Chapter 491: Continuous ReactionSuccess in controlling nuclear fusion!
Controllable nuclear fusion project construction base.
The nuclear fusion ignition experiment has been carried out for twenty days, and the deuterium-deuterium reaction material inside the device is close to the explosion critical line.
Next, every experiment may be dangerous.
The fusion reaction inside the device is different from the fusion explosion in the open space, because the space inside the device is limited, heat can continue to accumulate, and the temperature and pressure are much higher than in the open space.
Even if it is affected by the weakening of the reaction intensity by the anti-gravity field, theoretically, the deuterium-deuterium reactive material does not need to reach the explosion critical line to produce a violent reaction.
Each experiment now takes more than three days.
The internal reactions in each experiment will be more violent than the last time, and just the cooling process after the experiment will take a long time.
In this day's experiment, the measurement of the internal drastic reaction lasted about five minutes.
"The reaction was very violent."
"The temperature has reached the critical standard, but the device has a control effect. There is no obvious explosion in the entire reaction, and the intensity data continues to decay..."
"The measured material reaction participation rate is still very low..."
"You can continue to use it for the next experiment."
The material reaction participation rate is low, which is a very normal data. The deuterium and deuterium materials used in the experiment are all processed and used repeatedly.
This is because the reaction participation rate is low.
For example, of a ton of deuterium material, only a few grams participate in the reaction, and other materials are not affected at all.
Most nuclear reaction experiments are like this.
The same is true for general nuclear reactors. For example, a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier can continue to operate for more than ten years after it is built, and its power is still very sufficient. That is, the same raw material has continued to react for more than ten years, and has continuously provided heat source power.
After the experiment, the equipment was stopped for cooling and internal materials were evacuated, and then personnel entered to inspect the internal equipment and materials.
From the time the device cools down to the completion of various tests, it takes about five days in total.
During this process, the detection data is continuously uploaded, and various data can be viewed at the nearby internal control center of the main laboratory building.
The offices of Wang Hao, Tang Jianjun, Wang Ye and others are all arranged on the third floor of the main office building.
Each of them has a separate office, but due to work reasons, they worked together in a large office during the ignition experiment.
Wang Hao, Tang Jianjun and others are constantly reviewing various report information.
These data are uploaded from the main control room work group. The staff of the work group will analyze the detection data and then upload the analyzed data.
At the level of the project leader, the data is transformed into ‘report information’ one by one.
For example, reaction intensity, estimated reaction materials, total energy, loss energy, etc.
Another example is some detection-related data, including whether internal pressure-resistant materials and external high-magnetic equipment are affected by violent nuclear reactions.
It also includes the radiation conditions of the inner and outer layers.
etc.
Regarding the information on the internal nuclear fusion reaction, most experiments have been reported on the same day.
Now they are all testing-related information reports, and their work is the focus, those parts that are suspected of having problems.
Tang Jianjun has been staring at the computer carefully, constantly flipping through various report information.
Wang Hao was relatively more leisurely. He took a sip of coffee, placed the cup on the table, and adjusted the backrest of the chair so that his heels could rest on the table.
He was almost lying down.
Wang Ye looked at Tang Jianjun and then at Wang Hao, and immediately felt very strange.
The two people's expressions are two extremes.
The reason why Wang Hao is very leisurely is because during the experiment summary meeting, he had already communicated with many people and found no problems.
He doesn't think there will be any big problems in reporting information about experiments.
When there are no major problems, you can naturally review the report information leisurely. The work is just to go through the process, and there is no need to read it carefully in person.
Tang Jianjun is different.
He didn't know that there were no big problems in the experiment. He even said that from the beginning of the experiment until now, he always thought that there would be major problems.
This major problem is still difficult to solve.
Either the equipment is damaged by impact, or the material is damaged by impact, or there may be some circuit failure, etc.
In short, you will definitely encounter problems.
This is the experience accumulated from doing many work projects.
Every time a project reaches a critical juncture, it is unlikely to be smooth sailing. There will always be various problems encountered, some of which cannot even be imagined.
