“a few kilograms”
Chen Yi thought for a while: "That's okay. This time the deuterium and tritium reactor is mainly to test the magnetic confinement. A few kilograms will be enough."
"That's enough."
Lao Zhang nodded, then seemed to think of something, and reminded: "Remember to read the documents I gave you recently."
"The opponent's laser weapon technology has made a breakthrough. Pay attention to their development of controllable nuclear fusion."
"Technological development is not a single item, but a chain of links. A breakthrough in this link may lead to technological updates in other links."
"Laser. Controlled nuclear fusion?"
Chen Yi was startled and asked: "Laser inertial restraint system?"
"Yes, laser inertial restraint."
"You have a laser breakthrough here. After the Shenguang IV in Hudu updated its equipment, it used a new laser for target shooting and successfully achieved fusion ignition of deuterium and tritium target pellets."
"It's just that the manufacturing cost of the target pellet, the self-sustaining tritium, and the neutron irradiation of the deuterium-tritium reaction are still difficult to solve."
"Now Shenguang IV is ready to skip deuterium-tritium fusion, improve the laser absorption rate of the target pellet, increase the power of the laser, and try deuterium-helium fusion."
"Most of the helium-3 elements you gave to the EAST nuclear fusion project team are now transferred to Shenguang IV."
"If the deuterium-helium target pellet is successfully ignited, inertial constraint will be promising, and the success rate of practicality and commercialization will be infinitely improved."
Professor Zhang briefly talked about the recent development of inertial constraints, and then led the two middle-aged experts out of the base.
Compared with the magnetic confinement nuclear fusion device, which has received more publicity in the media and has the most international cooperation, it is familiar to the public.
There is another way to achieve controllable nuclear fusion at the theoretical level.
That is the laser inertial confinement fusion proposed by Basov, the Big Brother scientist of the last century, and Academician Wang Ganchang.
That is, imitating the ignition pattern of Hydrogen Boy.
By irradiating the target pellet with laser, the fuel in the target pellet is compressed until it is compressed to an extremely high temperature and extremely high pressure state, and a fusion reaction occurs.
As we all know, Hydrogen Boy is a conjoined twin.
He looks like a hydrogen boy on the outside, but he actually has a matching little boy.
The explosion process is to first ignite the fusion layer of hydrogen through the explosion of the matching little boy, thereby realizing the explosion of the hydrogen boy.
The specific process does not rely on the hundreds of millions of degrees Celsius of heat generated by the explosion of the little boy.
Instead, it uses the X-rays generated by the explosion of the little boy to irradiate and compress the hydrogen fuel with X-rays, and finally ignites the hydrogen boy and explodes.
After all, X-rays are light, and light travels faster than all matter.
Only with the help of X-rays can Hydrogen Boy be ignited before being blown away by the Little Boy.
As for what kind of design and what kind of configuration is needed, the irradiation and ignition of the hydrogen fuel can be completed within the nanosecond time when the little boy explodes.
This is the world's top secret, and only five administrators have it.
It is said that the first configuration was first developed by the opposite side.
Afterwards, Big Brother obtained some information through Yanzi and published it.
Dai Ying mastered it with the help of the opponent through the incense in his blood.
Then, the domestic academician Yu and a group of outsiders had long since died, and the big boss who had been anonymous all his life worked hard and came up with another configuration using a hand-cranked computer.
When Fa Xilan saw it, he saw that everything was there except mine, and he was very anxious.
It's easy to get into trouble when you're in a hurry. As a result, during a visit, I accidentally threw a complete set of nuclear reactor information into the country. In the end, I only found a few different pieces of paper, and I went back to practice for a few years to draw them out.
Of course, the above are all rumors.
The first top secret information, the foundation of the five administrators, it is impossible for the outside world to know the specific details.
But this configuration is top secret and difficult to work out, but it is a fact.
Because the third brother had been masturbating with a little boy for decades, he was almost getting angry, and he didn’t even get a single hair out.
Laser inertial confinement, through laser compression and even X-ray compression through laser, are almost identical to the ignition configuration of Hydrogen Boy.
Under such special circumstances, the project leading to inertial fusion did not involve international cooperation, but was studied independently by each country.
In terms of attention and popularity, laser inertial confinement fusion may not be as good as the magnetic confinement tokamak device and stellarator device.
But as a project that can not only study controllable nuclear fusion, but also explore the deep fusion mechanism, improve the power of hydrogen boys and miniaturize hydrogen boys.
Research in this area by various countries is only much more than the investment in magnetic restraint devices.
"Laser inertial restraint, this thing, the other side has been leading the way in these years."
