Overview and Recent Achievements in the C-2W Field-Reversed Configuration Experiment

Overview and Recent Achievements in the C-2W Field-Reversed Configuration Experiment

by | Oct 2019 |  Posters, Confinement, Experiment, Fusion Energy, Fusion Research, Fusion Science, Fusion Technology, Overview, Performance, Plasma Research, Research Library

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

Measurement of Axial Plasma Losses in the C-2W High Performance Regime

Measurement of Axial Plasma Losses in the C-2W High Performance Regime

by | Oct 2019 |  Posters, Confinement, Diagnostics, Experiment, Fusion Energy, Fusion Research, Fusion Science, Fusion Technology, Performance, Plasma Research, Research Library

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

Formation of Hot, Stable, Long-Lived Field-Reversed Configuration Plasmas on the C-2W Device

Formation of Hot, Stable, Long-Lived Field-Reversed Configuration Plasmas on the C-2W Device

by | Jun 2019 |  Papers, Edge Control, Experiment, Formation, Fusion Energy, Fusion Research, Fusion Science, Fusion Technology, Overview, Performance, Plasma Research, Research Library, Stability, Top Level

June 2019 | H. Gota | Nuclear Fusion | Paper

TAE Technologies’ research is devoted to producing high temperature, stable, long-lived field-reversed configuration (FRC) plasmas by neutral-beam injection (NBI) and edge biasing/control.