Design and performance of an electrowetting ionic liquid electrospray thruster prototype

W Sun, Y Guo, Z Wu, Z Du, N Wang… - Journal of Propulsion and …, 2024 - arc.aiaa.org
Porous ionic liquid electrospray thrusters are capable of meeting the propulsion
requirements of micro-and nanosatellites. The liquid propellant of such a thruster is usually …

Monodisperse Porous Emitter Materials for Ion Electrospray Propulsion

J MacArthur, V Colicci, P Lozano - Journal of Propulsion and Power, 2024 - arc.aiaa.org
Electrospray spacecraft propulsion typically uses commercially available porous glass
materials for their emitter components. The quality of this emitter material is crucial to the …

Temperature-Dependent Performance of Electrospray Thrusters with ASCENT Monopropellant

AR Bruno, MN Corrado, PC Lozano - 2024 - dspace.mit.edu
In this work, we investigate the emission characteristics and performance of a passivelyfed
electrospray thruster with ASCENT (AF-M315E) monopropellant at temperatures from 20C to …

Characterization of Propellant-Surface Collision Byproducts Using MD Simulations and RGA Measurements

SZ Shaik, AR Bendimerad, ATM Tahsin… - AIAA SCITECH 2024 …, 2024 - arc.aiaa.org
In this work, we employ combined numerical and experimental approaches to determine the
chemical composition of secondary molecular species generated through particle-wall …

Direct and Indirect Thrust Measurements of Ionic-Liquid Electrospray Thrusters on a Magnetically-Levitated Testbed

MN Corrado, A Bruno, P Lozano - AIAA SCITECH 2024 Forum, 2024 - arc.aiaa.org
Direct measurement of thrust produced by electric micropropulsion devices is notoriously
difficult due to the extremely small forces involved. For this reason, indirect methods of …

[PDF][PDF] Increasing Specific Impulse in Electrospray Devices through Emitter Design

M Caballero-Pérez, M Gamero-Castano - 2024 - researchgate.net
This study demonstrates the feasibility of using smaller capillary emitters to achieve higher
specific impulses (Isp) in electrospray propulsion. Four highly conductive ionic liquids were …

Investigation of Electrochemical Gas Generation in Ion Electrospray Thrusters

SZ Shaik, PC Lozano - 2024 - dspace.mit.edu
This work investigates the electrochemical formation of gas-phase species in passively-fed
ion electrospray thrusters biased with porous distal electrodes. Volatile reaction products of …

Deep-Space Exploration Enabled by CubeSats with Staged Electrospray Propulsion

GM Pettersson - 2024 - dspace.mit.edu
From their beginnings as an educational experiment, CubeSats have grown to a popular
technology development platform and a capable tool for scientific missions. Deep-space …

Effect of Spacecraft Charging on Performance of Ion Electrospray Propulsion Systems

SZ Shaik, MN Corrado, PC Lozano - 2024 - dspace.mit.edu
Ion electrospray propulsion systems are known to induce moderate levels of spacecraft
charging when operated in a passive dual-polarity neutralization scheme. Here, the …

Performance Characterization of High-Density Electrospray Thrusters

MN Corrado, C Wangari, MR Finch, L Parameswaran… - 2024 - dspace.mit.edu
Research and development into electrospray propulsion technology has accelerated in
recent decades. The state of the art in electrospray propulsion is microfabricated …