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  • Vapor shielding can regulate temperature of fusion reactor walls

    … Vapor shielding can regulate temperature of fusion reactor walls Published on March 26, 2019 A heat shield of liquid … between repairs. Peter Rindt and colleagues published their tests of liquid-metal infused prototypes in Nuclear Fusion , … A design which can withstand those conditions is good news for fusion." Prototype holder for a liquid metal layer …
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  • New regime in dissociating CO2 for clean fuels

    … efficiencies than are possible in thermal conversion. With an energy efficiency of 50%, they have set the first … fuels. Converting sustainable solar or wind power into artificial fuels would create a truly circular energy … are released again and the cycle starts anew." Go to the News page. …
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  • IEEE Outstanding Student Paper Prize (OSPP) for DIFFER researcher Chris Orrico

    … Thomas Bosman showed that because fueling pellets in ITER are such quick, large events, you have to treat them as … He finalized his master’s thesis in Thomas Morgan’s Plasma Material Interactions research group. Innovation loop After … 7, pp. 1897-1902, 2023 Author: Rianne van Hoek Go to the News page. …
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  • Challenge: control beam in fusion reactor fans out further than expected

    … of Technology, compared model calculations of beams with experiments at the US fusion reactor DIII-D. Turbulence … and colleagues extend the results of the US reactor to the ITER reactor, which is under construction in southern … 2023 [ original (open access)] Dutch original Go to the News page. …
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  • Transmission electron microscopy at DIFFER

    … that is dedicated for structural analysis of inorganic materials. The microscope is accessible for researchers who … or thin films aimed at energy applications. NEA group with the TEM at DIFFER Andrea Baldi, group leader of … Electron diffraction of gold metal nanoparticles Go to the News page. …
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  • DIFFER Seminar: Progress along the path towards fusion electricity

    … Attend this seminar? Use the registration form to attend . ITER is the key facility on the European fusion roadmap as … Plan. This includes specifically experiments in tokamaks with a full metal wall. The recent world-record fusion energy performance in … ITER is the key facility on the European fusion roadmap as …
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  • Supercharging Chemicals for clean energy

    … AI-driven, self-driving labs to fast-track the discovery of materials for green fuels, making clean energy storage … solar panels can produce the green energy we need, but come with a catch – they are intermittent, generating less or … solutions.” Author: Academic Positions, DIFFER Go to the News page. …
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  • Jonathan Citrin: “I want to help build the cathedral of fusion”

    … and was principal investigator of a consortium awarded an ITER tender for simulation framework development. In this … in certain engineering aspects, such as protection of the wall material, but those things are solvable. If suddenly … Team spirit is crucial.” Text by Bennie Mols Go to the News page. …
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  • PhD defense: Ray Chandra

    … for fusion reactors: numerical simulation and comparison with plasma beam experiments. Research summary The … producing the plasma conditions expected to occur near the walls of fusion reactors. Plasma detachment was achieved by … properties and are excellent candidates as plasma facing materials. The most promising candidates are liquid lithium …
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  • Upgraded Pilot-PSI (UPP)

    … to the research of dynamic and steady-state plasma-material interaction during high-flux plasma exposures by … of a high-flux magnetized linear plasma generator with operando ion beam analysis . The UPP linear plasma … parameters relevant to detached divertor operation in ITER and DEMO : Electron temperature: T e ~ 0.1 - 2 eV …
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  • PhD Defense: Jos Scholte tested liquid metal to protect fusion reactor walls

    … that his design would work as planned, Scholte first ran tests at DIFFER's linear plasma generator Magnum-PSI and in … a noticeable cooling effect. That is not automatically good news, because the fusion fuel should not be cooled to below … Credit: Jos Scholte Champagne formula In the scientific literature and at conferences, Scholte encountered multiple …
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  • How nanoparticles focus light from nearby molecules

    … PhD student Ruben Hamans decided to find out together with colleagues from the DIFFER group on Nanomaterials for Energy Applications and TU/e's Surface … 13 (2019) 4514-4521 doi: /10.1021/acsnano.9b00132 Go to the News page. … out together with colleagues from the DIFFER group on Nanomaterials for Energy Applications and TU/e's Surface …
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  • ‘Almost every publication I write causes hassle’

    … hassle’ Published on December 15, 2020 It was a practical with a calorimeter – how do you heat up a litre of water – … fusion to take place but, to avoid damage to the reactor wall, the heat should not come too close to the wall. Van … & Control, group leader Matthijs van Berkel   Go to the News page. …
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  • From plasma to power: managing hydrogen isotopes in the walls of future fusion power plants

    … From plasma to power: managing hydrogen isotopes in the walls of future fusion power plants Published on August 08, … environment inside future fusion power plants demands wall materials that do not crack or melt under the intense … not go unnoticed. Author: Rianne van Hoek   Go to the News page. …
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  • What really happens at the surface: photoelectrochemical cells

    … happening, it can also guide selection of better performing materials. Photoelectrochemical cell. Credit: Kiran … DIFFER researchers Kiran George and Anja Bieberle, together with colleagues, started to look for answers to a pressing … and Interfaced , Energy Systems & Control     Go to the News page. …
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