The electrodeless plasma thruster is a spacecraft propulsion engine commercialized under the acronym "E-IMPAcT" for "Electrodeless-Ionization Magnetized Ponderomotive Acceleration Thruster".

For the past five years, the Elwing Company has developed the electrodeless plasma thruster concept to leverage the plasma density independence of the ponderomotive force acceleration.

Jun 20, 2017 · The physics of electrodeless electric thrusters that use directed plasma to propel spacecraft without employing electrodes subject to plasma erosion is reviewed. Electrodeless plasma thrusters are potentially more durable than presently deployed thrusters that use electrodes such as gridded ion, Hall thrusters, arcjets and resistojets.

The goal of the Electrodeless Lorentz Force Thruster (ELF) program is to develop a new type of plasma thruster that is capable of efficiently accelerating virtually any type of propellant to high velocities (10000-40000 m/s), and is capable of high power operation (>100 kW).

Aug 1, 2017 · The physics of electrodeless electric thrusters that use directed plasma to propel spacecraft without employing electrodes subject to plasma erosion is reviewed.

General Overview of the Electrodeless Plasma Thruster Concept & Structure The Elwing Company has developed a new type of plasma thruster which would not be subject to thrust density limitations, such as can be observed in plasma thruster in which plasma velocity is increased by the action of a static

Jul 9, 2024 · Two-dimensional simulations of various cross-sections under different magnetic field strengths in an electrodeless plasma thruster acceleration part using rotating electric field were conducted.

A thruster during test firing Artist rendition of VASIMR plasma engine 3D sketch of an electromagnetic propulsion fusion plasma thruster. A plasma propulsion engine is a type of electric propulsion that generates thrust from a quasi-neutral plasma.This is in contrast with ion thruster engines, which generate thrust through extracting an ion current from the plasma source, which is then ...

May 22, 2019 · Development of electrodeless radiofrequency plasma thrusters, e.g., a helicon thruster, has been one the of challenging topics for future high-power and long-lived electric propulsion systems.

Apr 2, 2023 · The results have implications for both choosing the magnetic field for the thruster and thoroughly investigating the energy coupling inside the plasma.