… in the Energy Systems and Control group at DIFFER’s Fusion Energy department. What do escape rooms have to do … at DIFFER since the summer of 2024. What is your PhD research about? I work on control engineering for nuclear … completing my engineering degree, I had also taken a few physics courses, but that felt more like a hobby. I wanted …
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… knew that he would eventually hold a senior position in research. But he never thought this would be possible at … DIFFER that directors always came from outside of nuclear fusion research. That way, they could bring fresh blood to … says De Baar.“They are materials science and system and control. I know that DIFFER can be a key facilitator in both …
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… Atmospheric plasma creates competitive moisture resistant foil Published … 2015 In the journal Plasma Processes and Polymers, plasma researcher Sergey Starostin and his colleagues at Fujifilm … but for large-scale application we need insights into and control over the skittish plasma during the deposition …
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… Research Edge Plasma and Divertor Detachment The heat … neutral particle codes (like SOLPS-ITER) to study the physics of the plasma - neutral gas interaction in tokamak … cyclotron resonance heating and current drive to the EUROfusion Integrated Tokamak Modelling platform. We have …
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… Ambrogio Fasoli new EUROfusion Programme Manager Published on July 25, 2023 … Energy, EUROfusion, and the Associate Vice President for Research at EPFL. Image Ambrogio Fasoli. Photo: EUROfusion … then, after conducting experiments on the European JET tokamak, became a professor at MIT, where he worked from …
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… reduction can result in a trade off with a decrease in physics fidelity. The challenge is thus to circumvent … bringing first-principle transport modelling into the tokamak control room. Applying these techniques in tokamak … a proof of principle [J.Citrin, S. Breton et al., Nucl. Fusion 55 092001 (2015)] based on a 4D input dimension scan. …
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… DIFFER Seminar: Optimizing fusion power plant design with integrated simulation using … learning, and reduced models to address the intricate physics and engineering challenges critical to achieving net … power plants. Some time ago, in 2016, I was at DIFFER for a research internship focused on creating a zero-dimensional …
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… use of Magnum-PSI Published on May 23, 2019 During the Plasma Facing Components Conference PFMC2019 , DIFFER has installed a Steering Committee for its research facility Magnum-PSI . Greg De Temmerman (ITER … to the extreme plasma conditions at the edge of future fusion power plants. Research on Magnum-PSI includes work on …
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… DIFFER Seminar: Research overview at the FRMC division, ASIPP Attend this … attend . Abstract: To harness the immense power of nuclear fusion, international collaborations are encouraged. In … enhance the bond between DIFFER and the Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (ASIPP). Known for …
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… Bifurcation Models for Improved Confinement Regimes In a tokamak plasma, increased heating usually enhances turbulence, so … the low-confinement mode (L-mode). Important for tokamak fusion reactors is the emergence, above a critical heating … the low-confinement mode (L-mode). Important for tokamak fusion reactors is the emergence, above a critical heating …
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… EUROfusion Grants for researchers Jelle Slief and Aaron Ho … system will play an important role in the heating of the plasma and in controlling the behavior of the plasma inside the tokamak. Slief will do research as a PhD student in the … fifteen EUROfusion Engineering Grants and ten EUROfusion Researcher Grants on 15 December 2021. Two grants are …
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… First plasma and more in KEROGREEN project Published on October … This project is a stepping stone for DIFFER to develop a research plasma reactor into a more generic (turn-key) unit … work within KEROGREEN is headed by Mihalis Tsampas from the research group Catalytic and electrochemical processes for …
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… The design of nuclear fusion systems: ‘Complexity is our greatest enemy, modelling … engineering'. Image Torben Beernaert © DIFFER What is your research about? “We see many challenges in the different … of fusion energy systems engineering, e.g. in terms of physics, materials, control, maintenance and reliability. To …
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… Challenge: control beam in fusion reactor fans out further than expected Published on March 16, 2023 A Dutch-American team of researchers has discovered that the beam to suppress plasma instabilities in a nuclear fusion reactor becomes two … A Dutch-American team of researchers has discovered that the beam to suppress plasma …
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… approach is required to combine the multi-scale and multi-physics aspects for magnetic confinement fusion science. Central to the IM group’s activity is to … fig. 1) to adequately interpret and understand in existing tokamak devices e.g. the transition into a controllable …
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