r18novel Chapter 139
Chapter 139
"Let's start the first ignition test of the Jinwu reactor."
"Please get ready."
Jiang Yuanzhou's words just fell.
The expressions of the experts around him who planned day by day instantly fell on their faces.
They had just reacted from the previous question, and this was about to start the ignition experiment, and every expert was a little confused.
"Jiang Guoshi, are we in a little too anxious?"
Qian Sanhai, the leader of the reactor technical team, asked.
Qian Sanhai's tone was a little worried.
In his view, the important matter of controllable fusion reactor ignition should be treated with extreme caution.
If something goes wrong, the consequences are unimaginable.
The proposer of the suggestion, Jiang Yuanzhou, who is also the leader of the day-by-day project, shook his head lightly and spoke.
"Team Leader Qian, hasn't the equipment been inspected?"
"That's true, but there are still power generation modules that haven't been installed." Qian Sanhai replied.
The main role of Jinwu fusion substation is to generate electricity, in addition to nuclear reactors, there must be supporting power generation equipment.
Without power generation equipment, the fusion energy of the reactor cannot be converted into electricity.
However, 21 Even so, it can meet Jiang Yuanzhou's current requirements.
Jiang Yuanzhou's request was not to generate electricity, but to conduct an ignition test.
The ignition test only requires the reactor's equipment to be complete.
"That's enough."
Jiang Yuanzhou looked at the experts around him and said slowly.
"Everyone, let's witness the spark of controlled nuclear fusion ignited."
Jiang Yuanzhou's tone was very flat, but it had a unique appeal.
The expressions of the experts of the day-by-day project gradually became excited after hearing the invitation from Jiang Guoshi.
If there is anyone who is most looking forward to the ignition test, it is these experts who plan day by day.
After all, who doesn't want to watch their hard work shine.
Just now, he was still persuading Qian Sanhai, the team leader, and he no longer spoke, but looked at the Jinwu reactor with eager eyes.
"Get ready for the test."
Jiang Yuanzhou gave an order.
Technicians and specialists at the Jinwu reactor quickly began preparations before the ignition test.
Two hours later.
"Report, the reactor equipment is ready to start experiments."
A technician reported.
Hearing this, Jiang Yuanzhou nodded lightly.
"The first ignition experiment of the Jinwu reactor began."
The fusion reaction of the Jinwu reactor belongs to light nuclear fusion.
Deuterium-tritium atoms, which are extracted from the ocean, will fuse into helium atoms under certain conditions.
The process of fusion releases a large amount of energy.
There are two conditions for a fusion reaction, one is high pressure and the other is high temperature.
On the Blue Star, it is difficult to achieve the high pressure of the solar core, so the Jinwu reactor has worked the temperature.
If high pressure can't do it, then achieve extreme high temperature.
The first step in igniting the Jinwu reactor is to heat the nuclear fuel to hundreds of millions of kilowatt-hours.
When the fusion reaction begins, the ultra-high temperature generated by the reaction will spontaneously sustain the fusion reaction.
It's like lighting a fire, as long as you light the first fire, the subsequent flames will continue.
"The laser igniter is ready!"
Hearing the technician's report, Jiang Yuanzhou pressed the start button of the laser igniter.
"Laser igniter, activate!"
The ignition device used in the Jinwu reactor is laser ignition.
Four high-energy pulsed laser emitters emitting lasers from different angles.
And the target of these four lasers is the small piece of nuclear fuel in the middle.
Under the irradiation of the laser, the temperature of the central nuclear fuel gradually rises until it reaches a critical temperature, which is the temperature required for the fusion reaction.
100 million degrees.
The reactor is located in close proximity to the control room, and the reactor itself can be seen directly with the naked eye through a special glass curtain wall.
It is very close, but the harmful radiation and high-frequency light are blocked by the glass curtain wall, and there is no harm in directly observing it with the naked eye.
Looking at the ever-rising temperature of the earth's nuclear fuel, the experts in charge of the laser ignition project couldn't help but clench their fists.
Now is the time to test the results of their work, and tension is inevitable.
Fortunately, the laser ignition was operating normally until it approached the critical temperature, and there were no problems.
"According to the report, the temperature of the nuclear fuel has reached 90 million degrees Celsius, and the fusion reaction is expected to start in half a minute."
Without the observer's report, Jiang Yuanzhou noticed the situation.
What follows is the most important, but also the most difficult, step in controlled nuclear fusion.
The most critical step in controlled nuclear fusion technology is controllable.
If you want to talk about nuclear fusion technology, human beings have long been applied. (If you read a violent novel, go to Feilu Novel Network!) ）
The hydrogen bomb uses the principle of nuclear fusion to release energy to kill the enemy.
But the hydrogen bomb has nothing to do with controllability.
If you want to harness the incredible energy of nuclear fusion, you have to add the word controllable.
"Turn on the tokamak device and prepare to remove the laser igniter."
Jiang Yuanzhou said, pressing the start button of the tokamak device.
An invisible magnetic field, gradually appearing in space, enveloped the reactor.
At the same time as the tokamak device was activated, the nuclear fuel also reached a critical temperature under the continuous irradiation of the laser.
The light fusion nuclear fuel, which was heated to 100 million degrees, suddenly expanded several times in volume and turned into a huge plasma.
If the plasma is not restrained, it will turn into a small hydrogen bomb explosion.
But Jiang Yuanzhou was already ready.
The ultra-high temperature plasma, which is hundreds of millions of degrees, no longer expands after tens of milliseconds, but becomes smaller and smaller in size, forming a stable plasma sphere.
It was as if there was a large, invisible hand gripping the plasma tightly.
The temperature of the plasma is hundreds of millions of degrees, comparable to a miniature sun.
And what holds this miniature sun is the super-strong magnetic field generated by the tokamak device.
Looking at the stable ultra-high temperature plasma in the reactor, Jiang Yuanzhou smiled.
The experiment was a two-step process.
One is ignition.
The second is constraints.
So far, the Jinwu reactor has completed these two steps of the experiment perfectly.
Turning around, Jiang Yuanzhou said 723 to the expert team behind him. []
"I announce that the first ignition experiment of the Jinwu reactor was a complete success!"
Hearing the news, the experts of the day-by-day plan immediately burst into cheers.
The ignition experiment was successful, the reactor experiment was successful, and the controlled nuclear fusion power generation was only one step away!
Looking at the excited expressions on the faces of the experts, Jiang Yuanzhou's mouth also brought a smile to the corner.
Jiang Yuanzhou knew that his goal had been achieved.
With the successful experience of ignition in the past, I believe that these experts should be able to establish enough confidence and will no longer be afraid to do things.
"Jiang Guoshi, as long as the installation of power generation facilities is completed, our Dragon Kingdom will have an inexhaustible supply of energy."
Team leader Qian Sanhai stood beside Jiang Yuanzhou and said hopefully.
This is the greatest significance of controlled nuclear fusion.
Modern industrialized countries are extremely dependent on energy.
Whoever masters energy controls the world.
Controlled nuclear fusion is the key to unlimited energy.
Just as Jiang Yuanzhou was about to reply, a piece of news came.
The news came from Zhou Wenwu, director of the Longguo Security Bureau.
Having the head of the Security Service call in person shows that things are definitely not easy.
Answering the phone, Jiang Yuanzhou heard Zhou Wenwu's somewhat anxious tone.
"Jiang Guoshi, an accidental explosion occurred in a number of large oil wells in the desert area."
"Now international oil prices have risen by 90 percent, and international energy as a whole has risen by 70 percent."
"It's still rising."
"I suspect that this is for the Dragon Kingdom."