NASA GRC successfully designed, built and tested four different power processor concepts for high power Hall thrusters. Each design satisfies unique goals including the evaluation of a novel silicon carbide semiconductor technology, validation of innovative circuits to overcome the problems with high input voltage converter design, development of a direct-drive unit to demonstrate potential benefits, or simply identification of lessonslearned from the development of a PPU using a conventional design approach. Any of these designs could be developed further to satisfy NASA's needs for high power electric propulsion in the near future.
Development of High-Power Hall Thruster Power Processing Units at NASA GRC
AIAA/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference ; 2015 ; Orlando, FL, United States
2015-07-27
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English
Development of High-Power Hall Thruster Power Processing Units at NASA GRC
British Library Conference Proceedings | 2015
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