… ITER in Physica Scripta . The team exposed pieces of ITER's tungsten reactor wall to almost 20 hours of intense plasma … to intense plasma in Magnum-PSI. credit: DIFFER Good news To test how well tungsten can handle ITER-like plasma … hardly absorbs any deuterium, one part of the deuterium-tritium fuel mix of ITER. In terms of absorption into …
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… high pressure water cooling pipes with a precision-aligned tungsten armour. Until now testing of these armoured … generation fusion reactor DEMO and its successors. Higher neutron loading and longer duty cycles mean we may need more … and that the liquid is not so susceptible to damage from neutrons. For these reasons we study the performance of …
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… The capability of ERO is demonstrated on the example of tungsten erosion and deposition modelling. The dependence of tungsten deposition on plasma temperature and density is … and density. It is seen that up to 100% of eroded tungsten can be promptly deposited near to the location of …
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… and Transport Comparison between the JET Deuterium and Tritium Plasmas The dimensionless isotope mass scaling experiment between pure Deuterium and pure Tritium plasmas with matched rho*, nu*, beta_n, q and Te/Ti … energy confinement time Bt\tau_E,th * A in favour of the Tritium plasma. This can be cast in the form of the …
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… that energy needs to leave by passing through the wall. Tungsten is a heat-resistant metal that serves as the wall … such as for other energy sources, EUV lithography, and neutron sources. Setup of the LiMeS Plasma Device. Credit: … introduction video: https://youtu.be/p2l7-uhuxlQ Go to the News page. … Extreme conditions exist in a fusion reactor …
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… accelerator lab to study how tungsten reactor walls get damaged by fast particles that fly out of a fusion plasma. … undamaged tungsten. That has very low solubility, so good news. We showed that damaged tungsten will absorb a lot more … borders paid off once more: "In Wisconsin I worked on neutron-damaged materials again, but this time in the …
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… defend his PhD thesis titled "Thermo-mechanical Behavior of Tungsten Under Fusion-relevant Hydrogen Plasma Loads" on 18 … 11:00 - 12:00 CEST. The defense will take place online. Tungsten under plasma loads Nuclear fusion is a promising way to address the global energy challenge. Tungsten is used to handle the extreme fusion exhaust, the …
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… improved performance compared to the old machine. Oxidized tungsten target before and after plasma exposure in UPP. … Thomas Morgan, group leader Plasma Material Interactions News item: First plasma in the Upgraded Pilot-PSI facility Go to the News page. … The first experiment with Upgraded Pilot-PSI …
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… Fusion research facility JET’s final tritium experiments yield new energy record Published on … learn from many exceptional people.” Read more about this news in the Q&A with DIFFER researcher Matthijs van Berkel … energievoorziening belooft te worden. Read more about this news in the Q&A with DIFFER researcher Matthijs van Berkel …
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… conditions in future fusion reactors. Magnum-PSI exposed tungsten wall components to the equivalent of a full year of … clean and nearly inexhaustible energy source. Youtube : tungsten mock-up of ITER reactor wall material exposed to … 2014-2018 under grant agreement No 633053. Go to the News page. … On Wednesday 21 March, the research facility …
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… award for his project 'Evaluation of fatigue data in tungsten and tungsten monoblocks due to divertor strikepoint sweeping'. … te vergroten en hun fusienetwerken op te bouwen. Go to the News page. … DIFFER researcher James Hargreaves is one of …
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… a divertor using liquid metal contained by 3D-printed tungsten. He successfully defended his PhD thesis in July … It is resistant to the various loads, such as the power and neutron fluxes, and can handle a temperature gradient very … 14). Peter Rindt. Photo Bart van Overbeeke Go to the News page. … Peter Rindt likes to think out-of-the-box. So …
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… will reach the limits of our best materials such as solid tungsten", says Thomas Morgan. The power plants after ITER … can sea water solve the world's energy problem? PREVIOUS NEWS ON LIQUID METAL WALLS Metal vapour to protect fusion … holder for liquid metal protective layers Go to the News page. … DIFFER group leader Thomas Morgan has won a …
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… for instance. A solid metal with a high melting point, like tungsten, may not be strong enough. That is why together … and elegant solution, since in a fluid state the metal renews itself automatically, which makes it more resilient.” … the university, like the new LiMeS project. We just got the news we receive a NWO Investment Grant Large to build it [in …
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… aan de vergadering Understanding transport of deuterium and tritium In this PhD dissertation, integrated modelling of … is studied. Understanding the transport of deuterium and tritium is essential to predict and inform the control of … aan de vergadering Understanding transport of deuterium and tritium In this PhD dissertation, integrated modelling of …
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