Generation of Atomic Oxygen Flow by a Zirconium Cathode Arc-Heater
ジルコニウム陰極を用いたアーク風洞による原子状酸素気流の生成

Makoto MATSUI, Tomoyuki IKEMOTO, Hiroki TAKAYANAGI, Kimiya KOMURASAKI, Yoshihiro ARAKAWA
2006 SPACE TECHNOLOGY JAPAN THE JAPAN SOCIETY FOR AERONAUTICAL AND SPACE SCIENCES  
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 1.7 10 -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
more » ... most 100% with the total specific enthalpy of 4.5±0.1 MJ/kg. 10 (30)
doi:10.2322/stj.5.27 fatcat:xvkpfrheure4tma4nvhipbfzwe