October 2021 | S.A. Dettrick | Nuclear Fusion | Paper
The advanced beam-driven FRC is a field reversed configuration (FRC) with the addition of neutral beam (NB) injection, electrode biasing, and magnetic expander divertors.
October 2021 | H. Gota | Nuclear Fusion | Paper
TAE Technologies, Inc. (TAE) is pursuing an alternative approach to magnetically confined fusion, which relies on field-reversed configuration (FRC) plasmas composed of mostly energetic…
August 2021 | S. Dettrick | OS2021 | Presentation
Equilibrium with large kinetic ion population
• Global Stability properties in presence of neutral beams
• Perpendicular Transport due to kinetic microturbulence
November 2020 | G. Player | APS-DPP | Presentation
Fast Ion Orbits in FRCs • Classifying Fast Ion Orbits • C-2W Fast Ion Orbit Topology • Diagnosing Orbit Types
November 2020 | E. Granstedt | APS-DPP | Presentation
Norman plasma consists of an FRC embedded in a magnetic mirror SOL. Neutral particle transport & fast ion modeling indicate gas injection…
November 2020 | L. Galeotti | APS-DPP | Poster
Neutral Beam Injection (NBI) plays a critical role in TAE’s C-2W FRC device providing plasma stability, heating and current drive. C-2W produces steady-state FRCs that are stable and contain significant current and pressure from fast ions.