Thruster channel

  Material: Boron nitride
  Outer diameter: 9 cm
  Inner diameter:  5.4 cm

  Input power range: 0.4-1 kW
 

  Discharge voltage: 200-400 V
 

  Flow rate (Xenon): 15-30 sccm
 

  Thrust: 20-50 mN
 

  Isp: 1200-2000 sec
 

  Efficiency: 30 – 55%
  (with no cathode flow)

    This is the first PPPL Hall thruster designed and built in 1999. It has an original flexible design with two electromagnets (inner and outer) and shaped magnetic screen to allow an extended operating range (>1 kW). Our initial results on the effects of segmented electrodes were obtained for this thruster.