Ionic Propulsion in Atmosphere

Información del proyecto

IPROP

Identificador del acuerdo de subvención: 101098900

DOI

10.3030/101098900

Fecha de la firma de la CE 19 Enero 2023

Fecha de inicio 1 Noviembre 2023

Fecha de finalización 31 Octubre 2027

Financiado con arreglo a

• The European Innovation Council (EIC)

Coste total

€ 2 999 994,00

Aportación de la UE

€ 2 999 993,75

Coordinado por

POLITECNICO DI MILANO
Italy

CORDIS proporciona enlaces a los documentos públicos y las publicaciones de los proyectos de los programas marco HORIZONTE.

Los enlaces a los documentos y las publicaciones de los proyectos del Séptimo Programa Marco, así como los enlaces a algunos tipos de resultados específicos, como conjuntos de datos y «software», se obtienen dinámicamente de OpenAIRE .

Resultado final

Documents, reports (5)

Website and project logo

Website and project logo information with also social media links.

Project Management Plan

It describes organizational structure, key roles and appointed persons, and processes supporting the coordination of the project.

Quality Management Plan

It describes the procedures and gover-nance measures ensuring quality results.

Data Management Plan

It describes the types of data, the reposito-ries and the measures to access them.

Communication and dissemination Plan

Plan for Dissemination and Exploitation Including Communication Activities. It describes the strategy for C&D and pic-tures the stage of development of the ac-tivities. It is regularly updated during the project.

Data Management Plan (1)

1st reporting period update of the Data Management Plan

This is an update of the first version of DMP plan due at M6.

Publicaciones

Conference proceedings (15)

Assessing the technical-economic feasibility of unmanned airships: methodology and case-studies

Autores: C.E.D.Riboldi, L.Fanchini
Publicado en: 10th Aerospace European Conference (CEAS)/28th AIDAA, 2026
Editor: CEAS

Hierachical multiscale modeling of positive corona discharges

Autores: G. Caliò, F. Ragazzi, A. Popoli, A. Cristofolini, L. Valdettaro, C. de Falco, and P. Barbante
Publicado en: 11th European Conference for AeroSpace Sciences, Edición 123, 2025
Editor: AeroSpace Sciences
DOI: 10.13009/EUCASS2025-683

Design of a small-scale unmanned airship prototype for - optimizing inertial, aerodynamic and propulsive

Autores: C.E.D.Riboldi, M.Belan, R.Terenzi, Q.Zhao, A.Gaiani, L.Spinelli
Publicado en: 11th European Conference for AeroSpace Sciences (EUCASS 2025), 2025
Editor: EUCASS
DOI: 10.13009/EUCASS2025-459

Identification of airship aerodynamic models from flight data: preliminary investigation and identifiability analysis

Autores: C.E.D.Riboldi, S.Cacciola, Y.Pozhanka, M.Hassanalian
Publicado en: 10th Aerospace European Conference (CEAS)/28th AIDAA, 2026
Editor: CEAS

Two-way perturbative coupling of plasma–fluid interactions

Autores: ] J.M. Dias Coelho Marques, D. Fabre, and F. Plouraboué
Publicado en: 11th European Conference for AeroSpace Sciences, 2025
Editor: AeroSpace Sciences
DOI: 10.13009/EUCASS2025-096

Quasi-2d finite volume modeling of corona discharges for ionic propulsion: Comparison of reduced reaction schemes

Autores: Fabio Ragazzi; Giuseppe Caliò; Giacomo Pierotti; Andrea Cristofolini; Paolo Barbante; Arturo Popoli
Publicado en: IEEE 5th International Conference on Dielectric, 2024
Editor: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/ICD59037.2024.10613092

An efficient numerical technique for the simulation of charge transport in polymeric dielectrics

Autores: ] F. Ragazzi, A. Popoli, and A. Cristofolini
Publicado en: IEEE Access, 2023
Editor: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2024.3356865

Effect of Collector Shape in the Performance of EAD Thrusters

Autores: Belan, Marco; Terenzi, Raffaello; Trovato, Stefano; Usuelli, Davide
Publicado en: Paper presented at: 11th European Conference for AeroSpace Sciences (EUCASS 2025), 2025
Editor: EUCASS
DOI: 10.13009/EUCASS2025-680

Quasi-2D Finite Volume Modeling of Corona Discharges for Ionic Propulsion: Comparison of Reduced Reaction Schemes

Autores: Fabio Ragazzi, Giuseppe Caliò, Giacomo Pierotti, Andrea Cristofolini, Paolo Barbante, Arturo Popoli
Publicado en: 2024 IEEE 5th International Conference on Dielectrics (ICD), 2024
Editor: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/ICD59037.2024.10613092

Optimal Topology of a Small-Scale Airship: a Study in Virtual Environment

Autores: Riboldi, Carlo E. D.; Belan, Marco; Terenzi, Raffaello; Zhao, Qian
Publicado en: Paper presented at: 11th European Conference for AeroSpace Sciences (EUCASS 2025), 2025
Editor: EUCASS
DOI: 10.13009/EUCASS2025-461

Numerical and experimental investigation of an atmospheric pressure DC corona discharge

Autores: G. Mongaretto, et al
Publicado en: 51th EPS Conference on Contr. Fusion and Plasma Phys, 2025
Editor: EPS
DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.14584.15369

