The Rise Of Space Technology

Chapter 393, Fusion Reactor

“The technology is not mature enough?”

“Problems are prone to occur when the energy is too large?”

After hearing this, Liu Yuan immediately thought.

Obviously, this should be because the magnetic confinement device is not perfect enough, and some technologies are not mastered, otherwise these problems should not occur.

Under the leadership of Zeng Xuan and Wang Wei, Liu Yuan also came to the core area of the base, the Institute of Controlled Nuclear Fusion.

Of course, this is known by the people inside Xinghai Technology. Externally, this is still just a mining base. The mining base and rare earth smelting factory outside provide excellent cover.

In addition, no one on the moon will investigate this thing. The moon does not belong to any country. It is a land without owners. Whoever occupies it belongs to whoever owns it, and can do whatever he wants, and no one can control it.

Of course, this is only theoretical, and if something major happens, it will still be managed.

Controlled nuclear fusion research occupies a very large and wide area.

The entire mountain was hollowed out. In fact, most of the area and space were used for nuclear fusion technology.

“What is the fusion fuel used?”

When I came to the Nuclear Fusion Research Institute, I could see that many scientists, researchers, and engineers were busy. In the core area, a huge nuclear fusion reactor was being built.

This should be the first controllable nuclear fusion reactor in human history.

Although the magnetic confinement technology is not very mature, it cannot be controlled and the ability to confine it is too large, but this nuclear fusion reactor has been built, and some things can only be found by trying it out in person.

When you look at it, you think it’s easy, but when you actually do it, you know how difficult it is.

Looking at the many busy scientists, researchers and engineers, Liu Yuan also began to ask in detail about their situation.

Building a nuclear fusion reactor is very expensive. It can’t be done in a few hundred million, but it will cost hundreds of billions of huge funds.

In other words, Liu Yuan, the prodigal son, is willing to throw money in like this, and who would be willing to replace it with someone else?

Even in terms of national research needs, I am afraid that such a project is difficult to pass, because the cost is too great.

Such a huge cost, Liu Yuan is also a pain in the flesh.

It’s true that you have money, but you have to save money if you have money.

Since I came to the moon, I naturally have to do more to improve and improve the technology, and successfully create a qualified nuclear fusion reactor at one time.

Otherwise, if this is unqualified, then manufacturing a nuclear fusion reactor will not only cost a huge amount of money, but also require a lot of time, manpower and material resources.

This is also the main reason why Liu Yuan came to the moon in person, and Liu Yuan still has to check the key core technology in person.

“Of course we use he3, which has a very large reserve on the moon. In order to study this nuclear fusion technology, we have built several factories on the moon, which are specially used to refine helium 3 for the research of nuclear fusion reactors. .”

Zeng Xuan said without hesitation.

Researching nuclear fusion technology is not an easy task. From technology to materials, to scientific researchers, funding, etc., it all needs to go through layers of barriers and tests.

The research application of Xinghai Technology has been unable to be approved, and the materials related to nuclear fusion are the materials of key monitoring on the earth, which cannot be bought at all, and will not be owned by you.

Therefore, Xinghai Technology can only produce and manufacture related raw materials by itself.

It just so happens that there is an extremely rich helium-3 raw material on the moon, which is the most ideal material for nuclear fusion reactions.

Helium-3 is a helium isotope gas. The gas is colorless, tasteless, and odorless. Because there are no neutrons in its thermonuclear reaction, only protons without radioactivity will be produced, so it is the most ideal nuclear fusion fuel.

It will not produce nuclear radiation, and will not pollute the environment and bring harm.

However, the reserves of helium 3 on earth are very rare, only a small amount in seawater, but the reserves on the moon are very amazing, and the mining is relatively simple.

It is only necessary to heat the lunar soil and rocks containing helium 3 to more than 700 degrees to extract helium 3 from it.

