EP0650557B1 - Moteur a plasma a derive fermee d'electrons - Google Patents

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EP0650557B1
EP0650557B1 EP92919481A EP92919481A EP0650557B1 EP 0650557 B1 EP0650557 B1 EP 0650557B1 EP 92919481 A EP92919481 A EP 92919481A EP 92919481 A EP92919481 A EP 92919481A EP 0650557 B1 EP0650557 B1 EP 0650557B1
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Alexei 7 Maréchal Novirov MOROZOV
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Alexei Tchertanovskaia 34 Dessijatskov
Dominique Valentian
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F03—MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS; WIND, SPRING, OR WEIGHT MOTORS; PRODUCING MECHANICAL POWER OR A REACTIVE PROPULSIVE THRUST, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F03H—PRODUCING A REACTIVE PROPULSIVE THRUST, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F03H1/00—Using plasma to produce a reactive propulsive thrust
    • F03H1/0037—Electrostatic ion thrusters
    • F03H1/0062—Electrostatic ion thrusters grid-less with an applied magnetic field
    • F03H1/0075—Electrostatic ion thrusters grid-less with an applied magnetic field with an annular channel; Hall-effect thrusters with closed electron drift
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H05—ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H05H—PLASMA TECHNIQUE; PRODUCTION OF ACCELERATED ELECTRICALLY-CHARGED PARTICLES OR OF NEUTRONS; PRODUCTION OR ACCELERATION OF NEUTRAL MOLECULAR OR ATOMIC BEAMS
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  • the present invention relates to plasma motors applied in particular to space propulsion and more particularly plasma motors of the closed electron drift type also called stationary plasma motors or in the United States of America "Hall motors".
  • Electric motors are mainly intended for space propulsion applications.
  • sources of ions or plasma they are also used for terrestrial applications, in particular for ionic machining. Thanks to their high specific impulse (from 1500 to 6000s) they allow considerable gains in mass on satellites compared to engines using chemical propulsion.
  • Ion thrusters can be divided into several categories.
  • a first type of ion propellant is thus constituted by a bombardment ionization engine also called the Kaufman engine. Examples of such a type of propellant are described in particular in documents EP-A-0 132 065, WO 89/05404 and EP-A-0 468 706.
  • propellant atoms are introduced under low pressure into a discharge chamber where they are bombarded by electrons emitted by a hollow cathode and collected by an anode.
  • the ionization process is increased by the presence of a magnetic field.
  • a certain number of atom-electron collisions lead to the creation of a plasma, the ions of which are attracted by the acceleration electrodes (output grids), themselves at a negative potential compared to the plasma potential.
  • the electrodes concentrate and accelerate the ions leaving the propellant in broad radiation.
  • the ion radiation is then neutralized by a flow of electrons emitted from an external hollow cathode, called a neutralizer.
  • the specific pulses (Isp) obtained by this type of propellants are of the order of 3000 seconds and beyond.
  • the power required is around 30W per mN of thrust.
  • ionization motors are constituted by radio frequency ionization motors, contact ionization motors or even field emission motors.
  • An annular channel 1 defined by a piece 2 of insulating material is placed in an electromagnet comprising external annular pole pieces 3 and internal 4 placed respectively outside and inside the piece 2 of insulating material, a cylinder head magnetic 12 arranged upstream of the motor and electromagnet coils 11 which extend over the entire length of the channel 1 and are mounted in series around magnetic cores 10 connecting the external pole piece 3 to the cylinder head 12.
  • a cathode hollow 7, connected to ground, is coupled to a xenon supply device to form a plasma cloud in front of the downstream outlet of the channel 1.
  • An annular anode 5 connected to the positive pole of an electrical power source for example of 300 volts is disposed in the closed upstream part of the annular channel 1.
  • a xenon injection tube 6, cooperating with a thermal insulator and electric 8 opens into an annular distribution channel 9 disposed immediately in the vicinity of the annular anode.
  • the ionization and neutralization electrons come from the hollow cathode 7.
  • the ionization electrons are drawn into the insulating annular channel 1 by the electric field prevailing between the anode 5 and the plasma cloud coming from the cathode 7.
  • the ionization electrons take a drift trajectory in azimuth necessary to maintain the electric field in the channel.
  • the ionization electrons then drift along closed paths inside the insulating channel, hence the name of the engine.
  • the specific pulse obtained by conventional ion engines with closed electron drift operating with xenon is of the order of 1000 to 2500 seconds.
  • the divergence of the jet causes wear of the wall of the insulating channel, the material of which is usually a mixture of boron nitride and alumina.
  • the lifespan of such an engine is around 3000 h.
