High Performance Field Reversed Configurations
October 2014 | M. Binderbauer | APS-DPP | Presentation
The long-range mission is to develop compact reactor without toroidal field coils or a central solenoid.
Hybrid MHD Model for a Driven, Ion-Current FRC
October 2014 | H.U. Rahman | IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science | Paper
A standard magnetohydrodynamic code, MACH2 [1], is modified in 1-D to account for two-fluid behavior, to include the effects of a finite-electric field during the formation of a driven, field-reversed configuration (FRC).
Hybrid magneto-hydrodynamic simulation of a driven FRC
June 2014 | H.U. Rahman | Physics of Plasmas | Paper
We simulate a field-reversed configuration (FRC), produced by an “inductively driven” FRC experiment; comprised of a central-flux coil and exterior-limiter coil. To account for the plasma kinetic behavior, a standard 2-dimensional magneto-hydrodynamic code is modified to preserve the azimuthal, two-fluid behavior.
Rotational stability a long field-reversed configuration
February 2014 | D. Barnes | Physics of Plasmas | Paper
Rotationally driven modes of long systems with dominantly axial magnetic field are considered. We apply the incompressible model and order axial wavenumber small. A recently developed gyro-viscous model is incorporated. A one-dimensional equilibrium is assumed, but radial profiles are arbitrary.
Field Reversed Configuration Confinement Enhancement through Edge Biasing and Neutral Beam Injection
June 2012 | M. Tuszewski | Physical Review Letters | Paper
Field reversed configurations (FRCs) with high confinement are obtained in the C-2 device by combining plasma gun edge biasing and neutral beam injection.
Tomographic imaging system for measuring impurity line emission in a field-reversed configuration
June 2012 | T. Roche | Review of Scientific Instruments | Paper
A 16 chord optical tomography system has been developed and implemented in the flux coil generated-field reversed configuration (FRC).