Alien Paradise.

Chapter 118 Future Directions

Just as everyone was whispering, the third expert, Professor Shi, stepped onto the podium.

"Hello everyone, my research direction is superconducting energy storage, the application prospect is new energy, and the tokamak device."

Instead of opening the PPT like the first two, he asked his assistant to bring up a boxy box. "I am very grateful to Professor Fu for his new discovery. When I learned that room temperature superconducting materials really exist, my research has changed from seeking light through slits to a broad road. The progress in these few days is even more than in the past 20 years."

There was a burst of good-natured laughter at the scene.

"I'm not exaggerating on purpose. The model in front of me is the proof." Professor Shi said as he lifted the black cloth covering the model.

Everyone let out an exclamation in unison.

There is nothing special about the model body. Its outline is a square metal frame, and an elliptical sphere is fixed in the frame.The sphere is also wrapped in a metal shell, but it is surrounded by black glass windows.Through these windows, one can see a bright light shining inside the sphere!
It was a ring made of light flow, it revolved around the axis in the center of the sphere at high speed, it was obviously light, but it was as thick as a solid!The dark glass of the window seems to be used to cut off the brightness of the light stream, but even so, it is still quite dazzling, and it will be dazzling if you stare at it for a long time.

Fu Jiangshui realized that this is definitely not the effect achieved by using LED light strips, because the flow of light is not regular except for the same direction.

"Is the outer glass a polarizer?" Someone raised his hand and asked.

"Yes, and it is a special polarizer, so that it is convenient for people to capture the flow of electricity in the superconducting coil with the naked eye."

"Can electricity be seen?" Gao Wei asked puzzled, "I have the impression that it has no form."

"Normally not, but if the sphere is filled with other things, such as inert gas, we can see the fluorescence it emits when it is ionized." Fu Jiangshui raised his hand after explaining.

"Professor Fu, may I ask?" The other party nodded very politely.

"How much power can this model store?"

He already had a hunch that the answer would be very surprising.

But the other party's answer was far beyond his expectations.

"Currently there is only [-] kilowatt-hours of electricity, because it takes time to charge it, but judging from my test results, this value can be doubled by another [-] times."

Ten thousand times?Fu Jiangshui took a deep breath, nodded and replied after a long time, "I see...thank you."

"Professor Fu, can't other superconducting materials do this?" Gao Wei hurriedly asked.

"Do you need to ask? Don't say it's done, other materials can't even touch the exhaust..." He suddenly remembered that the other party was not engaged in scientific research, and quickly changed his words, "Do you know the nuclear magnetic resonance instrument? The core component is also a superconducting accumulator, which is generally made of niobium-titanium alloy. The cooling medium is liquid helium, and it takes about [-] kWh to charge it. This is the property of the material itself, and it cannot be improved by technology."

As an expert in research materials, he naturally knew how shocking Professor Shi's conclusion was.Since the resistance of the superconductor is zero, the current can flow in the superconducting coil without attenuation, but there is an upper limit to the injected power, and its limit is also called the critical current of the superconductor.

In fact, ordinary superconductors are not only affected by low temperature and pressure, but also by current and magnetic field strength. Once the critical point is exceeded, the superconductor will lose its superconductivity.So if another room temperature superconducting material appears, its critical current is very low, and it is also difficult to have any practical value.

Seeing Director Gao still half-understanding, Fu Jiangshui continued, "Three thousand degrees multiplied by 3000 is 2 million degrees, and the Three Gorges Hydropower Station generates more than [-] million degrees a day. In other words, ten of these devices can store all the power generated by the Three Gorges for a day! Similarly, just one ball can power a modern city. This is definitely something that subverts common sense!"

"Run with such a large amount of energy?" Gao Wei was also shocked, "Isn't that equivalent to a small nuclear bomb?"

"It may not be very good to run with it. I can't imagine how much magnetic field that thing will generate." Fu Jiangshui shook his head. The square metal frame outside the elliptical sphere should be a device to destroy the magnetic field, lest it become a portable nuclear magnetic resonance instrument and attract all the surrounding iron-based objects.But a 3000 million-degree superconducting energy storage ball?He didn't think a few simple shielding devices would work.

"If my plan can be approved, then my team will start with a large superconducting energy storage device to provide the new tokamak with a strong magnetic core component whose performance far exceeds that of the past." Professor Shi obviously agrees with him, "If it is only used as a mobile energy source, it is undoubtedly a waste of the potential of Yaoshi. Compared with the previous superconducting coil, the new coil does not require a cooling medium, the current criticality is greatly improved, and the magnetic field strength it generates will also be doubled. This is obviously a huge improvement for controllable nuclear fusion projects."

He finally said, "Now we are facing severe energy challenges. Whether it is oil or natural gas, we rely on imported transportation. If there is a breakthrough in nuclear fusion energy, then we will usher in truly vast energy!"

There was warm applause again from the audience.

There is no suspense anymore, Fu Jiangshui thought.

The energy revolution is always the eternal theme in the previous industrial revolutions, and the project proposed by the other party is also quite suitable for the use environment of the Yaoshi - the nuclear power plant can only be a national project, and it also has a high degree of confidentiality, so there is no need to worry about the leakage of superconducting materials.If it can be successful, the economic benefits are incalculable.

And in terms of feasibility, it's also quite promising.Domestic research on magnetic confinement nuclear fusion has been at the forefront of the world, and at least one tokamak experimental reactor has been built.After replacing it with Yaoshi superconductor in the future, it is basically equivalent to changing the gun with a shotgun, and there is no reason why it can't make achievements.In addition, the amount of Yaoshi required for this project is not large, and the superconducting coil will not be consumed if the test fails, which can be said to be better than the other two solutions in every way.

A space elevator that is not limited by capacity is also very attractive. After all, the expectation of human beings to walk in space is always romantic, but Fu Jiangshui also agrees with a certain academician in China that there are so many uninhabitable places on the earth that have not been fully developed. Blindly developing space seems to be putting the cart before the horse.

The voting session went quickly.

The face of the ticket is registered, and multiple choices are allowed. If you are in the mood, voters can also write personal reasons and suggestions.

In less than three and ten minutes, the host counted the results - the votes for the three project proposals were 10:15:9.

The research direction of superconducting energy storage has won an overwhelming victory.

This means that starting today, the researchers gathered at the Comprehensive Prevention and Control Center have a new goal.

(End of this chapter)