Oct 2017 | Research Library, Posters, Fusion Energy, Fusion Research, Fusion Science, Fusion Technology, Plasma Research, Simulation, Transport, Turbulence
October 2017 | Jian Bao | APS-DPP | Poster
Motivation: A high performance field reversed configuration has been sustained for 5ms, which is beyond the turbulent transport time scale.
Oct 2017 | Research Library, Posters, Fusion Energy, Fusion Research, Fusion Science, Fusion Technology, Plasma Research, Simulation, Transport, Turbulence
October 2017 | D.P. Fulton| APS-DPP | Poster
High-performance beam-driven field- reversed configuration (FRC). Achieved 5ms sustainment in June 2015, AND shots >10 ms, limited by stored energy.
Oct 2017 | Research Library, Posters, Fusion Energy, Fusion Research, Fusion Science, Fusion Technology, Plasma Research, Simulation, Transport, Turbulence
October 2017 | Calvin K. Lau | APS-DPP | Poster
Advanced beam-driven FRCs at TAE have lifetimes of milliseconds; turbulence simulations required for understanding confinement scaling and future devices
Sep 2017 | Research Library, Papers, Equilibrium, Fusion Energy, Fusion Research, Fusion Science, Fusion Technology, Simulation, Theory, Transport
September 2017 | M. Onofri | Physics of Plasmas | Paper
The transport phenomenon of a Field Reversed Configuration (FRC) is studied using the newly developed two-dimensional code Q2D, which couples a magnetohydrodynamic code with a Monte Carlo code for the beam component. The simulation by Q2D of the transport parallel to the simple open h-pinch fields and its associated outflow phenomenon shows an excellent agreement with one of the leading theories, elevating the Q2D validity and simultaneously deepening the theoretical understanding of this fundamental process.
Aug 2017 | Research Library, Papers, Equilibrium, Fusion Energy, Fusion Research, Fusion Science, Fusion Technology, Simulation, Stability, Theory, Turbulence, Waves
August 2017 | C. K. Lau | Physics of Plasmas | Paper
Gyrokinetic simulations of C-2-like field-reversed configuration (FRC) find that electrostatic drift- waves are locally stable in the core. The stabilization mechanisms include finite Larmor radius effects, magnetic well (negative grad-B), and fast electron short circuit effects.
Oct 2016 | Research Library, Posters, Diagnostics, Fusion Energy, Fusion Research, Fusion Science, Fusion Technology, Plasma Research, Simulation
October 2016 | L. Steinhauer | APS-DPP | Poster
The C-2U facility at TAE Technologies creates an advanced, beam-driven FRC with large ion orbits. The plasma is sustained for > 5ms.