  • the object of the present invention is to remedy the drawbacks of known plasma motors and more particularly to modify plasma motors with closed electron drift in order to improve their technical characteristics and in particular to allow better organization of the ionization zone. without creating as much space charge as in ion bombardment engines for example.
  • the invention also aims to reduce the divergence of the beam and increase the density of the ion beam, the electrical efficiency, the specific pulse and the lifetime.
  • a plasma engine with closed electron drift comprising a main annular ionization and acceleration channel delimited by pieces of insulating material and open at its downstream end, at least one hollow cathode disposed at outside the main annular channel on the side of the downstream part thereof, an annular anode concentric with the main annular channel and disposed at a distance from the open downstream end, first and second means for supplying ionizable gas associated respectively at the hollow cathode and at the annular anode, a magnetic circuit for creating a magnetic field in the main annular channel, and an annular buffer chamber which has in the radial direction a dimension larger than that of the main annular channel and s extends upstream thereof beyond the zone in which the annular anode is placed, the second means for supplying ionizable gas d plugging in the annular buffer chamber upstream of the anode through an annular distributor in a zone distinct from the zone carrying the anode, and the magnetic circuit comprising several distinct means for creating
  • the buffer chamber has a dimension in the radial direction which is of the order of twice the radial dimension of the main channel.
  • the buffer chamber has in the axial direction a dimension which is of the order of 1.5 times the radial dimension of the main channel.
  • the first, second and third means of creation magnets have different sizes.
  • the first, second and third magnetic creation means are constituted by induction coils.
  • the first, second and third means for creating a magnetic field are formed at least partially by permanent magnets whose Curie point is higher than the engine operating temperature.
  • FIG. 1 shows an example of a plasma engine 20 with closed electron drift according to the invention, which comprises a set of parts 22 of insulating material delimiting an annular channel 21 formed upstream of a first part constituted by a buffer chamber 23 and downstream of a second part constituted by an acceleration channel 24.
  • the annular chamber 23 preferably has a dimension in the radial direction which is of the order of twice the dimension in the radial direction of the annular acceleration channel 24.
  • the buffer chamber 23 can be a little more shorter than the acceleration channel 24 and advantageously has a length which is of the order of one and a half times the dimension d in the radial direction of the acceleration channel 24.
  • the line 43 for supplying the anode 25 is disposed in an insulating tube 45 which passes through the bottom of the engine constituted by a plate 36 forming magnetic yoke and parts 223,224 of insulating material delimiting the buffer chamber 23.
  • a tube 26 for supplying ionizable gas such as xenon also passes through the cylinder head 36 and the bottom 223 of the buffer chamber 23 to open into an annular gas distributor 27 placed in the bottom of the buffer chamber 23.
  • the channel 21 delimited by all of the insulating parts 22 is placed in a magnetic circuit essentially composed of three coils 31,32,33 and pole pieces 34,35.
  • Outer 34 and inner 35 flat pole pieces are placed in the motor outlet plane outside the acceleration channel 24 and determine magnetic field lines which, at the open downstream part of the acceleration channel 24, are substantially parallel to the output plane 59 of the motor 20.
  • the magnetic circuit consisting of the pole pieces 34 and 35 is closed by an axial central core 38 and connecting bars 37 arranged at the periphery of the motor in an essentially cylindrical configuration, the central core 38 made of ferromagnetic material and the connecting bars 37 made of ferromagnetic material being in contact with the rear cylinder head 36.
  • the cylinder head 36 which is made of ferromagnetic material and constitutes the bottom of the engine can be protected by one or more layers 30 of thermally insulating material which eliminates the heat flux radiated towards the satellite.
  • An anti-pollution screen 39 can also be arranged between the insulating parts 22 and the connecting bars 37.
  • the connecting bars 37 and the screen 39 are replaced by a cylindrical or cylindroconical shell which plays both role of closing the magnetic circuit and screen.
  • the screen 39 must not oppose the cooling of the engine. It must therefore either receive an internal and external emissive coating, or be applied so as to allow direct radiation towards space.
  • the electrons necessary for the operation of the engine are supplied by a hollow cathode 40 which can be of conventional design.
  • the cathode 40 which is electrically connected by a line 42 to the negative pole of the voltage source 44, has a circuit 41 for supplying ionizable gas such as xenon, and is located downstream of the outlet zone of the channel acceleration 24.
  • the hollow cathode 40 provides a plasma 29 substantially at the reference potential from which the electrons are extracted going towards the anode 25 under the effect of the electrostatic field E due to the difference between the anode 25 and the cathode 40.