Preliminary Sizing Of A Low-Altitude Airship Including Ion Plasma Thrusters

Autores: Riboldi, C.E.D.; Belan, M.; Cacciola, S.; Terenzi, R.; Trovato, S.; Usuelli, D.; Familiari, G.
Publicado en: 34th Congress of the International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences (ICAS2024), 2024
Editor: ICAS

CHARACTERIZATION OF IONIC THRUSTERS IN A LOW-PRESSURE WIND TUNNEL

Autores: David Noelle1, Max Winter, Dominic Poeppe, Jochen Kriegseis, and Harald Pfifer
Publicado en: 11th EUROPEAN CONFERENCE FOR AERONAUTICS AND AEROSPACE SCIENCES (EUCASS), Edición 228
Editor: EUCASS association
DOI: 10.13009/EUCASS2025-228

PRELIMINARY SIZING OF A LOW-ALTITUDE AIRSHIP INCLUDING ION PLASMA THRUSTERS

Autores: C.E.D. Riboldi, M. Belan, S. Cacciola, R. Terenzi, S. Trovato, D. Usuelli, G. Familiari
Publicado en: ICAS Proceedings, 2024, ISSN 1025-9090
Editor: The International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences

A Parallel Finite Element Solver for the Simulations of Ionic Thrusters

Autores: G. Caliò, C. de Falco, L. Valdettaro, P. Barbante
Publicado en: 2025
Editor: EUCAS
DOI: 10.13009/EUCASS2025-683

Peer reviewed articles (11)

Atmospheric electroaerodynamic thrusters with grid collectors

Autores: Raffaello Terenzi, Stefano Trovato, Davide Usuelli, Marco Belan
Publicado en: Scientific Reports, Edición 15, 2026, ISSN 2045-2322
Editor: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
DOI: 10.1038/S41598-025-25308-6

Hierarchical multiscale modeling of positive corona discharges

Autores: G. Caliò, F. Ragazzi, A. Popoli, A. Cristofolini, L. Valdettaro, C. de Falco, P. Barbante
Publicado en: Journal of Electrostatics, Edición 141, 2026, ISSN 0304-3886
Editor: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/J.ELSTAT.2026.104291

Wind tunnel testing and performance modeling of an atmospheric ion thruster

Autores: Stefano Trovato, Raffaello Terenzi, Davide Usuelli, Marco Belan
Publicado en: Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, Edición 58, 2024, ISSN 0022-3727
Editor: IOP Publishing
DOI: 10.1088/1361-6463/AD7D9C

Wind tunnel testing and performance modeling of an atmospheric ion thruster

Autores: Stefano Trovato, Raffaello Terenzi, Davide Usuelli, Marco Belan
Publicado en: Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, Edición 58, 2024, ISSN 0022-3727
Editor: IOP Publishing
DOI: 10.1088/1361-6463/ad7d9c

Preliminary Sizing of High-Altitude Airships Featuring Atmospheric Ionic Thrusters: An Initial Feasibility Assessment

Autores: Carlo E.D. Riboldi, Marco Belan, Stefano Cacciola, Raffaello Terenzi, Stefano Trovato, Davide Usuelli, Giuseppe Familiari
Publicado en: Aerospace, Edición 11, 2024, ISSN 2226-4310
Editor: MDPI AG
DOI: 10.3390/aerospace11070590

Scaling relations for the geometry of wire-to-airfoil atmospheric ionic thrusters

Autores: Omar Kahol, Marco Belan, Mattia Pacchiani, Domenico Montenero
Publicado en: Journal of Electrostatics, Edición 123, 2025, ISSN 0304-3886
Editor: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/J.ELSTAT.2023.103815

Performance Enhancement of EAD Thrusters With Nonuniform Emitters Array

Autores: Davide Usuelli, Raffaello Terenzi, Stefano Trovato, Marco Belan
Publicado en: IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science, 2024, ISSN 0093-3813
Editor: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2024.3505980

Two-way perturbative coupling of plasma–fluid interactions

Autores: J M Dias Coelho Marques, D Fabre, F Plouraboué
Publicado en: Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, Edición 58, 2025, ISSN 0022-3727
Editor: IOP Publishing
DOI: 10.1088/1361-6463/AE07F9

Performance Enhancement of EAD Thrusters With Nonuniform Emitters Array

Autores: Davide Usuelli, Raffaello Terenzi, Stefano Trovato, Marco Belan
Publicado en: IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science, Edición 52, 2025, ISSN 0093-3813
Editor: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2024.3505980

Atmospheric EAD grid thruster performance: a theoretical–experimental approach on geometry and pressure effects

Autores: D Usuelli, A Favalli, S Trovato, R Terenzi, M Belan
Publicado en: Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, Edición 59, 2025, ISSN 0022-3727
Editor: IOP Publishing
DOI: 10.1088/1361-6463/AE251D

A novel two-stage kinetic model for surface DBD simulations in air

Autores: Giacomo Pierotti, Cecilia Piferi, Arturo Popoli, Marco Cavedon, Andrea Cristofolini, Emilio Martines, Claudia Riccardi
Publicado en: Plasma Sources Science and Technology, Edición 32, 2023, ISSN 0963-0252
Editor: IOP Publishing
DOI: 10.1088/1361-6595/ACDEA2