On a theorem of impulse and energy to determine parameters of the electric jet engine KA

Abstract

The report presents the modern physical principles of acceleration of charged particles and plasma in electric and magnetic fields, which are the basis for the classification of electric rocket engines. It is shown that for reactive means of correction of orbit parameters the lifetime depends to a greater extent on the reserves of the working fluid and the corresponding thrust and energy for the propulsion system. It is postulated that the special value of the determination of pulses and energy for electric propulsion (ERD) is that their application makes it possible to obtain an idea of these phenomena on the boundary surface of a certain area, without knowledge of the individual phenomena occurring within the ERD. That is, often in cases where the differential equations of plasma flow can not be composed or at least can not be integrated, the theory of pulses or energy makes it possible to know the nature of the movement in its General features. It is convincingly proved that the theorems of impulses and energy are a convenient means for checking the correctness of the results, including experimental ones.