… Published on October 07, 2015 7 October 2015 Solar fuels -researcher Gerard van Rooij and his team work to convert the … RU Nijmegen and TU Eindhoven demonstrate how they can use a plasma to break up CO 2 at higher efficiencies than are … fuels: fuel without the fossil The end goal of solar fuels research is to have all the benefits of natural gas or other …
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… under the extreme conditions that accompany a hot fusion plasma?’ PhD student Tijs Wijkamp’s answer is: simply by looking! During his PhD research at the TU/e and DIFFER fusion groups, he used … ‘During my research, I’ve developed a new method to estimate the energy and location of runaway electrons using …
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… M. van Berkel, H. Reimerdes, M. Wensing and E. Westerhof, Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion 64 (2022) 125013. link This … DIV1D, a new 1D dynamic physics-based model of the divertor plasma under development to study and control the dynamics of detached plasmas. An innovative feature of DIV1D is that it mimics …
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… 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 … main challenges on the road to fusion energy is to find a material that can withstand the extreme plasma conditions …
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… its complex processes and machinery is a daunting task. Researchers at DIFFER think the solution to fusion may not … adding so much gas that it snuffs out the core of the plasma (hot, charged fuel particles) where fusion reactions … the plasmas are short and relatively benign. Sturdy wall materials like tungsten can manage the heat directly.” …
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… motivates me” Published on October 30, 2025 Can we use plasma technology to change the way we produce nitrogen fertilizers, without carbon emissions? PhD researcher Qinghao Shen explored how renewable electricity … thesis. What new scientific insights have you gained? “My research provides new insights into the fundamental …
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… MJ Pueschel leads new Plasma Micro-Turbulence group Published on March 03, 2021 September 2020, MJ Pueschel started his new research group. The staunch idealist brings unique … to improve our understanding.’ Knobs Pueschel’s ultimate aim is to help experimentalists keep the plasma better …
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… Magnum-PSI The main research facility in the DIFFER PSI-Lab is Magnum-PSI, a linear plasma generator that allows us to study plasma-wall … diagnostics is employed to analyze the plasma and the wall material during and after exposure. Magnum-PSI is a user … The main research facility in the DIFFER PSI-Lab is Magnum-PSI, a …
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… ECCM Research Day The ECCM Research Day is organized in follow up to the ECCM Conference of June 2021. During the Research Day complementing topics will be addressed … on the broad topic of “electrochemical conversion and materials”, by bringing together researchers from academia, …
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… World record plasma exposure in Magnum-PSI Published on March 27, 2018 On Wednesday 21 March, the research facility Magnum-PSI at DIFFER (Dutch Institute for … Research) set a new world record for longest exposure of a material to the harsh plasma conditions in future fusion …
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… Antimatter plasma surprisingly unstable Published on October 30, 2020 … this exotic state of matter. The results can be used in research on fusion relevant plasmas. Source: AIP, Anashe … fusion reactors since the 1970s, and there would be no climate crisis,” said M.J. Pueschel, group leader of DIFFER’s …
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… DIFFER seminar: Powering the Future: Fusion & Plasmas, the FESAC Long Range Planning Report Attend this … program. This plan is based on substantial input from the research community, which conveyed a wealth of creative … scientific discoveries, industrial applications, and ultimately the timely delivery of fusion energy. About the …
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… Published on July 12, 2024 The Taskforce for Applied Research SIA (Regieorgaan SIA) recently honoured three … In the lectorates, universities of applied sciences and research institutes work together on a long-term basis. One … Sensoren zijn een kritisch onderdeel om het instabiele plasma van tokamak-reactoren te controleren en te …
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… of fuel production. Syngaschem BV is funding half of the research programme. FOM and NWO Chemical Sciences are … processes that can use electricity instead of fossil raw materials. For example, this is relevant for the large-scale … catalysis, surface reactions, spectroscopy and plasma physics. NWO Chemical Sciences (CW) and the …
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… Bridge builder Tony Donné looks back on career as a fusion researcher Published on December 13, 2023 Tony Donné has devoted his entire working life to fusion research. First in scientific roles in the Netherlands, and … I had a broad interest, but I honestly found the lecture on plasma physics to be utterly boring! Particle and …
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