Electrothermal microthruster
Angelo Cervone (Space Systems Egineering)
Dadui Cordeiro Cordeiro Guerrieri (Space Systems Egineering)
Marsil A.C. de Athayde Costa e Silva (Space Systems Egineering)
F.K. Leverone (Space Systems Egineering)
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Abstract
Electrothermal propulsion can be seen as an intermediate concept between electrical and chemical propulsion. Propellant heating typically happens by means of a resistance (resistojet) or an electrical discharge (arcjet). For the extremely miniaturized applications that will be discussed in this chapter, resistojets are by far the most commonly used form of electrothermal thrusters.