The invention provides an ignition starting method and
system for an 80mN Hall electric propulsion
system, and the method comprises the steps: firstly, powering on a
power processing unit, and automatically carrying out the power path self-inspection; whether ignition is conducted or not is determined according to the self-inspection result, if the self-inspection result is normal, execution continues,
buffer gas tank closed-loop
pressure control is started, and at the moment, the control pressure is the initial pressure; starting a
cathode gas path to supply gas, and heating the
cathode; whether the starting mode is soft starting or hard starting is judged, if the starting mode is soft starting,
cathode ignition is conducted and then
anode ignition is conducted, if the starting mode is hard starting, cathode ignition and
anode ignition are conducted at the same time, and
low voltage is adopted for ignition during
anode ignition in the two starting
modes; judging whether ignition succeeds or not after anode ignition, if not, quitting the ignition process, and if yes, executing the next step; turning off a cathode
heating power supply and a cathode ignition power supply; the
anode voltage is gradually increased to a rated value, and the
buffer gas tank pressure is gradually increased to a rated value; enabling an ignition fault
monitoring program, and completing ignition starting.