Study of the effect of neutral flow distribution on the performance of Hall micro thruster

S Lu, C Zhu, N Guo, L Dong, L Cong, J Wang, L Xu… - Vacuum, 2025 - Elsevier
In this study, we constructed neutral flows with radially uniform and concentrated
distributions in the discharge channel of the Hall micro thruster (HMT) with hollow and …

Optimizing a Hall thruster with aft-loaded magnetic field by aft-loading design of gas flow

X Liu, H Li, X Che, Y Ding, L Wei, D Yu, W Mao - Vacuum, 2024 - Elsevier
Electric propulsion systems with high-specific impulses have replaced chemical propulsion
systems in many space missions. The aft-loaded magnetic field technology of Hall thrusters …

Perturbation indicator for Hall effect thruster operating state based on statistical characteristics of breathing oscillation time scale signals

J Li, L Wei, Y Hu, H Lian, L Zhou, X Liu, T Ji… - Advances in Space …, 2023 - Elsevier
The failure of Hall effect thruster (HET) is usually the result of the accumulation of several
tiny abnormal disturbances during operation. Timely and accurate early warning of …

Numerical simulation of diverging plasma magneto-hydrodynamic acceleration channels

J Wei, P Lu, X Yan, H Huang - Physica Scripta, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
This paper presents a numerical study of plasma flow in a magneto-hydrodynamic
acceleration channel. The results show that in the channel with equal electrode pair …

Optimizing a Long-Lifetime Hall Thruster by Aft-Loading Design of Gas Flow

X Liu, H Li, X Che, Y Ding, L Wei, D Yu… - Available at SSRN … - papers.ssrn.com
Electric propulsion systems with high-specific impulses have replaced chemical propulsion
systems in many space missions. The aft-loaded magnetic field technology of Hall thrusters …