High Beta Advantage for Advanced Fusion Fuels
The high beta values achieved by Field Reverse Configuration enable pursuit of aneutronic boron-11 fusion that is impossible with low beta tokamak reactors
This theory falls within the Energy & Physics research cluster, exploring advanced propulsion, fusion reactor designs, and unconventional energy technologies that may operate outside the boundaries of publicly acknowledged science.
Supporting Points
- FRC achieves nearly 100% beta versus 10% for tokamaks
- Tokamaks would need 10 times stronger magnets for same plasma pressure
- High beta enables path to advanced fusion fuel cycles beyond deuterium and tritium
Claims from This Video
TAE Technologies has built a working fusion reactor using Field Reverse Configuration.
Field Reverse Configuration achieves high beta values of nearly 100% compared to 10% for tokamaks.
Boron-11 fusion is only possible with Field Reverse Configuration, not tokamaks.
A magnetic mirror effect containing plasma between stronger magnets at the reactor ends with axial exhaust.
Previous TAE designs fired two plasma toroids at each other to create FRC.
TAE uses neutral beam injectors to create and sustain the plasma structure.
The closed magnetic field lines create a plasmoid structure in the center.
TAE's power systems can deliver 100,000 amps at tens of thousands of volts.
TAE achieves vacuum pressure a trillion times lower than atmospheric pressure.
Plasma self-organization occurs through energy exchange between charged particles and spacetime medium.