电子温度对霍尔推进器等离子体鞘层特性的影响

采用二维粒子模拟方法研究了霍尔推进器通道中电子温度对等离子体鞘层特性的影响, 讨论了不同电子温度下电子数密度、鞘层电势、电场及二次电子发射系数的变化规律. 结果表明: 当电子温度较低时, 鞘层中电子数密度沿径向方向呈指数下降, 在近壁处达到最小值, 鞘层电势降和电场径向分量变化均较大, 壁面电势维持一稳定值不变, 鞘层稳定性好; 当电子温度较高时, 鞘层区内与鞘层边界处电子数密度基本相等, 而在近壁面窄区域内迅速增加, 壁面处达到最大值, 鞘层电势变化缓慢, 电势降和电场径向分量变化均较小, 壁面电势近似维持等幅振荡, 鞘层稳定性降低; 电子温度对电场轴向分量影响较小; 随电子温度的增大, 壁面二次电子发射系数先增大后减少. 关键词： 霍尔推进器 等离子体鞘层 电子温度 粒子模拟     

霍尔推进器壁面材料二次电子发射及鞘层特性

霍尔推进器放电通道等离子体与壁面相互作用形成鞘层,不同壁面材料的二次电子发射对推进器鞘层特性具有重要影响,本文针对推进器壁面鞘层区域建立二维物理模型,研究了氮化硼(BN)、碳化硅(SiC)和三氧化二铝(Al_2O_3)三种不同壁面材料的二次电子发射特性,在改进SiC材料二次电子发射模型的基础上,采用粒子模拟方法,讨论了壁面二次电子发射系数与电子温度和磁场强度的关系,研究了三种材料(BN,SiC和Al_2O_3)的鞘层特性,结果表明:修正的二次电子发射模型拟合曲线与实验曲线几乎一致;在相同电子温度下,三种材料(BN,SiC和Al_2O_3)的二次电子发射系数和壁面电子数密度依次增大,而鞘层电场和鞘层电势降依次减小,BN材料具有合适的二次电子发生射系数,使得霍尔推进器能在低电流下稳态工作。     

电子的非广延分布对等离子体鞘层中二次电子发射的影响

采用一维流体模型研究了非广延分布电子对等离子体鞘层中二次电子发射的影响.通过数值模拟,研究了非广延分布电子对考虑二次电子发射的等离子体鞘层玻姆判据、器壁电势、器壁二次电子临界发射系数以及等离子体鞘层中二次电子密度分布的影响.研究结果发现,当电子分布偏离麦克斯韦分布(q=1,广延分布)时,非广延参量q的改变对器壁二次电子发射有着重要的影响.不论电子分布处于超广延(q 1),还是处于亚广延状态(q 1),随着非广延参量q的增加,都会出现鞘边临界马赫数跟着减小,同时对于随着二次电子发射系数的增加,临界马赫数跟着增加.器壁电势随着参量q的增加而增加.器壁二次电子临界发射系数则随着非广延参量的增加而减小,并且等离子体中所含的离子种类质量数越大,非广延参量的变化对器壁二次电子临界发射系数的值影响越小.此外,随着非广延参量的增加,鞘层厚度减小,鞘层中二次电子数密度增加.通过对数值模拟结果分析,发现电子分布处于超广延分布状态对等离子体鞘层中二次电子发射特性的影响要比电子处于亚广延分布状态要更明显.     

壁面二次电子发射对霍尔推力器放电通道绝缘壁面双鞘特性的影响

为进一步揭示霍尔推力器放电通道绝缘壁面鞘层的特性, 利用考虑了壁面二次电子分布函数的一维稳态流体鞘层模型, 研究了壁面二次电子发射对近壁双鞘特性的影响. 分析结果表明, 由于壁面发射的二次电子对近壁鞘层中的电子密度有增加作用, 存在一个临界二次电子发射系数σ_dc使得: 当σ≤σ_dc时, 鞘层为单层的正离子鞘结构; 当σ>σ_dc时, 鞘层表现为双层的正离子鞘和电子鞘相连结构, 连接点对应于垂直于壁面方向上电势分布的拐点. 然而, 当σ进一步增大到0.999时, 鞘层转变为三层的正离子鞘-电子鞘-正离子鞘交替结构. 数值结果表明: 随着σ的增加, 电子鞘与离子鞘的连接点向远离壁面的方向移动, 电子鞘的厚度逐渐增加; 随着壁面出射电子能量系数a的增加, 近壁区鞘层的厚度也逐渐增加. 关键词： 霍尔推力器 双鞘 壁面二次电子发射     

