Journal of Propulsion Technology ›› 2012, Vol. 33 ›› Issue (1): 150-154.

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PIC/MCC Simulation on the Optical of Electron Cyclotron Resonance Ion Thruster

  

  1. National Key Laboratory of Combustion, Flow and Thermo-structure, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an 710072,China;National Key Laboratory of Combustion, Flow and Thermo-structure, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an 710072,China;School of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024,China;National Key Laboratory of Combustion, Flow and Thermo-structure, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an 710072,China;Institut Supérieur de l''Aéronautique et de l′Espace, Toulouse, France
  • Published:2021-08-15

电子回旋共振离子推力器栅极光学系统的PIC/MCC模拟

陈茂林,毛根旺,夏广庆,杨涓,孙安邦   

  1. 西北工业大学燃烧、流动和热结构国家级重点实验室,陕西 西安 710072;西北工业大学燃烧、流动和热结构国家级重点实验室,陕西 西安 710072;大连理工大学航空航天学院,辽宁 大连 116024;西北工业大学燃烧、流动和热结构国家级重点实验室,陕西 西安 710072;法国高等航空航天学院,法国 图卢兹
  • 作者简介:陈茂林(1982—),男,博士,研究领域为航空宇航推进理论与工程。E-mail:chenmaolin@nwpu.edu.cn,**为通讯作者
  • 基金资助:
    工业装备结构分析国家重点实验室开放基金(GZ1101);中国博士后科学基金项目(20100471633)。

Abstract: To seek a succedaneum of xenon, which is the propellant of electric thruster and become more and more expensive, and to discuss the applicability that argon as the propellant of electron cyclotron resonance ion thruste, the hybrid PIC methods is used to simulate the transport process of argon plasma in the optical, and then the argon beam focus effect, argon plasma the space distribution and flow characteristics are analyzed. Results show that the argon beam has a good focus effect in the optial, and CEX ion has few influence for is only 100 PPM of the total ion number. Argon ion can be accelerated to 75km/s when jet from the optical, and at the back of accelerate grid, the backflow speed is 38km/s. These two speed is both in accord with the electrodynamics theory.

Key words: Electron cyclotron resonance ion thruster; Optical; PIC

摘要: 为了寻求日益昂贵的电推力器工质氙气的替代品,探讨氩气作为电子回旋共振离子推力器工质的适用性,采用混合PIC方法模拟了氩等离子体在栅极光学系统中输运过程,分析了氩离子束流的聚焦效果、氩等离子体的空间分布和流动特性。结果表明:氩离子束流在已有栅极系统中具有良好的聚焦效果;束流中CEX离子仅占离子总数的万分之一,影响较小;氩气作为工质时,离子喷射速度为75km/s,加速栅极后回流速度为38km/s,与电动力学理论预估值一致。

关键词: 电子回旋共振离子推力器;栅极光学系统; PIC 