Plasma Thrusters Ran at 500% Beyond Old Power Limits
by Brian Wang from NextBigFuture.com on (#686JN)
Benjamin Jorns, U-M associate professor of aerospace engineering led a new Hall thruster study that operated a Hall Plasma thruster at five times old power limits. His team challenged ran a 9 kilowatt-rated Hall thruster at up to 45 kilowatts while maintaining roughly 80% of its nominal efficiency. This increased the amount of force generated ...