  • the field at the outlet of channel 24 is 150 to 200 Oe.
  • the primary electrons are accelerated by the electrostatic field E, they then strike the wall of the insulator 22, which provides secondary electrons of lower energy.
  • the xenon ions thus formed are accelerated by the electrostatic field E in the acceleration channel 24.
  • the ion beam is neutralized by a portion of the electrons from the hollow cathode 40.
  • the control of the radial magnetic field gradient obtained thanks to the arrangement of the coils 31 to 33 and the pole pieces 34 and 35 makes it possible to separate the ion acceleration functions of the ionization function obtained in an area close to the anode 25.
  • This ionization area can extend partially in the buffer chamber 23.
  • An important characteristic of the invention lies in the existence of a buffer chamber 23 which makes it possible to optimize the ionization zone.
  • the buffer chamber 23 promotes the reduction of the plasma concentration gradient along the radius as well as the cooling of the electrons at the entrance to the acceleration channel 24, which reduces the divergence of the ion beam on the walls and thus avoids losses of 'ions by collision with the latter, which has the effect of increasing the efficiency and reducing the divergence of the beam at the output of the engine.
  • Another important characteristic of the invention lies in the presence of three coils 31 to 33 which can have different dimensions and make it possible to optimize the magnetic field thanks to their specific location.
  • a first coil 31 is disposed around and outside the main channel 24 in the vicinity of the downstream end 225 thereof.
  • a second coil 32 is disposed around the central core 38 in an area facing the anode 25 and extending partially opposite the buffer chamber 23.
  • a third coil 33 is disposed around the central core 38 between the second coil 32 and the downstream end 225 of the main acceleration channel 24.
  • the coils 31,32,33 can have different sizes as shown in FIG. 1. The presence of three well differentiated coils 31,32,33 has as a consequence the creation of better directed field lines which make it possible to obtain a better channeled and more parallel jet than on conventional motors.
  • the coils 31 to 33 for creating a magnetic field can be replaced at least partially by permanent magnets whose Curie point is higher than the engine operating temperature.
  • the annular coil 31 could also be replaced by a set of individual coils and arranged around the various connecting bars 37 constituting the peripheral magnetic circuit.
  • All of the induction coils 31, 32 and 33 can also be mounted in series with the electric power source 44 and the cathode 40 of so as to achieve self-regulation of the discharge current.
  • the coils 31, 32, 33 can be made of copper wire coated with a high temperature mineral insulator.
  • the coils 31 to 33 may also consist of wire of the coaxial type with mineral insulation.
  • the magnetic material of the circuit consisting of the pole pieces 34, 35, the central core 38, the bars 37 and the cylinder head 36 can be soft iron, ultra-pure iron, or an iron-chromium alloy with high permeability. magnetic.
  • the cooling of the coils 32 and 33 can be improved by a heat pipe placed in the axis of the magnetic core 38 and rejecting the heat towards the cylinder head 36 and the internal radial pole piece 35 radiating towards space.
  • the pole pieces 34 and 35 may have a dimension of the order of twenty millimeters in the axial direction.
  • the number of ampere-turns of each coil 31, 32, 33 and the ratio between the length and the diameter of each of these coils are determined so as to produce in the acceleration channel an essentially radial magnetic field, the maximum of which is located in the outlet plane 59 of the engine, the field lines of which near the outlet 225 are essentially parallel to the outlet face 59 and the field lines of which in the vicinity of the anode 25 are essentially arranged so as to favor the propellant gas in this region.
  • Examples of ion propellant according to the invention combining the presence of a buffer chamber 23 and a set of differentiated coils 31, 32, 33 have made it possible to obtain an electrical efficiency of the order of 50 to 70%, ie a improvement on average of 10 to 25% compared to previously known systems.
  • the motor according to the invention allows a higher thrust density (for example of the order of 1 to 2 mN / cm 2 of areolar thrust density), therefore a smaller and lighter motor with isotropy , with excellent yield.
  • the known motors show a service life of the order of 3000 hours.
  • a plasma motor according to the present invention allows obtain a lifespan of at least 5000 to 6000 hours due to the lower erosion of the channel 24 linked to the better cylindricity of the ionized jet.
  • the plasma motor according to the invention can be the subject of numerous variant embodiments.
  • the insulator 22 can be fixed vis-à-vis one of the pole pieces, for example 34, using an elastic intermediate piece 62 made of metal whose coefficient of expansion is close to that of ceramic (FIG. 9).
  • the pieces 22 delimiting the channel 24 can have a heel 61 for retaining the elastic intermediate piece 62 and the fixing of the latter on the pole piece 34 can be done by a connecting screw 63.
