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Midden in een fusiereactor is het onwaarschijnlijk heet. Waterstof dat uit dit binnenste ontsnapt, moet op weg naar de wand worden afgekoeld, anders smelt de reactorwand. DIFFER-onderzoekers ontwikkelden met het EPFL Swiss Plasma Center een strakke meet- en regelmethode om deze hete ontsnapte deeltjes uit het fusieplasma extreem gecontroleerd te kunnen koelen.

The core of a fusion reactor is incredibly hot. Hydrogen that inevitably escapes from it must be cooled on its way to the wall, as otherwise, the reactor wall would be damaged. Researchers from the Dutch institute DIFFER and the EPFL’s Swiss Plasma Center have developed a strict measurement and control method for the cooling of very hot particles escaping from fusion plasmas.

DIFFER researchers found an alternative sustainable, all-electric way to produce ammonia from nitrogen and water. Ammonia is an important precursor of fertilizers, as well as a potential carbon-free energy carrier. The researchers published this method in the journal ACS Energy Letters.

TNO, Utrecht University (UU), and DIFFER will set up new national research communities to speed up the energy transition. NWO funded three projects aimed at spatial planning, future energy infrastructure, and the business challenge for the energy transition.