#tcv

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Part 1 - Coming Soon

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It’s finally here! TCV Chapter 1 part 1!

(EPFL Swiss Plasma Center)

Tokamak à Configuration Variable, or TCV, is a Swiss research fusion reactor with an extremely elongated (tall and narrow) plasma vessel and a ton of independently controlled poloidal magnetic coils (orange, in the figure above). As the name implies, this means that it can shape fusion plasma into a wide variety of intricate configurations. TCV's ability to "sculpt" plasma has been instrumental in a ton of discoveries in nuclear fusion.

Negative triangularity (where the usual "D" shaped plasma points backwards, with the flat side facing out and the curve pointing to the center of the machine) is particularly interesting, as it allows for high confinement without a fluctuating plasma edge. Also a ton of advanced divertor geometries, like the snowflake divertor. Here are a few examples:

anyway,

them crooked vultures @ aragon ballroom chicago 2010