Large quantities and easy to mine, which is the main reason for choosing to build a nuclear fusion reactor on the moon. “Hmm~”

Liu Yuan nodded, and the benefits of being on the moon appeared. The raw materials for nuclear fusion are very abundant. This moon is really a precious planet. The nuclear fusion fuel that will be needed in the future interstellar universe will be prepared for the people of the earth.

“How much power is the magnetic confinement device now, and how many Gaussian magnetic fields can it generate?”

After thinking for a while, Liu Yuan looked at the nuclear fusion reactor under construction.

This reactor has a total of three layers. The first layer is the fusion combustion chamber, which is used to burn fusion materials.

The second layer is a magnetic confinement device, which is used to confine nuclear fusion to generate powerful energy.

The third layer is the ignition device, which is used to ignite the nuclear fusion reactor.

One layer is covered with one layer, and there is actually a fourth layer on the outermost layer, which is also a larger magnetic restraint device to provide safety protection. Once out of control, it can also be carried out with powerful energy through this layer. Constraints, the huge energy is directly discharged into space.

“At present, we have been able to create a magnetic field of 100,000 gauss. If we want to create a million-gauss magnetic field, I am afraid that the energy in this base is far from enough.”

Zeng Xuan replied quickly.

“The magnetic field of 100,000 gauss should be enough. Is there no way to confine and concentrate the magnetic field to a high degree?”

“Only when the magnetic field is confined and concentrated can it be used to control and confine powerful energy.”

When Liu Yuan heard it, he immediately said.

Among the inheritance seeds, magnetic confinement technology is a very common technology, and there are very mature schemes and applications in it. If it is used to constrain controllable nuclear fusion reactions, a magnetic field of 100,000 gauss is enough.

There is no need for a terrifying magnetic field of millions of Gauss at all, because it consumes too much energy. The manufacture of the magnetic field is not an easy task, and it needs to consume an extremely large amount of energy.

The greater the magnetic field created, the more energy it consumes.

The magnetic field of one million gauss requires a very large amount of energy and also the huge power generation device of the spacecraft, which is obviously not suitable for spacecraft and space warships.

Because the size, volume, and space of spaceships and spaceships are limited, the power system and energy system need to occupy as little space as possible.

“Currently our technology can only confine and concentrate the magnetic field to about 10% of the area.”

Zeng Xuan nodded and said.

Liu Yuan has always emphasized the need to confine and concentrate the magnetic field. This is the core and difficulty of magnetic confinement technology. Only by continuously concentrating and constraining the magnetic field can the magnetic confinement device of nuclear fusion be truly accomplished and realized.

However, the scientists and engineers of the institute have studied for a long time, and they can only achieve 10% of the restricted area, and it is difficult to improve it.

“Only 10%?”

“This is too low. This is not acceptable. Let everyone stop first. Let’s study this technology together. The magnetic confinement technology must be increased to about 1%.”

“Really speaking, the ideal state of magnetic confinement technology is to be able to condense a strong magnetic field like light polymerization, and finally confine it to a single point.”

When Liu Yuan heard this, he immediately frowned.

Only 10%, which is obviously not acceptable.

In the future, magnetic energy weapons will still be developed. At this level, it cannot be used to make magnetic energy weapons, nor can it be used to create degenerate materials.

Only by constraining a strong magnetic field to a point, a small, very small area and point, it has important significance and a huge role.

Once a magnetic cannon is attacked, if it cannot be restrained and concentrated on a single point, it will spread out in the vast void universe, and it will have no effect.

The use of magnetic energy technology to create degenerate materials also requires a sufficiently high concentration and confinement of the magnetic field. Using the characteristics of iron atoms, it can be said that degenerate materials can be created from an atomic perspective.

So Liu Yuan decisively stopped the project, and the money still has to be saved, it can’t be wasted like this.

Anyway, I’ve come here too, so I’ll just stay on the moon side for a while and get this fusion reactor out.

Once the magnetic energy technology has been researched, there is no problem with the fusion reaction technology. The degenerate material technology can also be broken through, and the warp engine is just around the corner.

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