Article ; Online: Xenon tracers for cost effective laser induced fluorescence of alternative propellant Hall thrusters.
The Review of scientific instruments
2024 Volume 95, Issue 2
Abstract: One of the limiting factors to developing plasma thrusters on alternative propellants is the cost associated with changing the diagnostic tools, which are often propellant-dependent. For laser induced fluorescence (LIF), which is typically used for ion ... ...
| Abstract | One of the limiting factors to developing plasma thrusters on alternative propellants is the cost associated with changing the diagnostic tools, which are often propellant-dependent. For laser induced fluorescence (LIF), which is typically used for ion velocity distribution measurements to determine ion trajectories and potential profiles, either new lasers need to be bought, which are tuned to the wavelength of the new element's excitation level, or a costly tunable laser is required. A method to use existing LIF setups designed for xenon on any propellant has been demonstrated on a Hall thruster operating on krypton. In the demonstration test, a small amount of xenon (0.01%-4%) was mixed with the main krypton propellant for use as a diagnostic tracer, and xenon ion velocities were measured while also monitoring changes in the mean discharge current and oscillations. High signal-to-noise ratios in LIF data acquired along the channel centerline were obtained with tracer gas fractions ≤1% that negligibly affected the thruster operation. These results and comparison of the emission spectra of xenon and other common propellants suggest that the tracer LIF method should be broadly applicable to LIF measurements in Hall thrusters operating on alternative propellants. |
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| Language | English | |||||
| Publishing date | 2024-02-11 | |||||
| Publishing country | United States | |||||
| Document type | Journal Article | |||||
| ZDB-ID | 209865-9 | |||||
| ISSN | 1089-7623 ; 0034-6748 | |||||
| ISSN (online) | 1089-7623 | |||||
| ISSN | 0034-6748 | |||||
| DOI | 10.1063/5.0179938 | |||||
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