Studies of the power of high-frequency losses in the toroidal resonator of a prototype of the high-frequency ion thruster
https://doi.org/10.25206/2588-0373-2025-9-3-92-100
EDN: TUYNLK
Abstract
The authors present a prototype of an accelerator micro thruster for a small spacecraft with a maximum power consumption of 5 W. The design is demonstrated and the main structural elements are described. Moreover, the paper also presents vacuum calorimetric studies of the power of high-frequency losses in the volume of a toroidal resonator for various working fields: air, helium, carbon dioxide, nitrogen, argon and water vapor. Due to the joint measurement of the main frequencies of the oscillator with calorimetric studies, the electrical capacitances of the oscillating circuit are obtained. With prototype 4–4.8 power consumption the calculated values of accelerating alternating voltages are 199.65–287.9 V for various gases. The measured power of high-frequency losses is 0.088–0.183 W, which is no more than 4 % of the total power consumption.
About the Authors
I. S. Vavilov
Omsk State Technical University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
VAVILOV Igor Sergeevich, Candidate of Technical Sciences, Associate Professor of the Aircraft and Rocket Building Department
Omsk, Mira Ave., 11, 644050
AuthorID (RCSI): 518332
AuthorID (SCOPUS): 56610211900
ResearcherID: B-2634-2014
K. I. Zharikov
Omsk State Technical University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
ZHARIKOV Konstantin Igorevich, Candidate of Technical Sciences, Associate Professor of the Aircraft and Rocket Building Department
Omsk, Mira Ave., 11, 644050
AuthorID (SCOPUS): 57192074889
ResearcherID: E-9087-2014
P. S. Yachmenev
Omsk State Technical University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
YACHMENEV Pavel Sergeevich, Assistant, Postgraduate of the Aircraft and Rocket Building Department
Omsk, Mira Ave., 11, 644050
AuthorID (SCOPUS): 57193405041
ResearcherID: P-5381-2016
I. A. Kuzmenko
Omsk State Technical University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
KUZMENKO Irina Anatolievna, Senior Lecturer of the Aircraft and Rocket Building Department
Omsk, Mira Ave., 11, 644050
AuthorID (SCOPUS): 686832
I. V. Volod’kov
Omsk State Technical University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
VOLOD’KOV Ilya Vladislavovich, Master’s Student of the РКм-231 group of the Aircraft and Rocket Building Department
Omsk, Mira Ave., 11, 644050
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Vavilov I.S., Zharikov K.I., Yachmenev P.S., Kuzmenko I.A., Volod’kov I.V. Studies of the power of high-frequency losses in the toroidal resonator of a prototype of the high-frequency ion thruster. Omsk Scientific Bulletin. Series Aviation-Rocket and Power Engineering. 2025;9(3):92-100. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.25206/2588-0373-2025-9-3-92-100. EDN: TUYNLK
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