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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Fig. 1. Working principle of ionic liquid electrospray thrusters

Fig. 2. Prototypes of the array-type ionic liquid electrospray thruster

Fig. 3. Prototypes of the ionic liquid electrospray thrusters developed by the research institutions in China

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]](/Images/icon/loading.gif)
Fig. 5. Emission modes of electrospray under different dimensionless numbers[44]
![Various emission modes of electrospray[53]](/Images/icon/loading.gif)
Fig. 6. Various emission modes of electrospray[53]

Fig. 7. Structure of the hybrid emitter ionic liquid electrospray thruster
![Phase diagram of the working mode for hybrid emitters[53]](/Images/icon/loading.gif)
Fig. 8. Phase diagram of the working mode for hybrid emitters[53]
![Beam structure of electrospray[44]](/Images/icon/loading.gif)
Fig. 9. Beam structure of electrospray[44]
![Two neutralization modes of electrospray plumes[76]](/Images/icon/loading.gif)
Fig. 10. Two neutralization modes of electrospray plumes[76]
![Half angles of plume divergence under different beam spacing[80]](/Images/icon/loading.gif)
Fig. 11. Half angles of plume divergence under different beam spacing[80]

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