IPROP: A preliminary sizing of low- altitude airship including ion-plasma thrusters
A novel design technique, where an airship featuring ion-plasma thrusters is sized for a low-altitude demonstration mission has been published on ICAS 2024 โ34th Congress of the International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences conferenceโ proceedings.
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Interesting progress has been made on the IPROP project in 2024, pushing the boundaries of ionic thruster technology for atmospheric and stratospheric applications. Here the project achievements so far:
Exploring the potential of electro-aerodynamic (EAD) thrusters and Performance Enhancement of EAD Thrusters With Nonuniform Emitters Array
The Politecnico of Milano Department of Aerospace Science and Technology (DAER), latest experimental campaign, within the IPROP project, focuses on optimizing EAD thrusters by testing nonuniform emitter arrangements.
The IPROP Project Spotlighted on the DEEPSYNC Platform
The IPROP project has been prominently featured on the DEEPSYNC platform, a collaborative initiative under the #EICCommunities program. DEEPSYNC is designed to unite innovators, policymakers, investors, and EU citizens, fostering meaningful dialogue and cooperation around groundbreaking research and innovation projects.
Annual meeting in Toulouse on 20th and 21st November 2024
The IPROP project recently marked a milestone with a partner meeting hosted by the CNRS collaborators. Over two days, participants reviewed progress achieved in the first year of project implementation under the coordination of Prof. Marco Belan from Politecnico di Milanoโs Department of Aerospace Science and Technology.
IPROP Modeling of Corona Discharges for Ionic Propulsion at IEEE ICD 2024
The Department of Electrical, Electronic and Information Engineering, โGuglielmo Marconiโ of University of Bologna and the Department of Mathematics, MOX โ Modelling and Scientific Computing of Politecnico di Milano presented IPROP theoretical and numerical modeling at the 5th IEEE International Conference on Dielectrics (ICD).