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 …

Experimental evidence for super-Alfvénic acceleration of the field-reversed configuration due to a magnetic pressure gradient

D Kobayashi, T Asai - Physics of Plasmas, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
The super-Alfvénic acceleration of an extremely high beta plasmoid due to a magnetic
pressure gradient is evidenced in translation experiments involving the field-reversed …

[图书][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 …

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 …

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 …