C-2W Magnetic Measurement Suite
October 2017 | APS-DPP | Poster
Monitoring the complete magnetic evolution of the plasma is essential for understanding the system’s dynamics. Over 1000 B-field signals are monitored to provide both post-shot analysis data and data for an advanced active feedback system under development
Performance Improvement of a Magnetized Coaxial Plasma Gun by Adopting Iron-core Bias Coil and New Pre-Ionization System
October 2017 | APS-DPP | Poster
A magnetized coaxial plasma gun (MCPG) is a device used to generate a compact toroid (CT), which has a spheromak-like configuration.
Effects of Ionization on Beam Parallel Component and Beam-Driven Perpendicular Modes
October 2017 | APS-DPP | Poster
Experiments indicate beam-driven mode in the vicinity of the ion cyclotron frequency 𝑛=1 seen at low 𝛽—conditions typically found in C2U FRC scrape-off layer and outbound of separatrix.
Vlasov Fokker Planck Study Of Electron Dynamics In Scrape Off Layer With Expander Divertor
October 2017 | APS-DPP | Poster
C-2W goal is to increase electron temperature by reducing electron heat losses using expander divertor. FRC core is surrounded by the open field mirror system.
Whole Device Modelingof Compact Tori: Stability and Transport Modeling of C-2W
October 2017 | APS-DPP | Poster
TAE is working towards catalysing a community-wide collaboration to develop a Whole Device Model (WDM) of Compact Tori.
Multi-Wavelength Interferometry and Axial Polarimetry on C-2W
October 2017 | APS-DPP | Poster
Tri Alpha Energy’s C-2W device is operational and represents another major step in a progression of advanced beam-driven Field-Reversed Configuration (FRC) confinement devices that have prolonged the lifetime, increased stability and added significant neutral beam injection power to heat and sustain an FRC plasma.
Overview of the C-2W Field-Reversed Configuration Experiment Diagnostic Suite
October 2017 | APS-DPP | Poster
Tri Alpha Energy (TAE) studies the evolution of advanced beam-driven field-reversed configuration (FRC) plasmas sustained by neutral-beam injection.
Characterization of Magnetohydrodynamic Transport in a Field Reversed Configuration
October 2017 | APS-DPP | Poster
Transport in a Field Reversed Configuration (FRC) is studied by using the two-dimensional code Q2D, which couples a magnetohydrodynamic code with a Monte Carlo code for the beam component.
Near-infrared Bremsstrahlung Radiation Measurements in an Advanced Beam-driven FRC Plasma
October 2017 | APS-DPP | Poster
In magnetically confined fusion plasmas, the effective ionic charge (𝑍𝑒𝑓𝑓) is a measure of the plasma contamination from impurities
Separatrix E×B Shear Flows and Turbulence Propagation in the C-2U FRC; Diagnostic Upgrades for Density and Magnetic Field Fluctuation Measurements in C-2W
October 2017 | APS-DPP | Poster
Ion-scale modes have been shown to be stable in the C-2/C-2FRC core, in agreement with initial gyrokinetic simulation results, with a characteristic inverted toroidal wavenumber spectrum confirmed via Doppler Backscattering (DBS) measurements.