The Scientific and Technical Council of NPO Energomash will prepare a project to create an electrodeless plasma rocket engine. This was reported on Wednesday on the website of the state corporation "Roscosmos".
As noted, the currently considered version of the rocket engine is a new generation of ERE.
“This is a high-power engine, the working substance in which is in the state of plasma. It has high energy efficiency, the ability to use almost any substance as a working fluid, and is able to change the specific impulse value,”the message explains.
In this case, the maximum engine power is limited "practically only by the power supply of the high-frequency generator" An engine of this type, as noted, can have a long service life due to the absence of restrictions associated with the impact of an energy-rich working substance on the structural elements.
The implementation of the ideas embodied in the proposed development became possible due to progress in the study of plasma processes of thermonuclear fusion, the development of high-temperature superconductor technology and modern element base of high-frequency generators.
“When creating such an engine, developers will have to solve the issues of optimization of plasma processes, development of a high-frequency generator, cryogenic magnetic systems, as well as power supply and control systems for a turbojet engine. Ensuring the solution of these problems will require the creation of an experimental and test bench base ", - noted in" Roskosmos ".