TY  - CHAP
A1  - Schartner, Karl-Heinz
A1  - Loeb, H. W.
A1  - Dachwald, Bernd
A1  - Ohndorf, Andreas
T1  - Perspectives of electric propulsion for outer planetary and deep space missions
T2  - European Planetary Science Congress 2009
N2  - Solar-electric propulsion (SEP) is superior with
respect to payload capacity, flight time and
flexible launch window to the conventional
interplanetary transfer method using chemical
propulsion combined with gravity assists. This fact
results from the large exhaust velocities of electric
low–thrust propulsion and is favourable also for
missions to the giant planets, Kuiper-belt objects
and even for a heliopause probe (IHP) as shown in
three studies by the authors funded by DLR. They
dealt with a lander for Europa and a sample return
mission from a mainbelt asteroid [1], with the
TANDEM mission [2]; the third recent one
investigates electric propulsion for the transfer to
the edge of the solar system.
All studies are based on triple-junction solar arrays,
on rf-ion thrusters of the qualified RIT-22 type and
they use the intelligent trajectory optimization
program InTrance [3].
Y1  - 2009
N1  - European Planetary Science Congress 2009, 13-18 September, Potsdam, Germany
SP  - 416
EP  - 416
ER  - 
TY  - BOOK
A1  - Esch, Thomas
T1  - Raumfahrtantriebe. 7. Aufl., [Umdruck]
Y1  - 2009
PB  - Fachhochschule Aachen, Lehr- und Forschungsgebiet Thermodynamik und Verbrennungstechnik
CY  - Aachen
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Wilson, T. L.
A1  - Blome, Hans-Joachim
T1  - The Pioneer anomaly and a rotating Gödel universe
JF  - Advances in Space Research
Y1  - 2009
SN  - 0273-1177
VL  - 44
IS  - 11
SP  - 1345
EP  - 1353
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Funke, Harald
A1  - Esch, Thomas
A1  - Roosen, Peter
ED  - Bartz, Wilfried J.
T1  - Using motor gasoline for aircrafts - coping with growing bio-fuel-caused risks by understanding cause-effect relationship
T2  - Fuels 2009 : mineral oil based and alternative fuels ; 7th international colloquium ; January 14 - 15, 2009
N2  - The utilisation of vehicle-oriented gasoline in general aviation is very desirable for both ecological and economical reasons, as well as for general considerations of availability. As of today vehicle fuels may be used if the respective engine and cell are certified for such an operation. For older planes a supplementary technical certificate is provided for gasoline mixtures with less than 1 % v/v ethanol only, though. Larger admixtures of ethanol may lead to sudden engine malfunction and should be considered as considerable security risks. Major problems are caused by the partially ethanol non-withstanding materials, a necessarily changed stochiometric adjustment of the engine for varying ethanol shares and the tendency for phase separation in the presence of absorbed water. The concepts of the flexible fuel vehicles are only partially applicable in the view of air security.
Y1  - 2009
SN  - 978-3-924813-75-8
SP  - 237
EP  - 244
PB  - Technische Akademie Esslingen (TAE)
CY  - Ostfildern
ER  -