There's a black hole inside me

June 10, morning.

Heshou City, Artificial Sun Research Institute.

More than 80 meters deep underground, a large scientific device was adjusted to its best condition by technicians.

"We have solved the self-sustainability problem of the fusion reaction. The last continuous operation time exceeded 186 hours and the power generation was 5,000 megawatts."

"But this time, we not only want to achieve stability and sustainability, but also increase the power generation to 12,000 megawatts and transmit the power to the main power grid to fill the gap during the summer peak power consumption."

“Once our super sun is ignited this time, we will not let it go out, and in the future operation process, we will gradually increase its power generation power to 10,000 megawatts, 50,000 megawatts, and 100,000 megawatts! Just one super sun can meet one-sixth of the country’s electricity needs, save 300 million tons of raw coal every year, reduce a large amount of carbon emissions, and help improve our living environment.”

"No matter what, we need it, the country needs it, and the future of mankind needs it!"

"Do you have confidence that the long-term commercial operation of Super Sun will be successful?"

Wan Xiyuan, chief engineer of the project, delivered a speech before the official operation with stern eyes.

"have!"

"have!"

All the technicians nodded heavily.

"The commercial operation of Super Sun has begun!"

Along with this command was issued.

"Magnetic flux in the reaction chamber."

"10T, 100T...1000T...100,000T...1 million T"

After the confinement magnetic field reaches sufficient strength.

"Start introducing the plasma flow."

Under the internal industrial lens, a small amount of light appeared like a firefly in the originally dark reaction room.

Then it gets brighter and brighter.

Orange, bright yellow, blue, white... the ion flow speed is getting faster and faster, and the brightness is getting more and more dazzling.

Bang~

There was a sudden flash of light in the reaction room, as if a critical point had been reached, and the entire large device vibrated slightly.

"The fusion reaction occurs and energy begins to be output to the outside world. The current output power is 500 megawatts."

"Continue to increase the strength of magnetic confinement."

Another bang!

A bright light flashed in the reaction room, and the entire device shook violently.

"Output power is 5,000 megawatts... 5,500 megawatts."

"Increase the amount of lithium ion flow introduced!"

"The output power is 8,000 megawatts...10,000 megawatts...12,000 megawatts, reaching the scheduled power generation power."

"Okay, keep the power unchanged, count the holding time, and the output power should not fluctuate by more than 5%."

If the fluctuation range of the output power is too large, from 9,000 to 13,000, such unstable current cannot be used. It will cause impact and damage to the power transmission network, so it must be stable enough.

The last commercial operation test, although the output power was only 5,000 megawatts and the duration exceeded 186 hours, was not declared successful because there were too many fluctuations of more than 10%, so it can only be called "not counting" The success of failure'.

But they quickly found the problem!

It was found that when the density of the ion flow is increased and the power generation exceeds 10,000 megawatts, the stability will be significantly improved, and the higher the power, the better this stability is maintained.

Because the probability of fusion of two atomic nuclei is like tossing a coin.

Then the probability of tossing a coin ten times fluctuates compared to the probability of tossing a coin ten thousand times. Obviously, the latter tends to be a more stable constant.

One hour.

Two hours.

After four hours of continuous operation.

The output power fluctuation of the super artificial sun does not exceed 1%.

Although the experts and technicians present did not know how the next performance would be, they who had been engaged in scientific research for a long time had a hunch: I dare not say that this time it will be 100% successful, but at least it will be 99.9%.

And every hour that the stable operation time increases, their confidence increases by one point.

By the way, should they hug each other at this moment, cheer and celebrate, and make everyone cry into tears?

In fact, they had such a celebration scene more than two months ago after they achieved 5,000 MW average power operation for 24 hours. Now it would be a bit embarrassing to cry and laugh at the same time. It is not necessary.

But there is one thing that can be done.

"Teacher, we can make a good news call to get the higher-ups excited, including the Director General of Health of the Black Hole Group." Qian Shiqiang suggested.

"That's right."

Wan Xiyuan nodded: "The time is ripe, I will make a call right away."

…

It's about one o'clock in the afternoon.

Wei Ming received a call.

Professor Wan Xi, the veteran professor, personally called and reported the good news.

"Has the commercial operation of Super Sun been successful?"

Wei Ming was stunned for a moment, and then he was overjoyed: "That's great. I've been looking forward to good news in this regard. The ten months you mentioned have passed, and I thought you let me go."

"We encountered a little trouble, but not strictly speaking, we succeeded two months ago, but this time it is a real success! The power generation of 12,000 megawatts can meet the needs of at least 10 million households. Electricity needs, saving a lot of coal consumption.”

"Only 12,000 megawatts?"

Wei Ming wondered: "Didn't I say before that the maximum power generation power can reach 100,000 megawatts? Why is it so small?"

"This power will gradually increase. If the power generation capacity of 100,000 megawatts is suddenly increased, will the transmission network be able to bear it? We have to wait until several thermal power plants are shut down and the power grid can carry more power. Then we will slowly increase the super power capacity." The power output of the sun.”

Wan Xiyuan said: "Don't worry, as long as the Super Sun is stable enough after running for a period of time, the Super Sun will be able to reach full load by the end of the year... Our country needs this kind of clean energy more than anyone else. You don't need to remind us. Everyone will be anxious.”

"That's good."

Wei Ming nodded: "By the way, the Super Sun has started generating electricity. Will the electricity price drop soon, and to what extent?"

"At least it won't drop this year."

Wan Xiyuan said: "At full power, one super sun can only meet one-sixth of the country's electricity needs. How can it be possible to significantly reduce electricity bills? Unless there are three or five super suns, emitting If more than 70% of the electricity is generated by the super sun, the price of electricity can be reduced to about 3 cents; if more than 90% of the electricity is generated by the super sun, it will be no problem to drop it below 2 cents, but it cannot be lower than 1.5 cents because there is 1 Mao is a compensation increase for you, and it has to last for ten years.”

"You mean the actual cost of generating electricity per kilowatt hour is only about 5 cents?"

"That's right, it's cheaper than 5 cents, and there's still a small amount of profit left. What about Xiao Wei, give me the materials for five more super suns, four for ground power generation, and one for space exploration... Absolutely I won’t let you suffer.”

"Let's talk about this later. Your unit is not even fully loaded to generate electricity."

"Haha, that's right! Let me give you a reminder. Only a few people in the country know about the success of Super Sun. You are one of the insiders, but you must not reveal it! To avoid irritating the sensitive nerves of a certain country... We have to keep it secret for a while, because other countries’ artificial suns will have to be tested in 2035 at the earliest, and commercial operation is far away. We are decades ahead of schedule.”

Wan Xiyuan said: "Not only a certain country, but the whole world's nerves may not be able to bear it. We did run too far and too fast at once."

"Hahaha!"

Wei Ming laughed and said: "I have to do it secretly when I send electricity, for fear of being seen by others, but it's understandable... I won't say anything nonsense."

After all, this lead is not a few years or more, but decades ahead of everyone else! This may cause dissatisfaction and harassment from the entire class.

"If there's nothing else, I'll hang up. Let's talk next time."

"good!"

The two ended the call.