Zinc propellant storage and delivery system for hall thrusters

VG Tirila, A Hallock, A Demairé, CN Ryan - AIAA Propulsion and Energy …, 2021 - arc.aiaa.org
View Video Presentation: https://doi. org/10.2514/6.2021-3407. vid Solid propellants are an
attractive alternative to xenon due to the generally larger storage densities, lower cost and …

Performance investigation of zinc propellant in sub kw class hall thrusters

VG Tirila, C Ryan, A Demaire, A Hallock - 2022 - eprints.soton.ac.uk
Zinc was successfully integrated and tested in sub-kW class Hall thrusters as an alternative
propellant to xenon. The advantages of zinc include a high storage density, low first …

Computational modelling of water-fuelled Hall Effect Thrusters

JMM Tejeda, J Perales-Díaz, A Knoll - 2024 - researchsquare.com
This paper presents a Particle-In-Cell code designed for the simulation of water-fuelled Hall
Effect Thrusters, including two different propellants: water vapour and oxygen (the latter …