HIPER
High Power Electric propulsion: a Roadmap for the future
| Coordinatore | ALTA SPA
Organization address
address: Via Allessandro Gherardesca 5 contact info |
| Nazionalità Coordinatore | Italy [IT] |
| Sito del progetto | http://www.alta-space.com/hiper |
| Totale costo | 5˙362˙273 € |
| EC contributo | 3˙633˙702 € |
| Programma | FP7-SPACE
Specific Programme "Cooperation": Space |
| Code Call | FP7-SPACE-2007-1 |
| Funding Scheme | CP |
| Anno di inizio | 2008 |
| Periodo (anno-mese-giorno) | 2008-10-01 - 2012-01-31 |
Partecipanti
| # | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
ALTA SPA
Organization address
address: Via Allessandro Gherardesca 5 contact info |
IT (PISA) | coordinator | 728˙322.10 |
| 2 |
SELEX GALILEO SPA
Organization address
address: Via Albert Einstein 35 contact info |
IT (CAMPI BISENZIO) | participant | 386˙807.00 |
| 3 |
CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE
Organization address
address: Rue Michel -Ange 3 contact info |
FR (PARIS) | participant | 385˙220.00 |
| 4 |
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON
Organization address
address: Highfield contact info |
UK (SOUTHAMPTON) | participant | 279˙500.00 |
| 5 |
ROLLS-ROYCE MARINE POWER OPERATIONS LIMITED
Organization address
address: Moor Lane 15 contact info |
UK (DERBY) | participant | 177˙200.00 |
| 6 |
SNECMA SAS
Organization address
address: 2 Bvd du General Martial-Valin contact info |
FR (PARIS) | participant | 169˙537.00 |
| 7 |
Domaine de Beauregard S.A.R.L
Organization address
address: LIEUDIT BEAUREGARD contact info |
FR (Andert et Condon) | participant | 151˙500.00 |
| 8 |
KopooS Consulting Ind.
Organization address
address: rue d'Amsterdam 57 contact info |
FR (Paris) | participant | 151˙485.00 |
| 9 |
Astos Solutions GmbH
Organization address
address: Grund 1 contact info |
DE (Unterkirnach) | participant | 150˙500.00 |
| 10 |
UNIVERSITAET STUTTGART
Organization address
address: Keplerstrasse 7 contact info |
DE (STUTTGART) | participant | 150˙000.00 |
| 11 |
Space Enterprise Partnerships Limited
Organization address
address: "Bennetts, Eastergate Lane, Eastergate" contact info |
UK (Chichester) | participant | 122˙800.00 |
| 12 |
CONSORZIO RFX
Organization address
address: Corso Stati Uniti 4 contact info |
IT (Padova) | participant | 114˙650.00 |
| 13 |
FUNDACION TECNALIA RESEARCH & INNOVATION
Organization address
address: PARQUE TECNOLOGICO DE MIRAMON PASEO MIKELETEGI 2 contact info |
ES (DONOSTIA-SAN SEBASTIAN) | participant | 112˙500.00 |
| 14 |
FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V
Organization address
address: Hansastrasse 27C contact info |
DE (MUENCHEN) | participant | 111˙999.75 |
| 15 |
OFFICE NATIONAL D'ETUDES ET DE RECHERCHES AEROSPATIALES
Organization address
address: Avenue de la Division Leclerc 29 contact info |
FR (CHATILLON) | participant | 100˙515.75 |
| 16 |
Aero Sekur S.p.A.
Organization address
address: via delle Valli 46 contact info |
IT (Aprilia) | participant | 100˙050.00 |
| 17 |
CENTRE NATIONAL D'ETUDES SPATIALES - CNES
Organization address
address: Place Maurice Quentin 2 contact info |
FR (PARIS) | participant | 77˙766.00 |
| 18 |
POLITECNICO DI MILANO
Organization address
address: PIAZZA LEONARDO DA VINCI 32 contact info |
IT (MILANO) | participant | 69˙975.75 |
| 19 |
ACTA SRL
Organization address
address: Via San Giovanni Bosco 23 contact info |
IT (Pisa) | participant | 49˙873.60 |
| 20 |
INSTYTUT FIZYKI PLAZMY I LASEROWEJ MIKROSYNTEZY IM. SYLWESTRA KALISKIEGO
Organization address
address: HERY 23 contact info |
PL (WARSZAWA) | participant | 43˙500.00 |
| 21 |
INSTYTUT PODSTAWOWYCH PROBLEMOW TECHNIKI POLSKIEJ AKADEMII NAUK
Organization address
address: Adolfa Pawinskiego 5B contact info |
PL (WARSAW) | participant | 0.00 |
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Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)
'The main objective of the HiPER project is to initiate technological and programmatic consolidation in the development of innovative electric propulsion technologies (and of the related power generation) to fulfill future European space transportation needs. The objective will be pursued by conceiving and substantiating a long term vision for European space transportation and exploration, considering realistic developments in the state-of-the-art, and by performing basic research and proof-of-concept experiments on the key technologies identified by such a vision.'
Introduzione (Teaser)
An EU-funded project has set up a long-term plan for European space transportation and exploration. Its main objective was to consolidate research initiatives involving electric propulsion and the related power generation technologies.
Descrizione progetto (Article)
Given the particular environment of space - extreme temperatures, vacuum, radiations, etc.- its exploration calls for various basic 'building blocks' to be in place. These include reliable and cost-effective access to space from Earth, robust spacecraft, shielding from cosmic rays and solar flares, power generation, and efficient and reliable propulsion systems.
'High power electric propulsion: A roadmap for the future' (HIPER) project aimed to address the last two points as it worked to conceive a roadmap for future space exploration and transportation. These activities stand to benefit from technological advancements in electric propulsion (EP) technologies as well as from related advancements in power generation in space.
HIPER interdisciplinary team, comprising 20 partners from 6 EU countries, brought together specialists in EP and power generation in space. With the backing of existing know-how and expertise, project partners chose to focus only on three different EP systems and related high-power generation. This decision was also justifiedby the intrinsic advantages of EP technology as compared with traditional chemical propulsion (i.e. rocket engines).
State-of-the-art specific impulse capabilities and related overall efficiency are at least an order of magnitude higher for EP systems than for chemical propulsion. This means that by using EP huge propellant savings can be achieved. On the other hand, chemical propulsion requires less electric power than EP and performs better in terms of thrust and transfer-time. HIPER aimed at bridging that gaps, and at making EP systems more and more appealing for any kind of space mission.
The division of project work into five main areas covered mission analysis, propulsion system requirements and recommendations; in-space power generation; high-power Hall effect thruster development; high-power gridded ion engine development; and development of a magnetoplasmadynamic thruster (MPDT).
Beyond technological advances, the project team also considered major technological efforts in the framework of political and social scenarios, in relation to both European states and non-European partners. As such, discussions and meetings were held with National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and other major American organisations to share project results and harmonise future roadmaps. This is a matter of strategic importance. As a result, a large group of research centres, universities, private companies and enterprises came together for the first time to actively discuss steps that need to be taken to define a roadmap for the future development and exploitation of high-power EP.
Project efforts proved highly successful, leading to fruitful cooperation among all partners involved. HIPER approach promises to pave the way for successful and widespread usage of high-power EP in space. From an economic perspective, high-power EP applications will greatly reduce the overall mission cost, both of access to space by strongly reducing propellant consumption for near-Earth orbit (NEO) transfer, interplanetary travels, orbit raising, and spacecraft orbit control.