Liquid metal heat shields
The exhaust of a fusion reactor must endure the harshest conditions of any man made object. Our mission is develop liquid metal heat shields that are up to this task.
Improved performance of liquid metal heat shields will not only enable DEMO, but will also allow the design of more practical and more economical future fusion power plants
The next generation fusion reactor, DEMO, will deliver electricity to the grid. Construction for the European DEMO will be started halfway this century, by the European organization EUROfusion. This reactor will likely require liquid metal heat shields to ensure sufficient lifetime, as well as sufficient robustness to make operation practical. Improved performance of liquid metal heat shields, however, will not only enable DEMO. It will also allow the design of smaller, more economical, and more practical future fusion power plants. Our group collaborates closely with EUROfusion to achieve this task, as well as the Dutch Institute For Fundamental Energy Research (DIFFER), and the international fusion community.
Read moreRecent Publications
Our most recent peer reviewed publications
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H. Reimerdes,M. Agostini,E. Alessi,S. Alberti,Y. Andrebe,H. Arnichand,J. Balbin,F. Bagnato,M. Baquero-Ruiz,M. Bernert
Overview of the TCV tokamak experimental programme
Nuclear Fusion (2022) -
R. Chandra,H.J. de Blank,P. Diomede
B2.5-Eunomia simulations of Magnum-PSI detachment experiments
Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion (2022) -
P. Rindt,T.W. Morgan,N.J. Lopes Cardozo
Conceptual design of a liquid-metal divertor for the European DEMO
Fusion Engineering and Design (2021) -
F. Romano,P. Rindt,J. Scholten,Y. Hayashi,T.W. Morgan
Effect of lithium vapour shielding on hydrogen plasma parameters
Physica Scripta (2021) -
Ray Chandra,H.J. de Blank,P. Diomede,H.J.N. van Eck,H.J. van der Meiden,T.W. Morgan,J.W.M. Vernimmen
B2.5-Eunomia simulations of Magnum-PSI detachment experiments
Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion (2021)