Super Dimension Technology Era

August 29, 2016.

Next to the Lianhuashanhuo (nuclear) power station in Shanmei, the Nuclear Fusion Research Institute has officially entered the final stage of research and development on the miniaturization of a controllable nuclear fusion reactor.

Huang Mingzhe, Dong Kuan, Wei Feng and others are all busy with this miniaturization work.

The miniaturization of the controllable nuclear fusion reactor does not mean simply reducing the previous Jinwu Type 1 and Jinwu Type 2 in the same proportion.

Because miniaturization means that the performance of the same material is declining rapidly, but the temperature of the nuclear fusion reaction and the density of released energy have not decreased.

In this case, the previous materials must not be used. We can only wait for the development of new materials and obtain suitable new materials before miniaturization of controllable nuclear fusion can be completed.

Huang Mingzhe has completed the design of miniaturization of nuclear fusion reactors before, but has not developed suitable materials.

Recently, with the increase of a large number of new humans, the number of scientific researchers at the Thinking Materials Research Institute has increased significantly, which in turn has promoted the improvement of scientific research capabilities.

In the past month, the Thinking Materials Research Institute completed the research and development of all materials, so the research and development of the miniaturized controllable nuclear fusion reactor - Jinwu Type 4, has entered the final stage of research and development.

Inside the laboratory.

A piece of equipment that is about the same size as a medium-sized refrigerator is quietly displayed in the middle of the laboratory. This is the Jinwu Type 4 controllable nuclear fusion reactor.

The height is 2.1 meters, the length is 1.1 meters, the width is 0.95 meters, and the weight is 644 kilograms.

Considering that the Jinwu Type 4 is more likely to be used as mobile tools, such as large satellites, combat vehicles, small ships, temporary camps, small underground bases, emergency power supply vehicles, etc.

Therefore, the overall design style of the Jinwu Type 4 is integrated, with only the nuclear fuel tank mouth, the reaction waste tank mouth, and the pressure-regulated power transmission port.

The automatic robot inserts a [DD (Nuclear Fuel)] nuclear fuel can into the nuclear fuel port. The nuclear fuel can is larger than an ordinary spray pesticide bottle and contains 5 kilograms of heavy hydrogen nuclear fuel.

Dong Kuan picked up the intercom and ordered: "Start the reactor and the first trial run will begin."

"receive."

The researcher picked up the remote control and pressed the nuclear reaction start button.

After a slight buzzing, the green light representing the completion of self-sustaining nuclear fusion in the reactor turned on.

Then an automatic robot connected a cable to the voltage-regulating transmission port. The researcher adjusted the voltage and pressed the transmission switch.

Huang Mingzhe saw the data fed back by the testing equipment, and the maximum power was maintained at the level of [25.3 kilowatt hours/second].

This is equivalent to an annual power generation of 800 million kilowatt hours.

At present, 1 kilogram of controlled nuclear fusion nuclear fuel can produce about 1.5 billion kilowatt-hours of energy, and the overall energy conversion efficiency into electrical energy is about 68%.

This means that 5 kilograms of nuclear fuel can last for 6 years.

But in fact, it is more than that, because the nuclear fusion reaction will produce superheavy hydrogen and helium-3. The Jinwu Type 4 will re-inject these superheavy hydrogen and helium-3 into the nuclear fusion reaction, which will increase the self-sustaining time of the nuclear fusion reactor in disguise.

It is estimated that 5 kilograms of nuclear fuel can allow the Jinwu Type 4 to sustain itself for 7 years, which is a period of non-stop operation of 365 days a year.

In fact, it is impossible for a nuclear fusion reactor to run day and night. Firstly, the nuclear fusion reactor may die from overwork, and secondly, the machine cannot stop running.

For example, when installed on the Phoenix gamma ray laser satellite, the laser cannot be turned on continuously.

In addition, the Jinwu Type 4 has also designed a variant model, specifically designed for gamma ray lasers, because the laser requires a short burst.

