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 …

Formation of a long-lived hot field reversed configuration by dynamically merging two colliding high-β compact toroids

HY Guo, MW Binderbauer, D Barnes, S Putvinski… - Physics of …, 2011 - pubs.aip.org
A high temperature field reversed configuration (FRC) has been produced in the newly built,
world's largest compact toroid (CT) facility, C-2, by colliding and merging two high-β CTs …

Achievement of field-reversed configuration plasma sustainment via 10 MW neutral-beam injection on the C-2U device

H Gota, MW Binderbauer, T Tajima, S Putvinski… - Nuclear …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract Tri Alpha Energy's experimental program has demonstrated reliable field-reversed
configuration (FRC) formation and sustainment, driven by fast ions via high-power neutral …

Ion and electron heating characteristics of magnetic reconnection in tokamak plasma merging experiments

Y Ono, H Tanabe, T Yamada, M Inomoto… - Plasma Physics and …, 2012 - iopscience.iop.org
Recently, the TS-3 and TS-4 tokamak merging experiments revealed significant plasma
heating during magnetic reconnection. A key question is how and where ions and electrons …

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 …

Systems and methods for forming and maintaining a high performance FRC

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

Achievement of sustained net plasma heating in a fusion experiment with the optometrist algorithm

EA Baltz, E Trask, M Binderbauer, M Dikovsky… - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
Many fields of basic and applied science require efficiently exploring complex systems with
high dimensionality. An example of such a challenge is optimising the performance of …