Accelerator Technology Development at TAE Technologies
November 2016 | Artem Smirnov | CAARI | Presentation
Neutral beam-driven field reversed configuration offers reactor advantages.
Can Small Fusion Energy Start-Ups Conquer the Problems That Killed the Giants?
TAE Technologies was featured in the Scientific American magazine article, “Can Small Fusion Energy Start Ups Conquer the Problems that Killed the Giants?”
Opto-Mechanical Design of FIR Diagnostic System for C-2W
October 2016 | M. Beall | APS-DPP | Poster
Upgraded interferometer/polarimeter on center plane of machine to provide high resolution density and magnetic field information.
A Pre-ionization System to Limit Neutral Gas in a Compact Toroid Injector
October 2016 | I. Allfrey | APS-DPP | Poster
Fusion plasmas require long lifetimes and high temperatures, both of which are limited by particle loss, among other factors.
Spectroscopic Observations of Scrape-Off Layer Electron Temperature and Density
October 2016 | Dima Osin | APS-DPP | Poster
C-2U is a macroscopically stable, high-performance field-reversed configuration (HPF), where high plasma temperatures with significant fast-ion population and record lifetimes were achieved.
Hybrid Reconstruction of Field-Reversed Configurations
October 2016 | L. Steinhauer | APS-DPP | Poster
The C-2U facility at TAE Technologies creates an advanced, beam-driven FRC with large ion orbits. The plasma is sustained for > 5ms.
FPIC Study of the n=1 Toroidal Mode in FRC Plasmas
October 2016 | Francesco Checcerini | APS-DPP | Poster
The goal of TAE’s experiments is to sustain through the of use of neutral beam heating and edge biasing an advanced beam-driven FRC for many milliseconds, i.e., well beyond the growth times of common instabilities.
First Fast-Ion D-Alpha (FIDA) Measurements and Simulations on C-2U
October 2016 | Nathan Bolte | APS-DPP | Poster
In the TAE Technologies C-2U experiment, advanced beam-driven field-reversed configuration (FRC) plasmas were sustained via tangential neutral beam injection.
Observation of Super-thermal Plasma & Beam Energization in a Beam Driven FRC
October 2016 | R. Clary | APS-DPP | Poster
C-2U is an advanced beam-driven FRC experiment. Dynamics of fast particles (hydrogen) are critical to plasma (deuterium) performance.
Edge/SOL Plasma Parameter/Magnetic Field Profile and Fluctuation Measurements at C-2U Midplane
October 2016 | T. Roche | APS-DPP | Poster
Complete radial profiles of plasma parameters are essential in understanding plasma dynamics.