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Presenter:HiroshiGota 1 ARPA-EALPHAAnnualReviewMee9ngSanFrancisco,CA–August30,2017
Status Update on Tri Alpha Energy’s Fusion Program Hiroshi Gota, Michl Binderbauer, and the TAE Team Tri Alpha Energy, Inc. ARPA-E ALPHA Annual Review Meeting San Francisco, CA August 30, 2017
Presenter:HiroshiGota 2 ARPA-EALPHAAnnualReviewMee9ngSanFrancisco,CA–August30,2017
Beginning with the End in Mind Holistic Approach to Fusion
• Net Energy Output!• “long enough”!• “hot enough”!• sufficiently efficient!
• Technology Readiness!• aneutronic fuel!• low materials challenge!• ease of maintenance!
• Cost Competitive!• compact size!• least environmental impact!• efficient energy conversion!
Scien9ficValida9on
EngineeringIntegra9on
CommercialViability
Presenter:HiroshiGota 3 ARPA-EALPHAAnnualReviewMee9ngSanFrancisco,CA–August30,2017
Field-Reversed Configurations and Tri Alpha Energy’s Concept WhyFRCs?:• Highplasmaβ~1
• compactandhighpowerdensity• aneutronicfuelcapability;e.g.,p+11B• indigenouskine9cpar9cles
• Simplegeometry• onlydiamagne9ccurrents• easierdesign&maintenance
• Linearunrestricteddivertor• facilitatesimpurity,ashandpowerremoval
TAE’sapproach:• TangenDalneutralbeaminjecDon(NBI)
• largeorbitionpopula9on• improvestabilityandtransport
• Fastions• decoupledfrommicroturbulence• slowdownatnearclassicalrates
Field-reversedconfiguraDon
Neutral-beaminjecDon(NBI)
Neutral-beaminjecDonandfast-ionorbit
Presenter:HiroshiGota 4 ARPA-EALPHAAnnualReviewMee9ngSanFrancisco,CA–August30,2017
TAE’s Research Philosophy Accelerated Learning Towards “Hot and Long Enough”
• TestforfailureearlyandatreducedcostwhilereducingmostcriDcalrisks• Rapidprototyping
• datadrivenresearch–largeexperimentaldataset(>50,000shots)• highdegreeofrepeatability
• Tightlyintegratetheory/modelingwithexperimentaDon• DevelopengineeringknowhowandintegraDon• InvitecollaboraDontoaccelerateprogress
• UCI,UCLA,BudkerIns9tute(Russia),PPPL,LLNL,ORNL,UW-Madison,Univ.ofPisa(Italy),NihonUniv.(Japan),Univ.ofWashington,SwarthmoreCollege,Industrialpartners
Presenter:HiroshiGota 5 ARPA-EALPHAAnnualReviewMee9ngSanFrancisco,CA–August30,2017
Exciting and Productive Collaboration with Google Collaboration Rapidly Accelerating the Science of Fusion
• VerysuccessfulrelaDonshipwithGooglebeganin2014
• TAEandGoogleteamsapplyingarDficialintelligence/machinelearningtoadvancedplasmaresearch
• OngoingdedicaDonofsubstanDalscienDfic,technicalandcompuDngresourcesbyGoogle
• PublicannouncementJuly2017inconjuncDonwithpublishingofjointpaper– Scien&ficReports7,6425(2017).
Presenter:HiroshiGota 6 ARPA-EALPHAAnnualReviewMee9ngSanFrancisco,CA–August30,2017
TAE Research Program Evolution From 2000 to Present – Demonstration of ~5 ms Plasma Sustainment
* HPF – High Performance FRC regime
A & B – Basic FRC core!! 100-800 G, 5-10 eV ! ion beams, Wb ~0.1 kJ
C-2 – HPF* w/ 2 guns, Ti getter!! 1 kG, 1 keV ! neutral beams, Wb ~12 kJ
C-2 – HPF* w/ 2 guns, Li getter!! 1 kG, 1 keV ! neutral beams, Wb ~20 kJ
C-2U – Sustainment 5+ ms!! 1 kG, 1 keV ! neutral beams, Wb ~100 kJ
C-1 – Enhanced lifetime!! 400 G, 10 eV ! ion beams, Wb ~1 kJ
Presenter:HiroshiGota 7 ARPA-EALPHAAnnualReviewMee9ngSanFrancisco,CA–August30,2017
C-2/C-2U Key Accomplishments Advancement of FRC Performance and Favorable Confinement Scaling
C-2 C-2U
GlobalenergyconfinementDmeinC-2/C-2UParDcleconfinementDmeinC-2(vsothers)ElectronenergyconfinementDmevs.electrontemperatureinC-2/C-2U
Presenter:HiroshiGota 8 ARPA-EALPHAAnnualReviewMee9ngSanFrancisco,CA–August30,2017
C-2W Device (aka “Norman”) – 5th Generation Substantial Upgrades, 10× Stored Energy Towards “Hot Enough”, Validate Scaling Law
UpgradedNB’s:~13MW,~30ms(~19MWinPhase2)
Plasmagunsandbiasingelectrodes:highvoltage&longpulsecapability
Newconfinementvessel:skin9me<3ms
Innerdivertor:highvacuumpumping
Outerdivertor
UpgradedformaDonsecDons:~15mWbtrappedflux
Newmagnetsystem:fieldramp&ac9vecontrol
Parameter Value
Bext, T ~0.1–0.3
rs, cm ~40
Ls, m ~3
ne, m-3 ~3–5×1019
Ti, keV ~1–2
Te, keV ~0.2–1
Pulse length, ms up to 30
DesignedC-2WParameters
Presenter:HiroshiGota 9 ARPA-EALPHAAnnualReviewMee9ngSanFrancisco,CA–August30,2017
Summary Essential Characteristics of TAE’s Fusion Approach • Fusionenvisionedasanappliedproduct
• focusonendinmind• acceleratedlearningwithearlyriskre9rement(inverseriskprofile)
• Aneutronicfusionpromisesclean,sustainableandaffordablepower• 9nyradioac9vefootprint–comparabletonuclearmedicine• noatmosphericemissions• worldwideabundantfuelfornexttensofthousandsofyears
• InnovaDon–combinesadvancedacceleratorandplasmaphysics• breakthroughinstabilityandreducedlossrates• enablescompactandeconomicreactors
• Progress/what’snext• C-2Uplasmasustainmentcompellingfounda9onfor“longenough”• 3yearC-2Wprojectunderway–towards“hotenough”• Begintoworkontocommercializa9onplanw/u9li9esandindustrialpartners