PPPL-4685

Construction of the PFRC-2 Device

Authors: S.A. Cohen, B. Berlinger, C. Brunkhorst, H. Feder, J. Gumbas, C.E. Myers and M.R. Edwards

Abstract:
The PFRC-2 device is being constructed to achieve goals set for compact toroids by the DOE ReNeW process: formation of stable, quasi-steady-state, high-β plasmas with keV temperatures. In this paper we describe a number of novel technologies that have been incorporated into the PFRC-2 to enable and accelerate research towards small, clean, practical fusion reactors. These technologies include polycarbonate as the vacuum vessel material and high-temperature superconducting internal passive coils for plasma equilibrium and stability.
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Submitted to: AIP Conference Proceedings - Innovative Confinement Concepts (ICC) & US Japan Compact Torus Plasma (CT) Workshop, August 16-19, 2011 Seattle, Washington

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