Published October 1974 | Version v1
Journal article

Power conditioning and control of an ion thruster using cesium surface ionization

  • 1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 31 - Toulouse (France). Lab. d'Automatique et d'Analyse des Systemes

Description

The results obtained during the design and elaboration of the power conditioning and command system for an ion thruster using cesium surface ionization, are presented. After a description of the mass dimensioning of the thruster and the determination of the parameters of the different supply units, the design of the system is presented. A description of the principal electrical characteristics of the different models which were elaborated is given

Abstract (French)

On presente les resultats obtenus lors de la conception et de la realisation du systeme de conditionnement de puissance et de commande pour un propulseur a ionisation de cesium par contact. L'analyse de l'expression du bilan de masse du systeme et son optimisation conduisent a la determination des parametres des differentes alimentations. On expose dans la derniere partie la conception du systeme et on donne les principales caracteristiques electriques des differentes maquettes realisees

Additional details

Additional titles

Original title (French)
Conditionnement de puissance et commande d'un propulseur a ionisation de cesium par contact

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Acta Electron.
Journal Volume
17
Journal Issue
4
Series
Acta Electron.
Journal Page Range
469-476

INIS

Country of Publication
France
Country of Input or Organization
France
INIS RN
6216546
Subject category
S30: DIRECT ENERGY CONVERSION;
Descriptors DEI
CESIUM; CONTROL SYSTEMS; ION THRUSTERS; IONIZATION; PROPULSION; SATELLITES; SPECIFICATIONS; SURFACE IONIZATION
Descriptors DEC
ALKALI METALS; ELEMENTS; METALS