Materials to capture CO2 from flue gas can be made to operate at up to 50 degrees lower temperatures by adding small amounts of transition metals such as zinc or nickel, report DIFFER researchers Mike Gleeson, Tesfaye Belete and Richard van de Sanden in the Journal of CO2 Utilization.
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March 27th 2019
Door een kleine dosis metaal zoals zink of nikkel werken materialen voor CO2-afvang uit rookgassen al bij tot 50 oC lagere temperatuur dan normaal, ontdekten onderzoekers van het Nederlandse instituut voor energieonderzoek DIFFER. Wetenschappers Mike Gleeson, Tesfaye Belete en Richard van de Sanden publiceerden hun werk in the Journal of CO2 Utilization.
March 27th 2019
Friday 21 June the second Netherlands conference on Electrochemical Conversion & Materials (ECCM) will be organized by the ECCM advisory committee, appointed by the Dutch government. The conference is now open for registration. Want to contribute to the parallel sessions of the conference? The deadline for submitting abstracts is 1 April 2019.
March 26th 2019
A heat shield of liquid metal automatically limits the temperature of a fusion reactor's inner wall, no matter how high the incoming heat load. PhD candidate Peter Rindt (TU/e and DIFFER) tested 3D-printed prototype holders for liquid metal in DIFFER's research facility Magnum-PSI and discovered that a protective vapor shield above the liquid metal self-regulates the surface temperature to 800-900 oC. Self-repairing and self-protecting liquid walls are an attractive concept for future fusion power plants, where the reactor walls need to withstand extreme temperatures and particle impacts for months to years between repairs. Peter Rindt and colleagues published their tests of liquid-metal infused prototypes in Nuclear Fusion, the leading scientific journal in this field.
March 15th 2019
DIFFER hosted a roundtable event on Wednesday 13 March on the status and progress of the international ITER fusion project and the business opportunities for Dutch companies and research laboratories. ITER is building the most advanced fusion reactor in the world, which brings great opportunities for science and businesses. During the event, Dutch researchers, companies, and DGs and top level civil servants from the ministries for science and economic affairs met with the heads of ITER and Fusion for Energy, the EU organization providing Europe’s contribution to ITER.
