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The 30-cm ion thruster power processor
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Hopper, D. J. Herron, B. G. |
| Copyright Year | 1978 |
| Description | A power processor unit for powering and controlling the 30 cm Mercury Electron-Bombardment Ion Thruster was designed, fabricated, and tested. The unit uses a unique and highly efficient transistor bridge inverter power stage in its implementation. The system operated from a 200 to 400 V dc input power bus, provides 12 independently controllable and closely regulated dc power outputs, and has an overall power conditioning capacity of 3.5 kW. Protective circuitry was incorporated as an integral part of the design to assure failure-free operation during transient and steady-state load faults. The implemented unit demonstrated an electrical efficiency between 91.5 and 91.9 at its nominal rated load over the 200 to 400 V dc input bus range. |
| File Size | 8198887 |
| Page Count | 73 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19780016337 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t3zs7jb3f |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1978-04-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Spacecraft Propulsion And Power Power Conditioning Electric Propulsion Thermal Vacuum Tests Breadboard Models Circuits Electric Generators Ion Propulsion Thrust 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 |
