Jet propulsion by microwave air plasma in the atmosphere
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Abstract
We propose a prototype design of a propulsion thruster that utilizes air plasma induced by microwave ionization. Such a jet engine simply uses only air and electricity to produce high temperature and pressurized plasma for jet propulsion. We used a home-made device to measure the lifting force and jet pressure at various settings of microwave power and the air flow rate. We demonstrated that, given the same power consumption, its propulsion pressure is comparable to that of conventional airplane jet engines using fossil fuels. Therefore, such a carbon-emission free thruster could potentially be used as a jet thruster in the atmosphere.
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Research context
OpenAlex topics: Plasma Applications and Diagnostics · Aerosol Filtration and Electrostatic Precipitation · Plasma Diagnostics and Applications
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Affiliations
Institute of Technological Sciences, Wuhan University , Wuhan 430072, China
Funding
The National Nature Science Foundation of China
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