Fusion to Space Ptolemy is an instrument on board the Philae lander of Rosetta. It consists of a miniature gas chromatograph and mass spectrometer that is designed to determine the composition of the comet. In order to do this, the ice of the comet must be converted into gas and passed through the instruments. The […]
Author Archives: admin
Tungsten fibre-reinforced tungsten composites – toughening of inherently brittle tungsten for high temperature application
Sourcing new fusion technologies everywhere in Europe to foster your innovation… Abstract Materials with high performance regarding thermal properties as well as mechanical properties are required for application in high heat-flux environments, especially in new technologies for advanced energy production such as plasma facing materials in fusion reactors. With the incorporation of high strength and […]
Sensors to measure hydrogen partial pressure in liquid metals
Sourcing new fusion technologies everywhere in Europe to foster your innovation… Abstract Leading the research on liquid metal technology for breeding blankets in close collaboration with EUROfusion, ENEA Brasimone Research Centre (Italy) has developed a new type of sensor able to perform direct measurements of the hydrogen partial pressure in liquid metals, not considering contribution […]
Accurate and easy to implement multi-scale modelling algorithm
Sourcing new fusion technologies everywhere in Europe to foster your innovation… Abstract The Université Bretagne Sud has developed an algorithm in order to improve fusion plasma simulation (gyrokinetic and kinetic codes, turbulent transport) and especially reached problems of convergence of two-scale models. This project gave the way to transfer information between the various scales while […]
Tritium Transport Libraries for dynamic hydrogen transport modeling
Sourcing new fusion technologies everywhere in Europe to foster your innovation… Abstract Cryogenic and tritium permeations are strong challenges in fusion technology. Empresarios AgrupadosInternacional (EAI) has been working, in close collaboration with CIEMAT, in different EFDA tasks concerning tritium transport modelling. They especially developed a set of libraries for the simulation of systems and processes […]
Tungsten fibre-reinforced copper composites for high temperature and high heat flux applications
Sourcing new fusion technologies everywhere in Europe to foster your innovation… Abstract The present offer describes a tungsten fibre-reinforced copper (Wf-Cu) composite material concept that exploits the properties of commercially available drawn high-strength tungsten fibres embedded in a high conductivity copper matrix. With this approach, materials that can be realised exhibit outstanding property combinations regarding […]
Additive manufacturing of tungsten by means of laser powder bed fusion
Sourcing new fusion technologies everywhere in Europe to foster your innovation… Abstract The present offer describes an additive manufacturing (AM) technology for tungsten which is a refractory metal with outstanding properties as tungsten exhibits e.g. the highest melting point as well as the lowest vapour pressure of all metals. With such a manufacturing approach, geometrically […]
Selective Laser Melting applied in continuous production mode to overcome dimensional limits
Sourcing new fusion technologies everywhere in Europe to foster your innovation… Abstract Developed at KIT (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology), this technology offer gives the possibility to have an expansion of dimensional limits in Additive Manufacturing using powder bed processes. Inspired from other manufacturing technologies (e.g. extrusion), modifications for existing machine layouts have been designed and […]
Process for pilot hole fabrication in wire cutting (Electrical Discharge Machining, EDM) to improve length/diameter-ratio and precision
Sourcing new fusion technologies everywhere in Europe to foster your innovation… Abstract Developed at KIT (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology) for Test-Blanket-Module components, this technology offers increases limits in length/diameter ratio and precision (drift) of pilot holes used for Electrical Discharge Machining (wire cutting). Instead of fabricating a start hole e.g. by deep-hole drilling, grooves are […]
Simulation services for complex multi-physics problems
Sourcing new fusion technologies everywhere in Europe to foster your innovation… Abstract A Spanish R&D centre has developed an advanced simulation software for multi-physics problems including fluid dynamics, solid mechanics, heat transfer, electromagnetism, chemical reactions, neutronics and excitable media. The software has been specifically designed to run efficiently in supercomputers and it has in part […]