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A feasibility study on the operation of reactive air breathing ion engine in sub-LEO

Research Project

Project/Area Number 25630392
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Research Field Aerospace engineering
Research InstitutionKobe University

Principal Investigator

TAGAWA Masahito  神戸大学, 工学(系)研究科(研究院), 准教授 (10216806)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) YOKOTA Kumiko  神戸大学, 大学院工学研究科, 助手 (20252794)
Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha) NISHIYAMA Kazutaka  宇宙航空研究開発機構, 宇宙科学研究所, 准教授 (60342622)
USUI Hideyuki  神戸大学, 大学院システム情報学研究科, 教授 (10243081)
Project Period (FY) 2013-04-01 – 2015-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2014)
Budget Amount *help
¥3,900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥900,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,690,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥390,000)
Fiscal Year 2013: ¥2,210,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥510,000)
Keywords大気吸入型電気推進 / 超低軌道衛星 / 宇宙環境利用 / 低地球軌道 / イオンエンジン / 電気推進 / 原子状酸素 / 大気吸入 / ABIE / マイクロ波
Outline of Final Research Achievements

Air breathing ion engine (ABIE) was experimentally investigated by the laser-detonation atomic beam source which enables to reproduce 8 km/s atomic oxygen (AO) flow in low earth orbit. Electron cyclotron resonance (ECR) microwave plasma was successfully generated by 8 km/s AO and N2 flow. This is the world’s first demonstration of ABIE operation in a simulated space environment by a ground-based facility. The maximum thrust of 0.12 mN was measured. On the other hand, computational simulation of microwave discharge in ABIE suggested the importance of the mesh locations in the discharge chamber which reflects the microwave power while incoming neutrals are transmitted. It was also suggested that the design of the reflectors in the air-inlet of ABIE is essential to increase the molecular density near the microwave antenna where many ions are generated. A physics of the hyperthermal molecular scattering at the solid surface needs to be considered in a future ABIE/RABIE work.

Report

(3 results)
  • 2014 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2013 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (25 results)

All 2015 2014 2013 Other

All Journal Article (4 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 4 results,  Acknowledgement Compliant: 2 results) Presentation (17 results) (of which Invited: 1 results) Book (2 results) Remarks (2 results)

  • [Journal Article] レーザーデトネーション法による低軌道宇宙環境地上シミュレーションとEUV2014

    • Author(s)
      田川雅人, 横田久美子,
    • Journal Title

      レーザー研究

      Volume: 42 Pages: 50-54

    • NAID

      130007897472

    • Related Report
      2014 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Journal Article] Multiple-composition hyperthermal atomic beams formed by a laser-induced plasma for planetary environmental studies2014

    • Author(s)
      Kumiko Yokota, Daiki Watanabe, Junki Ohira, Masahito Tagawa
    • Journal Title

      Physica Scripta

      Volume: T161 Pages: 013035-013035

    • DOI

      10.1088/0031-8949/2014/t161/014035

    • Related Report
      2014 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Journal Article] Effect of Atomic Oxygen Irradiation on Field Emission Cathodes in Low Earth Orbit2014

    • Author(s)
      Atsuko Shimada, Yoshinobu Tanaka, Yasushi Ohkawa, Koji Matsumoto, Masahito Tagawa, Makoto Matsui, Yoshiki Yamagiwa
    • Journal Title

      Aerospace Technology Japan

      Volume: 12 Pages: 59-64

    • NAID

      130004956792

    • Related Report
      2014 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Experimental Study on Air Breathing Ion Engine using Laser Detonation Beam Source2013

    • Author(s)
      Masahito Tagawa, Kazutaka Nishiyama, Kumiko Yokota, Yasuo Yoshizawa, Daisaku Yamamoto, Takaho Tsuboi, Hitoshi Kuninaka
    • Journal Title

      J. Propulsion and Power

      Volume: 29501-506 Pages: 501-506

    • Related Report
      2013 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Presentation] Three dimensional particle-in-cell simulation for the development of air breathing ion engine2015

