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- … the director of the Dutch Institute for Fundamental Energy Research. "Over the past year, we detailed our ambitions in … with (inter)national academia and industry." Focus on Fusion Energy and Solar Fuels In the coming years, DIFFER … Sanden. "The theme brings together expertise in chemistry, physics, materials science and engineering. This will help …Relevance27.748
- … energy DIFFER, the Dutch Institute for Fundamental Energy Research, works on a future in which clean energy will be … located in Eindhoven. Our research focuses on two themes: Fusion Energy and Chemical Energy . We host user facilities … that strike the reactor wall, and get to understand the physics of plasma instability and turbulence. Through the …Relevance27.341
- … DIFFER Seminar: Progress along the path towards fusion electricity Attend this seminar? Use the … focus is on experiments and modelling to optimise the ITER Research Plan. This includes specifically experiments in tokamaks with a full metal wall. The recent world-record …Relevance26.825
- … Kool: Control of novel power exhaust solutions in nuclear fusion Published on March 05, 2026 Power exhaust is one of … key challenges in nuclear fusion development. In his PhD research, Bob Kool explored the control of power exhaust in … Kool conducted experiments on UKAEA’s Mega Ampere Spherical Tokamak - Upgrade (MAST-U) in the United Kingdom, where he …Relevance26.573
- … on earth: the importance of exhaust models for realising fusion energy Published on March 02, 2026 To harness fusion energy on Earth, the fusion research community builds experimental reactors that trap … plates of a fusion reactor, the stream of hot exhaust plasma must be actively cooled down. This is achieved by …Relevance26.264
- … Bosman: Density profile and heat-exhaust control in nuclear fusion devices: Development of control methods in view of the operation of fusion power plants Differ researcher Thomas Bosman will defend his PhD thesis titled: … of use. Among the various designs under development, the tokamak, a magnetic confinement device, currently leads as …Relevance26.205
- … Metal Divertors Published on October 10, 2017 The EUROfusion research consortium has appointed DIFFER group leader Dr. … Morgan wants to build on the field's current foundation in physics with a more engineering-oriented approach. Thomas … The EUROfusion research consortium has appointed DIFFER group leader Dr. …Relevance26.034
- … experiments yield a new energy record: Q&A with DIFFER researcher Matthijs van Berkel Published on February 08, 2024 A new energy record has been announced by EUROfusion and research institutes involved. What does this … in the largest fusion reactor in the US, the DIII-D tokamak. And also in the largest fusion reactor in Europe …Relevance25.891
- … New approach simplifies fusion physics Published on November 05, 2018 Sometimes it takes a … complex problems. That is exactly what happened when DIFFER researcher Matthijs van Berkel used a systems engineering … complex problems. That is exactly what happened when DIFFER researcher Matthijs van Berkel used a systems engineering …Relevance25.851
- … DIFFER reaches 3750 students and teachers at Fusion Days 2017 Published on November 30, 2017 From 16-21 … exhibits at the Fusion Days science fair. Center: Operation Tokamak game for iOS/Android (developed by EUROfusion ). Right: Dr. Jef Ongena (Research Director at the Plasma Physics Lab, Royal Military …Relevance25.535
- … EUROfusion Enabling Research Project granted Published on March … project is granted 1.5 M€ for carrying out the work on TCV tokamak with DIFFER group leader Matthijs van Berkel as … (MIMO) control approach that is based on accurate and fast (physics) models, and active and simultaneous multiple gas …Relevance25.504
- … Liquid metal layer protects fusion reactor wall against incredible heat Published on … to win clean and sustainable energy from nuclear fusion, researchers need to protect the wall of their reactor against the hot plasma (ionised gas) in their artificial sun. PhD student …Relevance25.303
- … How do we protect the wall of a fusion reactor? ‘By simply looking with a camera we can … Tijs Wijkamp’s answer is: simply by looking! During his PhD research at the TU/e and DIFFER fusion groups, he used … so as not to melt the wall upon impact. At the English tokamak experiment MAST-U (UKAEA, Culham) the heat-reducing …Relevance25.115
- … (director of ARPA-E ) opened the new building of the energy research institute DIFFER. In this highly sustainable … the institute can expand its research into solar fuels and fusion energy with new scientific teams and new facilities. … In the new building, DIFFER's facility Magnum-PSI for plasma-surface interactions will be augmented with a …Relevance24.815
- … Onderzoek, Ontwikkeling en Innovatie – Mission-driven Research, Development and Innovation) subsidy, which it will use to develop plasma technology together with a new consortium. In … Onderzoek, Ontwikkeling en Innovatie – Mission-driven Research, Development and Innovation) subsidy, which it will …Relevance24.647