Review of field-reversed configurations

LC Steinhauer - Physics of Plasmas, 2011 - pubs.aip.org
This review addresses field-reversed configurations (FRCs), which are compact-toroidal
magnetic systems with little or no toroidal field and very high β (ratio of plasma pressure to …

A high performance field-reversed configuration

MW Binderbauer, T Tajima, LC Steinhauer… - Physics of …, 2015 - pubs.aip.org
Conventional field-reversed configurations (FRCs), high-beta, prolate compact toroids
embedded in poloidal magnetic fields, face notable stability and confinement concerns …

Overview of C-2W: high temperature, steady-state beam-driven field-reversed configuration plasmas

H Gota, MW Binderbauer, T Tajima, A Smirnov… - Nuclear …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract TAE Technologies, Inc.(TAE) is pursuing an alternative approach to magnetically
confined fusion, which relies on field-reversed configuration (FRC) plasmas composed of …

Formation of hot, stable, long-lived field-reversed configuration plasmas on the C-2W device

H Gota, MW Binderbauer, T Tajima, S Putvinski… - Nuclear …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
TAE Technologies' research is devoted to producing high temperature, stable, long-lived
field-reversed configuration (FRC) plasmas by neutral-beam injection (NBI) and edge …

[LIBRO][B] Alternative fusion fuels and systems

SV Ryzhkov, AY Chirkov - 2018 - taylorfrancis.com
Explores the systems of magnetic confinement of high-temperature plasma with closed and
open magnetic field lines which relate to alternative compact devices of controlled …

Systems and methods for forming and maintaining a high performance FRC

MW Binderbauer, E Garate, S Putvinski… - US Patent …, 2019 - Google Patents
A high performance field reversed configuration (FRC) system includes a central
confinement vessel, two diametrically opposed reversed-field-theta-pinch formation sections …

Observation of self-organized FRC formation in a collisional-merging experiment

T Asai, D Kobayashi, T Seki, Y Tamura… - Nuclear …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Self-organized field-reversed configuration (FRC)-like formation was observed after the
super-sonic/Alfvénic collisional merging of two FRCs in the FAT-CM device at Nihon …

Field Reversed Configuration Confinement Enhancement through Edge Biasing<? format?> and Neutral Beam Injection

M Tuszewski, A Smirnov, MC Thompson, S Korepanov… - Physical review …, 2012 - APS
Field reversed configurations (FRCs) with high confinement are obtained in the C-2 device
by combining plasma gun edge biasing and neutral beam injection. The plasma gun creates …

Achieving a long-lived high-beta plasma state by energetic beam injection

HY Guo, MW Binderbauer, T Tajima, RD Milroy… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
Develo** a stable plasma state with high-beta (ratio of plasma to magnetic pressures) is of
critical importance for an economic magnetic fusion reactor. At the forefront of this …

Suppressed ion-scale turbulence in a hot high-β plasma

L Schmitz, DP Fulton, E Ruskov, C Lau… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
An economic magnetic fusion reactor favours a high ratio of plasma kinetic pressure to
magnetic pressure in a well-confined, hot plasma with low thermal losses across the …