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Even if it is a fixed device, the design is very complicated, because the number of ports, external pipelines, performance, output power, etc. of a nuclear fusion device all have certain parameters.

The current design is to study everything well, summarize it together, and leave corresponding ports and links to other parts.

and many more.

The same goes for other modules.

Each team is responsible for the design of different modules, and it is Zhao Yi's job to combine the modules together.

He doesn't just combine the various modules together, but also carefully examines the design of each module and asks some questions for improvement.

The work of the design team is very complicated and busy.

According to the progress of the work, Zhao Yi already had an assessment in his mind, "It will take about a month."

Compared with the design of the Warhawk aircraft, it is indeed a bit long to complete the design work in one month, because the Warhawk aircraft only took a few days, and only Zhao Yi, Lei Yong and Bao Enhong participated.

But, for a spacecraft design, that's pretty fast.

The spaceship is really too complicated, so complicated that the finalized design drawings need at least hundreds or thousands of sheets.

This has not been refined down to drawings of some components.

For example, a Z-wave generator.

Of course, the design team will not design the Z-wave generator. Knowing that the Z-wave generator is the work of other groups, they only do external design, specifying where the Z-wave generator should be installed, how much space should be left, and what Connect with different interfaces.

and many more.

The design alone requires hundreds or thousands of sheets, which is enough to show how complicated the spaceship is. In comparison, a month is very short.

However, Zhao Yi didn't think so. He felt that the time was still delayed, at least a little longer than planned.

With the design of the spacecraft, it is possible to demonstrate and start the project.

With such a complicated design, it takes a long time just to manufacture it. In addition to complicated demonstrations and other work, it is unknown how long it will take to actually manufacture a spaceship.

this day.

Zhao Yi boarded the car heading to the nuclear fusion experiment base.

The nuclear fusion device has been built, and the first experiment will start soon.

This is also the most important right now.

"As long as the nuclear fusion device is completed and the spacecraft project is demonstrated, there will be basically no problems, right?" He thought with some expectation.

Chapter 6 Academician Zhao is really great!

As early as more than three months ago, the nuclear fusion device has been assembled, and the performance tests of components and equipment have been carried out.

Now that all the tests are over, it is officially ready to start the ignition experiment.

There are many people who come to participate in the ignition experiment of the nuclear fusion device, each of whom is a high-level or core technician, and there are nearly 50 people in total.

A huge team of 50 people all came to participate in the nuclear test ignition experiment, which is enough to see how important the experiment is.

This time is different from last time.

The last experiment can be said to be a sure failure. Everyone knows that the nuclear fusion device can be ignited, but the experiment cannot last for too long.

This time, the material was replaced and the core device was rebuilt, and the external conduction device was also fully prepared.

Most of the design was done by Zhao Yi, and Chen Zeshu also said very positively, "This nuclear fusion experimental device is already very complete."

"If the experiment is successful, it can be kept running at high power for more than a year."

This statement is tantamount to the success of controlled nuclear fusion.

When a group of people arrive at the nuclear fusion experiment base, they can see the most central device.

The whole device is about three stories high, and it looks like a large circular machine with a radius of about 20 meters, which still looks very huge.

When the group arrived at the experimental base, Chen Zeshu greeted them directly, and finally showed them the nuclear fusion device.

When I first entered it, what I saw was the output end components. Chen Zeshu gave a detailed introduction, "We use traditional high-voltage power transmission and have manufactured special large-scale generators."

"Through the heat conduction of the device, the generator can be operated, and some of it will be transmitted to the power pump for external physical operation components."

The principle of power transmission is also very simple, that is, heat is transmitted to create high pressure, which generates power to the machine, realizes the rapid rotation of the main shaft, and drives the large generator to run.

The external power part of the nuclear fusion device is connected to two large generators.

The main components of these two large generators, such as the main shaft, are all manufactured by Hongfeng Industry. The main shaft manufacturing technology of Hongfeng Industry has reached the international advanced level.

