Characteristics of Arcjet power conditioning unit

  • Shu Jun Chen*
  • , Ze Wei Liu
  • , Zhen Yang Lu
  • , Hai Bin Tang
  • , Jin Liu
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

To improve the stability of Arcjet discharge plasma in low current and high voltage mode, research on the demand of output characteristics of Arcjet Power Conditioning Unit (PCU) was conducted. In this paper, based on PWM invertors and current mode control, using MOSFET as the main power device, an Arcjet Power Conditioning Unit was developed. Through adding a closed loop feedback circuit of output voltage, it can make the output characteristics of PCU be positive resistance to ensure the stability of Arcjet discharge plasma. The experiment indicates that this PCU can make Arcjet engine work at high voltage mode (100 V, 10 A) and ensure the stability of arcjet discharge plasma. Finally, it provides the experimental data of Arcjet when working.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1127-1131
Number of pages5
JournalBeijing Gongye Daxue Xuebao / Journal of Beijing University of Technology
Volume34
Issue number11
StatePublished - Nov 2008

Keywords

  • Arcjet
  • Current mode
  • Invertors
  • Stability

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