• AEROSPACE SHANGHAI
  • Vol. 41, Issue 3, 130 (2024)
Yuxiang CHEN*, Yufeng CHENG, Jinrui ZHANG, Guangchuan ZHANG..., Haibin TANG and Weizong WANG|Show fewer author(s)
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  • School of Astronautics, Beihang University, Beijing102206, China
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    DOI: 10.19328/j.cnki.2096-8655.2024.03.014 Cite this Article
    Yuxiang CHEN, Yufeng CHENG, Jinrui ZHANG, Guangchuan ZHANG, Haibin TANG, Weizong WANG. Research Progress on the Working Mechanism of Ionic Liquid Electrospray Thrusters[J]. AEROSPACE SHANGHAI, 2024, 41(3): 130 Copy Citation Text show less
    Working principle of ionic liquid electrospray thrusters
    Fig. 1. Working principle of ionic liquid electrospray thrusters
    Prototypes of the array-type ionic liquid electrospray thruster
    Fig. 2. Prototypes of the array-type ionic liquid electrospray thruster
    Prototypes of the ionic liquid electrospray thrusters developed by the research institutions in China
    Fig. 3. Prototypes of the ionic liquid electrospray thrusters developed by the research institutions in China
    Three working processes of an ionic liquid electrospray thruster: cone jet, beam, and plume
    Fig. 4. Three working processes of an ionic liquid electrospray thruster cone jet beam and plume
    Emission modes of electrospray under different dimensionless numbers[44]
    Fig. 5. Emission modes of electrospray under different dimensionless numbers44
    Various emission modes of electrospray[53]
    Fig. 6. Various emission modes of electrospray53
    Structure of the hybrid emitter ionic liquid electrospray thruster
    Fig. 7. Structure of the hybrid emitter ionic liquid electrospray thruster
    Phase diagram of the working mode for hybrid emitters[53]
    Fig. 8. Phase diagram of the working mode for hybrid emitters53
    Beam structure of electrospray[44]
    Fig. 9. Beam structure of electrospray44
    Two neutralization modes of electrospray plumes[76]
    Fig. 10. Two neutralization modes of electrospray plumes[76]
    Half angles of plume divergence under different beam spacing[80]
    Fig. 11. Half angles of plume divergence under different beam spacing[80]
    Yuxiang CHEN, Yufeng CHENG, Jinrui ZHANG, Guangchuan ZHANG, Haibin TANG, Weizong WANG. Research Progress on the Working Mechanism of Ionic Liquid Electrospray Thrusters[J]. AEROSPACE SHANGHAI, 2024, 41(3): 130
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