Therefore, Jinwu Type 4-B can perform overclocking power transmission, instantly increasing the energy output by hundreds of times.

However, the consequence of this is that nuclear fuel consumption will increase rapidly. Under overclocking power, 5 kilograms of nuclear fuel can last for about 25.5 days at most.

Taking into account the conditions in outer space, some additional nuclear fuel tanks may be added to extend the self-sustaining time of nuclear fuel.

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Huang Mingzhe looked at the data and found that everything was in line with his design expectations.

"It seems that we have completed the micro-reactor." Dong Kuan said happily.

Huang Mingzhe thought for a while and then said: "We can subdivide a few more models, such as designing some professional models according to various needs."

"No problem, we have a prototype for miniaturization. Our scientific research strength is increasing day by day, and the improvement work can be completed soon." Dong Kuan is full of confidence in this.

Wei Feng on the side is not too worried. He is thinking about other things now. He is no longer interested in controllable nuclear fusion, or he has no sense of conquest.

The first trial run lasted five hours, during which overclocking power generation, transformer power transmission, intermittent power generation and other tests were carried out. Everything went very smoothly.

After that, Huang Mingzhe ordered Dong Kuan to continue to improve the Jinwu Type 4 and organize scientific research forces to develop various subdivided models of the Jinwu Type 4.

On the other side, the Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation is also preparing the launch plans for the Phoenix satellite and the Silent Satellite.

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Last month, Chang 5-D completed its sixth launch mission, launching the last four Listening satellites into the 1,500-kilometer orbit of Blue Star.

Since then, the Tingting satellite system has achieved all-weather, no-dead-spot monitoring of Blue Star.

The real situation of Blue Star at every moment will be displayed simultaneously on the virtual Blue Star. In conjunction with the Nuwa biological supercomputer that has just entered service, Netherworld Mansion has achieved comprehensive monitoring of Blue Star.

On September 1, Qiongzhou Wenchang Space Launch Center ushered in another heavyweight launch mission.

The launch mission of the Chang 5-E can be said to be both painful and joyful for the Aerospace Science and Engineering Industry in the past few months. The Chang 5-D launch is carried out once a month, and the Chang 5-E lunar launch vehicle needs to be designed and built.

But fortunately, a large number of new human engineers and researchers joined in, and they finally completed the construction of Chang 5-E at the end of August.

But looking at the Chang 5-E on the launch pad, Li Guoqing and Chen Yao also felt a lot of pressure. After all, time was too tight.

"Launch countdown 10...6...3...0, ignition."

Listening to the radio, Chen Yao and Li Guoqing looked at the rows of display screens.

The Chang 5-E is a non-recoverable launch vehicle and naturally carries a lot of fuel. It is equipped with an improved 8.6-ton listening detector.

The ignition was very successful. Driven by the main engine, the Chang 5-E began to tilt in preparation for breaking through the Karman line.

The core first stage separated at 210 kilometers in low-Earth orbit. Although it is non-recoverable, the core first stage will still return to the atmosphere and finally crash in the spacecraft cemetery in the South Pacific.

call! Chen Yao breathed a sigh of relief. After breaking through the atmosphere, the most dangerous stage of the space rocket was finally over.

The next step is to circle the Blue Star orbit, perform orbital maneuvers, continuously move to a high orbit, and finally use the Blue Star's gravitational slingshot to enter the lunar orbit.

Entering the gravity slingshot stage is the second most dangerous stage in this launch mission. This process must be very precise and cannot make any mistakes.

According to the plan, it will take six days to maneuver around the Blue Star, and then enter the gravitational slingshot stage, entering the lunar orbit at around two o'clock in the morning on September 8.

After looking at the data, Chen Yao and Li Guoqing prepared to return to the Aerospace Science and Industry's production base.

The follow-up work can only be left to the Wenchang Space Center. They have been used to launching launch vehicles and satellites for more than half a year.

And foreign countries are almost numb to China's space launch speed of once a month.

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