Hydrodynamic modeling of krypton and xenon propellant performance in a hall thruster
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Yim, JT; Keidar, M; Linnell, JA; Gallimore, AD; Boyd, ID
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January 1, 2007
An axisymmetric hydrodynamic model of the plasma flow within a Hall thruster channel is used to model the differences between krypton and xenon propellants. Krypton offers a higher specific impulse and lower cost than xenon, but its overall efficiency is often lower. A greater understanding of the reasons behind this result would be helpful to allow future designs of Hall thrusters to utilize krypton as an efficient propellant. The model results are compared to experimental data obtained for the NASA-173Mv1 Hall thruster running at 500 V and 9.27 A. The acceleration region for krypton is observed to be wider than that for xenon in both the model and experiment which is mainly due to the differences in the magnetic field profiles.
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Collection of Technical Papers - 43rd AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference
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January 1, 2007
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2016 / 2022
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Yim, J. T., Keidar, M., Linnell, J. A., Gallimore, A. D., & Boyd, I. D. (2007). Hydrodynamic modeling of krypton and xenon propellant performance in a hall thruster. In Collection of Technical Papers - 43rd AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference (Vol. 2, pp. 2016–2022). https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2007-5210
Yim, J. T., M. Keidar, J. A. Linnell, A. D. Gallimore, and I. D. Boyd. “Hydrodynamic modeling of krypton and xenon propellant performance in a hall thruster.” In Collection of Technical Papers - 43rd AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference, 2:2016–22, 2007. https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2007-5210.
Yim JT, Keidar M, Linnell JA, Gallimore AD, Boyd ID. Hydrodynamic modeling of krypton and xenon propellant performance in a hall thruster. In: Collection of Technical Papers - 43rd AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference. 2007. p. 2016–22.
Yim, J. T., et al. “Hydrodynamic modeling of krypton and xenon propellant performance in a hall thruster.” Collection of Technical Papers - 43rd AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference, vol. 2, 2007, pp. 2016–22. Scopus, doi:10.2514/6.2007-5210.
Yim JT, Keidar M, Linnell JA, Gallimore AD, Boyd ID. Hydrodynamic modeling of krypton and xenon propellant performance in a hall thruster. Collection of Technical Papers - 43rd AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference. 2007. p. 2016–2022.
Published In
Collection of Technical Papers - 43rd AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference
DOI
Publication Date
January 1, 2007
Volume
2
Start / End Page
2016 / 2022