Chapter 825 Kuafu No.1

   Chapter 825 Kuafu No. 1

  South Sea Island, Gaolin County.

   Starting in 2018, the works here have been going on for more than five years.

  In the now increasingly close human alliance, anyone who pays attention to this information knows what is being built here.

  HFETR, Human Fusion Engineering Experimental Reactor.

   Since ESG was locked in a small dark room, the threat to safety has been greatly reduced.

The    fusion engineering reactor has abandoned the route built in the mountains and deserts in the past, and turned to the sea instead.

  It will be more convenient to extract deuterium from seawater.

  The port has transportation advantages.

The surplus energy of the fusion reactor can also be used for desalination and hydrogen production to supply the needs of the Changwen Space Launch Base on the other side of the island.

   And…if it works and can be incorporated into the superconducting grid that has been upgraded, it can also radiate to Southeast Asia more easily in the future.

   More than five years have passed. On this day, the engineering reactors in Gaolin County are prohibited from entering the area, further expanding the warning range.

   In essence, starting from half a month ago, people within 50 kilometers of this side have been organizing the clearance.

   At this moment, Gaolin County has almost been evacuated.

   Far away in the Xinghai, in the conference hall of the Human Alliance headquarters, the standing members of the Human Civilization Development Strategy Committee, except Gu Song, were all present.

   On both sides of the big screen, there is a real-time connection screen.

   In one picture, everyone is wearing a special protective suit.

   In another screen, there is a real-time image of the core part of the fusion engineering reactor.

   “The Kuafu No. 1 is ready, please instruct the leader!” The voice came clearly.

  Tang Yuanfeng looked around for a week, and then said in a deep voice: “11:15, fire on time!”

   “Received, 10 minutes countdown to prepare.”

   “No abnormality in sealing!”

   “The magnetic restraint system is normal!”

   “Release Hydrazine Ready!”

   “The feed is ready!”

  “…”

   The time is approaching, and only a capable voice can be heard clearly in the conference hall.

nervous? The team of chief scientists at HFETR are all here, and they say they are confident that the small experimental reactor has been validated.

   But still very nervous, Jian Yushu felt her palms sweat.

   He didn’t know how Gu Song used the super-era manufacturing equipment that he iterated for many years to come up with an advanced version of this thing.

   He only knows how much capital, the best materials and the best talents have been swallowed up here after the full-scale construction started here in 2020.

   Now, it’s time to test the results.

   “1 minute countdown, ignition pre-start!”

   “The Pulse System is on!”

   “Power supply is normal!”

  “…”

  On the screen, there are only seconds left in the countdown, and the number goes from two digits to one digit.

   “5! 4! 3! 2! 1, fire!”

   In another screen, the core of the fusion reactor is protected by the strongest material in history, and it is unknown how the reaction is happening inside.

   But the readings have begun to climb sharply.

   The Standing Committee members have supplemented this knowledge in the past few years.

   Accompanied by the rising of those readings, came the voices of the control teams left behind at the Gaolin County Control Center one after another.

   “The core temperature rise rate is normal!”

   “Magnetic Constraint On!”

   “The plasma temperature is normal!”

   “The vacuum chamber wall pressure is normal!”

   “The polar field system is normal!”

   In a very short time, a voice that was obviously rushed came: “The critical temperature is reached! Fusion begins!”

  Tang Yuanfeng’s hand could not help clenching a little.

   “Start the discharge!”

   It’s not enough to get to this point.

   It cannot be a flash in the pan, it has to last, it has to run steadily.

   “Magnetic confinement is stable!”

   “The reactor pressure is stable!”

   Over there, it is natural to simultaneously report the data of each key position of the “Kufu-1” when it has reached the fusion state.

   Xinghai is still waiting here.

   The duration target for this ignition is: 30 minutes.

   “Report to the chief! The Kuafu No. 1 has been successfully ignited, and the data is stable. Please advance to the design and stable power!”

“approve!”

   No one cheered in the discussion hall.

  Successful ignition does not mean anything.

After   , there are more key indicators.

  What is the Q value of Kuafu-1 under stable operation?

  The output energy divided by the input energy is the Q value. If Q is greater than 1, there is output.

   But this is not enough, the output energy has to be converted into electricity. Now, the proven solution is to boil water. Even if the thermoelectric efficiency of the steam turbine has been improved a little to 75%, and superconducting lines are used to reduce losses, the Q value must exceed 2 to be considered practical.

   However, considering the cost of fusion power station inputs and other raw materials, in order to have commercial promotion value, the comprehensive cost must be higher than the existing power generation methods.

   This Q value requirement is even higher.

  In Gaolin County, in the reactor of Kuafu No. 1, the temperature is higher, the particle density is higher, and the output energy is continuously driving more steam turbine generator sets.

  The duration of the discharge on the screen, from one digit, to two digits, to three digits, until it breaks through four digits.

   The atmosphere is clearly starting to lighten up.

   has lasted for more than 15 minutes, and the stability of Kuafu-1 is reassuring.

   Behind this is the crazy digestion of new knowledge in three years, the full operation of cutting-edge production capacity, and the collective investment of the strongest scientific research force of the Human Alliance.

   The Q value, which has been calculated in real time according to the discharge duration, is beating on the screen, and also shows a number that makes people happy.

   These are the most composure people on earth, and no one started to celebrate in advance, waiting for the design goal of this ignition mission to be completed.

   But the control center team doesn’t have to.

  The discharge duration has exceeded 1000 seconds, and the Q value is still slowly increasing, pulling up the average value of the initial working state in the lowest state.

   So although there were no cheers over there, someone could already be seen clapping.

When   1800 seconds expire, the reactor starts to shut down.

   The numbers on the screen freeze.

   “Report to the chief! The Kuafu No. 1 has completed the ignition test and achieved the expected design goal! The discharge time is 1800 seconds, and the Q value…52.3!”

   “Good job! Start checking the reactor status.”

“Yes!”

   In the discussion hall, Tang Yuanfeng looked at everyone with a smile: “Everyone.”

  The big bosses in the city are also in a trance and excitement.

   The chief scientist team is shaking hands tightly with excitement.

  Tang Yuanfeng said with a smile: “We succeeded.”

   On August 8, 2023, in Gaolin County, South China Island, the ignition test of Kuafu-1, the first controllable nuclear fusion engineering reactor in human beings, was completed, and it has full commercial value.

  The news was officially released later, and the world was boiling.

   On the ESG side, Commander Tang issued an order after being silent for a long time.

   The plan that was developed many years ago is going to start, but it needs to be adjusted.

  More targets pointed to the South China Sea Island.

  The key figures were hidden in commercial ships and civil airliners, and began to go to the command centers of ESG countries.

   In the deep space 5.7 billion kilometers away from the earth, the Flint Space City has been slowing down for several days and arrived at the location designated by Gu Song.

  It is pulled by the gravity of the sun, turns a big bend along a specific orbit, and slides to a specified place.

   On the bridge, everyone is gathering, also staring at the screen.

  The observation equipment has been pointed in the direction Gu Song said.

  According to Nursing Song, the huge spaceship has entered the end of the deceleration.

  The observation equipment on Flint Space City is enough to capture its image.

  It, what will it be like?

   (end of this chapter)