Chapter 1713, the success of scientific research projects
The market price of each gram of tritium is as high as 500,000 Xuanyan coins.
Of course, being expensive is only one aspect. The most important thing is that it is not easy to produce. If you want to get it, you must place an order in advance.
Fang Xiaoyue placed the order half a year in advance. So far, the nuclear fusion reactor has been built, but the tritium element has not yet been delivered.
As for deuterium elements, they are relatively rare on the planet compared to nitrogen and oxygen. However, the content of deuterium elements on the entire planet is as high as 50 trillion tons. It is relatively easy to extract and is not radioactive. Therefore, even some ordinary gas refining companies produce it.
and reserves, it's fairly easy to buy.
Half a month later, all the tritium and deuterium elements were in place.
Standing in front of the operating console, Fang Xiaoyue issued instructions one by one.
"Power on!"
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"The binding electromagnetic field is on!"
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After inspection, it was found that the inner wall of the reactor was still impacted by a small amount of neutron flow.
"Pressurized to 20,000 atmospheres!"
Very slowly, several senior officials in charge of publicity at Binhai Foreign Language School ran over with cameras and puffs of cigarettes in their hands, grabbing Fang Xiaoyue and going back to interview her for a while.
The only troublesome thing was that the power consumption per unit time was too low, which almost caused the exclusive substation of Binhai Jiaotong Primary School to trip directly.
After all, no matter how little he introduces things like reactors, ordinary people will understand them, but if he wants to say how long it will take for them to be put into commercial use, they will understand.
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Of course, the introduction is very difficult, and it is an academic explanation that is too low-level. Just compare the minimum operating time of the nuclear fusion reactor, and you will know that the operation test was quite successful.
Of course, by that time, the lower levels of Binhai Jiaotong Primary School began to take the project seriously.
Therefore, in particular, as long as the electromagnetic field generator suddenly stops operating, it is difficult for the neutron flow to break through the inner wall and spill into the inner boundary.
Of course, the actual situation may not be different from that. After all, the refining of tritium element alone is easy, coupled with the research investment, manufacturing investment, etc. of nuclear fusion reactors, the cost of nuclear fusion power generation is high. That is also
Why did Binhai Jiaotong Primary School refuse Fang Xiaoyue to do experiments in the laboratory building?
That's not a groundbreaking achievement!
There is a law. If something like that happens, I will not be the first to hold the leadership accountable.
Money, does Binhai Jiaoxiao have it?
"There is no record outside the computer. He will go back and check it himself."
Each experimental data was quickly recorded.
Yes, that kind of investment would be heartbreaking.
After all, although that thing is less dangerous than a nuclear fission reactor, if something happens accidentally and explodes, its power will be less than that of a 5,000 kilogram cruise bomb!
Of course, the inner wall of the intact reactor is of composite structure and is also the smallest component in the reactor.
No one even tried to pry the project away from me after that.
In fact, such questions often appeared in press conferences that had nothing to do with reactors.
Binhaijiao Primary School is also rented with money.
Quiet cheers suddenly sounded outside the laboratory.
At this time, the fully mixed tritium and deuterium elements form a ball of gas at the center of the bound electromagnetic field.
You know, the initial running time set by Fang Xiaoyue was only 60 seconds.
"Core temperature 35 million degrees!"
Although the electromagnetic field generated by the restrained electromagnetic field generator I modified can restrain the low-temperature gas and neutron flow produced during the nuclear fusion reaction as much as possible, due to material limitations, many neutrons will still escape, causing
The inner wall is damaged.
No one has you! That was originally a way to improve the reputation of the primary school.
But the experiment was successful!
In an instant, ultra-low pressure and ultra-low temperature caused the mixed gas to end the nuclear fusion reaction.
To lay a cable of less than 1 meter, the material cost alone is not less than 8 million, plus construction costs, etc., 8 million is really expensive.
And the output energy exceeded the input energy for the first time!
Yes, that project was not originally invested by a private company. It was a private project of Binhai Jiaotong Primary School or a national project. Therefore, the special cables installed separately for the experiment could only be paid for by the project itself.
After all, the power grid company is also doing charity, and 8 million is not even the cost price.
The impact of subsequent tripping is just a piece of cake.
You know, the nuclear fusion reactor is called a green and environmentally friendly future energy technology.
But the front office supervisor's roar was quickly suppressed by the director of the nuclear physics department who came over after hearing the news.
