I Have a Little Black Hole

Lei Tiantang is very concerned about the energy that supports the long-term work of satellites and space telescopes and other detectors, because satellites and other various detectors roaming in space have very strict power requirements, not only light weight, small size, It can withstand strong vibrations, and it also requires a long service life!

Therefore, several Jupiter probes successively launched abroad in the early 1970s were equipped with high-performance nuclear batteries made of plutonium oxide and molybdenum.

Therefore, this mature nuclear battery technology was targeted by him. It must be known that the energy used by the satellites and space telescopes and other detectors currently developed by the company is still composed of solar panels and the company's high-performance battery packs.

They use their own space engines to change orbits in space, and achieve the purpose of changing orbits or accelerating by ejecting a certain amount of gas.

These features can be used without any problem in Earth's fixed orbit where the solar system is not too far from the sun, because these probes have their own orbits.

It can obtain a stable energy supply through solar panels for a long time, and the fuel it carries for orbit change and acceleration is rarely used, so as long as it carries a small amount of fuel, these detectors can be used for several years.

However, the satellites and space telescopes that Lei Tiantang intends to throw into the nebula will not work. It will take at least half a year for them to reach the periphery of the new home!

Because the body of the small black hole is a little closer to the new home star system, it can only choose to stop, because even Lei Tiantang can control the gravity of the body of the small black hole, so that its gravity will not interfere with the star system. normal operation.

But the black hole itself has no way to control the change of the latitude of the surrounding space. It is estimated that after Lei Tiantang's main body and the small black hole's main body are truly combined, he can completely control the small black hole's main body.

And changes in the latitude of the surrounding space can also affect the star system, so before the small black hole is still some distance away from the star system, for the safety of the star system, it can only stop at a safe distance.

This safe distance is set at 1 billion kilometers by Lei Tiantang. According to his and Kuafu's calculations, beyond this distance, with the mass of the small black hole body, the spatial latitude it disturbs cannot affect the New Home star system.

And detectors such as satellites and space telescopes can only use the powerful position of a small black hole to eject toward the new home star system at a safe distance of 1 billion kilometers!

Even if their initial speed is fast, it will take a very long time to fly a journey as long as 1 billion kilometers. Half a year is the minimum estimate.

And for such a long time,

These satellites and other detectors also have to be in working condition all the time. After all, all the data over there is estimated, and the specific data needs to be detected before it can be known.

At the same time, these detectors have to continuously adjust their orbits during the flight, and select their respective detection positions based on the detected star system data, and these detectors also need a large deceleration process before approaching the detection position!

The speed of the detector is reduced by the method of reverse injection through the self-contained fuel, so as to facilitate the detector to enter the set detection orbit!

Therefore, the energy they carry is very important, and the requirements have become higher, because all these detectors can only constantly adjust their position and speed according to the data they detect, and there is no continuous and stable energy source. Absolutely not.

Don't worry, boss! The technology of nuclear batteries is not a top-notch technology. I have found a lot of design solutions on the Internet, and I have verified them one by one.

In the end, we chose to use plutonium 238 as the fuel for our nuclear batteries. Through the decay of plutonium 238 itself, alpha particles are released and heat is generated, which is used to generate electricity.

Plutonium is element 94 and it is the heaviest element naturally occurring in nature, heavier than uranium. Its stable isotope, plutonium-244, has a half-life of about 80 million years.

And plutonium-238 has a half-life of 87.74 years, and when it decays, it releases alpha particles and releases a lot of heat at the same time, which makes plutonium-238 spontaneously combust under certain conditions even in small amounts, and plutonium can spontaneously combust, which makes it seem Like a glowing ember.

The thermal power of 1 kg of plutonium 238 is equivalent to a 570-watt electric furnace, and it lasts for decades without interruption.

A nuclear battery made of plutonium-238 can provide a stable power output of about 125 watts under any conditions during the initial mission, and can maintain a power output of about 100 watts after 14 years.

As long as we equip all our detectors with more than 2 nuclear batteries made of plutonium-238, then our detectors will have enough long-lasting energy supply!

The thermoelectric conversion rate of nuclear batteries is not very high. However, nuclear batteries can not only be used to generate electricity, especially in the cold universe, where the temperature can even reach minus 200 degrees Celsius!

The nuclear battery can also provide thermal energy for these detectors. Using this thermal energy, some sensitive components on the spacecraft can withstand the test of low temperature!

So boss, your choice to use nuclear batteries in our retrofit design is an absolutely correct choice! Father Kua said with a smile.

That's for sure! Wouldn't I be a fool if I didn't use such a good thing! But have you made a test nuclear battery? Show me it! Show me its data too Look! Lei Tiantang said happily.

Okay boss, you see, this is the nuclear battery that I optimized using data obtained from the Internet, its fuel is plutonium 238, and it is made into a ceramic compact of plutonium dioxide.

A single nuclear battery can provide 880 watts of power initially. After detailed testing, even after more than ten years, such a nuclear battery can still provide 670 watts of power!

With such a power nuclear battery, we install 3-4 of them on our various detectors, and our detectors can operate as they want!

And other data about it, I'll also introduce you to...

While playing the test video of the nuclear battery on Lei Tiantang's computer, Kuafu proudly introduced him various performance data.

Although he found the design of this nuclear battery from the Internet, he was also responsible for the optimization of those designs, so when he introduced it to his boss, his mood became very good.

Okay! Kuafu, your work is really good! But the nuclear batteries you make for testing must go through all kinds of extreme tests! Their quality and safety issues are related to the detector. Can it be used!