Super Dimension Technology Era

Next to the Lianhuashan Nuclear Power Station in Haicheng County, there is the Nuclear Fusion Power Generation Research Institute.

In the open laboratory, a nuclear fusion reactor several times smaller than that of Jinwu-1 was installed in the middle of the laboratory.

A dozen researchers are busy debugging work, and Dong Kuan and Wei Feng are also nearby.

"Mingzhe, are you done over there?" Wei Feng asked while looking at the computer.

"Just finished."

Wei Feng stopped what he was doing and remembered something: "By the way, why install a neutrino blocking layer in the reactor?"

"This is confidential." Huang Mingzhe replied directly.

As soon as he heard that it was a secret, Wei Feng did not want to ask the question, so he changed the subject: "This prototype is already the smallest size currently."

After receiving the design plan report, Huang Mingzhe scanned it at a glance, memorized the information, and added it to the nuclear fusion knowledge system.

Immediately, sparks of inspiration were sparked, and countless bodies of knowledge collided and merged fiercely in brainstorming. The body of nuclear fusion knowledge was getting closer and closer to perfection.

However, the perfection of the evolution of the body of knowledge is theoretically perfect after all. In fact, the problem of materials is definitely a stumbling block.

He quickly turned on the computer, entered the virtual world through the brainwave glasses, and started the simulation space of auxiliary design.

In the simulation space, Huang Mingzhe exploded with engineering design capabilities that are beyond the reach of ordinary people, especially with the assistance of ghosts.

Each system of the nuclear fusion reactor has been reorganized by him from beginning to end, and the design is improved based on the materials currently available.

Six hours later.

A new nuclear fusion reactor appeared in the simulation space. Through the simulation experiment system, the new nuclear fusion reactor was running rapidly.

Whenever a loophole or operation problem occurs, the problem can be quickly analyzed. Based on these tips, Huang Mingzhe can quickly adjust the design plan.

When he exited Nanke Dream World, it was already dusk.

I stretched and got up to move my body.

Wei Feng, who was standing next to the nuclear fusion reactor, saw Huang Mingzhe appear in the laboratory and asked, "How did you change your design?"

"You'll know after seeing it." Huang Mingzhe smiled and handed over a memory.

Wei Feng trotted over, took the memory, inserted it into the computer, and then a lot of design drawings appeared on the computer screen.

After watching for more than ten minutes, Wei Feng turned his head and stared at him: "Mingzhe, I want to cut open your brain to see if the structure is different from ordinary people."

"Haha..." Huang Mingzhe smiled and shook his head.

Dong Kuan on the side also laughed. Huang Mingzhe could complete their workload for several months by himself, even more perfectly than them.

The smallest nuclear fusion reactor they designed before them was a device 14 meters long, wide and high, and weighed about 6,000 tons.

This does not include power distribution stations, substations, and other supporting facilities. If these supporting facilities are added, tens of thousands of tons will be appropriate.

The designed annual power generation capacity is 20 to 40 billion kilowatt hours per year.

With this volume and weight, it is possible to board an aircraft carrier, but the only troublesome thing is the by-products of the nuclear fusion reactor, the neutron absorbers and the superheavy hydrogen produced.

In addition, the power generation system of the nuclear fusion reactor is also different from the nuclear fission reactor. In the final analysis, the nuclear fission reactor is still boiling water; while the nuclear fusion reactor directly generates electricity.

When installed on an aircraft carrier, in addition to neutron absorbers and superheavy hydrogen, there is also the issue of how to drive the propeller.

You can't use the electricity to boil water after generating electricity! Wouldn't that be taking off your pants and farting? It's unnecessary.

Therefore, the nuclear fusion reactor on the aircraft carrier still needs more verification. Whether to directly use electric propellers or use steam turbines requires careful study.

Dong Kuan and others have seen Huang Mingzhe's newly designed nuclear fusion reactor. This is a real miniaturized nuclear fusion reactor.

The length, width and height are only about 5.3 to 5.5 meters, the weight is only about 320 tons, and the annual power generation is about 5 to 8 billion kilowatt hours.

"Mingzhe, how do you plan to deal with the problem of neutron absorbers and superheavy hydrogen?" Wei Feng asked while looking at the design drawings.

"You open page 658, and there are solutions there."

After Wei Feng opened it, he looked at it for a while and then suddenly realized: "You are planning to use self-consumption to re-inject the superheavy hydrogen in the neutron absorber into the nuclear fusion reactor."

Dong Kuan also clapped his hands and praised:

"Wonderful! Very wonderful! If used on ships or satellites, we should improve the self-sustainability and nuclear fuel utilization of the nuclear fusion reactor as much as possible. This solution is very suitable for small nuclear fusion reactors."

However, Huang Mingzhe shook his head: "It's still too big. It's okay to get on a ship, but it's too heavy to get on a satellite."

"That's true." Dong Kuan nodded helplessly.

This year’s improved version of the Long March 5B launch vehicle has a maximum payload of about 33 tons in low-Earth orbit, while the newly designed nuclear fusion reactor has a load of about 320 tons. This is a gap of almost 10 times.

"But it's not impossible." Huang Mingzhe had already had a smaller design, but the materials didn't meet the requirements.

Wei Feng pondered his words carefully: "Your solution is not to use room-temperature superconductors, right?"

"Wei Feng is the one who knows me." Huang Mingzhe explained with a smile: "Now the weight of the nuclear fusion reactor is mainly concentrated on the superconductor, which accounts for 42% of the weight of the entire system."

"But the Superconductor Research Institute of our Thinking Society doesn't seem to have much results." Wei Feng thought for a while and said.

If international colleagues heard Wei Feng's words, they would probably vomit blood.

Currently, the Sishe Superconductor Research Institute can mass-produce superconductors and only needs minus 15.6 degrees Celsius to generate a superconducting magnetic field; while the superconductors in the laboratory can already maintain a superconducting magnetic field at minus 3.7 degrees Celsius.

The superconductor required by Wei Feng can still stably maintain a superconducting magnetic field at 20 to 30 degrees Celsius.

Huang Mingzhe spread his hands and said: "This is all we can do for the time being. You first build my nuclear fusion reactor, and we will improve it step by step."

The nuclear fusion reactor developed by Wei Feng and the others fell out of favor as soon as it came out, but the one they developed is still usable and is more suitable as a medium-sized nuclear fusion reactor.

In order to facilitate the division of nuclear fusion reactors, the Nuclear Fusion Research Institute divides them according to annual power generation.

Ultra-large nuclear fusion reactor: annual power generation of more than 1 trillion kilowatt-hours.

Large-scale nuclear fusion reactor: The annual power generation capacity is between 100 billion and 1 trillion kilowatt hours, such as the Jinwu-1 type and its improved type.

Medium-sized nuclear fusion reactor: The annual power generation is between 10 and 100 billion kilowatt-hours. The Jinwu II type recently developed by Wei Feng and others.

Small nuclear fusion reactor: The annual power generation is between 1 and 10 billion kilowatt-hours. The Jinwu Type 3 reactor just designed by Huang Mingzhe is a reactor in this category.

Micro fusion reactor: A nuclear fusion reactor with an annual power generation capacity of less than 1 billion kilowatt hours is a micro.

However, there are other reference values ​​for these levels, especially volume and weight, which are very important for micro-nuclear fusion reactors.

They can now also design reactors with less than 1 billion kilowatt hours. The problem is that the size and weight have not been reduced, which is not as good as a small nuclear fusion reactor.

In the nuclear fusion laboratory, the prototype of the Jinwu Type 2 is being tested, while the Jinwu Type 3 is entering the construction stage.

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