… EUROfusion Enabling Research Project granted Published on March 11, 2021 Using … led by DIFFER and EPFL has now scored a crucial follow-up research project in the EUROfusion Enabling Research scheme to demonstrate direct control of the plasma detachment. The project is granted 1.5 M€ for …
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… plans to do is to further open up the facilities to guest researchers. Lees dit interview in het Nederlands Martin van … analysis track. After my studies, I wanted to continue in research. I started studying stalagmites in caves in Peru. … in those stalagmites. This allows you to reconstruct the climate in the past. Before my Ph.D. ended, I started working …
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… DIFFER DIFFER is the Dutch Institute for Fundamental Energy Research, one of the nine research institutes of the Dutch Research Council (NWO). The … research, combining physics, chemistry, engineering and materials science. DIFFER's research takes place in two main …
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… From plasma to power: managing hydrogen isotopes in the walls of … environment inside future fusion power plants demands wall materials that do not crack or melt under the intense conditions. To tackle this challenge, researchers are exploring liquid metals like lithium and ask …
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… on runaway electrons Published on November 07, 2024 Fusion researcher Tijs Wijkamp received a EUROfusion Bernard Bigot Researcher Grant (ERG) to study runaway electrons, which can … me across Europe to the tokamaks TCV in Switzerland ( Swiss Plasma Center) and MAST Upgrade in the UK ( UKAEA ).” Image …
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… 02, 2026 To harness fusion energy on Earth, the fusion research community builds experimental reactors that trap … wall from this extreme heat is a major challenge. In his research, PhD researcher Gijs Derks developed models to … plates of a fusion reactor, the stream of hot exhaust plasma must be actively cooled down. This is achieved by …
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… the UK fusion machine MAST Upgrade in Culham, led by Dutch researchers, demonstrate how the innovative 'Super-X' design … and a hail of charged particles from the fusion fuel ( plasma ): these are extreme conditions that the exhaust wall … This is major step in solving the exhaust problem and ultimately brings us closer to realising fusion energy.” James …
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… Plasma Material Interactions Background A schematic of the edge of the plasma and its interaction with the divertor. One of the … of the EUROfusion consortium, which comprises 30 fusion research organisations and universities from 26 European … of the EUROfusion consortium, which comprises 30 fusion research organisations and universities from 26 European …
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… Research Edge Plasma and Divertor Detachment The heat generated in the plasma core flows towards the divertor target plates. We use coupled plasma fluid and kinetic neutral particle codes (like … Edge Plasma and Divertor Detachment The heat generated in the plasma core flows towards the divertor target plates. We use …
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… exploratory multidisciplinary AI (Artificial Intelligence) research. Understanding plasma instability The motivation for the research lies in the fact that current fusion for energy … exploratory multidisciplinary AI (Artificial Intelligence) research. Understanding plasma instability The motivation …
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… complex problems. That is exactly what happened when DIFFER researcher Matthijs van Berkel used a systems engineering … approach to study the heat transport in a fusion plasma. He shook up the fusion physics field with his … reasonable price ‘To make fusion energy a success, ultimately we will have to develop a fusion reactor that …
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… Starting signal for research on the development of additively manufactured … ensure its durability. Image Thomas Morgan is group leader Plasma Material Interactions at DIFFER © DIFFER/Bart van Overbeeke … to funding through the NWO Open Technology Programme the research project ‘Development of additively manufactured …
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… careful balancing act to protect their insides from the hot plasma exhaust. DIFFER control engineer Thomas Bosman … on the way outward, the heat load is too high for any material to handle. Fusion researchers want to manage the exhaust by puffing cooling … heat load is too high for any material to handle. Fusion researchers want to manage the exhaust by puffing cooling …
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… Aaron Ho wins prize with plasma podcast series Published on June 06, 2023 DIFFER … other and with guests about their experiences in plasma research. The most recent episode is about women in science … (c) Still from YouTube. For students and experienced researchers Originally, Ho and Vialetto intended to create a …
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… Chemical Energy. With this new name, one of DIFFER’s two research departments features a more inclusive name, for the … change on that end. Firstly, we still try to combat the climate change and to reduce fossil fuel reliance. Secondly we … industry to a clean industry.” From conceptualization to plasma reactor The Chemical Energy department covers …
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