二次电子发射和负离子存在时的鞘层结构特性

 建立了包括电子、离子、器壁发射二次电子以及负离子多种成分的等离子体无碰撞鞘层的基本模型,讨论了二次电子发射和负离子对1维稳态等离子体鞘层结构的影响,并且分析了多种成分等离子体鞘层内的二次电子和负离子的相互作用。结果表明：二次电子发射系数的增加和负离子含量的增加,都将导致鞘层的厚度有所减小;二次电子发射系数超过临界发射系数之后,鞘层不再是离子鞘。随着器壁材料二次电子发射系数的增加,鞘层中的负离子密度分布也逐渐增加;负离子的增加,导致二次电子临界发射系数有所增加。另外,在等离子体鞘层中二次电子发射和负离子的存在,也影响着鞘层中电子的放电特性与器壁材料的腐蚀。     

电子温度各向异性对霍尔推力器BN绝缘壁面鞘层特性的影响

建立多价态多组分等离子体一维流体鞘层模型,引入电子温度各向异性系数并考虑出射电子速度分布,研究了电子温度各向异性对霍尔推力器中的BN绝缘壁面鞘层特性和近壁电子流的影响.分析结果表明,相比于纯一价氙等离子体鞘层参数,推力器中的多价态氙等离子体鞘层电势降略有降低,电子壁面损失增加,临界二次电子发射系数减小.推力器中的电子温度各向异性现象可以显著地加大出射电子能量系数,进而降低鞘层电势降,增强电子壁面相互作用.数值结果表明,空间电荷饱和机制下电子温度各向异性对鞘层空间电势分布影响显著. 关键词： 霍尔推力器 电子温度各向异性 空间电荷饱和鞘层     

二次电子分布函数对绝缘壁面稳态鞘层特性的影响

由于缺乏详细的理论计算和实验结果,在研究绝缘壁面稳态流体鞘层特性时,通常假设壁面出射的总二次电子服从单能分布(0)、半Maxwellian分布等.在单能电子轰击壁面的详细二次电子发射模型基础上,采用Monte Carlo方法统计发现:当入射电子服从Maxwellian分布时,绝缘壁面发射的总二次电子服从三温Maxwellian分布.进而,采用一维稳态流体鞘层模型进行对比研究,结果表明:二次电子分布函数对鞘边离子能量、壁面电势、电势及电子/离子密度分布等均具有明显影响;总二次电子服从三温Maxwellian分布时,临界空间电荷饱和鞘层无解,表明随着壁面总二次电子发射系数的增加,鞘层直接从经典鞘层结构过渡到反鞘层结构.     

霍尔推进器中振荡鞘层对电子与壁面碰撞频率的影响研究

利用二维粒子模拟方法研究振荡鞘层对近壁电导的影响.研究结果表明,当二次电子发射系数大于1时,鞘层处于振荡状态.在振荡鞘层状态下,电子与壁面的碰撞通量沿平行与壁面方向剧烈的周期性振荡,振荡的波长为电子静电波波长量级,电子与壁面的碰撞频率高出经典鞘层状态下电子与壁面碰撞频率1—2个数量级,此时的碰撞频率对通道中电流的贡献不可忽略.振荡鞘层相对与经典鞘层增大了电子与壁面的碰撞频率,但是振荡鞘层的存在,仍然会使一部分慢电子无法穿越鞘层的势垒而打到壁面. 关键词： 霍尔推进器 振荡鞘层 二次电子     

不同成分等离子体鞘层的玻姆判据

在一维平板鞘层中采用流体模型分别研究了不同成分无碰撞等离子体鞘层的玻姆判据.通过拟牛顿法数值模拟了含有电子、离子、负离子以及二次电子的等离子体鞘层玻姆判据.结果表明二次电子发射增加了鞘层离子马赫数的临界值,且器壁发射二次电子温度越高,离子马赫数临界值越小.负离子使离子马赫数临界值减小.而在含有二次电子和负离子的等离子体鞘层中,当负离子较少时,二次电子发射对离子马赫数临界值影响较大;当负离子增加时,离子马赫数的临界值则主要受负离子的影响. 关键词： 鞘层 等离子体 玻姆判据     

二次电子发射系数对含有超广延分布电子的等离子体器壁电势的影响

采用一维模型研究本底电子为麦氏分布的等离子体中存在部分超广延分布的高温电子情况下的二次电子发射系数对器壁电势的影响。数值模拟结果表明：当器壁二次电子发射系数较小时,器壁电势随着超广延分布电子与本底电子的浓度比值、温度比值、以及超广延参量这些参数的增加而减小;当器壁二次电子发射系数较大时,器壁电势则随着超广延分布电子与本底电子的浓度比值、温度比值、以及超广延参量值的增加而增加。     

