Development of a multikilowatt ion thruster power processor
- Author
- Biess, J. J.
- Published
- Nov 1, 1972.
- Physical Description
- 1 electronic document
- Additional Creators
- Schoenfeld, A. D. and Goldin, D. S.
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- A feasibility study was made of the application of silicon-controlled, rectifier series, resonant inverter, power conditioning technology to electric propulsion power processing operating from a 200 to 400 Vdc solar array bus. A power system block diagram was generated to meet the electrical requirements of a 20 CM hollow cathode, mercury bombardment, ion engine. The SCR series resonant inverter was developed as a primary means of power switching and conversion, and the analog signal-to-discrete-time-interval converter control system was applied to achieve good regulation. A complete breadboard was designed, fabricated, and tested with a resistive load bank, and critical power processor areas relating to efficiency, weight, and part count were identified.
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- NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) Collection.
- Note
- Document ID: 19730003077.
Accession ID: 73N11804.
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