Of course, there is still a certain gap compared with the most advanced in the world, but the efficiency of the generator produced far exceeds the international advanced level.

This is mainly due to the difference in materials.

The spindle manufactured by Hongfeng Industry uses Z-wave compression material.

Chen Zeshu introduced, "The main shaft and runner of the generator are all made of Z-wave compression materials, which greatly improves the overall strength, heat resistance and wear resistance of the generator."

"At the same time, the efficiency of the generator has also been greatly improved."

Just like good ingredients, they become delicious through simple preparation, with the support of high-strength Z-wave compression materials, even ordinary international-level technology is enough to manufacture machines that far exceed the international advanced level.

After Chen Zeshu introduced the generator, he also explained the conversion efficiency of the nuclear fusion device, "The energy conversion rate is very high, and we expect the conversion rate to be 10% to 15%."

This is a very efficient number.

The energy conversion rate is the ratio of the kinetic energy and electric energy converted at the output end to the heat energy generated inside the nuclear fusion device.

Firstly, at least 60% of the heat energy in the device will be lost at the output end. The heat energy at the output end will be converted into high-voltage power, and a large part will be lost, and the high-voltage power will be converted into electric energy, and a large part will be lost.

The resulting conversion rate was over 10%, which is definitely a pretty impressive number.

Even for the most advanced nuclear fission reactor in the world, the output power ratio cannot reach this figure. During the operation of the device, most of the energy will be dissipated for nothing.

This speaks to the level of sophistication and sophistication with which the entire device was manufactured.

The ignition experiment of nuclear fusion is not as good as the space shuttle experiment. The latter is mainly for parameter calibration. With theoretical support, technology is not a problem at all.

The manufacturing process of the current nuclear fusion device can be said to be very complicated. The participating project teams include the nuclear institute team led by Chen Zeshu, the Z-wave compression material experiment group, the anti-gravity technology group, and the Institute of Mechanical Power of the Academy of Sciences.

A group of people followed Chen Zeshu to inspect the entire device, and the next step was to prepare for the experiment. Many of the group were experts in machinery, physics, computers, etc., and they all directly participated in the preparation for the experiment.

Zhao Yi also participated in the preparation work. He was different from others, even though he was not in the nuclear fusion experiment group most of the time, he was the one who designed the nuclear fusion device.

The core of the nuclear fusion device, including the anti-gravity device that drives nuclear fusion, was designed by Zhao Yi. His job is to inspect these two devices and check the data of previous experiments.

The preparatory work before the experiment can all be included in the scope of 'checking'.

After a series of work, Zhao Yi knew that there was no problem with the main body of the device, but there were still some deficiencies in the design of some external auxiliary parts, but it did not affect the experiment at all.

This experiment is very important.

If the experiment can be successful, the follow-up plan is to keep the device running all the time. During the process, various debugging will be carried out. If there are no unsolvable problems, the device will run for more than one year.

The device can continue to run, of course, is the best result.

If there is a problem in the middle, it is necessary to interrupt the experiment and make modifications and adjustments, and then prepare for the second experiment.

Fortunately, nuclear fusion is not nuclear fission. The reaction of nuclear fusion is relatively sufficient, and there is no high radioactivity in the middle. With the isolation effect of the space cover, there is almost no radiation outside the device, and there will be no large amount of waste that cannot be processed.

As long as there is no problem with the core of the device, as long as the airtightness is maintained, the only raw materials that need to be processed are those that have not reacted sufficiently.

Nuclear fusion devices use deuterium-tritium raw materials and carry out 'first-generation' fusion reactions.

The efficiency of the "first generation" fusion reaction is definitely not as good as the reactions of "deuterium, helium 3", "helium 3, helium 3", but the advantage is that the raw materials are cheap, and the relative cost performance is very high.

"If larger spaceships are manufactured and higher power is required, second-generation and third-generation nuclear fusion reactions can be considered."

Regarding the internal reaction, Zhao Yi explained to others.

