Numerical study on the electron-wall interaction in a Hall thruster with segmented electrodes placed at the channel exit

Electron-wall interaction is always recognized as an important physical problem because of its remarkable influences on thruster discharge and performance. Based on existing theories, an electrode is predicted to weaken electron-wall interaction due to its low secondary electron emission characteristic. In this paper, the electron-wall interaction in an Aton-type Hall thruster with low-emissive electrodes placed near the exit of discharge channel is studied by a fully kinetic particle-in cell method. The results show that the electron-wall interaction in the region of segmented electrode is indeed weakened, but it is significantly enhanced in the remaining region of discharge channel. It is mainly caused by electrode conductive property which makes equipotential lines convex toward channel exit and even parallel to wall surface in near-wall re- gion; this convex equipotential configuration results in significant physical effects such as repelling electrons, which causes the electrons to move toward the channel center, and the electrons emitted from electrodes to be remarkably accelerated, thereby increasing electron temperature in the discharge channel, etc. Furthermore, the results also indicate that the discharge current in the segmented electrode case is larger than in the non-segmented electrode case, which is qualitatively in accordance with previous experimental results.     

磁场梯度对Hall推力器放电特性影响的实验研究

为进一步探索Hall推力器通道内磁场优化设计理论,通过实验分析了强场区磁场梯度对推进剂的电离与加速等放电过程的影响. 研究发现,在本实验设计的磁场梯度范围内,磁场梯度大小对推进剂的电离过程影响较小,但是对离子流的加速特性会产生较为明显的影响.随着磁场梯度的增加,离子束的能量分布会趋于集中,推力器效率提高. 最后,对磁场轴向梯度进一步变大可能会引起的一系列物理问题如有限Larmor半径效应、电子传导机理转变规律和梯度漂移效应等进行了分析和思考.     

真空背压对霍尔推力器放电特性影响的实验研究

真空背压的变化会改变进入霍尔推力器放电通道内的背景气体量,对工质的电离、电子的传导等物理过程产生影响,从而进一步影响到推力器的宏观放电特性.为分析真空背压对推力器放电的影响规律,通过向真空罐输入流量可控的氪气改变真空背压,在不同真空背压下测量通道内原子、离子的发光特性以及出口处离子流的伏安特性.分析结果表明:背景气体返流对通道内工质放电过程具有全局性的影响,提高背压会使通道内的电子温度降低、电离效率降低,并会在通道内形成一个新的电离区,且背压越高,该电离区距推力器阳极越近.     

脉冲快放电激励S2激光器电源的研究

 选择Blumlein电路作为放电电源的主电路，建立了Blumlein电路的离散化等效模型，利用该模型对电路进行仿真研究与优化设计，选取一组电路元件参数作为装调放电电路的依据，设计并制作了传输线电容与储能电容器，大大减小了电路寄生参数，提高了电路性能。实验结果表明，该放电电源的输出电压上升沿达到5.08 ns的设计指标，且工作稳定，对激光器的正常工作起了重要的作用。