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    Advanced Electric Propulsion Diagnostic Tools at IOM
    (Amsterdam [u.a.] : Elsevier, 2017) Bundesmann, C.; Eichhorn, C.; Scholze, F.; Spemann, D.; Neumann, H.; Scortecci, F.; Leiter, H.J.; Holste, K.; Klar, P.J.; Bulit, A.; Dannenmayer, K.; Amo, J. Gonzalez del
    Recently, we have set up an Advanced Electric Propulsion Diagnostic (AEPD) platform [1], which allows for the in-situ measurement of a comprehensive set of thruster performance parameters. The platform utilizes a five-axis-movement system for precise positioning of the thruster with respect to the diagnostic heads. In the first setup (AEPD1) an energy-selective mass spectrometer (ESMS) and a miniaturized Faraday probe for ion beam characterization, a telemicroscope and a triangular laser head for measuring the erosion of mechanical parts, and a pyrometer for surface temperature measurements were integrated. The capabilities of the AEPD1 platform were demonstrated with two electric propulsion thrusters, a gridded ion thruster RIT 22 (Airbus Defence & Space, Germany, [13]) and a Hall effect thruster SPT 100D EM1 (EDB Fakel, Russia, [1], [4]), in two different vacuum facilities.
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    Modelling of a radio frequency plasma bridge neutralizer (RFPBN)
    (Amsterdam [u.a.] : Elsevier, 2017) Scholze, F.; Eichhorn, C.; Bundesmann, C.; Spemann, D.; Neumann, H.; Bulit, A.; Feili, D.; Gonzalez del Amo, J.
    A performance model of a radio frequency plasma bridge neutralizer was developed to calculate the electrical parameters and optimize the neutralizer design. Minimization of power losses and gas consumption, and a maximization of the neutralizer lifetime and the reliability of the system are requirements of all electric propulsion concepts and strongly determine their future application. The requirements of the neutralizer depend on mission profiles.
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    From statistic to deterministic nanostructures in fused silica induced by nanosecond laser radiation
    (Amsterdam [u.a.] : Elsevier, 2018) Lorenz, Pierre; Klöppel, Michael; Zagoranskiy, Igor; Zimmer, Klaus
    The production of structures by laser machining below the diffraction limit is still a challenge. However, self-organization processes can be useful. The laser-induced self-organized modification of the shape of photolithographic produced chromium structures on fused silica as well as the structuring of the fused silica surface by nanosecond UV laser radiation was studied, respectively. Low fluence single pulse laser irradiation (â–¡ > 300 mJ/cm2) cause the formation from chromium squares to droplets due to the mass transport in the molten chromium film. This process is governed by the instability of the molten metal due to the surface tension driven liquid phase mass transport. For a chromium pattern size similar to the instability length two specific droplet distributions were found which are single droplets with a determined position near the centre of the original pattern or random distributed smaller droplets arranged circularly. Each of the metal patterns can be transferred into the fused silica by a multi-pulse irradiation. The experimental results can be simulated well for low fluences by sequential solving the heat and Navier-Stokes equation.