    • Author(s)
      Shinichiro Kawaguchi, Hideyuki Usui, Yohei Miyake, Tsubasa Yasukochi, Masato Fukuda, Kumiko Yokota, Masahito Tagawa
    • Organizer
      Joint Conference, 30th International Symposium on Space Technology and Science and 34th International Electric Propulsion Conference
    • Place of Presentation
      Kobe, Japan
    • Year and Date
      2015-07-04 – 2015-07-10
    • Related Report
      2014 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Numerical simulation of ECR plasma in air breathing ion engine (ABIE): Neutral gas density distribution and ECR plasma formation2015

    • Author(s)
      Tsubasa Yasukochi, Hideyuki Usui, Yohei Miyake, Shinichiro Kawaguchi, Masato Fukuda, Kumiko Yokota, Masahito Tagawa
    • Organizer
      Joint Conference, 30th International Symposium on Space Technology and Science and 34th International Electric Propulsion Conference
    • Place of Presentation
      Kobe, Japan
    • Year and Date
      2015-07-04 – 2015-07-10
    • Related Report
      2014 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 原子状酸素照射によるカーボンナノチューブ電界放出カソードへの影響と対策評価2015

    • Author(s)
      島田温子、井本伸、湯浅直樹、大川恭志、松本康司、田川雅人、山極芳樹
    • Organizer
      平成26年度宇宙輸送シンポジウム
    • Place of Presentation
      宇宙科学研究所(相模原、神奈川)
    • Year and Date
      2015-01-16 – 2015-01-17
    • Related Report
      2014 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] ECRプラズマ源を用いた中性粒子ビームのエネルギー特性2015

    • Author(s)
      久本泰慶、西山和孝、田川雅人、國中均
    • Organizer
      平成26年度宇宙輸送シンポジウム
    • Place of Presentation
      宇宙科学研究所(相模原、神奈川)
    • Year and Date
      2015-01-16 – 2015-01-17
    • Related Report
      2014 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 3次元PICシミュレーションを用いた大気吸入型イオンエンジン放電室内部におけるプラズマ生成解析2014

    • Author(s)
      川口伸一郎,臼井英之、三宅洋平、安河内翼、横田久美子、田川雅人
    • Organizer
      第11回宇宙環境シンポジウム
    • Place of Presentation
      大阪府立大学(大阪)
    • Year and Date
      2014-12-10 – 2014-12-11
    • Related Report
      2014 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 3次元粒子シミュレーションを用いた大気吸入型イオンエンジン開発のためのECRプラズマ解析2014

    • Author(s)
      川口伸一郎,臼井英之、三宅洋平、安河内翼、横田久美子,田川雅人
    • Organizer
      第58回宇宙科学技術連合講演会
    • Place of Presentation
      ブリックホール(長崎)
    • Year and Date
      2014-11-12 – 2014-11-14
    • Related Report
      2014 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] カーボンナノチューブ電界放出カソードにおける原子状酸素対策の有効性評価2014

    • Author(s)
      島田温子、井本伸、大川恭志、松本康司、田川雅人、山極芳樹
    • Organizer
      第58回宇宙科学技術連合講演会
    • Place of Presentation
      ブリックホール(長崎)
    • Year and Date
      2014-11-12 – 2014-11-14
    • Related Report
      2014 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Importance of the hyperthermal (8km/s) gas/surface interactions in a complicated space environment for future spacecraft development2014

    • Author(s)
      Kumiko Yokota, Masahito Tagawa
    • Organizer
      VASSCAA-7
    • Place of Presentation
      Hsinchu, Taiwan ROC,
    • Year and Date
      2014-10-05 – 2014-10-09
    • Related Report
      2014 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Protection of materials from O-atom collision in low Earth orbit using thin oxide film grown in space2014

    • Author(s)
      Kumiko Yokota, Akitaka Yoshigoe, Yuden Teraoka, Kazuhiro Kanda, Yuichi Furuyama, Koji Matsumoto, Masahito Tagawa
    • Organizer
      13th European Vacuum Conference
    • Place of Presentation
      Aveiro, Portugal
    • Year and Date
      2014-09-08 – 2014-09-12
    • Related Report
      2014 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Ground-based neutral gas environment simulation related to material degradation phenomena in the orbital altitudes of 200-500 km2014

