… at DIFFER since the summer of 2024. What is your PhD research about? I work on control engineering for nuclear fusion. I focus on how we can supply fuel to a fusion reactor by injecting ice pellets into it. … interaction with Sven Wiesen's Integrated Modelling research group. What does your career path look like? I …
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… Ion accelerator for materials research moves to DIFFER Published on June 03, 2015 On … Thursday 28 May, a new 3.5 MV ion accelerator for materials research moved into the new DIFFER building. Careful … beam facility for materials research in fusion and solar fuels . Left: Opening up the SF6 containment tank to remove …
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… under the intense conditions. To tackle this challenge, researchers are exploring liquid metals like lithium and ask … this topic. Imagine a world powered by the same force that fuels the Sun: clean, safe, and virtually limitless energy. … repairs. Liquid lithium: a smart alternative To solve this, researchers are exploring liquid metals like lithium. …
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… intuition Published on July 21, 2026 At TU/e and DIFFER, researchers are developing intelligent materials labs and … up with new hypotheses to surpass human intuition.’ Both researchers have an impressive track record in advancing … group is working on novel materials for energy storage and conversion, ranging from batteries and catalysts to …
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… Opening event Centre for Computational Energy Research On June 21st, 2017 the joint TU/e-DIFFER Center for Computational Energy Research (CCER) will be officially opened. The CCER aims to … methods. The ambition is to complement experimental research in unlocking scalable energy solutions for …
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… on runaway electrons Published on November 07, 2024 Fusion researcher Tijs Wijkamp received a EUROfusion Bernard Bigot Researcher Grant (ERG) to study runaway electrons, which can … reactor in one tight spot and cause damage.” What does your research look like in practice? “The system I will use in …
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… EUROfusion Engineering Grant 2024 for DIFFER researcher James Hargreaves Published on October 27, 2023 DIFFER researcher James Hargreaves is one of the 16 winners of a … The road to this is challenging and requires fundamental research. For example, now we don't know exactly how some …
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… container sized plant in Germany for the production of the fuel. DIFFER developed the plasma reactor for this project: … was ignited. The KEROGREEN project investigates a novel conversion route for sustainable aviation fuel production, … coordinated by DIFFER and funded by the EU Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Program. The engineering and …
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… Published on March 27, 2018 On Wednesday 21 March, the research facility Magnum-PSI at DIFFER (Dutch Institute for Fundamental Energy Research) set a new world record for longest exposure of a … in the reactor. Fusion researchers intend to use abundant fuels to mimic the nuclear reactions at the heart of the sun …
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… EUROfusion Enabling Research Project granted Published on March 11, 2021 Using … led by DIFFER and EPFL has now scored a crucial follow-up research project in the EUROfusion Enabling Research scheme to demonstrate direct control of the plasma … led by DIFFER and EPFL has now scored a crucial follow-up research project in the EUROfusion Enabling Research scheme …
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… power to plasma power can be made very efficient. CO 2 conversion in our empty tube reactor at pressures around 100 Pa leads to conversions by the reaction CO 2 ® CO + ½ O 2 of up to … an oxidic catalyst like CoO-MgO or NiO-Al 2 O 3 for CO 2 conversion. However, there is a clear effect by adding metal …
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… toward a more structured industrial consortium to advance fuel cycle and breeding blanket solutions and, subject to … relevant conditions and accelerate the path from scientific research toward industrial application.” Building an … for this phase, combining a well-established fusion research base, advanced design and manufacturing …
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… a large extent on methods to control these instabilities. Researcher Bram van Es ( CWI / DIFFER) defended his thesis … In the international ITER project, to which Van Es’s research contributes, the EU, Japan, South Korea, China, … France, is expected to become operational in 2025. In his research project Bram van Es was affiliated with both CWI, …
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… of this annual conference is to bring together the Dutch research community, both academic and industrial researchers, in applied computational science. The … learning for discovering energy materials for storage and conversion, digital applications in water and agriculture, …
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… DIFFER researcher clears up growth of nanostructures on metal … possibility of advanced electrodes that produce sustainable fuel using solar energy. Tanyeli and her fellow researchers … open up possibilities for the large-scale storage and conversion of sustainable energy in the form of chemical …
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