Low Energy Surface Flashover for Initiation of Electric Propulsion Devices

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العنوان: Low Energy Surface Flashover for Initiation of Electric Propulsion Devices
المؤلفون: Zhang, Yunping, Dary, Omar, Shashurin, Alexey
سنة النشر: 2018
المجموعة: Physics (Other)
مصطلحات موضوعية: Physics - Plasma Physics
الوصف: An approach to utilize Low Energy Surface Flashover (LESF) for triggering the discharge in electric propulsion systems has been demonstrated. LESF uses conventional surface flashover mechanism with limited duration of high-current stage of the flashover below <100-200 ns. This eliminates the damage to the LESF assembly and allows robust operation of the same assembly for >1.5*10^6 consecutive flashovers. The amount of the seed plasma created in the individual LESF event was demonstrated to be sufficient to trigger a moderate current arc which models a discharge in an electric propulsion system.
Comment: 14 pages, 6 figures
نوع الوثيقة: Working Paper
URL الوصول: http://arxiv.org/abs/1806.00067
رقم الأكسشن: edsarx.1806.00067
قاعدة البيانات: arXiv