Chapter 288 The speed of the universe requires the speed of the universe
As the first city to ignite a fusion reactor, Jiangcheng has spent a lot of effort in attracting investment and tourism promotion in the past six months, and even secretly put up a "Sun City" sign at one time - only to be called out by the superior department immediately.
Stopped.
But Jiang Cheng obviously doesn’t give up and won’t let him call “Sun City”, so “Fusion City” will be fine, right?
Okay...it's another typical situation where you have to lift up the house first to open the windows.
So Fusion City became another code name for Jiangcheng. However, compared with Sun City, Fusion City also has "sequelae" - that is, it needs to vigorously promote the safety and environmental protection of controllable nuclear fusion.
In addition, residential and commercial electricity consumption should not exceed 30 cents, which is also a key propaganda slogan. Jiangcheng wants to reduce industrial electricity consumption to less than 50 cents. However, this first fusion reactor is of a verification nature.
It is indeed a bit difficult to meet industrial electricity needs...
And if industrial electricity consumption is also reduced, it would indeed be a bit unethical.
Under the protection of three police cars, two BYDs and an Audi drove down the national highway, bypassed the gate of the officially listed "National Nuclear Power Jiangcheng Fusion Power Plant", and drove into the park near a hill behind the power plant.
The gate of the park is guarded by armed police, and there are three posts, one sentry, five steps and one post not far away, and cameras are everywhere.
On the door, there is a low-key signboard "Controllable Nuclear Fusion Research Center"
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"Hey, Lao Huo, come here and ask the police car to clear the way?"
As Ye Ming and Professor Huo got off the bus at the same time, the professors who had been waiting here for a long time started joking.
"I am enjoying the treatment of someone, haha!" Professor Huo Liang said with a smile, holding Ye Ming's shoulders, and then the two of them shook hands with a group of colleagues who had not seen each other in person for many days and started chatting happily.
Then everyone looked at the time. When they learned that Director Zhang from the Spaceport was coming soon, everyone did not go back to the office building. Instead, they took a "walk" at the suggestion of Professor Shao from the Ninth Academy.
So a group of people wandered around the park chatting and killing time.
Ye Ming walked among the crowd. He looked at the warehouse not far away and asked: "Have the equipment and parts arrived?"
"The last batch arrived yesterday. The boys are numbering them now. Do you want to go in and have a look?"
"Let's go and take a look."
Then Ye Ming and others went to the warehouse - which is actually an equipment assembly room - and what is different from most people's imagination is that the assembly workshop is not the kind of black technology. It is a place where high technology gathers, just like an ordinary factory.
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Not to mention it was quite messy, and there were piles of boxes piled on the floor.
There is a pile of boxes among them, and it also says Jizhi Technology.
In the center is a giant "cylinder" with a diameter of three meters, and next to it is a giant ring of about the same size.
These two are the main body of the engine.
In the warehouse, a group of young researchers are sorting and placing each box in order according to the number and description. In the next few days, they will also use the most meticulous efforts to complete the measurements of these parts.
Seeing the elders entering the room, the researchers stopped what they were doing.
"It's okay, everyone, go on, let's take a stroll." Professor Shao smiled and waved his hand - he is the main person in charge here.
Ye Ming circled around the main body of the engine, and when he saw this big guy, he was filled with emotion.
He put his hands on his waist and looked towards the end of the warehouse - it was a hill more than a hundred meters high.
A hole more than ten meters wide has been dug out of the hill, and various test environments are being assembled and arranged inside. After the engine is assembled, it will be used to test various data.
"Tell me, at what stage has Musk's deuterium-tritium engine been built?"
Ye Ming retracted his gaze and looked at everyone again and asked.
"I don't know, I didn't hear the wind."
"If you don't hear the wind, that means there is no sound - the richest man has such a temper that if there is any progress, he will definitely want to make a noise so that the whole world knows about it."
Everyone burst out laughing.
Ye Ming couldn't help but smile.
He could completely understand the feelings of these professors - although controllable nuclear fusion was his main design, the specific details were worked out "desperately" by them.
But the strange thing is that after this year, not only have these people not aged, but they all look rosy...
Of course, it makes no sense to use the fallacy that "studying controllable nuclear fusion will promote cell regeneration".
The only explanation is that these young and powerful professors have truly ushered in their academic and professional spring.
At this time, Director Zhang called. When he learned that they were in the warehouse, Director Zhang asked everyone not to move. He would come over immediately...
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Half an hour later, a group of people gathered in the conference room after visiting the warehouse.
The person presiding over the meeting was Ye Ming.
After a simple introduction, Ye Ming went straight to the point.
"This time the equipment and components were able to arrive so quickly. I really want to thank our brother units for their cooperation. But they are not here, so we don't need to applaud."
