Nov 2018 | Research Library, Posters, Diagnostics, Experiment, Fusion Energy, Fusion Research, Fusion Science, Fusion Technology, Plasma Research
October 2018 | J. Titus | APS-DPP | Poster
Heating, current drive, and partial fueling from neutral beam injection are essential to sustainment of C-2W field-reversed configuration (FRC) plasmas.
Nov 2018 | Research Library, Posters, Diagnostics, Experiment, Fusion Energy, Fusion Research, Fusion Science, Fusion Technology, Plasma Research
October 2018 | E. Parke | APS-DPP | Poster
C-2W is a field-reversed configuration (FRC) experiment with goals that include increasing plasma lifetimes and electron temperatures with respect to its predecessor C-2U
Nov 2018 | Research Library, Posters, Diagnostics, Experiment, Fusion Energy, Fusion Research, Fusion Science, Fusion Technology, Plasma Research
October 2018 | E. Granstedt | APS-DPP | Poster
The C-2W device1 is equipped with eight 1.6 MW neutral beams which inject large-orbit fast ions to sustain a field-reversed configuration embedded within an axisymmetric magnetic mirror.
Nov 2018 | Research Library, Posters, Diagnostics, Experiment, Fusion Energy, Fusion Research, Fusion Science, Fusion Technology, Plasma Research
October 2018 | D. Sheftman | APS-DPP | Poster
Accurate operation and high performance of the open field line plasma surrounding the Field Reversed Configuration (FRC) is crucial to achieving the goals of successful temperature ramp up and confinement improvement on C-2W.
Nov 2018 | Research Library, Posters, Diagnostics, Experiment, Fusion Energy, Fusion Research, Fusion Science, Fusion Technology, Plasma Research
October 2018 | A. DuBois | APS-DPP | Poster
The C-2W experiment is a field-reversed configuration (FRC) which uses neutral beam injection and an edge biasing scheme to suppress turbulence and stabilize the plasma.