Print Email Facebook Twitter Assessment Avenues of Plasma Modelling Codes for MPD Thrusters Title Assessment Avenues of Plasma Modelling Codes for MPD Thrusters Author Manafu, Marius (TU Delft Aerospace Engineering) Contributor Cervone, A. (mentor) Collier-Wright, M. (graduation committee) Degree granting institution Delft University of Technology Programme Aerospace Engineering Date 2022-05-06 Abstract The technology of focus in this paper, the applied-field magnetoplasmadynamic (MPD) thruster (AF-MPDT), was developed in the 1960s. However, little research has been conducted for this thruster. There is still the need for an accurate model describing the thruster's functioning, its thrust and the physical phenomenons inside.This project was conducted together with the Neutron Star Systems start-up, who are developing the SUPREME AF-MPDT. This thruster incorporates new technologies making the older simulation codes less suitable. Thus, the need for the very expensive AF-MPDT laboratory testing is reduced, new plasma models are tested faster and the operation parameters are optimised. Therefore, the goal of this project was to identify the most suitable plasma simulation software for SUPREME that can be used in the Digital Twin of an AF-MPD thruster, supported by a set of requirements and a number of important parameters. Subject AF-MPDElectric thrusterSuperconductorsMagnetic fieldElectric fieldHigh-power thrusterPlasma simulationRequirements To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:3f422b29-0eda-4152-be7e-6155828fc27f Part of collection Student theses Document type master thesis Rights © 2022 Marius Manafu Files PDF Manafu_TU_Delft_NSS_thesi ... ficial.pdf 3.47 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:3f422b29-0eda-4152-be7e-6155828fc27f/datastream/OBJ/view