… careful balancing act to protect their insides from the hot plasma exhaust. DIFFER control engineer Thomas Bosman designed and tuned a … control theory, Thomas Bosman knows the value of taking a different view. Systems approach In his PhD work at DIFFER, … act to protect their insides from the hot plasma exhaust. DIFFER control engineer Thomas Bosman designed and tuned a …
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… A wall made of liquid metals now seems to be the solution. DIFFER and Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) receive … of 3422 degrees Celsius. Project leader Thomas Morgan (DIFFER): “By way of comparison, the wall has to withstand … but is also challenging.” In addition, a large plasma setup will be constructed in which a prototype can be …
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… scientists and engineers at JET, including scientists from DIFFER, the Dutch Institute for Fundamental Energy Research … a design which uses powerful magnetic fields to confine a plasma in the shape of a doughnut. European collaboration … contribution During the JET experiments, scientists from DIFFER collaborated extensively with the European teams. The …
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… de wand van hun reactor beschermen tegen het hete plasma (geladen gas) van zo'n kunstmatige zon. Promovendus … het Nederlandse instituut voor funderend energieonderzoek DIFFER beschrijft de doorbraak in het natuurkundig vakblad … van de Sanden Phys. Rev. Lett. 116, 135002 - website / pdf Youtube: bovenaanzicht (links) en zijaanzicht (rechts) …
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… Charging up: a plasma electrode for high throughput sustainable … electrochemistry Published on September 01, 2020 DIFFER is going to research a novel plasma-aided … merge two developing electrochemical technologies: plasma conversion and solid oxide electrolysis. By generating a …
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… DIFFER and Gauss Fusion start Centre of Excellence for … Published on October 18, 2024 Dutch research institute DIFFER and European fusion company Gauss Fusion are going to … Baar, Frédérick Bordry, Milena Roveda, Egbert Westerhof © DIFFER/Elwin Rijken Productions Having the Netherlands as …
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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 Fundamental Energy Research) set … exposed to intense plasma in Magnum-PSI. copyright: DIFFER Surface of the sun Magnum-PSI is the only laboratory …
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… control for optimal CO2 dissociation in microwave plasmas In the energy transition, there is a need for (new) … to CO production process in the microwave plasma reactor at DIFFER. Current conversion degree (left) and energy efficiency (right) in … to CO production process in the microwave plasma reactor at DIFFER. Current conversion degree (left) and energy …
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… been a fascination to me” Published on November 28, 2024 DIFFER researcher Hari Varadarajan receives a 2025 … award for his project ‘Cooperative control for fusion’. Plasma in a tokamak is rotating, it has some movement when … receives a 2025 EUROfusion Engineering Grant (EEG) © DIFFER “Such heavy changes cause heavy forces on the …
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… motivates me” Published on October 30, 2025 Can we use plasma technology to change the way we produce nitrogen … was previously not well quantified.” Image Qinghao Shen © DIFFER/Kim Vos Fotografie In what way does your research … toward computational fluid dynamics (CFD) modelling for gas conversion processes, further integrating plasma physics …
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… on July 19, 2021 “Magnum-PSI can create very high density plasmas and we are interested in the impact of the plasmas on the wall and the plasma-facing components,” says … student in the Plasma Edge Physics and Diagnostics group at DIFFER. Recent experiments have shown that the velocity of …
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… Electrochemical Processes for Energy Applications (CEPEA), DIFFER, the Netherlands 11/2011 - 06/2014: Post-doctoral … interests: Fuel cells, electrolyzers, wastewater treatment; plasma-assisted electrocatalysts/model electrodes development; probing the catalytic active sites, kinetics, and mechanisms. Vairavel Manthayan, …
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… starts on Pilot-PSI Upgrade Published on October 14, 2016 DIFFER has started the assembly of an upgraded version of its successful Pilot-PSI (Plasma Surface Interaction) project. By connecting the … react to a plasma. Overview of the PSI experiments at DIFFER. The Ion Beam Facility (bottom) connects to both …
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… green ammonia production Published on January 07, 2021 DIFFER researchers found an alternative sustainable, … splitting (anode) to the cathode, where they react with plasma-activated nitrogen gas to form NH 3 . Copyright: DIFFER Nowadays, ammonia is synthesized via the Haber–Bosch …
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… amounts of transition metals such as zinc or nickel, report DIFFER researchers Mike Gleeson, Tesfaye Belete and Richard … the necessary hydrogen by performing the reaction in a plasma (ionized gas) of water molecules. Richard van de … and industry. The research at DIFFER covers both the conversion and storage of sustainable energy in solar fuels, …
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