Simulation Overview of High-Performance Beam-Driven Field Reversed Configurations
October 2016 | S. Dettrick | APS-DPP | Poster
Simulation of High Performance Beam Driven FRC shows that hot FRC is formed by thermalization of fast colliding FRCs.
Compact Toroid Injection Fueling on a Large-sized Field-Reversed Configuration
October 2016 | Tomohiko Asai | IAEA-FEC | Poster
A repetitively driven compact toroid (CT) injector has been developed for large-sized field-reversed configuration (FRC) facility of the C-2/C-2U primarily for refueling.
Achievement of Field-Reversed Configuration Plasma Sustainment via 10 MW Neutral-Beam Injection on the C-2U Device
October 2016 | Hiroshi Gota | IAEA-FEC | Poster
The world’s largest compact-toroid device, C-2, has been upgraded to C-2U at TAE Technologies to achieve sustainment of field-reversed configuration (FRC) plasmas by neutral-beam (NB) injection (NBI) and edge biasing, and the C-2U experiment is characterized by the following key system upgrades.
Achievement of Field-Reversed Configuration Plasma Sustainment via 10 MW Neutral-Beam Injection on the C-2U Device
October 2016 | H. Gota | IAEA-FEC | Paper
The experimental program at TAE Technologies has demonstrated reliable field-reversed configuration (FRC) formation and sustainment, driven by fast ions via high-power neutral-beam (NB) injection.
Compact Toroid Injection Fueling on a Large-sized Field-Reversed Configuration
October 2016 | Tomohiko Asai | IAEA-FEC | Paper
A repetitively driven compact toroid (CT) injector has been developed for large-sized field-reversed configuration (FRC) facility of the C-2/C-2U primarily for refueling.
Improved density profile measurements in the C-2U advanced beam-driven Field-Reversed Configuration (FRC) plasmas
August 2016 | M. Beall | Review of Scientific Instruments | Paper
In the prior C-2 experiment, electron density was measured using a two-color 6-chord CO2/HeNe interferometer. Analysis shows that high-frequency common mode phase noise can be reduced by a factor of 3 by constructing a reference chord.
Diagnostic suite of the C-2U advanced beam-driven field-reversed configuration plasma experiment
August 2016 | M. C. Thompson | Review of Scientific Instruments | Paper
The C-2U experiment at Tri Alpha Energy studies the evolution of field-reversed configuration (FRC) plasmas sustained by neutral beam injection. Data on the FRC plasma performance are provided by a comprehensive suite of diagnostics that includes magnetic sensors, interferometry, Thomson scattering, spectroscopy, bolometry, reflectometry, neutral particle analyzers, and fusion product detectors.
High sensitivity far infrared laser diagnostics for the C-2U advanced beam-driven field-reversed configuration plasmas
August 2016 | B. H. Deng | Review of Scientific Instruments | Paper
A high sensitivity multi-channel far infrared laser diagnostics with switchable interferometry and polarimetry operation modes for the advanced neutral beam-driven C-2U field-reversed configuration (FRC) plasmas is described. The interferometer achieved superior resolution of 1 ⇥ 1016 m 2 at >1.5 MHz bandwidth, illustrated by measurement of small amplitude high frequency fluctuations.
Jet outflow and open field line measurements on the C-2U advanced beam-driven field-reversed configuration plasma experiment
August 2016 | D. Sheftman | Review of Scientific Instruments | Paper
Knowledge and control of the axial outflow of plasma particles and energy along open-magnetic-field lines are of crucial importance to the stability and longevity of the advanced beam-driven field- reversed configuration plasma. An overview of the diagnostic methods used to perform measurements on the open field line plasma on C-2U is presented, including passive Doppler impurity spectroscopy, microwave interferometry, and triple Langmuir probe measurements.
Hanle effect as a magnetic diagnostics for field-reversed configuration plasmas
August 2016 | D. K. Gupta | Review of Scientific Instruments | Paper
Hanle effect is presented as a low magnetic-field diagnostic for field-reversed configuration (FRC) plasmas. The non-perturbative technique is capable of measuring not only magnetic-field pro- file and direction but also field-null position and its shape.