Blended Kinetic Simulations of Transport in C-2W
November 2020 | C. Lau | APS-DPP | Poster
Goal: understand confinement in current devices; predict confinement in future devices
Rigid motion of C-2W FRC plasma
November 2020 | K. Zhai | APS-DPP | Poster
C-2W is an advanced beam driven Field Reversed Configuration (FRC) fusion device [1], in which plasma sustainment with total temperature at 3keV has been demonstrated.
FRC as a Two-Fluid Flowing Relaxed State
November 2020 | B. Nicks | APS-DPP | Poster
Can FRCs (field-reversed configurations) be shown to be a preferred state of plasma under certain conditions?
Interferometry technique to measure 2D FRC equilibria on TAE’s Norman device
November 2020 | R. Smith | APS-DPP | Poster
The mid-plane multi-chord FIR interferometer system on the Norman device is used in conjunction with the equilibrium (EQ) field coils and trim coil set to move the plasma axially
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