  • connection between a ceramic material constituting the insulating parts 22 and the metal of the pole pieces 34, 35 can also be obtained for example by brazing, by diffusion welding, by sintering of a ceramic-metallic composition or by hot isostatic pressing.
  • the power dissipated in the form of heat losses in the anode 25 and the channel 24 can be evacuated by radiation from the channel 24 to the space downstream as well as by the radiation from the magnetic circuit.
  • the latter can be surrounded by a screen 39 located between the pole piece 34 and the yoke 36, as indicated above. To allow its cooling by radiation, this screen 39 is covered with a high-emissivity coating, or perforated. In the latter case, the size of the holes must be small enough to prevent penetration of the plasma.
  • the xenon distributor 27 can be made of stainless steel or niobium or even of the same ceramic as the insulating parts 22.
  • the anode 25 can itself be made, for example, of stainless steel, nickel alloy, niobium or graphite.
  • the electrical supply of the anode 25 is effected by a hermetic ceramic / metal passage.
  • the xenon supply to the annular distributor 27 can be carried out by means of an insulating tube if the distributor 27 is itself metallic, in order to prevent a discharge between the anode 25 occurring in the buffer chamber 23 and the distributor 27 which would be grounded in the absence of an insulating tube.
  • FIG. 3 shows an example of an insulating tube 300 for a metallic distributor 127 which, according to an alternative embodiment, is not disposed in the bottom of the buffer chamber 23, but in the downstream part of this chamber 23 while being separated from the anode 25 itself placed at the entrance to the acceleration channel 24.
  • This insulating tube can also be arranged radially at the periphery of the chamber.
  • the insulating tube 300 comprises, for example, a ceramic tube 301 brazed at both ends on metal end pieces 302 and internally filled with a lining 303 which may be made of ceramic felt, in a bed of insulating granules or still formed of a stack of insulating plates and metal grids.
  • the insulating tube 300 is placed along the acceleration channel 24 between the buffer chamber 23 and the coil 31 so as to minimize the total length of the engine.
  • the insulating tube 300 could also be placed between the cylinder head 36 and the buffer chamber 23.
  • the insulating parts 22 delimiting the buffer chamber 23 and the acceleration channel 24 can have various configurations, as can the anode 25 which can be cylindrical ( Figures 1,4,7) or conical ( Figures 5 and 6).
  • an internal annular part 221 and complementary parts 222, 223, 224 attached to the internal part 221 delimit the buffer chamber 23 and the annular channel 24 while allowing the distributor 27 and the anode 25 to be mounted.
  • the pieces of insulating material defining the main channel 24 and the buffer chamber 23 comprise a first part 22c forming an external wall of the buffer chamber 23 and of the main channel 24 and a second part 22d forming a wall internal of the buffer chamber 23 and the main channel 24 and the distributor 27 in ionizable gas placed in the buffer chamber 23 itself constitutes a connecting element between said first and second parts 22c, 22d.
  • the conical anode 50 can be mounted upstream on a conical transition portion 56 between the buffer chamber 23 and the acceleration channel 24.
  • the pieces of insulating material defining the main channel 24 and the buffer chamber 23 comprise a first part 22a forming the wall of the buffer chamber 23 and the internal wall of the main channel 24 and a second part 22b forming the outer wall of the main channel 24 and the anode is sealed by portions 51, 52 between the first and second parts 22a, 22b.
  • Reference 53 designates an optional cover.
  • the distributor 27 can be introduced downstream.
  • the embodiment of Figure 5 is similar to that of Figure 4 but shows a conical anode 50 sealed by portions 54,55 between the first and second parts 22a, 22b.
  • the anode is attached to one face of the parts 22 of insulating material at the junction between the buffer chamber 23 and the main channel 24.
  • the anode 25 is produced in several sections electrically connected to each other (link 57).
  • the distributor 27 can be introduced downstream. There is at the junction 58 between the parts 22e and 22f made of insulating material, a ceramic-ceramic seal allowing the channel to be produced from two separate elements.
  • FIG. 8 shows an exemplary implementation in which the outer shell 75 made of magnetic material also constitutes an interface for fixing the engine to the structure 72 of a satellite.
  • the reference 71 designates the mechanical interface of the engine and the reference 72 the wall of the satellite parallel to the north-south axis of the geostationary satellite.
  • the angle a represents the angle of inclination of the engine relative to the north-south axis 73 of the satellite.
  • b which is here always less than a represents the half-angle of divergence of the ion beam.
  • Radiation windows 74 are pierced in the shell 75 and covered with a perforated screen 76 which may be a metal screen.

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