"The domestic Shenguang IV has completed fusion ignition, and the other side must have completed it as well."
"It is estimated that due to the cost of the target pellet, the problem of deuterium and tritium fusion cannot be commercialized."
Chen Yi recalled some of the internal information he had seen before, and finally understood that technology is a whole, and it means that one thing affects the whole body.
"never mind."
"Professional matters such as comprehensive strategy should be left to professionals."
"I'd better light my own deuterium-tritium reactor, light it on fire, and actually verify the improvement plan for magnetic confinement."
"No matter how awesome the opponent is, there's no way he can compare to the bad guy."
Chen Yi thought for a while and simply ignored it.
The troops will come to block the water and the earth will cover them up. If the enemy advances, you can't stop it yourself.
Go to the production area and take out a batch of prepared superconducting wires, as well as some other basic accessories, improved microwave generators, etc.
According to the plan calculated by myself, start using automated equipment to weave coils and roll out the tokamak device.
Because I have previously studied ion thrusters and polar magnetic variable specific impulse plasma engines, I have read a lot of technical information and basic principles related to magnetic fields.
After studying and mastering the literature and information provided by the EAST nuclear fusion project team.
Regarding magnetic field design and control of magnetic confinement, Chen Yi is now said to be second in the world, and absolutely no one dares to claim first.
the next day.
A sealed tank containing 5 kilograms of tritium was delivered.
At the same time, he considered that Chen Yi might be too lazy to go to the beach to filter heavy water and electrolyze deuterium.
Except for tritium.
The package also contained 200 kilograms of deuterium.
The third day of receiving deuterium and tritium elements.
According to Chen Yi's long-awaited plan, a complete set of automated industrial equipment in the production area is working at full power.
One is 5 meters in diameter, 8 meters high and weighs 108 tons.
The Tokamak device, which is several times smaller than the EAST nuclear fusion device but actually more powerful, stands in an empty laboratory in the corner of the base.
[Item: Superconducting Magnetic Confinement - Tokamak Device]
[Attributes: Energy x174, Magnetic Constraint x167, Power x172, Control x146.7, Efficiency x126.4, Strength x27.2, Beauty x14.7]
[The detection device reaches the limit beyond the conventional field, and the consciousness wave consumption of subsequent adjustments increases a thousand times. 】
[Note: This is a magnetic confinement device that touches the quantum realm. It has powerful power and a strong magnetic field. It can trap plasma at hundreds of millions of degrees Celsius in a cage.
Perhaps, you can put in some fusion elements when it is fully activated and witness the deep mysteries of the star.
But note that different fusion elements have different products, so please pay attention to safety when using it. 】
"The initial attributes exceed the conventional realm, and the adjustment of consciousness wave consumption increases a thousand times."
"Also, please note that different fusion elements have different products in the comments, please pay attention to the safety tips."
Chen Yi looked at the fat metal magnetic restraint device, looked at the deuterium and tritium element tank that was connected to the device, and roughly understood the safety precautions in the note.
Neutron irradiation for deuterium-tritium fusion.
Deuterium and tritium fusion produces a helium 4 ion + a high-energy neutron, with an energy of 17.6 MeV.
Neutrons have no charge.
It cannot be restrained by a magnetic field.
The high-energy neutrons produced by this reaction will be like super cannonballs, shooting out in all directions from the device, destroying everything they go.
Neither the DNA of life nor the nuclei of material elements can escape its destruction.
Destroy everything, and destroy it from the nuclear level.
This is neutron irradiation, the most difficult problem to solve in deuterium-tritium fusion.
Any material in the face of such neutron irradiation and neutron bombardment from the atomic nuclear level will become a bubble.
It won't last long before it denatures, becomes brittle, and then breaks apart.
The fragments after the collapse.
Because extra neutrons have been stuffed into the nucleus, it is equivalent to the DNA being modified.
Elements of materials also undergo transmutation and become other elements.
Most of these transformed elements are still radioactive elements.
However, complete isolation and prohibition of such high-energy neutrons is not enough.
Because this is the key to solving tritium self-sustainability.
Tritium has a half-life of 12 years.
An element that almost does not exist in nature.
It can only be produced through reactors, and the current international market price is NT$30,000 per gram.
In the past, when breeder reactor technology was inadequate, 1 gram cost hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Such a precious element.
If it depends entirely on external supplies to fuel the fusion reactor.
That is the value of producing 10 kilowatt-hours of electricity and consuming 100 million kilowatt-hours of electricity, which even large camel and dog owners cannot afford to burn.
The real way is to add a lithium-6 breeding layer to the deuterium-tritium fusion reactor.
