Development of a Novel Power Processing Unit for Hall Thrusters
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- 2 December 2014
- journal article
- conference paper
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science
- Vol. 43 (1) , 158-164
Abstract
A newly developed power processing unit (PPU) offers the advantages of smaller size and lighter weight than conventional PPUs. The thrust performance of a magnetic layer type Hall thruster developed at Kyushu University with this new PPU was investigated; it showed a good performance as compared with conventional power supplies. The thrust to power ratio was improved to 58 mN/kW at discharge voltage of 150 V and anode xenon mass flow rate of 1.0 mg/s.Keywords
Funding Information
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research through the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (23686123, 26289324)
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