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.
May 2017 | T. Asai | Nuclear Fusion | Paper
A repetitively driven compact toroid (CT) injector has been developed for the large eld- reversed con guration (FRC) facility of the C-2/C-2U, primarily for particle refueling. A CT is formed and injected by a magnetized coaxial plasma gun (MCPG) exclusively developed for the C-2/C-2U FRC.
November 2016 | J. Romero | APS-DPP | Presentation
Method to infer the FRC separatrix geometry and axial stability properties of the equilibrium developed. Tested with equilibrium code simulations
October 2016 | Artem Smirnov and Richard Magee | APS-DPP | Presentation
Provide fast learning cycles and large experimental dataset. Demonstrate sustainment via Neutral Beam Injection for > 5ms with high repeatability.
October 2016 | S. Dettrick | APS-DPP | Poster
Simulation of High Performance Beam Driven FRC shows that hot FRC is formed by thermalization of fast colliding FRCs.
October 2016 | Tomohiko Asai | IAEA-FEC | Paper
A repetitively driven compact toroid (CT) injector has been developed for large-sized field-reversed configuration (FRC) facility of the C-2/C-2U primarily for refueling.