    • Author(s)
      Masahito Tagawa, Takashi Oyabu, Junki Ohira, Daiki Watanabe, Yuki Yamasaki, Kumiko Yokota
    • Organizer
      COSPAR Scientific Assembly
    • Place of Presentation
      Moscow, Russia
    • Year and Date
      2014-08-02 – 2014-08-10
    • Related Report
      2014 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Extreme ultraviolet emission from laser-induced plasma relevance to neutral gas environment simulation in LEO2014

    • Author(s)
      Masahito Tagawa, Junki Ohira, Daiki Watanabe, Yugo Kimoto, Hiroaki Nishimura, Kumiko Yokota
    • Organizer
      COSPAR Scientific Assembly
    • Place of Presentation
      Moscow, Russia
    • Year and Date
      2014-08-02 – 2014-08-10
    • Related Report
      2014 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] ECRプラズマ源を用いた中性粒子ビームのエネルギー特性2014

    • Author(s)
      久本泰慶、西山和孝、田川雅人、國中均
    • Organizer
      平成25年度宇宙輸送シンポジウム
    • Place of Presentation
      相模原
    • Related Report
      2013 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 大気吸入型イオンエンジン内のプラズマ生成に関する粒子シミュレーション2014

    • Author(s)
      川口伸一郎,臼井英之,三宅 洋平,本山貴仁,横田久美子, 田川雅人
    • Organizer
      平成25年度 RISH電波科学計算機実験(KDK)シンポジウム
    • Place of Presentation
      京都
    • Related Report
      2013 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 大気吸入型イオンエンジン開発のための平面波ECRプラズマシミュレーション2014

    • Author(s)
      川口伸一郎,臼井英之,三宅 洋平,本山貴仁,横田久美子, 田川雅人
    • Organizer
      第61回応用物理学会春季学術講演会
    • Place of Presentation
      相模原
    • Related Report
      2013 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 定常動作型原子状酸素源の開発とビーム性能評価2014

    • Author(s)
      久本泰慶,西山和孝,田川雅人,國中均
    • Organizer
      第61回応用物理学会春季学術講演会
    • Place of Presentation
      相模原
    • Related Report
      2013 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Microwave plasma simulation for the development of air breathing ion engine2013

    • Author(s)
      Takahito Motoyama, Hideyuki Usui, Yohei Miyake, Kumiko Yokota, Masahito Tagawa
    • Organizer
      The 29th International Space Technology and Sciences
    • Place of Presentation
      Nagoya
    • Related Report
      2013 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Microwave Plasma Simulation for the Development of Air Breathing Ion Engin2013

    • Author(s)
      Takahito Motoyama, Hideyuki Usui, Yohei Miyake, Akihiko Hashimoto, Masahito Tagawa, Kumiko Yokota,
    • Organizer
      The 11th International School/Symposium for Space Simulations
    • Place of Presentation
      Taiwan
    • Related Report
      2013 Research-status Report
  • [Book] 宇宙機の熱設計2014

    • Author(s)
      金森康郎、増本博光監修、大西晃、杉田寛之、田川雅人編集
    • Total Pages
      318
    • Publisher
      名古屋大学出版会
    • Related Report
      2014 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] Protection of Materials and Structure in a Space Environment2013

    • Author(s)
      Masahito Tagawa et al
    • Total Pages
      617
    • Publisher
      Springer
    • Related Report
      2013 Research-status Report
  • [Remarks] 神戸大学大学院工学研究科における宇宙環境研究のページ

    • URL

      http://www.space-environmental-effect.jp/index.html

    • Related Report
      2014 Annual Research Report
  • [Remarks] 神戸大学大学院工学研究科における宇宙環境研究のページ

    • URL

      http://www.space-environmental-effect.jp/index.html

    • Related Report
      2013 Research-status Report

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Published: 2014-07-25   Modified: 2019-07-29  

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