… Opening event Centre for Computational Energy Research On June 21st, 2017 the joint TU/e-DIFFER … Jenko (Max-Planck-Institute for Plasma Physics, Garching) Fusion Energy Research Driven by Exascale Computing … Jenko (Max-Planck-Institute for Plasma Physics, Garching) Fusion Energy Research Driven by Exascale Computing …
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… edge of the plasma and its interaction with the divertor. Fusion reactions in the core of the plasma create large … the blanket and create electricity, but around 20% of the energy is given to the alphas. This energy remains confined and must eventually be exhausted in a small region at the bottom of the reactor called the …
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… the heart of an ion beam facility for materials research in fusion and solar fuels . Left: Opening up the SF6 containment tank to remove the ion source (right) and accelerator (left) before transport. … beam from the accelerator to the switch magnet In operando energy materials DIFFER's ambition is to position the ion …
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… focused on sustainable technologies using solar and wind energy to produce renewable chemicals and fuels. One of the … degrees Celsius as opposed to hot plasma in, for example, a fusion reactor where the temperature is above 10,000 degrees Celsius. “This ensures it is easy to make small, safe reactors that do not produce and lose a lot of …
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… intersection of two key technological frontiers – renewable energy integration and carbon dioxide utilization – there is an opportunity to simultaneously address Earth’s climate change challenges and improve Mars … to develop systems that effectively integrate renewable energy into existing infrastructure while converting CO2 …
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… Seminar cancelled: Controversies and energy transitions: the value of social conflict Attend … will elaborate on controversies, or social conflict, in the energy transition. Many new energy projects are faced with … be seen as a value in itself. After all, conflict can be a source of innovation and creativity and has democratic value …
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… Presenting ITER and fusion at the COP24 climate conference Published on December … Temmerman gave a strong overview of the potential of fusion energy and progress at the ITER site. See the presentation … energy mix (slide courtesy DIFFER) The growth of energy sources - including fusion - from experiment to market …
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… 11, 2023 DIFFER is going to invest in new facilities for energy research and open these up to third parties more than … on materials, processes and systems in the fields of fusion energy and solar fuels. Two years ago, the institute … Read the summary (html) and the full strategy 2023-2028 (pdf). Dutch original news item: …
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… PhD Defense: Jos Scholte tested liquid metal to protect fusion reactor walls Published on June 03, 2025 Future fusion power plants will need wall materials that do not … He successfully defended his PhD thesis on 3 June 2025. Fusion reactor divertors must endure heat loads of tens of …
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… the potential of dependency structure modelling for fusion systems engineering' DIFFER researcher Torben … systems engineering'. Summary: Realizing nuclear fusion energy systems is undeniably one of the most aspiring … nuclear fusion systems engineering are lacking. This thesis documents the research, development and application of …
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… Minisymposium “Materials for Energy” Pulsed Laser Deposition. Courtesy of G. Koster … Daniel Moneiro Cunha, UT: Vertically Aligned Nanocomposites for Solid-State Batteries Purushothaman Varadhan, … Daniel Moneiro Cunha, UT: Vertically Aligned Nanocomposites for Solid-State Batteries Purushothaman Varadhan, …
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… Journal of CO2 Utilization. The finding can lead to more energy efficient carbon capture from flue gas, as well as to … economy. That is the only way to truly stop using fossil resources." Solar Fuels cycle - credit: DIFFER / Erik … of clean, safe and abundant power through nuclear fusion. Go to the News page. … Materials to capture CO 2 …
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… Physics Today's October 2015 edition tackles heat loss in fusion reactors. The authors zoom in on interactions between … magnetic confinement and the hottest Helium nuclei in the fusion plasma (charged gas) and make special mention of … point they collide, fuse into helium and release lots of energy. Strong magnetic fields isolate the fuel from the …
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… Wall material for fusion reactor survives hellish conditions Published on April 28, 2020 An important part of the future fusion reactor ITER can withstand at least a year of full … Magnum-PSI facility at the Dutch Institute for Fundamental Energy Research DIFFER in Eindhoven. Magnum-PSI is the only …
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… collaboration UT and DIFFER: Pulsed Laser Deposition for Energy Applications Published on July 20, 2021 DIFFER and … on the fabrication and investigation of thin films for the energy transition. Applications are for example in the field … quality thin films are required both for high performing energy devices as well as for operando studies to identify …
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