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Public Deliverables

WP NoDel Rel. NoDel NoTitleLead BeneficiaryNature
WP1D1.1D1ASPIRE websiteS4SWebsite
WP1D1.2D2First issue of the dissemination PlanS4SReport
WP1D1.3D4Plan for the dissemination of results, issue 2S4SReport
WP1D1.4D5Plan for the dissemination of results, issue 3S4SReport
WP1D1.5D6Plan for the dissemination of results, final issueS4SReport
WP8D8.5D64Virtual Testing SuiteImperialReport
WP1D1.18D3Data Management PlanSITAELReport
WP1D1.19D66Key Performance Indicators report, issue 1SITAELReport
WP1D1.20D67Key Performance Indicators, issue 2SITAELReport
WP1D1.21D68Key Performance Indicators, final issueSITAELReport
Table 1: ASPIRE Public Deliverables

Publications & Research Papers

The following list includes the papers that have been submitted for publication under the umbrella of the ASPIRE project:

SPACE PROPULSION CONFERENCE SP2022 I

Calibrated 1D model of the plasma properties in a Hall Thruster for the investigation of breathing mode I Luca Leporini (UNIPI), Vittorio Giannetti (UNIPI/SITAEL), Manuel Saravia (UNIPI), Tommaso Andreussi (UNIPI/SITAEL), Antonio Piragino (UNIPI/SITAEL), Francesco Califano (UNIPI), Simone Camarri (UNIPI)

 INTERNATIONAL ELECTRIC PROPULSION CONFERENCE IEPC 2021 I

Theoretical and numerical analysis of the Breathing instability in Hall thrusters I Luca Leporini (UNIPI), Vittorio Giannetti (UNIPI/SITAEL), Manuel Saravia (UNIPI), Tommaso Andreussi (UNIPI/SITAEL), Antonio Piragino (UNIPI/SITAEL), Francesco Califano (UNIPI), Simone Camarri (UNIPI)

The effect of background neutrals and vacuum chamber on performance and plasma characteristics on Hall thrusters I UNIPI: Antonio Piragino, Manuel M. Saravia, Vittorio Giannetti, Luca Leporini, Francesco Califano, Simone Camarri SITAEL: Tommaso Andreussi

Development tests of SITAEL’s high-power Hall propulsion system I SITAEL: Tommaso Andreussi, Antonio Piragino, Vittorio Giannetti, Alena Kitaeva, Christopher Andrea Paissoni, Eugenio Ferrato, Daniela Pedrini, Angela Rossodivita AST: Pietro Broggi, Nils Hildebrand, Heiko Dartsch

Particle-in-Cell Modeling of a high-power magnetically shielded Hall thruster I Maryam Reza, Farbod Faraji, Aaron Knoll Imperial College London, United Kingdom

EPIC Workshops

From CHEOPS to ASPIRE: development of SITAEL’s high-power Hall propulsion system, Tommaso Andreussi1, Antonio Piragino, Vittorio Giannetti, Alena Kitaeva, Christopher Andrea Paissoni, Eugenio Ferrato, Daniela Pedrini, Angela Rossodivita, Pietro Broggi, Nils Hildebrand, Heiko Dartsch, Gilles Bouhour, Kevin Danancier, Marie Ansart, Livia Moro, Giuseppina Saracco, Emiliano Consani, Aaron Knoll, Farbod Faraji, Maryam Reza, Donatella Ciampini, Fabrizio Paganucci, Francesco Califano, Simone Camarri, Eduardo Ahedo, Pablo Fajardo, Danai Bournou, Rosario Pavone

37th International Electric Propulsion Conference IEPC-2022

Reduced-order “pseudo-2D” particle-in-cell scheme for the prediction of multi-dimensional phenomena in Hall thrusters, M. Reza1 , F. Faraji2, A. Knoll3 // Plasma Propulsion Laboratory, Department of Aeronautics, Imperial College London, United Kingdom

[Journal] Resolving multi-dimensional plasma phenomena in Hall thrusters using the reduced-order particle-in-cell scheme, Maryam Reza *1, Farbod Faraji*2, Aaron Knoll*3 //*Plasma Propulsion Laboratory, Department of Aeronautics, Imperial College London, Exhibition Road, London, SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom

[Journal]Reduced-order particle-in-cell simulation of Hall thrusters through the dimensionality reduction of Poisson’s equation, Plasma Sources Science and Technology

Insights from reduced-order particle-in-cell simulations into the plasma behavior in  a high-power  magnetically shielded Hall thruster, F. Faraji 1 , M. Reza2 , A. Knoll3  //Plasma Propulsion Laboratory, Department of Aeronautics, Imperial College London, United Kingdom

[ Journal of Computational Physics] Generalized reduced-order particle-in-cell scheme for Hall thruster modeling: concept and in-depth verification in the axial-azimuthal configuration, Maryam Reza 1, Farbod Faraji1, Aaron Knoll1,1Plasma Propulsion Laboratory, Department of Aeronautics, Imperial College London, Exhibition Road, London,SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom

[Journal of Applied Physics] Effects of magnetic field gradient and secondary electron emission on instabilities and transport in an E×B plasma configuration M. Reza, , F. Faraji* , A. Knoll* ,*Plasma Propulsion Laboratory, Department of Aeronautics, Imperial College London, Exhibition Road, London, SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom

WP6

Imperial’s Publications

Journal articles:

