3 papers
eess.SY2026
Dynamic analysis and control design for the gas distribution and storage system of the tritium fuel cycle in EU-DEMO
C. A. Gomez-Perez, Matthijs van Berkel, Leyla Ozkan
This work is concerned with the development of control strategies for the Direct Internal Recycling Loop (DIRL) system, which is an essential part of the Tritium Fuel Cycle (TFC) f…
cond-mat.mtrl-sci2025
Estimating Reaction Rate Constants from Impedance Spectra: Simulating the Multistep Oxygen Evolution Reaction
Freja Vandeputte, Bart van den Boorn, Matthijs van Berkel +3
The efficiency of water electrolysis in a photoelectrochemical cell is largely limited by the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) at its semiconductor photoanode. Reaction rate constan…
eess.SY2025
MPC strategies for density profile control with pellet fueling in nuclear fusion tokamaks under uncertainty
Christopher A. Orrico, Hari Prasad Varadarajan, Matthijs van Berkel +4
Control of the density profile based on pellet fueling for the ITER nuclear fusion tokamak involves a multi-rate nonlinear system with safety-critical constraints, input delays, an…