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Fully kinetic simulation of CO2 discharge in a 100 W-class hall thruster

Shu Tokuda, Shinatora Cho, Hiroki Watanabe, Yasushi Ohkawa, Kiyoshi Kinefuchi, Kento Takeuchi, Makoto Matsui2025年8月Plasma Physics and Controlled FusionIF 2.2出版社

Hall thrusters are a type of electric propulsion. CO2 is a promising candidate as a propellant of the thruster, advantageous in terms of cost, storage, and in-situ resource utilization. This study is the first to simulate the discharge of a Hall thruster using CO2 propellant using a fully kinetic particle-in-cell model. The code was based on existing code developed for Xe with the collision model applied to CO2. Collisions were selected by mean free path analysis, and the collision model was verified using fluid model with assumed Maxwellian distribution. Simulations applying the collision model evaluated sensitivity of artificial mass ratio. In the validation, thrust performance and the produced ion fraction at a discharge voltage of 200 V were compared with experimental results. Further, by increasing the anode mass flow rate, the effect of background pressure, which is important in the experiment, was estimated, and its sensitivity was analyzed. The CO2 discharge had a high sensitivity of discharge current to anode mass flow rate. This relation was observed in the simulation. The produced ion fraction of CO2+ and CO+ differed partially from the experiment because dissociation and multi-step ionization of CO2 were not included in the model. These results suggest a model including such collisions is needed.

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CO2を推進剤とするホールスラスタの完全運動論シミュレーション
JAこの論文は、ホールスラスタの研究開発に携わる研究者や学生に有用です。CO2推進剤の利用を検討する宇宙機関や企業にも参考になるでしょう。#HallThruster #CO2Propellant #KineticSimulation
LLM向け: {'Title': 'CO2を推進剤とするホールスラスタの完全運動論シミュレーション', 'Author(s)': '不明', 'Research Object…

この研究は、CO2推進剤を用いたホールスラスタの放電を完全運動論的なシミュレーションで初めて解析しています。CO2はコスト、貯蔵、その場利用の観点で有望な推進剤ですが、解離や多段階電離などの複雑な物理過程が含まれます。本研究では、既存のXeモデルをベースにCO2の衝突モデルを組み込み、放電特性や生成イオン種の再現性を検証しています。

Fully kinetic simulation of CO2 discharge in a 100 W-class hall thruster
ENThis paper is targeted at fusion researchers and engineers interested in exploring alternative propellants for Hall thrusters, which are a type of electric propulsion system. The findings can help improve the design and performance of Hall thrusters using CO2 propellant.#HallThruster #CO2Propellant #ElectricPropulsion #KineticSimulation
LLM向け: {'Title': 'Fully kinetic simulation of CO2 discharge in a 100 W-class hall thrus…

This study simulates the discharge of a Hall thruster using CO2 propellant, a promising alternative to traditional Xe. The researchers developed a fully kinetic particle-in-cell model to understand the complex CO2 discharge behavior, including sensitivity to anode mass flow rate and the production of CO2+ and CO+ ions.

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