Nov 2021 | News
With Google’s assistance using machine optimization and data science, TAE achieved the major goals for their fusion platform, Norman, which brings us a step closer to the goal of breakeven fusion. They have completed a design for an even more powerful machine, which they hope will demonstrate the conditions necessary for breakeven fusion before the end of the decade. TAE has succeeded with two complete machine builds during our collaboration, and we are really excited to see the third.
Nov 2021 | Research Library, Posters, Diagnostics, Experiment, Fusion Energy, Fusion Research, Fusion Science, Fusion Technology, Plasma Research
November 2021 | V. Sokolov | APS-DPP 2021 | Poster
The end bias electrode system provides stabilization and heating of the high-beta axisymmetric plasmas by inducing azimuthal plasma rotation via the application of radial electric fields.
Nov 2021 | Research Library, Posters, Experiment, Fusion Energy, Fusion Research, Fusion Science, Fusion Technology, Overview, Performance, Plasma Research
November 2021 | T. Roche | APS-DPP 2021 | Poster
TAE Technologies, Inc. (TAE) pursues an alternate approach to magnetically-confined fusion, relying on field-reversed configuration (FRC) plasmas.
Nov 2021 | Research Library, Posters, Experiment, Fast Particles, Fusion Energy, Fusion Research, Fusion Science, Fusion Technology, Instabilities, Plasma Research, Stability
November 2021 | T. DeHaas | APS-DPP 2021 | Poster
Traditional FRCs are known to be theoretically unstable to an internal tilt mode whose threshold is characterized by the parameter S*/E.
Nov 2021 | Research Library, Posters, Fusion Energy, Fusion Research, Fusion Science, Fusion Technology, Modeling, Plasma Research, Simulation
November 2021 | S. Dettrick | APS-DPP 2021 | Poster
An expander divertor can be used to expand the Scrape-Off-Layer flux-tube of a linear device to arbitrary size, providing reduced energy flux to the wall, increased pumping capacity, formation of a pre-sheath for electrostatic confinement of electrons, and…
Nov 2021 | Research Library, Posters, Diagnostics, Experiment, Fusion Energy, Fusion Research, Fusion Science, Fusion Technology, Plasma Research
November 2021 | R. Smith | APS-DPP 2021 | Poster
Copernicus will be the next generation field reversed configuration (FRC) device at TAE Technologies.
Nov 2021 | Research Library, Posters, Diagnostics, Experiment, Fusion Energy, Fusion Research, Fusion Science, Fusion Technology, Plasma Research
November 2021 | R. Marshall | APS-DPP 2021 | Poster
One of the newest diagnostics for the C-2W plasma is main ion CHarge Exchange Recombination
Spectroscopy(mCHERS) to measure the main ion temperature and velocity.
Nov 2021 | Research Library, Posters, Diagnostics, Experiment, Fusion Energy, Fusion Research, Fusion Science, Fusion Technology, Instabilities, Plasma Research, Stability
November 2021 | M. Tobin | APS-DPP 2021 | Poster
We report on the observation of axisymmetric periodic deformations of the FRC in external magnetic field and internal electron density measurements in C-2W that appear consistent with the tearing mode.
Nov 2021 | Research Library, Posters, Diagnostics, Edge Control, Experiment, Fusion Energy, Fusion Research, Fusion Science, Fusion Technology, Plasma Research
November 2021 | M. Nations | APS-DPP 2021 | Poster
Variations in axial and radial electric fields are determining factors in electron-ion confinement as well
as plasma rotation and heating.
Nov 2021 | Research Library, Posters, Confinement, Edge Control, Experiment, Fusion Energy, Fusion Research, Fusion Science, Fusion Technology, Plasma Research, Transport
November 2021 | M. Kaur | APS-DPP 2021 | Poster
Long-lived, hot FRCs with excluded flux radius up to 50 cm are sustained in steady-state in the central confinement vessel by utilizing several advanced subsystems.
