| Autor: |
Michael F. Piszczor, Henry W. Brandhorst, Steve R. Best, Julie A. Rodiek, Mark J. O'Neill |
| Rok vydání: |
2010 |
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| Zdroj: |
46th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference & Exhibit. |
| DOI: |
10.2514/6.2010-6620 |
| Popis: |
Auburn University’s Space Research Institute working with Entech Solar, Inc. has been conducting a “direct drive” experiment using a high-voltage (600 Voc), III-V multijunction Entech Solar SunLine concentrator array coupled to a Russian T-100 Hall Effect Thruster. This possibly is the first time III-V-based multi-junction solar cells have been used to run a Hall thruster powered directly at high voltage. This paper will discuss the set-up and testing results. Testing included the addition of Entech Solar’s Stretched Lens Array hardware in a vacuum chamber to measure plume impingement effects at various positions relative to the exhaust axis of the thruster. |
| Databáze: |
OpenAIRE |
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