Understanding barriers towards the commercialization of nuclear fusion energy

The urgency for decarbonization of the energy grid is ever increasing and fossil energy sources must be replaced by sustainable sources of energy to prevent detrimental levels of global warming. Renewable energy sources wind and solar show potential and contribute to decarbonization but are intermitted and require storage solutions that are...

Comparative case study into the barriers that prevent QKD and Tokamak nuclear fusion power plants from large scale diffusion

This research has the aim to investigate the large pre-diffusion period for two<br/>technologies: quantum cryptography and nuclear fusion power plants. Both technologies originate from basic physics research, have a high societal value and are a business to business product. First, a status overview of the technologies is given together with its...

Behaviour of ODS 12Cr steel under thermal treatment at micro and macro level: A positron annihilation and Vickers hardness study

The behaviour of ODS 12Cr steel under thermal treatment is studied in this report at micro and macro level. ODS 12Cr steel is always in the ferrite phase and has a melting point at 1500 ºC. Before studying,<br/>the retrieved samples were metallographically prepared in four steps: mounting, grinding, mechanically polishing and electrolytically...

Backyard Beauty: Powerplant of 2050

In 2050 the characteristics of the Port of Amsterdam will be totally changed. Enormous developments will change our area to a highly dense urban city. The Hemweg centrale will be closed down, but how can we create our energy then? The demand for energy will increase. New technique shows other ways of creating energy, like nuclear fusion. Nuclear...

Pulsed Fusion Space Propulsion: Computational Ideal Magneto-Hydro Dynamics of a Magnetic Flux Compression Reaction Chamber

Verifying the working principle of a magnetic flux compression reaction chamber might be crucial for the development of pulsed fusion propulsion: a system that has been projected to possibly revolutionise manned space exploration. For that purpose, an exhaustive computational MHD analysis is a necessary step. This master thesis investigated the...