Simulation of Equilibrium, Stability, and Transport in Advanced FRCs
November 2020 | S. Dettrick | APS-DPP | Poster
Analysis – interpretive modeling of C-2W experiment. Simulation – predictive modeling of experiment.
Beam-Driven Ion-Cyclotron Modes in FRC
October 2019 | B. S. Nicks | APS-DPP | Poster
C-2U experiment: beam-driven FRC. Proton beams injected into deuterium plasma. Fast proton injection greatly enhanced DD fusion rate
Numerical Model Developments for Turbulent Transport in C-2W
October 2019 | Calvin K. Lau | APS-DPP | Poster
Electrostatic particle-in-cell turbulence code. Nonlinear simulations show inverse cascade in SOL. Fluctuations spread from unstable SOL to stable core…
Cross-separatrix simulations of turbulent transport in the field-reversed configuration
June 2019 | C.K. Lau | Nuclear Fusion | Paper
Recent local simulations of the field-reversed configuration (FRC) have reported drift-wave stability in the core and instability in the scrape-off layer (SOL). However, experimental measurements indicate the existence of fluctuations in both FRC core and SOL, with much lower amplitude fluctuations measured in the core.
Integrated Modeling of Stability and Transport of FRC Plasmas
April 2019 | A.Necas | 2019 Sherwood Fusion Theory | Poster
TAE Technologies, Inc, has an active fusion plasma research program centered around the FRC (Field Reversed Configuration) magnetic topology and the existing C-2W (aka Norman) experiment.
The C-2W real time inference and plasma control system
October 2018 | J. Romero | APS-DPP | Poster
Efficient neutral beam capture and retention requires maintenance of plasma axisymmetry to avoid stochastic diffusion losses.