Skip to main content

The ion thrusters.


Image 1:) The 2.3 kW NSTAR ion thruster of the NASA for the Deep Space 1 spacecraft during a hot fire test at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. (Wikipedia/Ion rocket)


Ion thrusters are one of the most capable engines for spacecraft. But the problem with those systems is weak thrust. The reason for that weak thrust is that no force affects the front wall of the rocket engine. In regular chemical rockets, the burning fuel and oxygen are sent pressure impact to the front wall of the reaction chamber. In ion thrusters, the ions will travel straight through the magnetic accelerator. And this means that there is no push against the front wall of the reaction chamber. 


*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*


Diagram of rocket engine


(<<<<<X>>>>>)


( )=The wall of the reaction chamber

X= Burning point

<<>>=Direction of the force. The pressure that pushes against the front wall of the reaction chamber is the thing that gives thrust. 


*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*

The diagram of the regular ion thruster 


xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx


xxx=Magnetic accelerator

+++= Positive or negative ions

<<<= Direction of ion movement. The lack of forwarding pushing effect causes weak thrust. In some models improving the thrust will happen by shooting part of the ions to the front wall of the rocket chamber. That will make it possible to use ion engines like a normal rocket system. 


*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*


Image 2:) A diagram of how a gridded electrostatic ion engine (multipole magnetic cusp type) works.
(Wikipedia/Ion thruster)


In some models of the ion thrusters, the part of the ions will shoot forward. And that thing causes ions will also push against the front wall of the ion chamber. Also in some versions of that system, the ions will spray in the rocket chamber as a cloud. 

The ion engine would be a series of "U"-shaped tubes. The accelerator will drive ions or plasma against the "U"-shaped curve and that means that this ion rocket will also push the rocket forward. 

In some newest visions, the quantum ion engine would be the tool for next-generation space travel. In that model, the superpositioned and entangled particles like protons are put in the graphene layer. 

The laser or some other type of radiation will conduct energy to the quantum entanglement. And that system will send wave motion to both sides. The wave motion will impact also the front wall of the chamber. And that thing gives the thrust for that system. 

In some other models, the ions would spray into the chamber that is above the quantum entanglement. And the energy that is delivered from those things makes those ions shine and pushes them against the roof of the chamber. This kind of system doesn't need to be as accurate as quantum computers. The purpose of quantum entanglement would be only to deliver energy to the ion cloud that pushes the craft forward. 


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ion_thruster


https://artificialintelligenceandindividuals.blogspot.com/

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Black holes cause a virtual redshift because gravitation stretches the wavelength near them.

At the beginning of this text is a film about the redshift of black holes. Gravitation stretches light, and that means gravitation fields are pulling waves longer. That thing is called the gravitational redshift. As you can see from the film, the black hole stretches radiation and distorts the redshift. Gravitational redshift, or virtual redshift, means that a black hole might seem to be at a longer distance than it is. The film shows the redshift of the star that orbits a supermassive black hole. But all other black holes interact the same way.  The event horizon is always constant. At that point, the black hole's escaping velocity is the same as the speed of light. So every black hole interacts basically in the same way. And it's possible to apply that model to all black holes irrespective of their size.  Is gravitation the thing that forms dark energy? That thing seems somehow strange. But when photons and other particles are traveling through the ball that forms the visible
Post a Comment
Read more

The shape of the brain means more than neuro connectivity.

Well, we might say that the brain is in its entirety. Another thing is that all things in the brain have some kind of purpose. The shape of the brain and, especially, the folding of the brain shell are extremely important things. Those folds are expanding the brain's surface areas. And the brain shell has a primary role in the thinking process. The surface area of the brain determines how large the cerebral cortex is. And in a large cerebral cortex, there are a large number of neurons. But as I just wrote, the brain is in its entirety. "Researchers have discovered that the shape of a person’s brain significantly impacts thought, feeling, and behavior, overturning the prevailing emphasis on complex neuronal connectivity. Utilizing MRI scans and the principle of eigenmodes, they found that brain function is closely linked to its geometric properties, much like how the shape of a musical instrument determines its sound, offering new avenues for exploring brain function and diseas
Post a Comment
Read more

New nanomaterial is 4 times harder than steel. And, at the same time 5 times lighter than steel.

 New nanomaterial is 4 times harder than steel. And, at the same time 5 times lighter than steel.  The new material is the hollow glass fiber with DNA molecules inside that structure. Or as you see from the image. The glass fibers are on both sides of the DNA.  DNA molecule is the thing, that involves the genetic code of the cells. Genetically engineered cells can make DNA, and those molecules can used as the nanomaterial's structures. DNA manipulation makes it possible to create new types of extremely strong materials. And those materials are stronger than steel and lighter than it. DNA molecules can act as nano-size springs.  And in some visions, genetically engineered cyborg cells like cyborg macrophages can make extremely long DNA molecules. And then they can just use those molecules as spears that can pierce wanted cells. Or those cyborg cells can also dumb targeted cells full of the DNA that terminates them immediately.  The DNA and nanotube combinations can also act as DNA-b
Post a Comment
Read more