• Constructing a small modular stellarator in Latin America 

      Asenjo, J.; Carvajal-Godínez, Johan; González-Gómez, J.; Soto-Soto, C.; Piedra, C.; Barillas-Mora, Laura; Mora-Meléndez, Jaime; Otárola-Zúñiga, Carlos; Zamora-Picado, Esteban; Vargas-Blanco, Iván (Institute of Physics Publishing, 2015-03)
      This paper aims at briefly describing the design and construction issues of the stellarator of Costa Rica 1 (SCR-1). The SCR-1 is a small modular stellarator for magnetic confinement of plasma developed by the Plasma ...
    • Diagnóstico del Tokamak Esférico MEDUSA-CR 

      Vargas-Blanco, Iván; Mora-Meléndez, Jaime (Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica, 2017)
      El 20 de febrero de 2013 el Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica firmó el “Used Equipment Sales Agreement” con la “University of Wisconsin-Madison” de EE.UU donde se formaliza la compra por $ 1 (un dólar) de las partes ...
    • Engineering of the Stellarator of Costa Rica: SCR-1 

      Piedra, C.; Jiménez, W.; Esquivel, L.; Esquivel, R.; Sánchez, K.; González, J.; Mora-Meléndez, Jaime; Otárola-Zúñiga, Carlos; Vargas-Blanco, Iván (Institute of Physics Publishing, 2015-03)
      This Paper aims at briefly describing the challenge of the design and construction of the Stellarator of Costa Rica 1 (SCR-1) [1]. The SCR-1 is a small modular Stellarator for magnetic confinement of plasma (Ro=0.238 m, ...
    • Implementación y simulación del tokamak esférico MEDUSA-CR: Etapa 1 

      Vargas-Blanco, Victor Iván; Mora-Meléndez, Jaime; Araya-Solano, Luis Alonso; Barillas-Mora, Laura (Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica, 2018)
      El tokamak esférico MEDUSA (Madison EDUcation Small Aspect ratio spherical tokamak, con un radio mayor de R < 0.14 m, radio menor de a < 0.10 m, campo toroidal BT < 0.5 T, corriente del plasma Ip < 40 kA, y 3 ms de pulso) ...
    • Implementation of stellarator of Costa Rica 1 SCR-1 

      Vargas-Blanco, Ivan; Otárola-Zúñiga, Carlos; Zamora-Picado, Esteban; Mora-Meléndez, Jaime; Mora, A; Asenjo, J.; Villalobos, E (26th IEEE Symposium on Fusion Engineering, SOFE 2015, 2015)
      The SCR-1 is a small modular stellarator designed, constructed and is being implemented at Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica. The project is its final phase of commissioning and it is expected to be operational in June ...