6 GHz Microwave Power‐Beaming Demonstration with 6‐kV Rectenna and Ion‐Breeze Thruster
作者:
T. Cummings,
J. Janssen,
J. Karnesky,
D. Laks,
M. Santillo,
B. Strause,
L. N. Myrabo,
A. Alden,
P. Bouliane,
M. Zhang,
期刊:
AIP Conference Proceedings
(AIP Available online 1904)
卷期:
Volume 702,
issue 1
页码: 430-444
ISSN:0094-243X
年代: 1904
DOI:10.1063/1.1721021
出版商: AIP
数据来源: AIP
摘要:
On 14 April 2003 at the Communications Research Center (CRC) in Ottawa, Ontario, a 5.85‐GHz transmitter beamed 3‐kW of microwave power to a remote rectifying antenna (i.e., rectenna) that delivered 6‐kV to a special ‘Ion‐Breeze’ Engine (IBE). Three of CRC’s 26.5‐cm by 31‐cm rectennas were connected in series to provide the ∼6‐kV output. RPI’s low‐voltage IBE thrusters performed well in a “world’s first” power‐beaming demonstration with rectennas and endoatmospheric ion‐propulsion engines. The successful tests were a low‐tech, proof‐of‐concept demonstration for the future full‐sized MicroWave Lightcraft (MWLC) and its air breathing ‘loiter’ propulsion mode. Additional IBE experiments investigated the feasibility of producing flight control forces on the MWLC. The objective was to torque the charged hull for ‘pitch’ or ‘roll’ maneuvers. The torquing demonstration was entirely successful. © 2004 American Institute of Physics
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