Title :
Preliminary investigation of power flow and performance phenomena in a multimegawatt coaxial plasma thruster
Author :
Schoenberg ; Gerwin, R.A. ; Henins, I. ; Mayo, R.M. ; Scheuer, Jay T. ; Wurden, Glen A.
Author_Institution :
Los Alamos Nat. Lab., NM, USA
fDate :
12/1/1993 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Preliminary experimental and theoretical research that was directed toward the study of quasi-steady-state power flow in a large, unoptimized, multimegawatt coaxial plasma thruster is summarized. Large coaxial thruster operation is discussed, and the experimental results are evaluated and interpreted with a view to the development of efficient, steady-state, megawatt-class magnetoplasmadynamic (MPD) thrusters
Keywords :
plasma guns; MPD thruster; magnetoplasmadynamics; multimegawatt coaxial plasma thruster; performance phenomena; plasma MHD; power flow; quasi-steady-state; steady-state; Coaxial components; Electrodes; Laboratories; Load flow; Magnetic flux; Plasma devices; Plasma properties; Plasma sheaths; Propulsion; Steady-state;
Journal_Title :
Plasma Science, IEEE Transactions on
