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Tesi etd-09102015-103839


Tipo di tesi
Tesi di laurea specialistica
Autore
IMPRESARIO, GABRIELE
URN
etd-09102015-103839
Titolo
Design and simulation of a 5 kW Hall Thruster direct drive experiment
Dipartimento
INGEGNERIA CIVILE E INDUSTRIALE
Corso di studi
INGEGNERIA AEROSPAZIALE
Relatori
relatore Prof. Andrenucci, Mariano
relatore Prof. Paganucci, Fabrizio
Parole chiave
  • Direct Drive
  • Filter
  • Hall Effect Thruster
  • Photovoltaic Array
Data inizio appello
29/09/2015
Consultabilità
Completa
Riassunto
In this Thesis an overview on the state of the art of direct drive architecture for Hall
Effect Thrusters (D2HET) is given.
Direct and indirect advantages are examined in relation with different kinds of missions,
and two parameters, related to thruster duty cycle and thruster power fraction, are de-
fined in order to assess a qualitative estimate.
As an experimental campaign is to be conducted on a 5 kW Hall Thruster in high thrust
and high I sp regimes, a setup for the experiment is proposed and the D2HET system
has been simulated in first approximation to assess its behaviour.
A photovoltaic plant has been designed in accordance with the experiment requirements,
and a code has been developed to define the final architecture.
The simulation has been functional to the definition of the critical components used in
the filter.
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