Conference: 64th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Plasma Physics Session: Stellarators and Helical Systems: W7-X, LHD, HSX, CTH, and Others Format: ORAL Date and Time: Oct. 17, 2022, 11:30 AM – Oct. 17, 2022, 11:42 AM Helion’s Trenta prototype compressed Field Reversed Configuration (FRC) plasmas to thermonuclear fusion conditions, reaching 9 keV plasma temperatures [1]. FRC plasmas are fundamentally high-beta and if heated through pulsed, adiabatic compression, they operate in a unique collisionality regime that supports both thermonuclear fusion conditions as well as maintains an ion to electron temperature ratio. In the presented work, a theoretical analysis of FRC compression to generator-relevant fusion conditions is derived from fundamental scaling laws. This work includes independent ion and electron heating [2], radiation losses [3], empirical particle transport scaling [4], fusion reaction rates, ion temperature distribution evolution, and D, T, and He-3 fuels. As will be shown, for all operating conditions above 20 keV, a high-beta D-He-3 FRC outperforms a low-Beta D-T plasma in terms of electrical and fusion power output. [1] Kirtley, D et al. “Thermonuclear Field Reversed Configuration plasmas in the Trenta prototype” IEEE Pulsed Power Conference and Symposium on Fusion Energy (2021). [2] Intrator, T. P., et. al. Physics of Plasmas (2008). [3] Dawson, John M., Fusion, part B (1983). [4] Votroubek G, Slough J, et al. Fusion Energy (2008). David Kirtley (Helion Energy) - Presenter and Author