Review Article
A Comprehensive Review of Atmosphere-Breathing Electric Propulsion Systems
Table 3
Comparison of previous studies about ABEP systems.
| Thruster | Reference | S/C mass (kg) | Cross area of S/C (m2) | Area of intake (m2) | Damping coefficient (Cd) | Length of collector (m) | Inlet pressure (Pa) | Orbit altitude (km) | Lifetime (years) | Thrust (mN) | Power (kW) | Power density (mN/kW) | Efficiency (%) |
| GIE | ESA [31] | 1000 | 1 | 0.15~0.6 | 2.0 | 0.2~1.3 | 10-3 | 200~250 | 3~8 | 2~20 | 1 | | | MABHET | BUSEK [32] | | 0.3 | 0.15 | 3.0 | | | | | | | 19~30 | 35 | ABIE | JAXA [33, 34] | | 1.5 | 0.48 | 2.0 | | 0.5± | 200± | >2 | | 3.3+ | 10~14 | | Intake | Lanzhou ISTP [36] | >5.7 | | m | | | 0.3- | 150~240 | | | | | 41~57 | ABIT | Jackson and Marshall [40] | 50~100 | | 0.01 | 2.2 | 0.05~0.1 | | >80 | | | | | 10 | 2-stage HET | Diamant [42, 43] | | 0.5 | 0.25 | 2.2 | | 0.01 | 200 | | | 1 | | 35 | HET | Cifali et al. [44] | | | | | | | | | 19~24 | 1.4 | | | RIT-10 | Cifali et al. [44] | | | | | | | | | 5.25-6 | 0.45 | | | HET | Pekker and Keidar [45] | | | | | | | 90~95 | | 9.1~22N | 700~2000 | 13 | | HET | Garrigues [47] | | 1 | | 2.0 | | 10-3 | 250 | | 20 | 1 | | 10 | ABIE | Tagawa et al. [48] | | | | | 0.15 | | 140-200 | | 0.13 | | | | HET | Andreussi et al.[49] | 50 | m | 0.126~1 | 2-3 | 1.0 | | 200 | | 6 | 2.4 | | 28~32 | RF-HET | Shabshelowitz [51] | 325 | 0.39 | | 2-4 | 2.1 | | 200 | 3 | | 0.306 | 29-59 | 90 | PPT | Johnson et al. [52] | | 20 | | 0.05 | | | 22-40 | | 5 | | 7.5+ | | MPD | Göksel and Mashek [53] | | | | | | | 20 | | 2 N | 75 | | | PPT | Schönherr et al. [41, 54, 55] | | 0.3 | | | | 10-3 | 200 | | 4.4 | | 20~30 | | IPT | Romano et al. [38, 56, 58–60, 71–73] | | | 0.3~1 | | 0.3-3 | | 120 | | 5~250 | 0.5-3.5 | | 25 |
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