… temperatures, densities, and rotation in the tokamak plasma core. First we have validated the models on reference … people on my team, who simulate the behavior of the tokamak plasma. Our interaction with the diagnosticians and … strategy. We also support other modelers with the specific plasma predictive models that we develop at DIFFER.” How do …
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… wil de hitte en snelle deeltjes van zo'n kunstmatige zon (plasma) gecontroleerd af kunnen voeren voor die de wand van … Magneetvelden beschermen de reactor tegen het fuserende plasma (heet, geladen gas), behalve bij de uitlaat. Die komt in direct contact met het plasma en moet maanden tot jaren bestand zijn tegen …
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… catching and redistributing the energy from the incoming plasma in the reactor. The work indicates that liquid metal … wall material to handle the heat and particle bombardment ( plasma ) at ITER's exhaust or divertor will be made out of … a mesh of tungsten and continuously repairs itself from plasma damage. Especially interesting is the growing and …
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… splitting (anode) to the cathode, where they react with plasma-activated nitrogen gas to form NH 3 . Copyright: … What is groundbreaking in our approach is that we use plasma-activation to boost the nitrogen reactivity and an … to provide the hydrogen species for the reaction.” Plasma aided electrochemical approach DIFFER researchers …
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… Marco de Baar to chair ITPA specialist group on ITER diagnostics Published on … 12, 2018 The International Tokamak Physics Activity (ITPA) has appointed DIFFER group leader Prof. Marco de Baar … in the numerical simulation of control loops of the ITER plasma. ITER fusion reactor - source: iter.org Go to the …
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… imaging for the mitigation of tokamak damage by plasma exhaust and runaway electrons DIFFER researcher Tijs … imaging for the mitigation of tokamak damage by plasma exhaust and runaway electrons'. Date: 22 March 2024, … particle dissipation processes at play between a hot fusion plasma and the reactor-wall. In this research, a MANTIS …
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… Plasma control modeling experts meet for 'RAPTOR week’ … 18 participants from 6 international fusion institutes are meeting at DIFFER for a ‘RAPTOR week’ to discuss ongoing … and TCV tokamaks using their new control tools. This meeting has received support from EUROfusion . RAPTOR week …
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… First plasma in the Upgraded Pilot-PSI facility Published on April … achieved an important milestone by igniting the first plasma in the experimental facility Upgraded Pilot-PSI … hundreds of nanometers of materials during exposure to the plasma conditions inside a fusion reactor. When ready, UPP …
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… AI (Artificial Intelligence) research. Understanding plasma instability The motivation for the research lies in … the fact that current fusion for energy experiments exhibit plasma instabilities that must be fully understood and … These instabilities, driven by strong gradients in plasma pressure, can cause leakage of plasma energy and must …
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… Cover article Physics Today diagnoses plasma instabilities Published on October 26, 2015 26 … confinement and the hottest Helium nuclei in the fusion plasma (charged gas) and make special mention of recent measurements by plasma diagnostics expert Ivo Classen at DIFFER. The …
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… control for optimal CO2 dissociation in microwave plasmas In the energy transition, there is a need for (new) … corner stones of our future renewable energy mix. Microwave plasma reactors can be used to produce CO from pure CO 2 … carbon-based fuels. To maximize the potential of microwave plasma reactors, optimization is crucial. Explicitly, the CO …
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… award for his project ‘Cooperative control for fusion’. Plasma in a tokamak is rotating, it has some movement when … around in the donut shaped fusion plant. To ensure the hot plasma isn’t too hot when it reaches the wall of the fusion … the next step: ”I don’t have a physics background, which initially made me feel quite uncertain. I decided to attend …
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… Perek worked on the MANTIS camera system that monitors the plasma within a fusion reactor. It helps controllers to make sure that the plasma that ends up at the exhaust - the divertor - is not … was not designed to match this performance. “We analyze the plasma 800 times per second. The software turned out to be …
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… but is also challenging.” In addition, a large plasma setup will be constructed in which a prototype can be tested. Plasma will be fired at the prototype, and it will … located in the Additive Manufacturing Lab of TU/e, and the plasma setup will be constructed at DIFFER. The equipment …
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… motivates me” Published on October 30, 2025 Can we use plasma technology to change the way we produce nitrogen … the fundamental mechanisms of NO formation in microwave plasma-assisted nitrogen fixation. We now understand in much … The developed multi-temperature multi-dimensional plasma models reveal how electron kinetics, vibrational …
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