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The paper describes the testing of the NEUTON detection system into CROCUS, the zero-power reactor of the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL). NEUTON is composed of a 4mm×4 mm sCVD diamond detector with a 6Li converter and the associated acquis ...

2018

Performance of a geothermal energy deicing system for bridge deck using a pile heat exchanger

Lyesse Laloui, Gangqiang Kong, Xiaohui Cheng, Di Wu, Hanlong Liu

In this study, a geothermal energy deicing system for bridge deck using a pile heat exchanger was developed, and the performance of this system was investigated under the conditions of snowfall. The structural response of the bridge deck during the deicing ...

2018

Plasma cleaning of ITER first mirrors

Stefano Alberti, Ivo Furno

Nuclear fusion is an extremely attractive option for future generations to compete with the strong increase in energy consumption. Proper control of the fusion plasma is mandatory to reach the ambitious objectives set while preserving the machine's integri ...

Iop Publishing Ltd2017

CAMEA ESS - The continuous angle multi-energy analysis indirect geometry spectrometer for the European Spallation Source

Henrik Moodysson Rønnow, Paul Gregory Freeman

The CAMEA ESS neutron spectrometer is designed to achieve a high detection efficiency in the horizontal scattering plane, and to maximize the use of the long pulse European Spallation Source. It is an indirect geometry time-of-flight spectrometer that uses ...

E D P Sciences2015

Energy-selective neutron imaging for materials science

Steven Luc X Peetermans

Common neutron imaging techniques study the attenuation of a neutron beam penetrating a sample of interest. The recorded radiograph shows a contrast depending on traversed material and its thickness. Tomography allows separating both and obtaining 3D spati ...

EPFL2015

Shallow donor and deep DX-like center in InAlN layers nearly lattice-matched to GaN

Nicolas Grandjean, Jean-François Carlin, Marcel Py, Lorenzo Lugani

Nonintentionally doped 200-nm-thick In0.16Al0.84N/n(+)-GaN samples were grown by metal-organic vapor phase epitaxy and used for the electrical characterization of InAlN. In the temperature range 180-400 K, the forward current of Schottky diodes is dominate ...

Amer Physical Soc2014

Continuous Angular Multiple Energy Analysis Spectrometer Report on Instrument Concept and Scientific Case

Paul Gregory Freeman

Abstract This work unit proposes to construct a cold indirect geometry time of flight spectrometer for performing inelastic neutron scattering experiments optimized for optimal efficiency in the horizontal scattering plane at the European Spallation Source ...

2014

Building and Testing a Prototype For CAMEA

CAMEA (Countinuous Angle Multiple Energy Analyser) is a new concept for analysing inelastically scattered neutrons with high efficiency. It contains many (up to 10) vertically focusing analyser arrays behind each other, analysing the scattered neutrons wit ...

2014

Appraisal of Core Analysis Methods against Zero-Power Experiments on Full-Scale BWR Fuel Assemblies

Flavio Dante Giust

The present doctoral research aims at the appraisal of nodal core simulators used for the calculation of commercial boiling water reactor (BWR) cores, against measurements carried out at the Paul Scherrer Institute under the LWR-PROTEUS experimental progra ...

EPFL2012

Single- and Two-Phase Flow Modeling for Coupled Neutronics/Thermal-Hydraulics Transient Analysis of Advanced Sodium-Cooled Fast Reactors

Aurélia Chenu

Nuclear power is nowadays in the front rank as regards helping to meet the growing worldwide energy demand while avoiding an excessive increase in greenhouse gas emissions. However, the operating nuclear power plants are mainly thermal-neutron reactors and ...

EPFL2011

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