… knew that he would eventually hold a senior position in research. But he never thought this would be possible at … that directors always came from outside of nuclear fusion research. That way, they could bring fresh blood to the … has now been broken. De Baar is firmly rooted in fusion research, but no one can accuse him of having a narrow …
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… on the UK fusion machine MAST Upgrade and at the Dutch research institute DIFFER have made important progress in … our reactor. The experimental MAST Upgrade reactor started operations in 2020 and has since operated with a core … levels where global instabilities lead to a sudden loss of plasma (end of experiment). On the lower densities, the …
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… key challenges in nuclear fusion development. In his PhD research, Bob Kool explored the control of power exhaust in … future energy source with enormous promise. In the plasma core, hydrogen gas is heated to extreme temperatures … Exhaust control in alternative divertors This PhD research focuses on exhaust control in alternative divertor …
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… Atmospheric Plasma Processing of Functional Films project completed … of roll to roll processing? In 2013, DIFFER and Fujifilm Research joined forces in an Industrial Partnership … of the group's three PhD students comes an end to this research line. The knowledge developed in the group will now …
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… First plasma in the Upgraded Pilot-PSI facility Published on April … facility Upgraded Pilot-PSI (UPP). With this new facility, research will be performed on what occurs in the top several … ( IBF ) that is already active at DIFFER for material research. The IBF offers the necessary diagnostics to …
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… means to study and understand fundamental processes in plasma - surface interactions. These interactions are quite complex, … 10:15 Location seminar room Speaker Erik Neyts Affiliation Research group PLASMANT, Dept. Chemistry, University of … means to study and understand fundamental processes in plasma - surface interactions. These interactions are quite …
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… Themes of the day were the future directions of energy research on solar fuels and fusion energy. In 1959, the FOM Institute for Plasma Physics Rijnhuizen was founded to become the Dutch home base for research into fusion energy. “Let us make a sun on earth”, …
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… fusion project in the world and will produce its First Plasma in 2025. The reactor is designed to demonstrate the … in southern France over the past months. There, researchers, engineers and companies from 35 countries are … combarable to the heat and particle bombardment near the surface of the sun. As expected, the wall material was able …
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… of transition metals such as zinc or nickel, report DIFFER researchers Mike Gleeson, Tesfaye Belete and Richard van de … (l) and Tesfaye Belete (r) in the DIFFER Materials and Surface Science laboratory - photo: Bram Lamers Making … the necessary hydrogen by performing the reaction in a plasma (ionized gas) of water molecules. Richard van de …
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… Cover article Physics Today diagnoses plasma instabilities Published on October 26, 2015 26 … heat loss in fusion reactors. The authors zoom in on interactions between the magnetic confinement and the … these instabilities is a major part of the fusion research at DIFFER. Right image: simulation (a) and …
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… through our request beam time page. Not only for fusion research We, ourselves, use the ion beam facility mainly for fusion-related research , but our instrument can support a plethora of … HVE . The accelerator extracts ions from a radio frequency plasma and accelerates these electrostatically over (at …
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… Plasma Edge Physics and Diagnostics Our group investigates the complex processes in the edge of fusion plasmas. We develop state of the art diagnostics to quantify … of the EUROfusion consortium, which comprises 30 fusion research organisations and universities from 26 European …
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… Nanoprinting technology creates new research opportunities for energy material development at … As nanoparticles are of great importance for scientific research, this cutting-edge nanoprinting technology helps DIFFER to take research on energy materials a step further. An equipment …
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… & Instrumentation department. The department unites the research facilities that were partly under Fusion Energy and … Fuels. A conversation about synergy, specialists, and guest researchers. Short biografy of Hans van Eck Image Hans van … in 1997. Subsequently, he worked for three years as a research technician on superconductors at the University of …
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… At DIFFER we do ground-breaking fundamental scientific research to develop novel future energy technologies, … university groups and industrial partners. Our research focuses on two major energy themes: research into fusion energy as a clean, safe and sustainable …
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