Numerical study of the grid erosion of field emission electric propulsion  

作　　者：Chang LU Yang LUO Guangqing XIA Hui GAO Nuo XU 鹿畅;罗杨;夏广庆;高辉;许诺(State Key Laboratory of Structural Analysis for Industrial Equipment,Dalian University of Technology,Dalian 116024,People's Republic of China;Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Aerospace Vehicles of Liaoning Province,Dalian University of Technology,Dalian 116024,People’s Republic of China;Beijing Institute of Mechanical Equipment,Beijing 100854,People's Republic of China)

机构地区：[1]State Key Laboratory of Structural Analysis for Industrial Equipment,Dalian University of Technology,Dalian 116024,People's Republic of China [2]Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Aerospace Vehicles of Liaoning Province,Dalian University of Technology,Dalian 116024,People’s Republic of China [3]Beijing Institute of Mechanical Equipment,Beijing 100854,People's Republic of China

出　　处：《Plasma Science and Technology》2021年第10期3-10,共8页等离子体科学和技术（英文版）

基　　金：supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 11675040);the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities of China (Nos. DUT20LAB203 and DUT21GJ206);the Key Research and Development Project of Liaoning Province (No. 2020JH2/ 10500003);the Open Fund for Tianqin Project Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education (in preparation) (TQRF2020-2.5)。

摘　　要：In this paper, the immersed finite element particle-in-cell Monte Carlo collision(IFE-PIC-MCC)model is used to study the cause of the grid erosion in field emission electric propulsion(FEEP).The simulation results show that charge exchange(CEX) ions are the main cause of the grid erosion, while beam ions basically do not impinge on the grid. The CEX ions are mainly generated near the grid. Some of these CEX ions return to the upper surface, lower surface and notch side surface of the grid. The impact angle of CEX ions returning to the upper and side surfaces is large, but their energy is low, while the impact angle of CEX ions returning to the lower surface is small, but their energy is high. The above characteristics lead to the similar erosion rates of these three surfaces.

关 键 词：IFE-PIC-MCC FEEP grid erosion CEX ions 

分 类 号：V439.4[航空宇航科学与技术—航空宇航推进理论与工程]