National Cheng-Kung University

Taiwan Space Agency

Yueh-Heng Li

Chao-Wei Huang

Wei-Cheng Lo

Yu-Ting Wu

Ping-Han Huang

Hsun-Chen Hsieh

Sheng-Wen Liu

Wei-Cheng Lien

Wen-Lih Chen

Yei-Chin Chao

Yi-Long Huang

Po-Hung Lin

Yi-Heng Chen

Hong-Yuan Li

Hou-Yi Lee

Guan-Bang Chen

Tien-Chuan Kuo

Yao-Chung Hsu

Tsarng-Sheng Cheng

A magnetic multi-pole propulsion array system is applied to at least one external cathode and includes a plurality of magnetic multi-pole thrusters connected adjacent to each other. Each magnetic multi-pole thruster includes a propellant provider, a discharge chamber, an anode and a plurality of magnetic components. The propellant provider outputs propellant. The discharge chamber is connected with the propellant provider to accommodate the propellant. The anode is disposed inside the discharge chamber to generate an electric field. The plurality of magnetic components is respectively disposed on several sides of the discharge chamber. One of the several sides of the discharge chamber of the magnetic multi-pole thruster is applied for one side of a discharge chamber of another magnetic multi-pole thruster.

Magnetic multi-pole propulsion array system

A control device for controlling a power generation system comprises a reception module, for receiving environmental data from the power generation system; an environment generation module, coupled to the reception module, for generating an environment state of the power generation system according to the environment data and an environment model; a strategy generation module, coupled to the environment generation module, for generating a power of the power generation system according to the environmental state, and for generating a control strategy of the power generation system according to the power; a transmission module, coupled to the strategy generation module, for transmitting the control strategy to the power generation system.

Control device and method of controlling power generation system

A vacuum arc thruster with multi-layer insulation includes a housing, an anode unit and a cathode unit spaced apart from each other in the housing, and an insulator disposed between the anode unit and the cathode unit. The insulator includes a plurality of fuel layers and a plurality of insulating layers. Each insulating layer is located between every two adjacent fuel layers. Accordingly, a multiple-layer design is formed by arranging the fuel layers and the insulating layers which are made of different materials in an alternating manner, thereby attaining the maximum field emission effect, increasing the stability and efficacy of operating the vacuum arc thruster, and prolonging the service life of the thruster.

Vacuum arc thruster with multi-layer insulation

A vacuum cathode arc-induced pulsed thruster includes a housing where a triggering room and an electric discharging room are defined and are in communication with each other, a first anode unit and a first cathode unit concentrically disposed in the triggering room, a second anode unit disposed in the electric discharging room, an insulating fuel layer concentrically located between the first anode unit and the first cathode unit, a main insulating layer concentrically surrounded by the first cathode unit, and a second cathode unit inserted from the triggering room into the electric discharging room. Thus, the vacuum cathode arc-induced pulse thruster is lightweight and has low manufacturing costs, low system complexity, and less energy consumption. Carbon deposition caused during an electric discharging process is prevented from affecting an inducing effect to thereby prolong the service life of the thruster and increase the control precision and inducing precision effectively.

Vacuum cathode arc-induced pulsed thruster

A regenerative displacer for use in a stirling engine includes two opposite covers with respective through openings, a body engaging the covers to define an accommodation space therein, a regenerator disposed in the accommodation space, and a rod inserted through the regenerator and one of the covers into a cooling portion of the stirling engine. The regenerator has a plurality of channels. Each channel has two open ends and a heat collecting net engaging each open end. Working gas passing through the regenerative displacer can be concentrated at the open ends and can absorb and release heat quickly because of the heat collecting nets, thereby increasing the efficiency of heat exchange and a temperature difference of the working gas in a thermodynamic cycle. Accordingly, pressure is increased to facilitate a quick reciprocation of a power piston of the stirling engine, and this increases output power and saves energy.

Regenerative displacer for use in a stirling engine

A combustor applied in thermophotovoltaic system comprises a combustion device and a reversed tube covering the combustion device. The combustion device includes a combustion body made of a transparent and temperature resistant material and a burning unit disposed in the combustion body. When a burning-supported medium is adopted during burning via the burning unit, the radiant intensity is increased. The reversed tube then further redirects the hot product gas for reheating an outer wall of the combustion body in combustion. Therefore, uniform illumination is accordingly resulted for enhancing the radiant intensity. Accordingly, a photovoltaic cell plate connected to the combustor preferably transforms light into electricity. The present invention fully utilizes a micro system as well as miniature energy to offer advanced electricity.

Combustor applied in thermophotovoltaic system

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Tainan, Taiwan

Yueh-Heng Li