Radiative Measurements in C-2W
November 2020 | T. DeHaas | APS-DPP | Poster
TAE Technologies’ current experimental device, C-2W, is an advanced, beam-driven, FRC with advanced divertors, end bias electrodes, and …
High power electron beam for plasma heating
November 2020 | A. Tkachev | APS-DPP | Poster
A high power electron beam for plasma heating has been developed at TAE Technologies. The electron beam is designed to provide up to 200 A
Flow profile measurement with a Mach probe in the open-field line region of C-2W
November 2020 | T. Matsumoto | APS-DPP | Poster
In TAE Technologies’ current experimental device, C-2W(also called“Norman”), record-breaking, advanced beam-driven field-reversed configuration
FRC Fast Ion Distribution: Effect on Equilibria
November 2020 | L. Galeotti | APS-DPP | Poster
Neutral Beam Injection (NBI) plays a critical role in TAE’s C-2W FRC device providing plasma stability, heating and current drive. C-2W produces steady-state FRCs that are stable and contain significant current and pressure from fast ions.
Fast ion D(a) diagnostic (FIDA) on C-2W
November 2020 | L. Morton | APS-DPP | Poster
Fast ions diagnostics are important for C-2W. Data from mCHERS demonstrates feasibility of FIDA measurement…
Density Fluctuations Measured by FIR Interferometer System in C-2W FRC
November 2020 | B. Deng | APS-DPP | Poster
In the TAE Technologies current experimental device, C-2W, record breaking, advanced beam-driven FRC plasmas are produced and sustained in steady state utilizing variable energy neutral beams
RF Transfer of Momentum and Angular Momentum in FRC plasmas
November 2020 | F. Ceccherini | APS-DPP | Poster
TAE Technologies RF code, RF-Pisa, has been upgraded to study the transfer of momentum and angular momentum from RF waves to plasma species in an FRC configuration.
MHD Mode Identification by Higher Order Singular Value Decomposition in C-2W
November 2020 | M. Tobin | APS-DPP | Poster
The C-2W device (also known as ‘Norman’) at TAE Technologies has proven successful at generating stable, long-lived FRC plasmas with record temperatures.
Overview of the C-2W Field-Reversed Configuration Experimental Program
November 2020 | H.Gota | APS-DPP | Poster
TAE Technologies, Inc. (TAE) is a privately-funded company pursuing an alternative approach to magnetic confinement fusion, which relies on field-reversed configuration…
Towards Tomography on C-2W: First Results from Reconfigured 300-channel Bolometry System
November 2020 | A. Bondarenko | APS-DPP | Poster
In TAE Technologies’ current experimental device, C-2W (also called ”Norman’’)1, record breaking, advanced beam-driven field reversed configuration (FRC) plasmas are produced and …