The DREsden Sodium facility for DYNamo and thermohydraulic studies (DRESDYN) is an infrastructure project devoted both to large scale liquid sodium experiments with geo- and astrophysical background, as well as to investigations of various energy related ­techno­logies.

The LIMMCAST facility is used to investigate the process of continuous casting of metals and to improve it by applying properly designed electro­magnetic fields.

Our battery lab enables the electrochemical investigation of liquid metal electrodes and molten salt electrolytes.
For experiments, small cells are build and tested under argon atmosphere in the glove box.

The MULTIMAG (MULTIpurpose MAGnetic field system) facility can be used for the research on ­magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) phenomena.MULTIMAG can be used to combine rotating, travelling, pulsating and static ­magnetic fields. Because no ferro­magnetic materials are used, any linear superposition of various field types is possible.

X-ray radiography is a useful tool for a non-invasive, in situ visualization and characterization of optically opaque liquid metals and systems. The MHD department has developed two X-ray experimental setups for the visualisation of various phenomena in optically opaque systems.

The Experimental Sodium Loop at the HZDR - NATtrium-VersuchsANlage NATAN)