November 2024 | J. Romero | HPC | Presentation
The FRC suits aneutronic fuels ideally. Norman confines FRC plasma in an accessible linear device. Feedback control maintains stable, steady-state plasma. Bayesian inference enables holistic data analysis. Machine learning accelerates commercial energy development.
October 2024 | H. Gota | Nuclear Fusion | Paper
TAE Technologies’ fifth-generation fusion device, C-2W (also called ‘Norman’), is the world’s largest compact-toroid device and has made significant progress in field-reversed configuration (FRC) plasma performance.
October 2024 | A. Fontanilla | APS DPP 2024 | Poster
The field reversed configuration (FRC) presents a unique approach to fusion exhibiting a high degree of self-organization resulting in a high-β plasma. The FRC has been extensively studied at TAE Technologies with the C-2W experiment
October 2024 | S. Dettrick | APS DPP 2024 | Presentation
The C-2W experiment at TAE Technologies demonstrates steady-state field-reversed configurations with enhanced plasma stability and ion heating driven by neutral beams, supported by advanced modeling and diagnostics to optimize performance.
October 2024 | M. Nations | APS DPP 2024 | Poster
Experiments on C-2W demonstrate enhanced ion heating through beam-driven waves, where fast-ion energy is directly transferred to thermal ions via wave-particle interactions, resulting in sustained high ion temperatures and improved plasma performance.
October 2024 | J. MacFarlane | APS DPP 2024 | Poster
The upgraded helium line ratio spectroscopy system on C-2W aims to improve measurements in low-density regions, addressing challenges like gas jet divergence and enhancing diagnostics for better alignment with Thomson Scattering and interferometry data.