Thruster
SPT-140
Photograph of the Fakel Enterprises SPT-140 on display.
Developed
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Tested at PEPL
1997
Developer
Fakel
As a part of the Air Force Integrated High Payoff Rocket Propulsion Technology (IHPRPT) program the Fakel Enterprises 4.5-kW SPT-140 was tested at PEPL. The work at PEPL included performance and PPU testing.
Selected Publications
Performance of the H9 Magnetically Shielded Hall Thrusters
Cusson, S. E., Hofer, R. R., Lobbia, R. B., Jorns, B. A., and Gallimore, A. D.
The H9 Magnetically Shielded Hall Thruster
Hofer, R.R., Cusson, S.E., Lobbia, R.B., and Gallimore, A.D.
Dispersion relation measurements of plasma modes in the near-field plume of a 9-kW magnetically shielded thruster
Brown, Z. A., and Jorns, B. A.
Experimental Evidence for Ion Acoustic Solitons in the Plume of a Hollow Cathode
Georgin, M.P., Jorns, B.A., and Gallimore, A.D.
Ion Acoustic Turbulence in the Hollow Cathode Plume of a Hall Effect Thruster
Cusson, S.E., Brown., Z, Dale, E.T., Jorns, B.A., and Gallimore, A.D.
Non-Invasive Characterization of the Ionization Region of a Hall Effect Thruster
Dale, E.T. and Jorns, B.A.
Spatial Evolution of Plasma Waves in the Near-field of a Magnetically Shielded Hall Thruster
Brown, Z. and Jorns, B.A.
Impact of Neutral Density on the Magnetic Shielding of Hall Thrusters
Cusson, S.E., Jorns, B.A., and Gallimore, A.D.
Two-zone Hall thruster breathing mode mechanism, Part II: Experiment
Dale, E.T., and Jorns, B.A.
Experimental Correlation between Anomalous Electron Collision Frequency and Plasma Turbulence in a Hall Effect Thruster
Brown, Z.A, Dale, E., and Jorns, B.A.
Non-invasive in situ measurement of the near-wall ion kinetic energy in a magnetically shielded Hall thruster
Cusson, Sarah E.
Performance of a 9-kW Magnetically-Shielded Hall Thruster with Krypton
Leanne L. Su , Alexander R. Vazsonyi and Benjamin Jorns
Performance Comparison of a 9-kW Magnetically-Shielded Hall Thruster Operating on Xenon and Krypton
Leanne L. Su and Benjamin A. Jorns
Operation and Performance of a Magnetically Shielded Hall thruster at Ultrahigh Current Densities on Xenon and Krypton
Leanne L. Su, Tate M. Gill, Parker J. Roberts, William J. Hurley, Thomas A. Marks, Christopher L. Sercel, Madison G. Allen, Collin B. Whittacker, Mathew P. Byrne, Zachariah B. Brown, Eric Viges, and Benjamin A. Jorns
Design of an Air-Core Magnet Circuit for a Hall Thruster
William J. Hurley, Thomas A. Marks, and Benjamin A. Jorns
Growth and Saturation of the Electron Drift Instability in a Crossed Field Plasma
Zachariah A. Brown and Benjamin A. Jorns
Challenges with the self-consistent implementation of closure models for anomalous electron transport in fluid simulations of Hall thrusters
Marks, Thomas A. Jorns, Benjamin A
HallThruster.jl: a Julia package for 1D Hall thruster discharge simulation
Marks, Thomas A. Schedler, P. Jorns, Benjamin A
High-Current Density Performance of a Magnetically Shielded Hall Thruster
Su, L.L., Roberts, P.J., Gill, T.M., Hurley, W.J., Marks, T.A., Sercel, C.L., Allen, M.G., Whittaker, C.B., Viges, E., and Jorns, B.A.
Trends in Mass Utilization of a Magnetically Shielded Hall Thruster Operating on Xenon and Krypton
Su, L.L., Marks, T.A., and Jorns, B.A.
Performance of a Magnetically Shielded Hall Thruster Operating on Krypton at High Powers
Su, Leanne
Small-scale Instability Driven Electron Transport in Hall Thrusters
Brown, Zachariah