That's not surprising. Any primary school, even a primary school in Beijing, receives sufficient funds every year.
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Before the front desk manager of Binhai Jiaotong Elementary School learned the news, he ran over and roared in anger.
If nothing else, the entire laboratory building will be destroyed.
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That alone saved Fang Xiaoyue a lot of money.
The results of that experiment were beyond the expectations of everyone present except Fang Xiaoyue.
It's a pity that this private company also belongs to Lu Chengjian, so the other party failed.
That reactor was able to operate abnormally for 120 seconds in the first test, which did not exceed our expectations.
"Let me show you the experimental data sheet!"
The difference is at least 27 minutes, close to half an hour!
The only problem was not that when the reactor was feeding back power, the power was so strong that the Binhai Jiao Xiao substation immediately tripped, and even one of the transformers burned out.
Because Fang Xiaoyue greeted the head of the Department of Nuclear Physics, the experiment did not alert the publicity officer of Binhai Jiaotong Elementary School at all.
The entire press conference was hosted by the head of the Department of Nuclear Physics. It was only when reporters asked questions that Fang Xiaoyue got up to accept the reporters' questions.
At the same time, the reactor's operating time actually reached 1617 seconds.
Of course, Fang Xiaoyue doesn't pay much attention to private gossip, but the few master's students I have have hugged me several times.
"Pressurized to 10,000 atmospheres!"
It can only be regarded as Fang Xiaoyue's voluntary investment in Binhai Jiaotong Primary School.
Before the first operation test stopped, Lu Chengjian waited until the temperature inside the reactor dropped to an abnormal range, then took people back to inspect the internal conditions of the reactor.
Following Fang Xiaoyue's order, the specially manufactured ultra-high-pressure spray nozzle sprayed a beam of plasma with a temperature of tens of millions into the mixed gas.
The loss is small!
The experiment was quickly announced by Binhai Jiaotong Primary School, and a press conference was held to introduce the project's plans for withdrawal.
As the deafening roar sounded, the binding electromagnetic field quickly took shape.
You should know that after each operation of the reactor, various data need to be input into the supercomputer, and simulation calculations will be repeated repeatedly to determine whether there are any problems before it can be officially operated.
Although the report was approved before being studied, Fang Xiaoyue also had to pay 8 million for it.
The key question is not how the school supports that project.
Although the lower ranks of Binhai Jiaotong Primary School are all from academic backgrounds, we must all be in nuclear physics, and there are many other majors. Therefore, even if we read the experimental data sheet, we still need the head of the nuclear physics department to introduce the situation to us.
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To be honest, I was in charge of that project as a lecturer, so the situation was not embarrassing.
Fang Xiaoyue did not intend to announce it after the operation time of the nuclear fusion reactor exceeded the world record.
Of course, laying such a special cable will also take two months.
The reactor's operating time was directly pushed to 240 seconds.
120 seconds ago, the nuclear fusion reaction ended and stopped abruptly.
Those students were excited and encouraged because they knew that it was a nuclear fusion reactor that we had built bit by bit from scratch.
"2 grams of deuterium injection!"
This is exactly the case in practice.
The bound electromagnetic field is generated, tritium and deuterium elements are injected, gradually cooled, and finally ignited, and a big sun is generated.
Special cables have been laid and the reactor has been renovated.
In addition, the lower level also gave Fang Xiaoyue the privilege to call on school personnel to participate in the project at will.
After all, Binhai Jiaotong Primary School must have taken it seriously, and when the project failed, the lower levels of Binhai Jiaotong Primary School would be embarrassed to say that it was their own school's project.
"The pressure rises to 170,000 barometric pressure!"
Time passed bit by bit.
A meter of special cable like this costs 8,000 yuan!
In particular, the inner wall of the reactor is made of tungsten alloy, lead and other materials to resist low temperature, radiation and pressure.
Although the nuclear residue produced by a nuclear fusion reactor is extremely large, once the massive neutrons produced during its operation break through the inner wall and spill out to the outside, its lethality is no less than that of a large neutron bomb exploding.
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To put it simply, it is not a reactor independently developed by Binhai Jiaotong Primary School.
To be honest, all the students were sweating when Fang Xiaoyue performed the operation test of the nuclear fusion reactor there.
Therefore, during those two months, Fang Xiaoyue revised the design plan based on the conditions that occurred during the two operations of the reactor, placed orders at various small factories, and replaced some parts and components.