So Tang Jianjun was very serious, and the more he read the test report information, the more serious he became.
because……
He didn't find any problems.
"How is that possible? Everything is normal?"
"Not even a question?"
"I have only seen a few reports of suspected problems, but those are small problems that can be solved. Even if something goes wrong, it will not have major consequences."
"This is not normal!"
Tang Jianjun read several reports in a row, and his expression even became a little ferocious.
His browsing speed began to speed up, and some documents were simply scrolled to the bottom, but he still couldn't find the report that caused the big problem.
"Academician Tang."
Wang Hao suddenly said, "I'm very surprised, why do you always hope that our research will encounter problems?"
"Are you worried that the research is going too smoothly?"
Tang Jianjun immediately said dissatisfied, "How could I not want the research to go smoothly?"
"But this is simply impossible! This is an experiment of nuclear fusion control, and we are still using deuterium-deuterium fusion, so we will definitely encounter many problems."
"did you find it?"
"..."
Tang Jianjun was silent for a long time before he finally said, "It's just because I didn't find it... that I felt something was wrong!"
Wang Haodao, "So I have said long ago that our research will definitely go smoothly and it won't take too long. Now that everything is going well, it is consistent with my point of view."
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Tang Jianjun said, "Everyone hopes that the experiment will go well, but it is not realistic at all, okay? Such a large project, controlling nuclear fusion, is the first time for mankind!"
"I'm not 'hoping', I'm having reasons."
Several people in the office immediately looked over.
Wang Haodao, "I said at the ignition experiment meeting that our design is so perfect that no problems can be found at all, and our process of building the experimental device is also very rigorous, taking into account all the details.
Plus the materials all meet the requirements, so why would there be any problems?”
"That's what I say, but..."
Tang Jianjun's voice was stuck. He didn't know how to say "but", but he still felt "no problem" and was very doubtful.
The current situation has subverted his understanding of exploratory large-scale engineering projects.
He could only choose to remain silent and continue to stare at the report information.
At the end of the day, Tang Jianjun read almost all the reported information, but did not find any problems. In fact, it was very normal. If a technical team found a problem, it would definitely report it as soon as possible.
That was not a report uploaded by a computer, but the person in charge of the technical team came over and said it.
If no one comes here now, it means there is no big problem.
This result surprised Tang Jianjun, and Wang Ye was equally surprised. They had no idea that the ignition experiment would go so smoothly.
After all the detection information is reported, the various technologies communicate with each other, and they all know that their respective teams have not found any problems.
In other words, everything went well with the experiment.
"All the equipment we tested are normal. Even if there are some data deviations, they are within the error range."
"The high-magnetic equipment is operating normally, and the underlying superconducting circuit is operating normally..."
"The performance of the internal pressure-resistant materials has not been affected, the sealing materials have not been affected, and the material layer where the annihilation force field thin layer is located has not been affected."
"All data are normal..."
Many people were as shocked as Tang Jianjun.
Now all the tests are normal, which is more surprising than the occurrence of some abnormalities. Even those who are optimistic about the control of nuclear fusion research did not expect that the experiment would go so smoothly.
"With this research, it can be said to be a success, right?"
"The next step is to continue to increase the intensity and reaction time, but everything is normal now. Even if the intensity is increased, the impact will not be too great."
"The reaction lasted for five minutes, from five seconds to five minutes, but it took five days or ten days to go from five minutes to five minutes. It was much more difficult!"
"Next, it will be easy..."
The reaction duration is now only five minutes because the reaction intensity is limited.
If the high temperature is maintained inside the device and the reaction intensity is increased by one level, the reaction can continue continuously.
If there were no problems along the way, the experiment could be said to be a success.
When the experiment was summarized, many people were still discussing it. They really did not expect that the research could go so smoothly. They achieved continuous responses in one go, but no problems were found.
Wang Hao found a problem, "The backlash intensity was lower than expected. We originally expected it to last about seven minutes."
"This shows that the sudden and substantial increase in the anti-gravity field has a greater suppression effect on the reaction intensity than expected."
"We need to re-correct the curve based on the experimental results..."
