DIFFER has landed an Enabling Research grant from the Horizon2020 programme EUROfusion. The consortium between DIFFER, CEA Cadarache (France), and the Swiss Plasma Center, aims to significantly accelerate fusion reactor simulation through application of machine learning methods. DIFFER scientists Jonathan Citrin (principal investigator), Karel van de Plassche, and Aaron Ho in the Integrated Modelling and Transport group will receive EUROfusion support in 2019-2020 towards this goal.
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November 13th 2018
Zon en wind leveren een steeds groter deel van onze elektriciteit, maar de elektriciteitsvraag beslaat maar 20% van ons totale energieverbruik. Met zonnebrandstoffen kunnen we duurzame stroom omzetten in schone, CO2-neutrale brandstoffen. Lees er alles over in deze Zonnebrandstoffen-special van het NTvN - Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Natuurkunde.
November 12th 2018
The International Tokamak Physics Activity (ITPA) has appointed DIFFER group leader Prof. Marco de Baar as chair of its Realtime Specialists Working Group (RT-SWG). The ITPA is an international framework organised by the global ITER fusion project to coordinate fusion research. ITPA activities prepare the broad physics basis needed for ITER design and operation and members of the ITPA groups are chosen by each ITER party as representative top experts of their sub-fields. In the coming three years, Marco de Baar will focus on formulating sensor models that will be used in the numerical simulation of control loops of the ITER plasma.
November 7th 2018
Since the summer of 2018, DIFFER houses a transmission electron microscope (TEM) that is dedicated for structural analysis of inorganic materials. The microscope is accessible for researchers who want to image newly developed nanomaterials or thin films aimed at energy applications.
November 5th 2018
Sometimes it takes a fresh look to tackle complex problems. That is exactly what happened when DIFFER researcher Matthijs van Berkel used a systems engineering approach to study the heat transport in a fusion plasma. He shook up the fusion physics field with his surprising conclusion that the physics occurring during the heating process can be explained with a much simpler model than assumed before.