Characteristics of wall sheath and secondary electron emission under different electron temperatures in a Hall thruster

In this paper, a two-dimensional physical model is established in a Hall thruster sheath region to investigate the influences of the electron temperature and the propellant on the sheath potential drop and the secondary electron emission in the Hall thruster, by the particle-in-cell(PIC) method. The numerical results show that when the electron temperature is relatively low, the change of sheath potential drop is relatively large, the surface potential maintains a stable value and the stability of the sheath is good. When the electron temperature is relatively high, the surface potential maintains a persistent oscillation, and the stability of the sheath reduces. As the electron temperature increases, the secondary electron emission coefficient on the wall increases. For three kinds of propellants(Ar, Kr, and Xe), as the ion mass increases the sheath potentials and the secondary electron emission coefficients reduce in sequence.     

Near-wall conductivity effect under a space-charge-saturated sheath in the Hall thruster

In this paper, we adopt the modified Morozov secondary electron emission model to investigate the influence of the characteristic of a space-charge-saturated sheath near the insulated wall of the Hall thruster on the near-wall conductivity, by the method of two-dimensional (2D) particle simulation (2D+3V). The results show that due to the sharp increase of collision frequency between the electrons and the wall under the space-charge-saturated sheath, the near-wall transport current under this sheath is remarkably higher than that under a classical sheath, and equals the near-wall transport current under a spatially oscillating sheath in order of magnitude. However, the transport currents under a space-charge-saturated sheath and a spatially oscillating sheath are different in mechanism, causing different current density distributions under the above two sheaths, and a great influence of channel width on the near-wall transport current under a space-charge-saturated sheath.     

Particle‐in‐cell simulation of the effect of curved magnetic field on wall bombardment and erosion in a hall thruster

A curved, convex towards the channel bottom magnetic field is an important feature of an advanced Hall thruster that allows confining the plasma flow in the channel center, reducing the divergence angle of the ejected ion beam, and improving the discharge performance. In this article, the discharge behaviour of a Hall thruster in magnetic fields with different degrees of curvature is simulated with a particle‐in‐cell numerical method, and the effect of curved magnetic field on the ion bombardment and wall erosion and the associated mechanisms are studied and analysed. The results show that, as the curvature of the magnetic field increases, the propellant ionization becomes more confined at the channel center, the potential drop inside the channel decreases, and the acceleration region shifts outside the channel, which lead to the attenuation of the ion energy bombarding the wall and the deviation of the bombardment angle from the optimal sputtering angle. Conversely, the ion flux bombarding the wall near the channel exit increases. Nevertheless, the bombardment energy and angle are the dominant factors for the wall erosion, and the wall erosion rate clearly decreases with the increasing curvature of the magnetic field. These findings are closely related to the behaviour of electron conduction under a curved magnetic field; the relevant mechanisms are clarified in this article.     

Sheath structure in plasma with two species of positive ions and secondary electrons

The properties of a collisionless plasma sheath are investigated by using a fluid model in which two species of positive ions and secondary electrons are taken into account. It is shown that the positive ion speeds at the sheath edge increase with secondary electron emission(SEE) coefficient, and the sheath structure is affected by the interplay between the two species of positive ions and secondary electrons. The critical SEE coefficients and the sheath widths depend strongly on the positive ion charge number, mass and concentration in the cases with and without SEE. In addition, ion kinetic energy flux to the wall and the impact of positive ion species on secondary electron density at the sheath edge are also discussed.     

Plasma-wall interactions in DC discharges and sheath of Langmuir probes

The plasma-wall interactions in various DC discharges and sheath of Langmuir probe are analyzed and discussed. The methods of their investigations are discussed including fluid and PIC MC. Various assumptions used in fluid models e.g. plasma neutrality, Bohm criterion, Boltzmann electrons approximation, etc. are analyzed. Ion heating and electron cooling effect at the DC plasma wall is discussed and explained. Langmuir probes measurements in high-temperature and ion thruster plasma are analyzed. The secondary electron emission influences the IV characteristic of Langmuir probe especially at positive voltages. However, only elastic reflection processes really contribute significantly to the probe current. The elastic SEE processes reflect electrons from probe with the same relatively high speed. It was observed that the axial magnetic field influences probe characteristics and floating potential more significantly than radial field. The axial field deflects all electrons approaching probe.