Great Power Heavy Industry: Rise

Chapter 216 Finding a New Fusion Critical Point

Zhong Cheng then explained how to find this critical point in detail.

Finally, it is emphasized that there is no so-called nuclear fusion reaction constant.

Zhong Cheng's words shocked the R&D personnel participating in the meeting, and even left some people at a loss.

The nuclear fusion reaction constant that they have always regarded as a classic is actually not unique, and it was discovered by accident, not the result of the deduction of the natural constant e.

Many people couldn't accept this reality for a while, and the conference room was in chaos.

Director Zhao stopped the meeting at the right time and asked everyone to go down and think about it.

When only Director Zhao, Ye Wenxin and Zhong Cheng were left in the conference room, Zhong Cheng explained to them.

It's because he didn't explain the process of the research and development clearly at the time, and he only paid attention to the publication of the results, but he didn't expect such consequences.

Ye Wenxin said, in fact, Zhong Cheng said it, but she herself is also superstitious about the magic of the natural constant e, and she only tasted other reaction conditions.

On the contrary, Director Zhao praised Zhong Cheng for being able to take the initiative to break the superstition of this constant, saying that if scientific researchers could have such a mentality, human science and technology would have made breakthroughs long ago.

It takes courage to dare to pierce the authority of others, but it takes more courage to pierce your own authority, as well as strong self-confidence and persistence to the truth.

Zhong Cheng said with shame that he was not so noble, mainly because he wanted to realize the miniaturization of nuclear fusion reactors as soon as possible.

Before telling the truth, he also had a slight hesitation.

Director Zhao then asked Zhong Cheng what he thought of the follow-up research and development.

Zhong Cheng said that from the perspective of the cost performance of the power generation function, the current 100 million kilowatt reactor is the best solution, and it only needs to be optimized in terms of stability and safety.

It’s just that for some special application environments, reactors with smaller volume and weight are needed, and a smaller Q value is also acceptable.

The total weight of the current reactor plus the corresponding power generation device exceeds 1 tons, which is huge and cannot be used for other purposes except for power generation in the power plant.

He suggested to find a better solution on other multiple combinations of the natural constant e.

Ye Wenxin said that the technical difficulty in controlling the temperature is much lower than that in accelerating the ions.

If you don’t consider the cost, but only consider reducing the weight and volume of the Suihuang nuclear fusion power unit, then you should find a new critical point in the high temperature area.

Director Zhao and Zhong Chengcheng agreed with Ye Wenxin.

After the research and development direction is determined, the next step is the boring simulation experiment.

It is not an easy task to build a model in the Taixu test system to find a new critical reaction point.

Although there is a general direction, every combination of temperature and speed involves changes in the structure of the corresponding device.

The Taixu experimental system is a simulation system based on the real basic physical theory, not a science fiction system.

For example, in the system you can suspend a steel ball in mid-air, but before that you must have corresponding technical measures to allow the steel ball to suspend.

You can use a strong magnetic field, you can install a blower under the steel ball, and you can even add benzium-310 to the steel ball.

As long as the physical theory supports it, it will not work otherwise.

Therefore, if you want to heat charged ions to 271 million degrees Celsius in the reactor vacuum chamber, you must have a corresponding heating device, and you must also restrain such high-temperature ions so as not to burn the inner wall.

This is the digitization of real devices, and this is also the basis for the Taixu Experimental System to play an important role in scientific research.

Relying on Zhong Cheng's familiarity with the Taixu experimental system and the principles of the Suihuang nuclear reactor, Zhong Cheng formed the best partner with Ye Wenxin.

This is the first time the two of them have cooperated in work. It was different in the Yanshan base. It was Zhong Cheng who was teaching Ye Wenxin to use the Taixu experimental system.

Under the leadership of the two, the Nuclear Fusion Technology Research and Development Center found hundreds of new critical points within a month.

After repeated tests in the system, it is determined that the critical reaction point of high-temperature ions is at 2718 million degrees Celsius and the speed is about 27.18 km/s, the Q value is 15, and the output power is 60 kilowatts.

The self-weight of such a nuclear fusion power unit has dropped to about 3000 tons, and the volume of the reactor has also dropped to about 100 meters in length and 5 meters in diameter.

The reduction in diameter is mainly due to the significant reduction of additional high-energy acceleration devices, and the small reduction in length is just to balance the size of the diameter and meet the application on new aircraft carriers.

The length of the new aircraft carrier is long enough, but the thickness is limited.

This ratio of weight and volume to power is optimal, and if the weight and volume are reduced, the output power will drop significantly.

Unless the Q value is greatly improved.

Zhong Cheng finally breathed a sigh of relief, the power part of the new aircraft carrier has been solved.

The 3000-ton unit is far lighter than he expected, and his original goal was to be within 5000 tons.

In this way, the amount of Taiyi alloy used will also be greatly reduced, and the cost of the aircraft carrier will also plummet.

He estimated that the cost of his new aircraft carrier should drop to about 4000 billion.

But this is far from enough, the cost reduction of Taiyi alloy is the key point.

The cost of his ideal new aircraft carrier should not exceed 1000 billion!
Constructing the design plan in the Taixu Experimental System is only the first step, and a lot of work is still needed to see the real thing.

Zhong Cheng found Cheng Zhidong, the general manager of the nuclear fusion generator company.

Cheng Zhidong has worked very well here in the past two years. He is in charge of the largest company under the Red Star Heavy Industry Group, with more than 200 large factories and tens of thousands of employees.

This year to now, the annual production task of 600 Suihuang nuclear fusion power generating units has been overfulfilled, the output value has exceeded 2 trillion yuan, and the profit has exceeded 5000 billion yuan, firmly sitting on the first place in the group.

If the second phase of the Jinwu project to expand production capacity is completed early next year, the output value and profit next year will more than quadruple.

Now his product is one of the most in-demand products in China, and countless cities are begging him to provide generator sets, and even some foreign users have come to ask for goods.

Cheng Zhidong came to Zhong Cheng's temporary office in the nuclear fusion technology research and development center, his face was full of red.

As soon as he entered the door, he yelled carelessly: "Leader, if you have anything to do, just tell me!"

Zhong Cheng asked him to sit down and talk, and then explained the plan to produce fifteen new nuclear fusion power generating units.

After Cheng Zhidong heard this, he frowned and began to complain.

He believes that the scope of use of this new type of nuclear fusion power unit is definitely not large, and because the cost is still more expensive than the 100 million-kilowatt model, there is no market.

Maybe it can only be used on Zhong Cheng's new aircraft carrier.

It is not cost-effective for them to manufacture these fifteen new nuclear fusion generator sets alone. If the new general assembly line and research and development costs are included.

(End of this chapter)