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NUMERICAL CALCULATION CODE FOR DESIGN OF CUSPED ION THRUSTERS

Research Project

Project/Area Number 03555013
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Developmental Scientific Research (B)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Research Field Aerospace engineering
Research InstitutionUNIVERSITY OF TOKYO

Principal Investigator

ARAKAWA Yoshihiro  UNIV. OF TOKYO, FAC. OF ENG. PROFESSOR, 工学部, 教授 (50134490)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) OGIWARA Koji  UNIV. OF TOKYO, FAC. OF ENG. RESEARCH ASSISTANT, 工学部, 助手 (30092175)
Project Period (FY) 1991 – 1992
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 1992)
Budget Amount *help
¥6,600,000 (Direct Cost: ¥6,600,000)
Fiscal Year 1992: ¥2,100,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,100,000)
Fiscal Year 1991: ¥4,500,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,500,000)
KeywordsELECTRIC PROPULSION / CUSPED MAGNETIC FIELD / ION THRUSTER / NUMERICAL CODE / PLASMA / ION BEAM / 計算コ-ド / イオンビ-ム
Research Abstract

A numerical calculation code for cusped ion thrusters was developed to estimate thruster performance and to optimize chamber design. This code can be used to calculate both ion production cost and propellant utilization efficiency for a cylindrical ion thruster having any magnetic field configuration. This code is composed of four calculation sections; namely ones that are used 1) to compute the direction and strength of magnetic fields applied to the discharge chamber. 2) to compute grid transparencies to ions and neutral atoms. 3) to compute primary electron confinement time, and 4) to compute the fraction of ions produced that are extracted as an ion beam. In the first section, a two-dimensional magnetic analysis code using the Finite Element Method was employed to compute the magnetic field configuration. In the second, a tow-dimensional ion optics code is uded to compute ion trajectries and to optimize the grid system design. In the third section, a charge particle kinetic model using the Monte Carlo Method was employed to compute orbits of primary electrons in the discharge chamber and then to compute the confinement time. In the last calculation section, a plasma flow model based on plasma diffusion equation is used to compute the extracted-ion fraction. Combing these with the discharge chamber model base on the conservation equations of mass, charge, and energy, one can compute plasma properties and then calculate the thruster performance. Several numerical results were shown and compared with experimental results obtained in several ion thrusters. From the results, it is concluded that this code is a useful tool of optimizing the chamber geometry and the magnetic field configuration for good thruster performance.

Report

(3 results)
  • 1992 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report Summary
  • 1991 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (3 results)

All Other

All Publications (3 results)

  • [Publications] 荒川 義博: "A NUMERICAL CODE FOR CUSPED ION THRUSTERS" Proceedigs of AIDAA/AIAA/DGLR/JSASS 22nd international Electric Propulsion Conference. 91-118 (1991)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1992 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Yoshihiro ARAKAWA: "A NUMERICAL CODE FOR CUSPED ION THRUSTERS, Proceedings of AIDAA/AIAA/DGLR/JSASS International Electric Propulsion Conference" 91-118 (1991)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1992 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 荒川 義博: "A NUMERICAL CODE FOR CUSPED ION THRUSTERS" Proceedings of AIDAA/AIAA/DGLR/JSASS 22nd International Electric Propulsion Conference. 91-118 (1991)

    • Related Report
      1992 Annual Research Report

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Published: 1991-04-01   Modified: 2016-04-21  

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