EXPERIMENTAL SETUP FOR VISUALIZATION OF PLASMA PROPELLED THRUSTERS
2022-26-1218
05/26/2022
- Event
- Content
- Plasma propelled propulsion thrusters(PPPT) is an advance propulsion system for deep space missions ,conventionally chemical propelled thrusters(CPT) are used to carry out space missions. High efficiency and high exhaust velocity will give a plasma propulsion a upper hand, in this project we are creating an visualization setup to visualize the flow of plasma under various electromagnetic fluctuation .plasma is created with the help of high voltage which is induced in a propellent gas (argon) in a ionization chamber . Thus the electron voltage required for argon to ionize is 15.76 Ev . The plasma created in the chamber will be propelled outward with the help of electromagnetic force even know as plasma fluttering technique. Different magnetic intensity will be applied to the vacuum chamber so as to observe the change in plasma because of the change in magnetic field intensity . The plasma will be captured using definition camera . The vacuum chamber is designed using design software's such as CATIA V5 & SOLIDWORKS
- Citation
- bali, R., and KALYAN, 1., "EXPERIMENTAL SETUP FOR VISUALIZATION OF PLASMA PROPELLED THRUSTERS," SAE Technical Paper 2022-26-1218, 2022, .