… between DIFFER , CEA Cadarache (France), and the Swiss Plasma Center , aims to significantly accelerate fusion … the reactions means that fusion takes place in a turbulent plasma environment. Understanding, predicting, and controlling the turbulent plasma flows is crucial to tailor plasma conditions for …
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… the triple product of the density, confinement time, and plasma temperature should be larger than some critical constant. Provided that there is an optimal plasma temperature for fusion and a maximum density … at which heat and particles are transported through the plasma and lost to the wall. The reactor dimensions are …
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… Magnum-PSI superconducting magnet reaches maximum field … 2016 On 23 November 2016 the new superconducting magnet for Magnum-PSI was ramped up to its maximum field of 2.5 tesla … and allows the Magnum-PSI team to create and confine plasma discharges for hours on end. This will allow the team …
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… the difficult problem of divertor detachment: cooling plasma before it hits the tokamak wall. Perek loved every … 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 …
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… levels where global instabilities lead to a sudden loss of plasma (end of experiment). On the lower densities, the plasma legs that go into the divertor of MAST Upgrade split … is visible where laser interferometry measures the core plasma density of MAST-U and the controller uses this …
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… thesis Insight into CO2 Dissociation Kinetics in Microwave Plasma using Laser Scattering Summary In our transition … sectors with renewables. CO2 reduction using microwave plasma is a promising technology since it combines readily … mechanisms concerning CO2 dissociation in the microwave plasma reactor are unclear. On one hand, vibrational …
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… presentation prizes at the July Gordon Research Seminar on Plasma Processing Science. Her talk covered a fast and … encapsulation films for flexible solar cells using a plasma environment. The presentation was awarded an invitation to present at the Plasma Processing Science Gordon Research Conference and to …
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… Research scheme to demonstrate direct control of the plasma detachment. The project is granted 1.5 M€ for … gasses (D 2 and N 2 ) simultaneously to control the plasma detachment in the divertor of the TCV tokamak … to monitor, maintain, and suppress disturbances on the key plasma parameters, including the control of the exhaust of …
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… Luca Vialetto will defend his thesis titled 'Modelling of plasmas for CO2 conversion: electron kinetics, chemistry and … energy. The main idea is to dissociate CO 2 using a plasma (an ionized gas) and to convert dissociation products … in the past few years, the main mechanisms underlying plasma assisted CO 2 dissociation are still unknown. In …
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… reactor wall. The survival of the wall can be prolonged by plasma detachment, a state in which the plasma in proximity to the wall is cooled via controlled … such as diffusion and convection that occur mostly due to plasma turbulence. Therefore, our group develops new …
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… project called ‘Influence of synergistic proton and plasma loading on retention in tungsten’. Morbey aims to … tungsten and to identify the synergies between simultaneous plasma exposure and damage, allowing for better estimates of the defect density in tungsten plasma facing components and tritium retention. Image Maria …
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… PhD defense Jos Scholte: The viability of liquid metals as a plasma-facing material in nuclear fusion devices Jos Scholte … his PhD thesis titled: 'The viability of liquid metals as a plasma-facing material in nuclear fusion devices'. Date : 3 … We successfully tested our tin-filled CPS design in the Magnum-PSI and GLADIS facilities. We then replaced a tile of …
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… confinement fusion science - group leader: Dr. Sven Wiesen Plasma Edge Physics and Diagnostics Investigating complex processes in the edge of fusion plasmas with state of the art diagnostics - group leader: Dr. Ivo Classen Plasma Material Interactions Solving the problem of …
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… PFMC-17 Conference on Plasma Facing Materials The performances of fusion devices … and of future fusion power plants strongly depend on the plasma-facing materials and components. Resistance to heat and particle loads, compatibility in plasma operations, thermo-mechanical properties, as well as …
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… me across Europe to the tokamaks TCV in Switzerland ( Swiss Plasma Center) and MAST Upgrade in the UK ( UKAEA ).” Image … so-called disruptions — unwanted collapses of the fusion plasma. You have to gracefully diffuse their impact, … EPFL and MIT. It was originally designed to study cold plasma’s near the exhaust of a fusion reactor, but it turned …
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