Another cost of the termination of the experiment is the ignition problem. Nuclear fusion ignition is very difficult, and each ignition requires a lot of cost.

Fortunately, Z-wave ignition technology already exists, which can greatly reduce the difficulty and cost of ignition, and also greatly reduce the loss of aborting the experiment.

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Five days later, the experiment officially began.

The preparation time for this experiment is quite long, at least that's how Zhao Yi sees it. Considering the difficulty and importance of nuclear fusion control, a longer preparation time is acceptable.

When the experiment was ready to start, everyone was very nervous and excited.

Most of the people in the experimental group, including the visiting group, all tried the device.

During the experiment of nuclear reaction, the danger is still very high. Even the data monitoring is controlled remotely, and only one control team is left near the experimental device.

Others definitely cannot see the situation inside the experiment, but what can be seen from the outside is the operation of the large power pump and the power output from the test.

The power output parameter is the key.

The tested power output parameters are the external output power of the nuclear fusion device.

For the nuclear fusion device to maintain operation, the external output power is the key, because nuclear fusion itself needs to maintain the anti-gravity device, as well as other auxiliary devices and electronic systems, all need the power generated by nuclear fusion to maintain it.

After leaving aside the power consumed by this part, it is the external output power.

After the experiment officially started, many people have been staring at the output power parameters.

After about ten minutes or so, the pointer of the output power detection instrument finally changed, but only moved a little bit, which made everyone excited.

"Successful, there is data!"

"It's really amazing. You see, the power pump is also starting to run."

"Really, now we can say that the experiment was successful, right?"

"Create history, controllable nuclear fusion, completed!"

"Although I have been mentally prepared for a long time, I am still very excited. It's really amazing! It's a success!"

The success everyone refers to is the nuclear fusion device, which has successfully generated external output power. With external output power, it represents the success of the nuclear fusion device. Even if the output power is only 1w, it is definitely an important milestone.

Obviously.

The overall external output power of the device cannot be only 1W. The internal reaction must become more and more intense, and the output power will continue to increase. In about half an hour, it will quickly rise to half of the expected maximum figure.

At this time, everyone became even more excited.

If the external output power of the device can reach the expected data, as long as there are no major problems and it can continue to operate, it means that the device can be used to manufacture spaceships.

Even with the current output power, it is enough to be used as a small nuclear power plant. Even considering the cost of extracting raw materials, the electricity produced for a long time will far exceed the cost.

The experiment can now be said to have been a success.

However, everyone is still staring at the pointer of the output power detection instrument, because the experiment expects the highest power to be twice as much as it is now.

Only double the power can support the operation of large spacecraft.

The purpose of the current nuclear fusion experimental device is of course not only to build a nuclear power plant, but the most important thing is to support the spacecraft.

If the output power does not meet expectations, the experiment can be said to be half successful.

However, the follow-up was somewhat disappointing.

The pointer of the output power detector does not continue to rise, but stays in place for a long time, which means that the maximum power is almost here and will not continue to rise.

"The reaction has reached the most intense level now?"

"The output power is insufficient!"

"Why is it so much less than expected? There must be something wrong!"

Everyone knew something was wrong because the expected numbers were much higher, but it was very difficult to make corrections.

First of all, the problem must be found, and the process of finding the problem must stop the experiment.

This confuses the experimental group.

Many people don’t know whether to be happy or depressed. Happy is that the experiment has achieved a part of success. This part of the success represents the realization of controllable nuclear fusion. Depressed is that the power has not met expectations, and maybe a second or third experiment is needed , in order to truly achieve the expected success.

At this moment, Zhao Yi looked at the pointer of the detector, frowned and fell into deep thought.

He suddenly said, "I'll go and have a look nearby. I can't see anything here."

"no!"

The senior leader next to him immediately objected, "It's too dangerous."

"Academician Zhao, don't get close to the device, it's too dangerous."

"Yes, Academician Zhao, safety is the most important thing!"

"The experiment has been very successful. As long as the problem is found, it will definitely succeed next time."