Chinese Space Science and Technology ›› 2017, Vol. 37 ›› Issue (5): 54-.doi: 10.16708/j.cnki.1000-758X.2017.0076

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ResearchonrotatingspokebyusingthecylindricalHallthrustersegmentedanode

 GUI  Bing-Yi, TANG  De-Li, JIN  Fan-Ya, TIAN  Xi   

  1. 1TheEngineering&TechnicalCollegeofChengduUniversityofTechnology,Leshan614000,China2SouthwesternInstituteofPhysics,Chengdu610041,China3ChongqingUniversityofArtsandSciences,Chongqing402160,China
  • Received:2017-05-22 Revised:2017-08-30 Published:2017-10-25 Online:2017-09-12

Abstract: Inordertostudythevariationofrotatingspokefrequencyofthecylindricalhallplasmathrusterinrelatedworkingparameters,andtofindoutthemethodtorestraintherotatingspoke,theannularanodewasdividedintotwoindependentsegments.Bymeasuringtheelectricalsignalbetweenthetwoindependentanodesectionswithdischargevoltage,dischargecurrentanddeliveringrateofpropellantandsoon,thespokephenomenonwasqualitativelyandquantitativelyanalyzed.Theresultsindicatethattherotatingspokefrequencyobservablyincreaseswiththeincreaseofdischargevoltageandpressure.Andthespokerotatingphenomenoninthenearanoderegionisgenerallypresent,eveninhighvoltageconditions.Thefrequencyofrotatingspokeismainly10~45kHz.Theaxialcurrentoscillationaccountsforabout50%ofthetotalcurrentintheisolatedanodesegment.Reducingtheflowofworkingfluidandthedischargevoltageisbeneficialtosuppressrotatingspoke

Key words: Hallthruster, rotatingspoke, nearanoderegion, anodesegment, oscillation