NASA NTRS · 20160005341
Low-Cost, High-Performance Hall Thruster Support System
Abstract
Colorado Power Electronics (CPE) has built an innovative modular PPU for Hall thrusters, including discharge, magnet, heater and keeper supplies, and an interface module. This high-performance PPU offers resonant circuit topologies, magnetics design, modularity, and a stable and sustained operation during severe Hall effect thruster current oscillations. Laboratory testing has demonstrated discharge module efficiency of 96 percent, which is considerably higher than current state of the art.
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Hesterman, Bryce. 2015-07-01. Low-Cost, High-Performance Hall Thruster Support System. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/20160005341
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