Pulse plasma thruster based on Z-PINCH non-sparking plug
Patent Information
- Authority / Receiving Office
- CN · China
- Current Assignee / Owner
- SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIV
- Publication Date
- 2018-07-20
- Estimated Expiration
- Not applicable · inactive patent
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Abstract
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[0001] The invention relates to a technology in the field of space electric propulsion technology and electric thruster design, in particular to a pulsed plasma thruster based on Z-PINCH without spark plug. Background technique
[0002] The pulse plasma thruster uses pulse discharge to ablate, decompose, and ionize the propellant to make it into plasma. Traditional pulsed plasma thrusters usually use solid polytetrafluoroethylene as the propellant combined with spring supply, and some scholars have studied gas and liquid propellants. From a structural point of view, the traditional pulsed plasma thruster uses parallel plate electrodes combined with a spark plug to achieve ignition and pulsed arc generation. Some people have also proposed a coaxial pulsed plasma thruster, but the principle of ignition and thrust is that the plasma is in the magnetic field and Under the joint action of the discharge current, it is accelerated by the generalized Lorentz force t...