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July 2012
An English translation of the 2010 Chinese paper, together with unpublished test results have been obtained. The last line of the paper confirms that experimental thrust measurements have been made at 1kW input power. The unpublished test results show a large number of thrust measurements at input powers up to 2.5kW. The mean specific thrust obtained is close to that measured in the SPR flight thruster tests.
Note that the Chinese thruster, if deployed on the ISS, would easily provide the necessary delta V to compensate for orbital decay, thus eliminating the need for the reboost/refueling missions.
The original 2010 paper, the translation and the unpublished test results are given here:
NWPU 2010 paper (Chinese)
< http://www.emdrive.com/NWPU2010paper.pdf>
NWPU 2010 paper (English translation)
< http://www.emdrive.com/NWPU2010translation.pdf>
NWPU 2010 unpublished test results
< http://www.emdrive.com/NWPU2010testresults.pdf>
Conclusion :
... With 1000W microwave input, using brass as the material of the cavity, using
the classical theory of electrodynamics, the maximum theoretical thrust
produced in modes TE011 and TE012 is 411mN and 456mN respectively, and
the practical measurements are 214mN and 315mN.
