Sam Frank
Realta
Friday, September 6, 2024
2:00pm
NW17-218 Hybrid
Abstract: Realta Fusion is a startup spun out from the University of Wisconsin - Madison aiming to decarbonize industrial heat and power with axisymmetric magnetic mirror fusion power plants. Realta Fusion actively sponsors magnetic mirror research on the Wisconsin HTS Axisymmetric Mirror (WHAM), which had its first plasma in July 2024, and is working to develop a tandem mirror fusion pilot plant, Hammir. In this presentation, we will discuss Realta Fusion's mirror development roadmap, early experimental results from WHAM with comparisons to simulations using Realta Fusion's RealTwin modeling framework, and a number of aspects of the Hammir tandem mirror pilot plant design.
Bio: Samuel Frank completed a BSE in Engineering Physics at the University of Michigan - Ann Arbor and his PhD in Applied Plasma Physics as well as his postdoc at the MIT PSFC where he primarily worked on RF heating and tokamak reactor design. He was one of the first hires at Realta fusion is presently leads the theory team there.
Plasma Science and Fusion Center
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
77 Massachusetts Avenue, NW17
Cambridge, MA 02139
info@psfc.mit.edu
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