Magnetoplasmadynamic Thruster Design and Characteristics

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Almuwallad</a> </p> <p class="card-text"><strong>Abstract:</strong></p> <p>The magnetoplasmadynamic (MPD) thruster is classified as an electric propulsion system and consists of two metal electrodes separated by an insulator. A high-current electric arc is driven between electrodes to ionize the injected propellant between electrodes for plasma creation. At the same time, a magnetic field is generated by the electric current returning to the power supply. This magnetic field interacts with the electric current flowing through the plasma to produce thrust. This paper compares the performance of MPD thrusters when using three different propellants (methane, nitrogen, and propane) at varying input mass flow rates. Methane provided the best performance, and nitrogen performed better than propane. In addition, when using the same parameters, the thruster with a divergent nozzle performed better than the thruster with a constant nozzle.</p> <iframe src="https://publications.waset.org/10013315.pdf" style="width:100%; height:400px;" frameborder="0"></iframe> <p class="card-text"><strong>Keywords:</strong> <a href="https://publications.waset.org/search?q=Magnetoplasmadynamic%20thruster" title="Magnetoplasmadynamic thruster">Magnetoplasmadynamic thruster</a>, <a href="https://publications.waset.org/search?q=electric%20propulsion" title=" electric propulsion"> electric propulsion</a>, <a href="https://publications.waset.org/search?q=propellant" title=" propellant"> propellant</a>, <a href="https://publications.waset.org/search?q=plasma." title=" plasma."> plasma.</a> </p> <a href="https://publications.waset.org/10013315/magnetoplasmadynamic-thruster-design-and-characteristics" class="btn btn-primary btn-sm">Procedia</a> <a href="https://publications.waset.org/10013315/apa" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" class="btn btn-primary btn-sm">APA</a> <a href="https://publications.waset.org/10013315/bibtex" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" class="btn btn-primary btn-sm">BibTeX</a> <a href="https://publications.waset.org/10013315/chicago" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" class="btn btn-primary btn-sm">Chicago</a> <a href="https://publications.waset.org/10013315/endnote" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" class="btn btn-primary btn-sm">EndNote</a> <a href="https://publications.waset.org/10013315/harvard" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" class="btn btn-primary btn-sm">Harvard</a> <a href="https://publications.waset.org/10013315/json" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" class="btn btn-primary btn-sm">JSON</a> <a href="https://publications.waset.org/10013315/mla" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" class="btn btn-primary btn-sm">MLA</a> <a href="https://publications.waset.org/10013315/ris" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" class="btn btn-primary btn-sm">RIS</a> <a href="https://publications.waset.org/10013315/xml" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" class="btn btn-primary btn-sm">XML</a> <a href="https://publications.waset.org/10013315/iso690" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" class="btn btn-primary btn-sm">ISO 690</a> <a href="https://publications.waset.org/10013315.pdf" target="_blank" class="btn btn-primary btn-sm">PDF</a> <span class="bg-info text-light px-1 py-1 float-right rounded"> Downloads <span class="badge badge-light">286</span> </span> <p class="card-text"><strong>References:</strong></p> <br>[1] R. G. Jahn, “Physics of Electric Propulsion,” vol. 36, Third Ed. New York: Courier Dover Publications, pp. 8–255, 1968. <br>[2] G. P. George, P. Sutton, and O. Biblarz, “Rocket Propulsion Elements,” Seventh Ed. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 2001. <br>[3] D. M. Goebel, and I. Katz, “Fundamentals of Electric Propulsion: Ion and Hall Thrusters,” California: JPL Space Science and Technology Series, 2008. <br>[4] A. Villar, “Fluid Modelling of Magnetoplasmadynamic Thrusters,” 2014. <br>[5] M. Ahmer, “Estimation and Comparison of Thrust for Self-Field MPD Thrusters,” Int. J. Sci. Eng. Res., vol. 7, pp. 1580–1584, 2016. <br>[6] J. A. Bittencourt, “Fundamentals of Plasma Physics,” Third Ed. Brazii: Springer, 2004. <br>[7] V. Botti, “Theoretical Study of an MPD Thruster,” Veneto: University Degli Studi di Padova, 2017. Accessed: Feb. 02, 2022. <br>[8] C. A. B. 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