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Feastibility study and comparative study of air breathing electric propulsion systems operating in very low Earth orbit conditions

ŠŤASTNÝ, M. VLADIMÍR, D. DYTRYCH, T. MRÓZEK, K. OBRUSNÍK, A.

Originální název

Feastibility study and comparative study of air breathing electric propulsion systems operating in very low Earth orbit conditions

Typ

článek ve sborníku ve WoS nebo Scopus

Jazyk

angličtina

Originální abstrakt

Air Breathing Electric Propulsion (ABEP) systems offer a promising solution to extending the lifetime of Very Low Earth Orbit (VLEO) missions by using residual atmospheric particles as a propellant. ABEP systems need to provide sufficient thrust to compensate for substantial aerodynamic drag present in VLEO environments. The feasibility of operating a hypothetical ABEP system of a given geometry at a given altitude is assessed via Direct Simulation Monte Carlo (DSMC) based on the following parameters: the mean pressure in the ionization chamber, compression factor and drag force acting upon the surface of the given geometry. Atmospheric models were used for reference to ensure realistic VLEO-like conditions. The comparative study is performed using a Global Plasma Model (GPM). A GPM can calculate the volume-averaged quantities of plasma systems with complex physics and reaction kinetics. The results of GPM are compared with a breadboard model of an Electron Cyclotron Resonance (ECR) ABEP system constructed by the Czech aerospace research institute (VZLU a.s.).

Klíčová slova

Very Low Earth Orbit (VLEO); Direct Simulation Monte Carlo (DSMC); Air Breathing Electric Propulsion (ABEP); Intake; Global Plasma Model (GPM)

Autoři

ŠŤASTNÝ, M.; VLADIMÍR, D.; DYTRYCH, T.; MRÓZEK, K.; OBRUSNÍK, A.

Vydáno

23. 4. 2024

Nakladatel

Brno University of Technology, Faculty of Electronic Engineering and Communication

Místo

Brno

ISBN

978-80-214-6230-4

Kniha

Proceedings II of the 30th Conference STUDENT EEICT 2024 Selected papers

Edice

1

ISSN

2788-1334

Periodikum

Proceedings II of the Conference STUDENT EEICT

Stát

Česká republika

Strany od

232

Strany do

236

Strany počet

5

URL

https://www.eeict.cz/eeict_download/archiv/sborniky/EEICT_2024_sbornik_2.pdf

BibTex

@inproceedings{BUT188875,
  author="Marek {Šťastný} and Dániel {Vladimír} and Tomáš {Dytrych} and Kryštof {Mrózek} and Adam {Obrusník}",
  title="Feastibility study and comparative study of air breathing electric propulsion systems operating in 
very low Earth orbit conditions",
  booktitle="Proceedings II of the 30th Conference STUDENT EEICT 2024 Selected papers",
  year="2024",
  series="1",
  journal="Proceedings II of the Conference STUDENT EEICT",
  pages="232--236",
  publisher="Brno University of Technology, Faculty of Electronic Engineering and Communication",
  address="Brno",
  doi="10.13164/eeict.2024.232",
  isbn="978-80-214-6230-4",
  issn="2788-1334",
  url="https://www.eeict.cz/eeict_download/archiv/sborniky/EEICT_2024_sbornik_2.pdf"
}