- A
stellarator is a
device that
confines plasma using external magnets.
Scientists aim to use
stellarators to
achieve controlled nuclear fusion. It is...
- The
Wendelstein 7-X (abbreviated W7-X)
reactor is an
experimental stellarator built in Greifswald, Germany, by the Max
Planck Institute for
Plasma Physics...
-
original name was
Princeton Stellarators, Inc (PSI). Thea Energy's
approach to
commercial fusion is
based on the
stellarator approach using a
unique set...
- the
plasma particles by
applying strong magnetic fields.
Tokamaks and
stellarators are the two
leading MCF
device candidates as of today. Investigation...
- A quasi-isodynamic (QI)
stellarator is a type of
stellarator (a
magnetic confinement fusion reactor) that
satisfies the
property of omnigeneity, avoids...
-
tokamak and the
reversed field pinch (RFP), or asymmetric, like the
stellarator. The
additional degree of
freedom gained by
giving up
toroidal symmetry...
- of
fusion as an
energy source. It is
known for the
development of the
stellarator and
tokamak designs,
along with
numerous fundamental advances in plasma...
- that wind
around the
torus in a helix.
Devices like the z-pinch and
stellarator had
attempted this, but
demonstrated serious instabilities. It was the...
-
fusion devices,
first introduced by
Lyman Spitzer in the 1950s for the
stellarator concept. It
extracts heat and ash
produced by the
fusion reaction while...
- shape.
Stellarator:
Twisted rings of hot plasma. The
stellarator attempts to
create a
natural twisted plasma path,
using external magnets.
Stellarators were...
