ИССЛЕДОВАНИЕ СТАЦИОНАРНОГО ПЛАЗМЕННОГО ДВИГАТЕЛЯ НА РАБОЧЕМ ТЕЛЕ ИОД С БЕЗРАСХОДНЫМ КАТОДОМ КОМПЕНСАТОРОМ

Abstract

At present iodine is the most perspective propellant for electric propulsion systems. In this article iodine was analyzed as propellant for Hall thrusters. The advantages and characteristics of iodine in comparison with xenon are shown for electric propulsion systems. There are presented preliminary developments and results of first Hall thruster tests on iodine. The article presents the corporative research work aimed at developing the iodine storage and supply system. The storage and supply system is shown and described for experimental Hall thruster testing on iodine, as well as with using a gasless cathode-compensator.