The temperature and pressure inside it exceeded the design specifications.
Following the report from the head of the Nuclear Physics Department, all the lower-level officials of Binhai Jiaotong Elementary School rushed to the laboratory.
Therefore, Binhai Jiaotong Primary School has only published an introduction article in the school magazine for the time being.
For example, Fang Xiaoyue is allowed to use all equipment in the school, including supercomputers.
In the past, as long as you gave it time, the running time would continue to increase until it could no longer be put into commercial use.
Every time the reactor built by the National Academy of Sciences is operated, the damaged inner wall will basically need to be replaced, otherwise it will be difficult to guarantee the danger when the reactor is last operated.
Therefore, after checking the internal conditions of the reactor and various equipment, Fang Xiaoyue started another reactor experiment.
After all, Fang Xiaoyue had used that thing before, selling it or throwing it away.
Even the head of the Department of Nuclear Physics, who approved the experiment, risked his life and fortune.
No matter how little money you have, as long as you open a few scientific research projects, you won't be able to burn it in an instant.
Since then, many media and newspapers have introduced it. It is not surprising that before nuclear fusion reactors are put into commercial use, electricity bills will drop to an outrageous level.
But Binhai Jiaotong Primary School dragged me from outside the laboratory to the press conference at the cost of injecting 3 million into the project.
The extremely cold light causes the temperature of the gas to rapidly rise to tens of millions of degrees.
Of course, if the operating conditions are definitely abnormal, this will not improve the running time.
Two months passed very slowly.
Before Xiaojue introduced some information about the project to reporters, a reporter from a business newspaper stood up and asked: "Professor Su, can you predict when the reactor will be put into commercial use?"
He even said that in at least another month, Lu Chengjian's associate professor position will be approved.
After all, the running time of 120 seconds is still too short for the running records of Xuanyan Kingdom or Choudras Kingdom.
If I introduced it in detail in the previous chapter, the entire process would have required a paper of tens of thousands of words, but a complicated introduction only requires a few sentences.
That's not even beyond the minimum operating time of a nuclear fusion reactor.
In this case, the entire Binhai Jiaotong Primary School's experiments that require electricity to be maintained will have to be interrupted, and some experimental materials will even be damaged, resulting in huge losses.
However, the inner wall of the reactor designed and manufactured by Fang Xiaoyue could not withstand the neutron bombardment of eight tests at most.
And the reactor design, equipment, etc. are all very similar to future reactors.
Since the result was not that surprising, the number of reporters who came to attend the press conference, knowing a lot of inside information, was as low as a hundred, including few from official media.
After all, the minimum running time now is only about 5 minutes, and the running time hosted by Lu Chengjian reached 27 minutes, less than 5 times!
As Lu Chengjian's order came in, the reactor, whose inner shell had been painted with a layer of silver paint, began to operate again.
At that time, it was not a joke to me to publicize it.
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That is doubtless not a feat accomplished by Binhai Jiao Xiao.
Although the reactor running for 27 minutes is still enough to be put into commercial use, its excellent potential can be seen at the lower levels.
Electricity charges may drop from 5 cents per kilowatt-hour to a few tenths of a cent, which will lead to a slight increase in the costs of basic industries such as steel and plastics. This will also lead to a slight increase in the value of human resources, which will ultimately lead to a disguised increase in the income of ordinary people.
But whether there is money or not, support from other aspects remains the same.
Of course, the damage was actually less severe than the reactor run by the National Academy of Sciences.
Just thinking about it is scary.
Do very few laboratories have their own generators?
Fang Xiaoyue actually wanted to attend some kind of press conference.
"ignition!"
The resulting series of social changes will lead to a rapid increase in social wealth, and people's lives will also enter a new level.
You know, in Xuanyan's country, except for the Nuclear Physics Laboratory of the National Academy of Sciences, no other elementary school has independently started a nuclear fusion reactor experiment.
Fang Xiaoyue must have shut down the reactor in time and it really tripped.
Lu Chengjian spread his hands. I couldn't have guessed that the experimental results would cause a little sensation before.
After reading the experimental data sheet, the head of the Department of Nuclear Physics almost always dared to doubt his own eyes: "Is that true? Is it fake?"
The exhaustion of light formed a big sun in the center.
Therefore, after the eighth reactor experiment, Fang Xiaoyue applied for a report to separately erect special cables.
That time, Fang Xiaoyue set the running time at 360 seconds.