著者
松井 信 池本 智之 高柳 大樹 小紫 公也 荒川 義博
出版者
一般社団法人 日本航空宇宙学会
雑誌
宇宙技術 (ISSN:13473832)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.5, pp.27-31, 2006 (Released:2006-09-30)
参考文献数
21

An arc-heater using a zirconium cathode was developed as an atomic-oxygen generator. With pre-mixed argon-oxygen injection, stable discharge was maintained for more than three hours, and the cathode erosion rate was as low as 1.7x10-5 g/s. The plume temperature and velocity distributions were measured and chemical composition and total specific enthalpy was evaluated by laser absorption spectroscopy. As a result, in the center area of the plume, the degree of dissociation in oxygen was found almost 100% with the total specific enthalpy of 4.5±0.1 MJ/kg.