A multi-scale approach to electrospray ion source modeling has been developed. The
evolution of a single-emitter electrospray plume in a pure ionic regime is simulated with a …

Ionic liquid electrosprays can emit a polydisperse population of charged droplets, clusters,
and molecular ions at high velocity. Secondary species emission (SSE) is a term that …

The leaky-dielectric model is incorporated in the Finite Volume Method (FVM) code,
OpenFOAM, to investigate the electrospray emission behavior of low to moderate …

The recent proliferation of SmallSats and their use in increasingly demanding applications
require the development of onboard electric propulsion compatible with the power, mass …

This article presents a model for the beams of charged droplets and ions typical of
electrospray thrusters. The model is applied to a typical highly conducting propellant …

Abstract Machine learning models are applied to simulated electrospray particle data to
investigate plume dynamics from emission to final particle properties. A limited set of final …

A novel method for identifying the cone-to-jet transition region is proposed to characterize
the electrospray dynamics, and thus the Taylor cone, a fundamental principle of ion …

Electrospray devices, such as ionic liquid ion sources, often exhibit glows during operation
in high vacuum facilities. The lack of electron excitation mechanisms during electrospray …

Abstract Ionic Liquid Electrospray Thrusters (ILETs) are well suited for micro-nano satellite
applications due to their small size, low power consumption, and high specific impulse …

Abstract The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Plasma, Energy, & Space
Propulsion Laboratory (PESPL) presents the Discrete Electrospray Lagrangian Interaction …