Ionic Propulsion in Atmosphere

Informazioni relative al progetto

IPROP

ID dell’accordo di sovvenzione: 101098900

DOI

10.3030/101098900

Data della firma CE 19 Gennaio 2023

Data di avvio 1 Novembre 2023

Data di completamento 31 Ottobre 2027

Finanziato da

• The European Innovation Council (EIC)

Costo totale

€ 2 999 994,00

Contributo UE

€ 2 999 993,75

Coordinato da

POLITECNICO DI MILANO
Italy

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Risultati finali

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.

Pubblicazioni

Conference proceedings (15)

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

Autori: C.E.D.Riboldi, L.Fanchini
Pubblicato in: 10th Aerospace European Conference (CEAS)/28th AIDAA, 2026
Editore: CEAS

Hierachical multiscale modeling of positive corona discharges

Autori: G. Caliò, F. Ragazzi, A. Popoli, A. Cristofolini, L. Valdettaro, C. de Falco, and P. Barbante
Pubblicato in: 11th European Conference for AeroSpace Sciences, Numero 123, 2025
Editore: AeroSpace Sciences
DOI: 10.13009/EUCASS2025-683

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

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

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

Autori: C.E.D.Riboldi, S.Cacciola, Y.Pozhanka, M.Hassanalian
Pubblicato in: 10th Aerospace European Conference (CEAS)/28th AIDAA, 2026
Editore: CEAS

Two-way perturbative coupling of plasma–fluid interactions

Autori: ] J.M. Dias Coelho Marques, D. Fabre, and F. Plouraboué
Pubblicato in: 11th European Conference for AeroSpace Sciences, 2025
Editore: AeroSpace Sciences
DOI: 10.13009/EUCASS2025-096

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

Autori: Fabio Ragazzi; Giuseppe Caliò; Giacomo Pierotti; Andrea Cristofolini; Paolo Barbante; Arturo Popoli
Pubblicato in: IEEE 5th International Conference on Dielectric, 2024
Editore: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/ICD59037.2024.10613092

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

Autori: ] F. Ragazzi, A. Popoli, and A. Cristofolini
Pubblicato in: IEEE Access, 2023
Editore: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2024.3356865

Effect of Collector Shape in the Performance of EAD Thrusters

Autori: Belan, Marco; Terenzi, Raffaello; Trovato, Stefano; Usuelli, Davide
Pubblicato in: Paper presented at: 11th European Conference for AeroSpace Sciences (EUCASS 2025), 2025
Editore: EUCASS
DOI: 10.13009/EUCASS2025-680

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

Autori: Fabio Ragazzi, Giuseppe Caliò, Giacomo Pierotti, Andrea Cristofolini, Paolo Barbante, Arturo Popoli
Pubblicato in: 2024 IEEE 5th International Conference on Dielectrics (ICD), 2024
Editore: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/ICD59037.2024.10613092

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

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

Numerical and experimental investigation of an atmospheric pressure DC corona discharge

Autori: G. Mongaretto, et al
Pubblicato in: 51th EPS Conference on Contr. Fusion and Plasma Phys, 2025
Editore: EPS
DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.14584.15369

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

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

CHARACTERIZATION OF IONIC THRUSTERS IN A LOW-PRESSURE WIND TUNNEL

Autori: David Noelle1, Max Winter, Dominic Poeppe, Jochen Kriegseis, and Harald Pfifer
Pubblicato in: 11th EUROPEAN CONFERENCE FOR AERONAUTICS AND AEROSPACE SCIENCES (EUCASS), Numero 228
Editore: EUCASS association
DOI: 10.13009/EUCASS2025-228

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

Autori: C.E.D. Riboldi, M. Belan, S. Cacciola, R. Terenzi, S. Trovato, D. Usuelli, G. Familiari
Pubblicato in: ICAS Proceedings, 2024, ISSN 1025-9090
Editore: The International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences

A Parallel Finite Element Solver for the Simulations of Ionic Thrusters

Autori: G. Caliò, C. de Falco, L. Valdettaro, P. Barbante
Pubblicato in: 2025
Editore: EUCAS
DOI: 10.13009/EUCASS2025-683

Peer reviewed articles (11)

Atmospheric electroaerodynamic thrusters with grid collectors

Autori: Raffaello Terenzi, Stefano Trovato, Davide Usuelli, Marco Belan
Pubblicato in: Scientific Reports, Numero 15, 2026, ISSN 2045-2322
Editore: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
DOI: 10.1038/S41598-025-25308-6

Hierarchical multiscale modeling of positive corona discharges

Autori: G. Caliò, F. Ragazzi, A. Popoli, A. Cristofolini, L. Valdettaro, C. de Falco, P. Barbante
Pubblicato in: Journal of Electrostatics, Numero 141, 2026, ISSN 0304-3886
Editore: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/J.ELSTAT.2026.104291

Wind tunnel testing and performance modeling of an atmospheric ion thruster

Autori: Stefano Trovato, Raffaello Terenzi, Davide Usuelli, Marco Belan
Pubblicato in: Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, Numero 58, 2024, ISSN 0022-3727
Editore: IOP Publishing
DOI: 10.1088/1361-6463/AD7D9C

Wind tunnel testing and performance modeling of an atmospheric ion thruster

Autori: Stefano Trovato, Raffaello Terenzi, Davide Usuelli, Marco Belan
Pubblicato in: Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, Numero 58, 2024, ISSN 0022-3727
Editore: IOP Publishing
DOI: 10.1088/1361-6463/ad7d9c

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

Autori: Carlo E.D. Riboldi, Marco Belan, Stefano Cacciola, Raffaello Terenzi, Stefano Trovato, Davide Usuelli, Giuseppe Familiari
Pubblicato in: Aerospace, Numero 11, 2024, ISSN 2226-4310
Editore: MDPI AG
DOI: 10.3390/aerospace11070590

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

Autori: Omar Kahol, Marco Belan, Mattia Pacchiani, Domenico Montenero
Pubblicato in: Journal of Electrostatics, Numero 123, 2025, ISSN 0304-3886
Editore: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/J.ELSTAT.2023.103815

Performance Enhancement of EAD Thrusters With Nonuniform Emitters Array

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

Two-way perturbative coupling of plasma–fluid interactions

Autori: J M Dias Coelho Marques, D Fabre, F Plouraboué
Pubblicato in: Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, Numero 58, 2025, ISSN 0022-3727
Editore: IOP Publishing
DOI: 10.1088/1361-6463/AE07F9

Performance Enhancement of EAD Thrusters With Nonuniform Emitters Array

Autori: Davide Usuelli, Raffaello Terenzi, Stefano Trovato, Marco Belan
Pubblicato in: IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science, Numero 52, 2025, ISSN 0093-3813
Editore: 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

Autori: D Usuelli, A Favalli, S Trovato, R Terenzi, M Belan
Pubblicato in: Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, Numero 59, 2025, ISSN 0022-3727
Editore: IOP Publishing
DOI: 10.1088/1361-6463/AE251D

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

Autori: Giacomo Pierotti, Cecilia Piferi, Arturo Popoli, Marco Cavedon, Andrea Cristofolini, Emilio Martines, Claudia Riccardi
Pubblicato in: Plasma Sources Science and Technology, Numero 32, 2023, ISSN 0963-0252
Editore: IOP Publishing
DOI: 10.1088/1361-6595/ACDEA2