processing unit (PPU) for use with a Hall Effect Thruster (HET) and a Propellant Management Assembly (PMA) of a spacecraft. The PPU comprises an anode and ignitor supply subsystem that provides anode and ignitor signals to an anode and an ignitor circuit of the HET. The PPU also comprises a valve control subsystem that provides valve control signal(s) to valve(s) of the PMA. The anode and ignitor supply subsystem and the valve control subsystem are each coupled to a low voltage (LV) bus of an electrical power subsystem of the spacecraft. The anode and ignitor supply subsystem includes a step-up DC-DC converter having a transformer that steps-up a voltage of the LV bus to a higher voltage used to produce the anode and ignitor signals. The valve control subsystem is devoid of a transformer. An Electric Propulsion System (EPS) includes the PPU, HET and PMA.


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    Title :

    POWER PROCESSING UNIT (PPU) AND ELECTRIC PROPULSION SYSTEM (EPS) FOR SPACECRAFT


    Additional title:

    LEISTUNGSVERARBEITUNGSEINHEIT UND ELEKTRISCHES ANTRIEBSSYSTEM FÜR RAUMFAHRZEUGE
    UNITÉ DE CONDITIONNEMENT D'ÉNERGIE (PPU) ET SYSTÈME DE PROPULSION ÉLECTRIQUE (EPS) POUR ENGIN SPATIAL


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    Publication date :

    2025-03-12


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English


    Classification :

    IPC:    F03H PRODUCING A REACTIVE PROPULSIVE THRUST, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR , Erzeugung von Vortriebskraft [Schub] nach dem Prinzip des Rückstoßes, soweit nicht anderweitig vorgesehen / B64G Raumfahrt , COSMONAUTICS



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