Design Development and Test of the RIT-ÁX Mini Ion Engine System
Design Development and Test of the RIT-ÁX Mini Ion Engine System
Design Development and Test of the RIT-ÁX Mini Ion Engine System
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Thrust [µN]<br />
500<br />
450<br />
400<br />
350<br />
300<br />
250<br />
200<br />
150<br />
100<br />
50<br />
12:00 01:00 02:00 03:00 04:00 05:00 06:00 07:00<br />
Time [hh:mm]<br />
THRUST<br />
Figure 5 <strong>RIT</strong>-µX 50µN Thrust stepping Figure 6 Thrust linearity<br />
Thrust [µN]<br />
550<br />
500<br />
450<br />
400<br />
350<br />
300<br />
250<br />
200<br />
06:15 06:30 06:45 07:00 07:15 07:30 07:45<br />
Time [hh:mm]<br />
THRUST<br />
Figure 7 Thrust Stepping I - wide thrust range<br />
variation<br />
Thrust [µN]<br />
500.5<br />
500.4<br />
500.3<br />
500.2<br />
500.1<br />
500.0<br />
499.9<br />
499.8<br />
499.7<br />
499.6<br />
Window for Data Evaluation<br />
499.5<br />
04:30 07:30 10:30 01:30 04:30 07:30 10:30<br />
Time [hh:mm]<br />
THRUST<br />
Main Door <strong>of</strong> Gießen<br />
<strong>Test</strong> Vacility opened<br />
0<br />
0 100 200 300 400 500<br />
8<br />
The 31st International Electric Propulsion Conference, University <strong>of</strong> Michigan, USA<br />
September 20 – 24, 2009<br />
Thrust Response Value [µN]<br />
Thrust [µN]<br />
500<br />
400<br />
300<br />
200<br />
100<br />
510<br />
505<br />
500<br />
495<br />
490<br />
Thrust Set-Value [µN]<br />
THRUST<br />
Linear Fit <strong>of</strong> Dlin3_THRUST<br />
06:40 06:45 06:50 06:55 07:00 07:05 07:10 07:15 07:20 07:25<br />
Time<br />
THRUST<br />
Figure 8 Thrust Variation II - Small varaitions on <strong>the</strong><br />
maximum nominal thrust level<br />
Thrust Noise Density [N/Hz^0.5]<br />
1E-5<br />
1E-6<br />
1E-7<br />
1E-8<br />
LISA Requirement<br />
Frequency <strong>of</strong><br />
Cryo Pumps<br />
1E-9<br />
1E-4 1E-3 0.01 0.1 1 10<br />
Frequency [Hz]<br />
Figure 9 Thrust vs. time plot for <strong>the</strong> 500µN Figure 10 Thrust noise density - 500µN Thrust