Feastibility study and comparative study of air breathing electric propulsion systems operating in very low Earth orbit conditions

Result code in IS VaVaI
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Result on the web
<a href="https://www.eeict.cz/eeict_download/archiv/sborniky/EEICT_2024_sbornik_2.pdf" target="_blank" >https://www.eeict.cz/eeict_download/archiv/sborniky/EEICT_2024_sbornik_2.pdf</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.13164/eeict.2024.232" target="_blank" >10.13164/eeict.2024.232</a>

Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Feastibility study and comparative study of air breathing electric propulsion systems operating in very low Earth orbit conditions
Original language description
Air Breathing Electric Propulsion (ABEP) systems offer a promising solution to extending the lifetime of Very Low Earth Orbit (VLEO) missions by using residual atmospheric particles as a propellant. ABEP systems need to provide sufficient thrust to compensate for substantial aerodynamic drag present in VLEO environments. The feasibility of operating a hypothetical ABEP system of a given geometry at a given altitude is assessed via Direct Simulation Monte Carlo (DSMC) based on the following parameters: the mean pressure in the ionization chamber, compression factor and drag force acting upon the surface of the given geometry. Atmospheric models were used for reference to ensure realistic VLEO-like conditions. The comparative study is performed using a Global Plasma Model (GPM). A GPM can calculate the volume-averaged quantities of plasma systems with complex physics and reaction kinetics. The results of GPM are compared with a breadboard model of an Electron Cyclotron Resonance (ECR) ABEP system constructed by the Czech aerospace research institute (VZLU a.s.).
Czech name
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Czech description
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Publication year
2024
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Article name in the collection
Proceedings II of the 30th Conference STUDENT EEICT 2024 Selected papers
ISBN
978-80-214-6230-4
ISSN
2788-1334
e-ISSN
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Number of pages
5
Pages from-to
232-236
Publisher name
Brno University of Technology, Faculty of Electronic Engineering and Communication
Place of publication
Brno
Event location
Brno
Event date
Apr 23, 2024
Type of event by nationality
WRD - Celosvětová akce
UT code for WoS article
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