"But this is good news, the intensity limit of the initial reaction has become higher."
Before the nuclear fusion reaction occurs, there is no built-in heat source inside the device, and the intensity of the internal anti-gravity field is very low. As the nuclear fusion reaction inside releases a large amount of energy, the intensity of the anti-gravity field will suddenly rise.
The process of rising field force will have a suppressing effect on the reaction itself, and suppressing the intensity of the reaction is equivalent to limiting the reaction speed.
"The next step is to conduct the most important experiment."
"We will conduct detailed testing tomorrow, and we need to prepare a continuous reaction experiment."
"If there are no problems along the way, let the reaction continue until enough data is collected to determine the stability of the reaction control..."
Wang Hao explained the next step of work.
An experiment is an experiment, and it is impossible to continue the nuclear fusion reaction forever.
If it is determined that the reaction can be stably controlled, it means that the research on controllable nuclear fusion has been successful, the main core technology has been successfully verified, and supporting facilities can be built in the future.
For example, build supporting generator sets.
The goal of the engineering project is to build large-scale power plants around controlling nuclear fusion devices, rather than just conducting experiments around nuclear fusion reactions.
Experiments must be transformed into technical applications.
…
The nuclear fusion project has entered the sustaining reaction stage. It can be said that it has entered the advanced stage. It has only taken a little more than a month to reach this step. It is really shocking.
Of course, there is still danger in the next step.
If you want the reaction inside the device to continue, the initial ignition reaction must be stronger to create a high enough temperature to ensure that the reaction can continue.
Among them, control is the most critical.
If the reaction intensity exceeds the critical line, it may impact the pressure-resistant material inside the device. The consequences of internal material failure will be serious. Furthermore, there is a thin layer of strong annihilation force field protection, but the energy that the strong annihilation force field can absorb is
It is limited and can only guarantee safety to a certain extent.
If the intensity is too high, the device will be damaged instantly.
On the contrary, if the intensity is lower than the standard line, the reaction cannot continue, that is, the intensity will gradually weaken.
This situation is easier to control. In theory, F rays can be used for ignition, which is equivalent to establishing a new reaction cycle.
Wang Hao and others worked together to demonstrate the multiple possibilities of continuous reaction and made corresponding plans to ensure the success of the continuous reaction experiment.
Three days later.
The continuous reaction experiment officially begins.
Wang Hao was dissuaded from staying away from the engineering base, but he still decided to stay in the air raid shelter and control the first-hand experimental data at close range.
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The initial ignition will create a high-intensity reaction. If the device can withstand the first wave of explosions, it will most likely be able to continue in the future.
On the contrary, if there is a problem inside the device due to impact, the problem still needs to be found and re-reinforced.
The person in charge of the sustained reaction experiment is Wang Ye.
Wang Ye was on the front line commanding, and the reaction equipment only followed the protective steel plate. It can be said that he was taking great risks in his work.
When everything was ready, Wang Ye gritted his teeth and shouted two words--
"ignition!"
Liu Yunli's F-ray team received the information and immediately released F-rays to remotely ignite the nuclear fusion device.
That moment——
Some people gritted their teeth.
Someone frowned and waited.
Some people covered their ears nervously, not knowing whether they were worried about a big explosion in the distance or worried about hearing some other sounds.
Wang Hao was also very nervous. He frowned and remained silent, taking a deep breath into his stomach and not exhaling it for a long time.
After about a minute, he raised his head and looked around. Everyone else was also quiet.
Wang Hao asked, "Is there a problem?"
"No news!"
"Don't know yet!"
He nodded vigorously and said, "No news is the best news!"
at the same time.
Wang Ye received various reports, "The pressure on the outer wall of the detection device..."
"Anti-gravity field strength..."
"Real-time measurement of reaction intensity..."
"Central temperature..."
"The high magnetic device is normal..."
"The anti-gravity device is operating normally..."
"The circuit is normal..."
The combination of these complex information made Wang Ye make a subconscious judgment. He shouted out with a roar, "The reaction intensity has stabilized."
"The data of three consecutive tests are similar, and the reaction is continuing. In other words..."