螺旋波等离子体推进研究进展

Progress on the research of helicon plasma thruster

螺旋波等离子体推力器是一种新概念磁等离子体推进装置,以其电离率高、无电极烧蚀、寿命长、比冲高等优点受到国内外学者的广泛关注,该新型推力器在未来长寿命深空探测器和卫星的动力系统中具有广阔的应用前景。概述了螺旋波等离子体推力器的系统组成和工作原理、重点介绍了该推力器的研究进展、现状和关键技术,总结了国外在研的四种典型的推力器结构类型,并根据实际情况,提出了国内螺旋波技术在电推进领域的研究方向和发展思路。

The system structure and functional principle of electrode needless magnetized plasma propulsion device,helicon plasma thruster（HPT）,with the potential applications in the power system of deep space probes and long-life satellites,were introduced.The research progress,performance characteristics and key technologies of HPT were discussed and its typical structure was summarized.According to our studies,some suggestions are presented.