allendalepharm Chapter 161 Advances in Controlled Nuclear Fusion Technology
Chapter 161 Advances in Controlled Nuclear Fusion Technology
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While the Big Brother dissolved, Tsarist Russia was relatively better off.
It inherited at least the vast majority of the nuclear weapons of its big brother, unlike other smaller countries.
Since its collapse, it has been on a downward spiral.
Even Tsarist Russia's current international standing is extremely awkward.
They want to align themselves with the West.
However, the West ignored him, and his domestic light industry was not doing well, so he could only befriend Great Xia and import light industrial products from Great Xia.
The Big Brother's previous reckless arms race led to a severe imbalance between light and heavy industries, which eventually caused the conflict to erupt.
It directly led to the disintegration of the Big Brother.
With this precedent as a warning...
Daxia has always prioritized heavy industry while developing light industry in an orderly and coordinated manner.
And as it turns out...
Da Xia's decision was correct.
Although Daxia is still a developing country, it is actually a major city.
It is in no way inferior to New York City in the United States.
It is only because of its large population that the Great Xia Dynasty is still in the development stage.
only.
Everyone believed that, with the passage of time, the Great Xia would eventually return to its peak.
Just like in ancient times, it stands at the very top of the earth.
It's important to know that in ancient times, the Xia dynasty was almost always the world's number one power.
Although it has developed significantly, it still falls short of firmly holding the top spot.
But that day will come sooner or later.
Bai Pei was shocked to learn that the higher-ups had given them an additional 10 billion yuan in research funding.
He jumped up excitedly.
They have money and technical support.
If they don't research something, wouldn't they be wasting the country's trust in them?
Bai Pei immediately led his team to begin the research.
We must research and develop a weapon that will allow the Great Xia nation to rise to a new level.
the other side.
At a nuclear fusion research base thousands of miles away.
Mao Ke, who is in charge of research on controlled nuclear fusion, is currently holding a notebook and staring intently at the modified EAST device.
The EAST device is currently operating continuously.
The device has a temperature of up to 100 million degrees Celsius, which is five or six times the surface temperature of the sun.
The device is currently operating continuously.
The nuclear reaction has been underway for a full two hours now.
And it is still progressing steadily.
Every second that passed was like the ticking of time, striking the researchers led by Mao Ke.
Another fifty minutes or so passed.
The bright plasma environment, which was originally under the high-speed camera, suddenly became dim.
The plasma temperature also returned to normal room temperature in the blink of an eye, from a high temperature of 100 million degrees.
The currents that were maintaining the plasma rings also rapidly decayed, causing an anomaly to appear on the monitoring device's screen.
The curves representing plasma current, temperature, and density will suddenly plummet to zero.
Upon witnessing this scene.
There were no whispered sighs in the laboratory.
After a brief silence, a burst of enthusiastic cheers erupted.
"Nearly three hours of stable operation!"
"I feel like we're about to achieve complete control over nuclear fusion!!"
"All that hard work has finally paid off."
"Yes, without heavy iron, the material of our first wall might not have been able to withstand such a long period of high-temperature cycling."
"What are you talking about? Heavy iron certainly plays a big role, but our EAST water-cooling technology also plays a significant role."
Many researchers embraced each other.
Enjoying this hard-won achievement.
To know.
Within the territory of Daxia, the longest operation lasted only a little over a thousand seconds.
Keep in mind, this lasted almost three hours!
That's several times longer than a thousand seconds!
The fact that the experiment has been running stably for so long is enough to prove that the direction they are researching is correct.
If the experimental direction is wrong.
It's simply impossible to maintain a temperature of 100 million degrees Celsius and operate stably for such a long time.
Although they had made some small breakthroughs before.
The longest runtime was 1,500 seconds.
But compared to this time...
It's nothing compared to what's really great.
Unlike the excitement of other researchers, Mao Ke was also quite happy, since the longer the system operated stably, the more it proved that their research direction was correct.
But at this moment, Mao Ke was staring at the experimental data in his hand.
he was thinking.
Since the first wall material, modified from heavy iron, has been added, it can withstand such high temperatures for so long.
With water cooling, achieving longer operation should not be a problem.
But in fact.
This time, the device only ran for less than three hours, although it seems like a long time.
However, compared to controlled nuclear fusion, these three hours are like 1 cm versus 1 km.
So Mao Ke was thinking.
What is going wrong?
They now employ a heavy iron alloy to create the first wall that directly faces the plasma, along with an outer tritium breeding envelope.
The extreme density and unique lattice structure of heavy iron provide it with exceptional resistance to the damage caused by high-energy neutron bombardment. It eliminates embrittlement and activation, extending service life by a hundredfold.
Its exceptional melting point and thermal strength enable it to withstand transient high thermal load impacts such as plasma rupture.
Finally, the smooth and dense surface and low permeability can significantly reduce the amount of tritium fuel trapped inside the material, ensuring fuel cycle efficiency.
These three points are the main problems facing the First Wall, but they have almost solved them thanks to heavy iron and continuous research.
Experimental data, however, doesn't lie.
After examining the specific parameters of the first wall inside the device, Mao Ke frowned deeply.
According to the data...
The first wall material inside hasn't even collapsed yet, if it runs according to the ideal time.
The time should be increased by two or three times.
But that's where the problem lies.
The current operating time is far less than that of the theoretically proposed use of heavy iron and beryllium as the essential materials for the first wall.
As for the divertor, a tungsten copper divertor is used.
Both of these.
They are all good materials that can withstand high temperatures.
This shouldn't be happening.
"What are you thinking about?"
On the other side, Ye Xiao, another researcher standing amidst the cheers, noticed that Mao Ke was staring intently at the experimental data.
He couldn't help but step forward and ask.
Upon hearing that familiar voice, Mao Ke didn't even turn his head, but continued to speak with a frown.
"The experiment took a little longer than expected."
He didn't even need to turn around to recognize who the voice belonged to.
"time?"
Upon hearing this, Ye Xiao frowned almost imperceptibly, but quickly relaxed.
He said with a smile.
"This time, it ran stably for three hours. Isn't that good news for us?"
Upon hearing this...
Mao Ke then turned around and his gaze fell on Ye Xiao's face.
"Based on my expectations, the ideal runtime should be about three times longer."