Reactor Scale, 3D FRC simulations with WarpX’s new hybrid-PIC solver
November 2023 | A. Veksler | APS DPP 2023 | Poster
Employ a Hybrid-PIC algorithm with kinetic ions and fluid-like electrons
Statistical analysis of refraction-induced power loss for the C-2W Far-Infrared Interferometer
November 2023 | E. Parke | APS DPP 2023 | Poster
On C-2W (also called “Norman”) record-breaking, advanced beam-driven field reversed-configuration (FRC) plasmas are produced and sustained in steady stat
Reconstructions of Global Plasma Oscillations in C-2W via 300-Channel AXUV Photodiode Camera System
November 2023 | A. Bondarenko | APS DPP 2023 | Poster
In TAE Technologies’ current experimental device, C-2W (also called “Norman”),1 record breaking, advanced beam-driven FRC plasmas are produced and sustained in steady state …
Why we need to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, with Carbon180’s Anu Khan
Good Clean Energy is a podcast that tackles one of the most existential questions of our time: how to build a world with abundant, affordable, carbon-free electricity. TAE’s Jim McNiel dives into deep conversations with experts ranging from scientists to innovators to changemakers about the challenges our current energy systems face and updates on the race for game-changing, clean ways to power our lives.
In this episode, Jim is joined by Anu Khan, Deputy Director of Science and Innovation at the nonprofit Carbon180, to discuss the ins and outs of removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
Stabilization of the Alfven-ion cyclotron instability through short plasmas: Fully kinetic simulations in a high-beta regime
October 2023 | B. Nicks | Physics of Plasmas | Paper
The Alfven-ion cyclotron (AIC) mode is an instability that can be driven in magnetized plasmas with anisotropic pressure. Its chief deleterious effect is the driving of enhanced pitch-angle scattering of ions
Overview of TAE Technologies’ Fusion Program Towards Aneutronic Fusion
October 2023 | H. Gota | CWFEST 2023 | Presentation
TAE Technologies is a private company with mission to deliver clean and economically viable fusion power and fusion-derived technologies to solve existential human challenges.
Leading fusion innovator TAE Technologies applauds North Carolina’s enactment of cutting-edge clean energy legislation
North Carolina has enacted landmark energy legislation that recognizes fusion technology’s safety and environmental benefits. Senate Bill 678 demonstrates the state’s commitment to investing in fusion as a new clean electricity source that can be an important part of the state’s energy mix.
Helicon and High Harmonic Fast Waves (HHFW) in FRCs
October 2023 | F. Ceccherini | IAEA-FEC 2023 | Poster
Plasma heating through fast waves, from ion cyclotron and high harmonic fast wave (HHFW) resonances up to helicon regime, represents a key topic in the development of a nuclear fusion device.
Optimization and feedback control of the C-2W configuration
October 2023 | J.A. Romero | IAEA-FEC 2023 | Presentation
C-2W holds a high beta FRC plasma in an easily accessible linear device. Plasma is elongated to improve performance, resulting in axial instability. Feedback control stabilizes and sustains the long plasma in steady state.
Enhanced Plasma Performance in C-2W Advanced Beam-Driven Field-Reversed Configuration Experiments
October 2023 | H. Gota | IAEA-FEC 2023 | Poster
The NB power-supply system has recently been upgraded to extend the pulse length from 30 ms to 40 ms, which allows for a longer plasma lifetime thus better characterization and further enhancement of FRC performance.