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SHU Mintao, WANG Guodong, XU Zhuangzhuang, YAO Jikai, QIAN Du. Simulation Study on Discharge Characteristics of Radio Frequency Ion Thruster with Iodine Working Medium[J]. CHINESE JOURNAL OF VACUUM SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, 2024, 44(2): 125-131. DOI: 10.13922/j.cnki.cjvst.202307002
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Iodine, as a potential working medium in space thrusters, has attracted much attention in recent years. Unlike xenon, the discharge products of iodine working medium are more complex, containing small amounts of I−, I2+, I2+ and I3+. Although the content of polyvalent ions is small, it has a great influence on the working performance of thrusters. In this paper, a two-dimensional axisymmetric model is established based on plasma discharge, studying the effects of mass flow rate, RF power and background pressure on two main ionization products, I+ and I2+. When the mass flow rate ranges from 20 to 70 mL/min, I+ slightly decreases and I2+ slightly increases with the increase of mass flow rate. When the RF power ranges from 100 to 650 W, I+ increases rapidly with the increase of RF power, and I2+ decreases slightly. When the background pressure ranges from 0.001 to 0.1 Torr, I+ initially increases rapidly with the increase of background pressure and it begins to decrease at around p0= 0.015 Torr. I2+ has maintained a slow increase. Ignoring the influence of ionization loss, conducting a full factor design of experiment (DOE) of the three influencing factors. When the mass flow rate is 60 mL/min, the RF power is 150 W, and the background pressure is 0.015 Torr, obtaining the optimal product I2+:I+=0.204094, which is consistent with the simulation result I2+:I+=0.205069, and the error is 0.48%.
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