K. D. Conroy
Tri Alpha Energy, Inc.
11 Papers
56 Citations
K. D. Conroy is an academic researcher from Tri Alpha Energy, Inc.. The author has contributed to research in topics: Field-reversed configuration & Magnetic field. The author has an hindex of 7, co-authored 11 publications.
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Papers
Recent breakthroughs on C-2U: Norman’s legacy
M. Binderbauer,T. Tajima,M. Tuszewski,L. W. Schmitz,Artem Smirnov,Hiroshi Gota,E. Garate,Daniel C. Barnes,Bihe Deng,Erik Trask,Xiaokang Yang,Sergei Putvinski,R. Andow,N. Bolte,D. Q. Bui,F. Ceccherini,Ryan Clary,A. H. Cheung,K. D. Conroy,Sean Dettrick,Jon Douglass,P. Feng,Laura Galeotti,Francesco Giammanco,Erik Granstedt,Deepak Gupta,Saurabh Gupta,A. A. Ivanov,J. S. Kinley,K. Knapp,Sergey Korepanov,M. Hollins,Richard Magee,R. Mendoza,Y. Mok,Ales Necas,S. Primavera,Marco Onofri,D. Osin,Nikolaus Rath,Thomas Roche,J. Romero,J. H. Schroeder,L. Sevier,A. Sibley,Y. Song,L. C. Steinhauer,M. C. Thompson,A. Van Drie,J. K. Walters,W. Waggoner,Peter Yushmanov,K. Zhai +52 more
- 25 Mar 2016
TL;DR: In this article, a stable field-reversed FRC with a dominant fast particle population is presented. But the authors do not consider the effect of the neutral beam (NB) injection on the stability of the system.
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A new high performance field reversed configuration operating regime in the C-2 devicea)
M. Tuszewski,Artem Smirnov,M. C. Thompson,T. D. Akhmetov,A. A. Ivanov,R. V. Voskoboynikov,Daniel C. Barnes,M. Binderbauer,R. Brown,D. Q. Bui,Ryan Clary,K. D. Conroy,Bihe Deng,Sean Dettrick,Jon Douglass,E. Garate,F. Glass,Hiroshi Gota,Houyang Guo,Deepak Gupta,Sangeeta Gupta,J. S. Kinley,K. Knapp,Sergey Korepanov,A. Longman,M. Hollins,X. L. Li,Y. Luo,R. Mendoza,Y. Mok,Ales Necas,S. Primavera,E. Ruskov,L. W. Schmitz,J. H. Schroeder,L. Sevier,A. Sibley,Y. Song,Xuan Sun,Erik Trask,A. Van Drie,J. K. Walters,Max Wyman,Tae Team +43 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a plasma gun is installed at one end of the C-2 device to attempt electric field control of the FRC edge layer, which counters the usual FRC spin-up and mitigates the n'='2 rotational instability without applying quadrupole magnetic fields.
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Improved Confinement of C-2 Field-Reversed Configuration Plasmas
Hiroshi Gota,M. Tuszewski,Erik Trask,E. Garate,Michl Binderbauer,T. Tajima,Lothar Schmitz,Bihe Deng,H. Y. Guo,S. Aefsky,I. Allfrey,Dan Barnes,N. Bolte,D. Q. Bui,F. Ceccherini,R. Clary,K. D. Conroy,M. Cordero,Sean Dettrick,Jon Douglass,P. Feng,E. Granstedt,Deepak Gupta,Sangeeta Gupta,C. Hooper,J. S. Kinley,K. Knapp,Sergey Korepanov,A. Longman,R. M. Magee,R. Mendoza,Y. Mok,Ales Necas,S. Primavera,S. Putvinski,M. Onofri,D. Osin,Nikolaus Rath,Thomas Roche,J. Romero,Norman Rostoker,J. H. Schroeder,L. Sevier,A. Sibley,Artem Smirnov,Y. Song,L. C. Steinhauer,M. C. Thompson,T. Valentine,A. Van Drie,J. K. Walters,W. Waggoner,Xiaokang Yang,P. Yushmanov,K. Zhai,Tae Team +55 more
TL;DR: The C-2 Compact Toroid (CT) device at Tri Alpha Energy (Tri Alpha Energy) produces field-reversed configuration (FRC) plasmas by colliding and merging oppositely directed CTs as discussed by the authors.
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Combined FRC and Mirror Plasma Studies in the C-2 Device
M. Tuszewski,Artem Smirnov,Bihe Deng,Sean Dettrick,Y. Song,R. Andow,D. Barnes,Michl Binderbauer,D. Q. Bui,R. Clary,K. D. Conroy,Jon Douglass,E. Garate,F. Glass,Hiroshi Gota,H. Y. Guo,Deepak Gupta,S. Gupta,M. Hollins,J. S. Kinley,K. Knapp,Sergey Korepanov,Y. Luo,R. Mendoza,Ales Necas,S. Primavera,E. Ruskov,Jon Schroeder,L. Sevier,A. Sibley,Xuan Sun,M. C. Thompson,A. Van Drie,J. K. Walters,Max Wyman +34 more
TL;DR: The Field Reversed Configuration (FRC) as mentioned in this paper is a high-beta Compact Toroid that includes closed and open field line regions of poloidal magnetic field and improves the transport properties of both regions.
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Study of dense FRCs formation and their transport with multistage compression
Vitaly Bystritskii,M. Anderson,M. Binderdauer,K. D. Conroy,E. Garate,Hiroshi Gota,Y. Mok,Y. Song,G. Strashnoy,W. Wagoner,I.F. Isakov,V. Matvienko,Francesco Giammanco,F. Conti,L. Simonelli,M. Tiberi,T. Del-Rosso +16 more
- 16 Jun 2013
TL;DR: In this article, the authors provide a brief description of prototypical experiments on formation of two FRCs, their transport in a sequence of multistage compressions and final collision in the center of device.
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