[B-5] Arcjets / MPD Thrusters

[2022-b-22] Performance Characteristics of High-Thrust High-specific-Impulse Steady-State Magneto-Plasma-Dynamic Thrusters for Transportation in the Solar System -Use of Carbon Dioxide, Methane, Ammonia, Hydrogen, Helium, Air and Water/Ice etc. in the Planets and Satellites to Propellants-

*Ayano Yoshida¹, Ryo Ikemoto¹, Kazuki Shibutani¹, Kentaro Kaji¹, Hirokazu Tahara¹, Ai Momozawa², Daisuke Nakata³, Tomoyuki Ikeda⁴, Yoshiyuki Takao⁵, Takashi Wakizono⁶, Masaya Toyama⁷ (1. Osaka Sangyo University, Department of Mechanical Engineering , 2. Tokyo City University, 3. Muroran Institute of Technology, 4. Tokai University, 5. Nishinippon Institute of Technology, 6. High Serve, Inc., 7. Pasett, Inc.)

Keywords:Electric Propulsion, Magnetoplasmadynamic (MPD) Thruster, Applied Magnetic Field, Solar System, In-Space Propulsion