Everyone laughed - of course there were people squatting here from Erzhong and Dongji, but the people left behind were not high enough to sit on today's conference table.
Ye Ming chuckled and opened his notebook.
Everyone at the venue has changed into Yinlong notebooks.
"Professor Shao has sent the early summary to the work log. When the time comes, everyone can take a look and mark it as read. Now we will focus on the next work arrangements."
"At present, the equipment is in place. We have left enough time for a week to accept and test all components, and then finalize the assembly process and technology."
"Of course, the process was completed when the design was finalized half a year ago. Now I will just talk about the process problems and solutions that may be encountered."
Ye Ming opened the ppt on his notebook and looked at everyone: "Everyone should be able to see in the notebook that these construction techniques, with the help of Aita, have actually proposed specific and feasible countermeasures. In theory, we only need to follow the steps step by step.
If you strictly follow the instructions for construction, there will be no problems."
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "So this time, we have introduced intelligent mechanical assembly, and my colleagues will come over tomorrow to configure the robotic arm."
Ye Ming smiled as he said this: "I always felt that we were a bit too manual workshop in the past."
Director Zhang nodded with deep understanding: "Don't mention it, this kind of non-assembly line manufacturing industrial system is sometimes just a handicraft workshop - you don't know, when the J10 was installed, everyone was still wearing slippers, barefoot
I went into battle with my arms raised, and I carried a hammer at that time. If there was any unevenness, I would hit it with a few hammers..."
Everyone laughed.
"But it can't be done now." Director Zhang exhaled softly: "As for the plane, if it doesn't work, you can still parachute. The spaceship... where will you jump?"
"So we still have to make full use of Aita. Although the robotic arm cannot achieve human dexterity and on-site processing capabilities in some processes, she has unparalleled advantages in terms of processes and rules."
Everyone nodded in unison.
Ye Ming pursed his lips and then turned to the next page.
The meeting continues.
"The assembly period is currently tentatively set at one month - according to estimates, if no major accident occurs, this time is sufficient, and it is very likely to be advanced."
Everyone looked at the notebook and nodded.
After delivering the order, they have been using Aita to simulate the construction process and process for the past six months - to put it mildly, they can now close their eyes and see the complete construction process and site in their minds!
After exhausting the wisdom of so many people, coupled with Aita's ability - even when there is no quantum computer, Aita's computing power is a priority for the Kuafu project - it can be said that any problems that may arise in the entire assembly process
, they have already considered it!
In addition, Aita is responsible for the overall management of the robotic arm...
According to her ability, if there is another major accident... it can only be said that her luck is indeed a bit bad, and it is extremely bad.
"After the engine assembly is completed, three main aspects of testing will be completed."
"First, it is the design and function of the helium-3 fusion reaction, which involves the continuation of the reaction, temperature retention, constraint system, etc. It is the basis for the operation of the entire engine. Professor Huo is responsible for testing this part."
"The second is the proton exchange power generation function. In addition to proton exchange, the focus of testing is also the power storage and power conversion modules. These all involve the design of subsequent helium 3 fusion power generation, as well as the entire spacecraft power supply system. This part is composed of
Professor Shao is in charge of testing."
"Third, it is the verification of the overall design, including power output, fuel management, power adjustment, distribution of multiple push surfaces, etc. This part of the verification is related to the safety of the entire engine and the safety of the entire spacecraft. This part of the test,
I'm in charge."
"As for the entire test phase, in order to take into account fuel saving, the time window of the test phase is not long."
Ye Ming said that his eyelids were drooping and he pondered.
Everyone looked at him seriously and waited quietly - in view of past experience, Ye Ming was activating the "supercomputing" calculation model in his mind at this time.
About half a minute later, Ye Ming raised his head again: "With the power adjustment of each stage, the time window is about five hours at most - but in order to deal with it, we need to spend at least a month!"
There was a look of relief on everyone's faces.
Don't look at Ye Ming talking about a month or something - under his arrangement, the total time has been close to three months.
But everyone knows that this is already... a speed that was unthinkable before!
Apart from anything else, let’s take a look at the Artemis project in the United States. How long has it been delayed? How many years has the Tiangong project been going on?
Okay, you said those are overall projects.
Let's just talk about the engine.
Apart from anything else, how many years have it been spent on the engines of domestically produced large aircraft?
But now...a controllable nuclear fusion engine that surpasses all current engines and realizes the dream of human space travel - it is a helium 3 engine!
Including the beginning of deuterium and tritium fusion, from scratch to now...it only takes two years!
This is no longer "Chinese speed", but "cosmic speed"!
Perhaps, to truly surpass the speed of the universe, it may be this kind of "cosmic speed", right?
In the silence, Director Zhang took the lead in applauding.
Ye Ming also exhaled slowly, and then looked at Director Zhang with a smile.