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Beam efflux measurements
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Komatsu, G. K. Stellen Jr., J. M. |
| Copyright Year | 1976 |
| Description | Measurements have been made of the high energy thrust ions, (Group I), high angle/high energy ions (Group II), and high angle/low energy ions (Group IV) of a mercury electron bombardment thruster in the angular divergence range from 0 deg to greater than 90 deg. The measurements have been made as a function of thrust ion current, propellant utilization efficiency, bombardment discharge voltage, screen and accelerator grid potential (accel-decel ratio) and neutralizer keeper potential. The shape of the Group IV (charge exchange) ion plume has remained essentially fixed within the range of variation of the engine operation parameters. The magnitude of the charge exchange ion flux scales with thrust ion current, for good propellant utilization conditions. For fixed thrust ion current, charge exchange ion flux increases for diminishing propellant utilization efficiency. Facility effects influence experimental accuracies within the range of propellant utilization efficiency used in the experiments. The flux of high angle/high energy Group II ions is significantly diminished by the use of minimum decel voltages on the accelerator grid. A computer model of charge exchange ion production and motion has been developed. The program allows computation of charge exchange ion volume production rate, total production rate, and charge exchange ion trajectories for "genuine" and "facilities effects" particles. In the computed flux deposition patterns, the Group I and Group IV ion plumes exhibit a counter motion. |
| File Size | 5385733 |
| Page Count | 141 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19760018255 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t8pc7s30h |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1976-06-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Spacecraft Propulsion And Power Efflux Ion Propulsion Ion Currents Ion Engines Computerized Simulation Electrostatic Propulsion Ion Beams Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Technical Report |
