… “ash” is removed. In a tokamak, this exhaust is called the divertor. Fusion produces a lot of energy in a small volume. … This is great for a power plant, but makes designing the divertor heat shield challenging. The heat flux which the divertor has to withstand is similar to a rocket re-entering …
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… and self-repairing walls Heat shields in fusion reactors (divertors) are exposed to extremely concentrated heat loads … or a rocket exhaust. The solution may lie in protecting the divertor with a thin layer of liquid metal which can repair … becomes strong enough to form a vapor shield. This was the first demonstration of this effect in steady state …
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… First materials analysis in Ion Beam Facility Published on … April 26, 2016 On Wednesday 20 April, DIFFER performed the first material properties measurement with the institute's … below material surfaces in active energy devices. "The first spectra represent a silicon substrate, with a thin …
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… cooperation for so many years, starting with the flamingo meeting, including the glasses of wine in the wintergarden … a small joint project between FOM and VTT when we had our first meeting back in 2008 but the journey turned out to be … Dear Tony, to be honest, I do not remember anymore when we first met in our careers. But it must have been more than 20 …
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… Milestone for green kerosene project: First CO2 plasma in KEROGREEN module Published on November 16, 2021 KEROGREEN first CO 2 plasma. © DIFFER/Alex Poelman. KEROGREEN is an … it is now operational. On Monday 1st November 2021 the first CO 2 plasma was ignited. The KEROGREEN project …
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… Seminar: Requirements and interface management for the divertor system design and integration in the Divertor Tokamak Test (DTT) facility Attend this seminar? … Use the registration form to attend . Abstract : "The Divertor Tokamak Test (DTT) is an experimental facility …
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… pre-conceptual design stage. This reactor succeeds ITER (first demonstration of net fusion energy, construction in … the design of the plasma facing heat shields, the so-called Divertor. A baseline divertor is being developed which can already withstand … pre-conceptual design stage. This reactor succeeds ITER (first demonstration of net fusion energy, construction in …
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… group has two main lines of research: 1) Edge Plasma and Divertor Physics, and 2) Core plasma heating and stability. 1) In the research line of edge plasma and divertor modelling, we focus, in particular, on the processes responsible for divertor detachment. Here the interaction of plasma with …
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… form below to register for the EUROfusion General Assembly Meeting on 12 and 13 December in Eindhoven, the Netherlands. … the Privacy checkbox). Registration General Assembly Meeting … form below to register for the EUROfusion General Assembly Meeting on 12 and 13 December in Eindhoven, the Netherlands. …
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… DIFFER and Fontys Hogeschool work together on divertor triage for fusion Published on October 31, 2025 The L.INT research group headed by professor Chris Lee, Divertor Triage for Fusion, has now been active for over a … sometimes after several attempts - solve a problem, without first having to theoretically understand the 'why'. This …
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… DIFFER Seminar: Power and particle exhaust in the W7-X divertor - an introduction and overview Attend this … distant from the core plasma. This concept, called the "divertor", has been thoroughly explored in the case of … The 3D nature of W7-X prevents the adoption of poloidal divertors developed for tokamaks. Instead, W7-X features an …
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… DIFFER hosts EERA energy storage meeting Published on May 17, 2018 On 3 and 4 May 2018 DIFFER hosted a meeting on Energy Storage for the European Energy Research … EERA. Fifty experts from all over Europe joined the meeting to discuss progress in energy storage technology. …
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… components,” says Jonathan van den Berg-Stolp. He is the first author of a publication which was recently accepted by … vessel, which will contain the plasma of the reactor, a divertor will extract heat and ash produced by the fusion reaction. The divertor is made of tungsten, the metal with the highest …
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… First plasma and more in KEROGREEN project Published on … at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) in 2021. First plasma At DIFFER a 1 kW RF powered CO2 plasma reactor … data for the modelling efforts in this project. The first plasma in a 6 kW lab-reactor has been ignited and …
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… the design of the next. Become a better engineer “When I first read the project description, I was immediately … Samani. With her background in computer engineering, she first gained some work experience as a freelance back-end … I fit in best and can be the most effective. After my first meeting with Murat Sorkun, project leader of the DIFFER …
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