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US 7,743,601 B2Granted
Resistojet
AssigneeAstrium GmbH
InventorMax Calabro
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Abstract
The invention concerns an electrothermal thruster (1) comprising a heating section (20) through which a propellant fluid (4) is intended to pass so that it is heated before it is exhausted, the heating section (20) being supplied by an electric power source (22). According to the invention, the electric power source (22) comprises photovoltaic cells (24) mounted on the heat exchanger (10) through which the propellant fluid (4) is intended to pass before it reaches the heating section (20). Application to the area of spacecraft propulsion.
Claims7
An electrothermal thruster comprising:
- a heating section supplied by an electric power source and through which a propellant fluid is intended to pass to be heated before being exhausted,
- wherein said electric power source comprises photovoltaic cells mounted on a heat exchanger through which said propellant fluid is intended to pass before reaching said heating section.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.