October 2019 | Erik Trask | APS-DPP | Poster
In TAE Technologies’ current experimental device, C-2W (also called “Norman”)[1], record breaking, advanced beam-driven field reversed configuration (FRC)
October 2019 | R. Clary | APS-DPP | Poster
The C-2W device (aka “Norman”)[1] produces advanced beam-driven field re- versed configuration (FRC) plasmas. Variable energy neutral beam injection…
October 2019 | D. Sheftman | APS-DPP | Poster
Reduction of impurity influx from material surfaces is essential to achieve high temperatures in fusion experiments. In the beam driven field reversed configuration C-2W device…
October 2019 | H. Gota | APS-DPP | Poster
TAE Technologies, Inc. (TAE) is a privately funded company pursuing an alternative approach to magnetic confinement fusion, which relies on field-reversed configuration (FRC) plasmas composed of mostly energetic
October 2019 | M. E. Griswold | APS-DPP | Poster
In TAE Technologies’ current experimental device, C-2W (also called Norman), record breaking, advanced beam-driven field reversed configuration (FRC) plasmas are produced and sustained in steady state
April 2019 | A.Necas | 2019 Sherwood Fusion Theory | Poster
TAE Technologies, Inc, has an active fusion plasma research program centered around the FRC (Field Reversed Configuration) magnetic topology and the existing C-2W (aka Norman) experiment.
October 2017 | S. Gupta | APS-DPP | Poster
C-2W goal is to increase electron temperature by reducing electron heat losses using expander divertor. FRC core is surrounded by the open field mirror system.
October 2017 | H. Gota | APS-DPP | Poster
Tri Alpha Energy’s research has been devoted to producing a high temperature, stable, long-lived field-reversed configuration (FRC) plasma state by neutral-beam injection (NBI) and edge biasing/control.
January 2017 | M. Tuszewski | Physics of Plasma | Paper
Field Reversed Configurations (FRCs) heated by neutral beam injection may include a large fast ion pressure that significantly modifies the equilibrium. A new analysis is required to characterize such hybrid FRCs, as the simple relations used up to now prove inaccurate.
May 2016 | S. Gupta | Physics of Plasmas | Paper
A significant improvement of field reversed configuration (FRC) lifetime and plasma confinement times in the C-2 plasma, called High Performance FRC regime, has been observed with neutral beam injection (NBI), improved edge stability, and better wall conditioning.