Using high-energy neutrons produced by the deuterium-tritium reaction to bombard lithium-6, the reaction produces a helium-4 ion and tritium.
The generated tritium is then recycled and re-injected into the reactor to achieve tritium self-sustainability.
"My purpose this time is to obtain data on the changes in the confinement magnetic field during actual fusion, so as to provide a basis for further optimizing and improving the magnetic field structure of magnetic confinement."
"It's not really deuterium-tritium fusion."
"So, there is no need to consider the issue of neutron irradiation and tritium self-sustainment."
"The half-life of free neutrons is 15 minutes, so after starting the experiment, you have to wait for a day."
"When all the neutrons are exhausted by natural decay, pay more attention. The radioactive elements produced by the bombardment and transmutation of high-energy neutrons can ensure absolute safety."
Chen Yi thought about it and came up with a safe test plan.
He even tried to think for a while.
How to solve the problems of neutron irradiation and tritium self-sustainment.
Found it to be impossible to solve at all.
It is also necessary to isolate the irradiation of neutrons.
We need to release neutrons to solve the problem of tritium self-sustainment.
These are two completely contradictory issues.
Deuterium-tritium fusion should go into the garbage dump. The world belongs to deuterium-helium fusion.
Determine the test plan.
Chen Yi quit the laboratory.
Not far away, we came to a room made of high-grade cement, with steel plates and carbon fiber layers sandwiched inside, which could withstand an impact of tens of thousands of tons.
"Unfortunately, there are still too few waves of consciousness."
"It takes four or five days to build a fusion reactor, otherwise the system would be adjusted faster."
Doped with beryllium.
Thick glass that reflects neutrons.
Chen Yi looked at the tokamak fusion reactor, took out the remote control, and pressed the start button.
The consumption is doubled by a thousand times, and adjusting one attribute point is 200,000.
The 200 million consciousness waves obtained from the live broadcast of the moon landing, excluding the rations given to Xuannv, are not enough to completely adjust the magnetic restraint device.
In addition, after the adjustment is completed, it will take four or five days to re-manufacture a device.
In this situation, in terms of efficiency and cost-effectiveness, it is far faster than Chen Yi's own data collection and research upgrades.
With the accumulation of technology and knowledge mastered by Chen Yi.
Current system adjustments are more about applying new technologies and breaking through new technological barriers.
Equipment that can usually be produced by oneself does not require the use of the system, and it is more cost-effective to produce it by oneself.
Buzz!
The subtle sound of vacuuming was transmitted through the laboratory microphone.
After the vacuum extraction is completed, the magnetic field is started, deuterium and tritium elements are injected, and the microwave generator increases the temperature of the elements.
A faint ray of plasma light began to emerge inside the fusion reactor.
This ray of light, like water and silk, is constantly rotating around the donut-shaped constraining magnetic field.
On the monitoring screen next to Chen Yi, the magnetic field data of magnetic constraints began to refresh in large quantities.
The plasma temperature in the upper right corner, as well as the energy consumed during startup, are also constantly increasing.
1000000.
5000000.
Ten million.
30 million.
70 million.
100000000.
Less than two hours to go.
The deuterium and tritium plasma inside the fusion reactor has soared to 100 million degrees Celsius.
Energy monitors, have begun to detect subtle energy production.
Obviously at this temperature, a very small number of deuterium and tritium elements are already fusion taking place.
Chen Yi looked at the energy consumed by the fusion reactor during the entire process from startup to this point, and then looked at the energy generated by the detected fusion.
Well, 768.7 million to 1.
Very powerful data.
"Xuan Nu, the temperature has increased to 124 million." Chen Yi calmly gave the order.
Buzz!
The sound of electricity suddenly surged.
The deuterium and tritium plasma inside the donut suddenly started to move rapidly and took on the shape of a fluid.
Energy monitors measure the amount of energy produced, which also soars by three orders of magnitude.
"Increase the power of the coil, increase the strength of the magnetic field, shrink the volume of the magnetic constraint, and activate the high constraint mode!"
Following Chen Yi's instructions, the magnetic restraint, which was originally running smoothly, began to slowly shrink in size.
When contracted to a certain range.
Sudden.
There was a bang.
The light, as bright as the sun, bloomed in the restraint field.
The monitored fusion energy data is increasing rapidly.
The plasma temperature within the magnetic confinement field also surged to 230 million degrees Celsius.
The comprehensive nuclear fusion of deuterium and tritium elements was ignited.
The high-temperature and expanding plasma begins to collide with and squeeze the constrained magnetic field, slowly pushing back the constrained range of the magnetic field.
PS: Chapter 1, there are two more chapters tonight, please continue to update.
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