  1. Faraji F, Reza M, Knoll A, “Enhancing one-dimensional particle-in-cell simulations to self-consistently resolve instability-induced electron  transport in Hall thrusters”. Journal of Applied Physics 131, 193302 (2022) [Featured] DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/5.0090853
  2. Reza M, Faraji F, Knoll A, “Resolving multi-dimensional plasma phenomena in Hall thrusters using the reduced-order particle-in-cell scheme”, J Electric Propulsion 1, 19 (2022) DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s44205-022-00019-6
  3. Reza M, Faraji F, Knoll A, “Concept of the generalized reduced-order particle-in-cell scheme and verification in an axial-azimuthal Hall thruster configuration”, J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 56 175201 (2023) DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1361-6463/acbb15
  4. Faraji F, Reza M, Knoll A, “Verification of the generalized reduced-order particle-in-cell scheme in a radial–azimuthal E × B plasma configuration”, AIP Advances 13, 025315 (2023) DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/5.0136889
  5. Reza M, Faraji F, Knoll A, “Parametric investigation of azimuthal instabilities and electron transport in a radial-azimuthal E×B plasma configuration”, Journal of Applied Physics 133, 123301 (2023) [Editor’s Pick] DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/5.0138223
  6. Faraji F, Reza M, Knoll A, “Effects of the neutral dynamics model on the particle-in-cell simulations of a Hall thruster plasma discharge”, Journal of Applied Physics 133, 213301 (2023) DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/5.0143292
  7. Reza M, Faraji F, Knoll A, Piragino A, Andreussi T, Misuri T, “Reduced-order particle-in-cell simulations of a high-power magnetically shielded Hall thruster”, Plasma Sources Sci. Technol. 32 065016 (2023) DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1361-6595/acdea3

Conference papers:

  1. Reza M, Faraji F, Knoll A, “Reduced-order “pseudo-2D” particle-in-cell scheme for the prediction of multi-dimensional phenomena in Hall thrusters”. IEPC-2022-305, IEPC 2022 conference, Boston, Massachusetts
  2. Faraji F, Reza M, Knoll A, “Insights from reduced-order particle-in-cell simulations into the plasma behavior in a high-power magnetically shielded Hall thruster ”. IEPC-2022-306, IEPC 2022 conference, Boston, Massachusetts

UniPi’s Publications

Journal articles:

  1. Giannetti, V., Saravia, M. M., Leporini, L., Camarri, S., & Andreussi, T. (2021). Numerical and experimental investigation of longitudinal oscillations in hall thrusters. Aerospace, 8(6), 1–23. https://doi.org/10.3390/aerospace8060148
  2. Leporini, L., Giannetti, V., Saravia, M. M., Califano, F., Camarri, S., & Andreussi, T. (2022). On the onset of breathing mode in Hall thrusters and the role of electron mobility fluctuations. Frontiers in Physics, 10. https://doi.org/10.3389/fphy.2022.951960
  3. Leporini, L., Giannetti, V., Camarri, S., & Andreussi, T. (2023). An unstable 0D model of ionization oscillations in Hall thruster plasmas. Frontiers in Physics, 10. https://doi.org/10.3389/fphy.2022.1097813

Conference papers:

  1. Calibrated 1D model of the plasma properties in a Hall Thruster for the investigation of breathing model. Luca Leporini (UNIPI), Vittorio Giannetti (UNIPI/SITAEL), Manuel Saravia (UNIPI), Tommaso Andreussi (UNIPI/SITAEL), Antonio Piragino (UNIPI/SITAEL), Francesco Califano (UNIPI), Simone Camarri (UNIPI). SP2022_00110. Space Propulsion Conference 2022. Estoril, Portugal, May 2022.
  2. Theoretical and numerical analysis of the breathing instability in Hall thrusters. Luca Leporini (UNIPI), Vittorio Giannetti (UNIPI/SITAEL), Manuel Saravia (UNIPI), Tommaso Andreussi (UNIPI/SITAEL), Antonio Piragino (UNIPI/SITAEL), Francesco Califano (UNIPI), Simone Camarri (UNIPI). IEPC 2022-339, International Electric Propulsion Conference 2022, Boston (MA), USA, June 2022.
  3. The effect of background neutrals and vacuum chamber on performance and plasma characteristics on Hall thrusters. Antonio Piragino, Manuel M. Saravia, Vittorio Giannetti, Luca Leporini, Francesco Califano, Simone Camarri, Tommaso Andreussi. IEPC 2022-320, International Electric Propulsion Conference 2022, Boston (MA), USA, June 2022.

UC3M’s Publications

Journal articles:

  1. F. Cichocki, A. Domínguez-Vázquez, M. Merino, P. Fajardo, E. Ahedo. Three-dimensional neutralizer effects on a Hall-effect thruster near plume, Acta Astronautica 187 (2021) pp. 498–510

Conference papers:

(1)   A. Modesti, J. Zhou, F. Cichocki, A. Domínguez-Vázquez, E. Ahedo. Simulation of the expansion within a vacuum chamber of the plume of a Hall thruster with a centrally mounted cathode, SP2022-00155, Space Propulsion Conference 2022, May 9-13, Estoril, Portugal

(2)   J. Perales-Díaz, A. Domínguez-Vázquez, P. Fajardo, E. Ahedo and others. Hybrid 2D plasma simulations of a 20kW-class magnetically shielded Hall effect thruster, IEPC-2022-322,International Electric Propulsion Conference 2022, June 19-23, Boston, MA