Section 280

The other person was silent for a moment, then nodded in agreement: "You are right."

Everyone in the team was talking, and Xiao Yi, Li Jiangan, and Zhao Zhanyou began to discuss what was going to happen next.

Li Jiangan said: "Okay, now your MHT-7 has been completely verified. From now on, if you use it for 15 years or something, it feels like there will be no problem at all, even at temperatures of 200 to 300 million degrees. It’s quite easy to run even if it’s down, and longevity isn’t an issue. ”

Xiao Yi nodded.

This means that he has not developed a real twist carbon material. Otherwise, according to the theoretical performance of twist carbon, even if it is used in helium ternary fusion that requires a temperature of more than 1 billion degrees to occur violently, there will be no problem at all. .

Zhao Zhanyou patted Xiao Yi on the shoulder and said, "Professor Xiao, the person I admire most right now is you, even more than Lao Lidu."

Li Jiangan glared at him.

Xiao Yi waved his hand and said, "Okay, let's wait until the day we actually get nuclear fusion done."

"Next, what we have to do is two things. The first thing is to prepare for mass production of MHT-7. The current MHT-7 can guarantee a yield rate of 60%. The cost is based on my simple estimate. , the price of one cubic meter is about 400,000-500,000.”

Hearing this cost, Li Jiangan and Zhao Zhanyou took a deep breath.

"One cubic meter is half a million? This is too expensive!"

Xiao Yi spread his hands and said: "After all, the yield rate is too low, the synthesis method is too complicated, and it is normal for it to be expensive."

"Of course, when production is fully rolled out in the future, the cost will also drop due to various marginal effects."

"You know, the first one is the most expensive."

"Okay." Zhao Zhanyou and Li Jiangan quickly accepted.

Anyway, as long as a nuclear fusion reactor can be built, no matter how expensive it is, it is worth it. These costs will gradually become lower and lower in the future as more and more nuclear fusion power is generated.

How much benefit can a controllable nuclear fusion power station that runs for ten years bring to mankind?

This is definitely not something that can be measured by the cost of a little material.

"This is mainly based on the premise that the synthesis method is kept confidential. I will come up with a confidential production plan later, and then contact Director Liu for processing."

"In addition to this problem, there is another key issue -"

Xiao Yi paused and finally said: "Tokamak."

Both Li Jiangan and Li Jiangan were stunned: "What happened to the Tokamak?"

Xiao Yi was silent for a moment and said: "I don't think tokamak can fully meet the needs of the sun-making plan."

"Especially in the field of magnetic fluid power generation, according to the structure of the tokamak, it is a key issue to make good use of the magnetic fluid to generate electricity. The ring structure of the tokamak is not suitable for installing a magnetic fluid generator. "

Li Jiangan and Zhao Zhanyou were immediately shocked.

"What? Are you planning to change the tokamak architecture now?"

Xiao Yi waved his hand, "Actually, it's not my plan now. I have thought about this issue a long time ago."

Li Jiangan and Zhao Zhanyou didn't know what to say.

They had been studying the tokamak for so long, and now Xiao Yi suddenly said that he wanted to change the structure, which made them unacceptable for a while.

In other words, it should be impossible to get used to it.

After all, they knew everything about tokamak, but they had no understanding of other structures. They couldn't imagine what would happen when they entered an unfamiliar field.

"If a tokamak is not used, what structure should it be replaced with? Is it a stellarator? The structure of the stellarator can indeed use a magnetic fluid generator."

Zhao Zhanyou said, "As for other structures, there should be no more, right? Currently, only stellarators and tokamak have the highest probability of achieving nuclear fusion."

Xiao Yi said: "No, it's neither. It's a new structure. I'm still designing it now. As for the specific structure... it can probably be called a UO structure?"

"UO structure?" The two people looked confused.

"Don't tell me that this is a new structure designed by you yourself?" Li Jiangan asked.

"Well... it is indeed a new structure I designed. Of course, so far, it is still not perfect. In terms of magnetic field design, it has not yet reached the most perfect situation."

Xiao Yi said.

"this……"

Li Jiangan didn't know what to say again. a

"Okay, you don't have to worry too much about this for now. I'm confident that I will show it to you when the design is completed."

"Apart from these two things, the only thing left is to continue to develop the members of the sun-making project. This matter still needs two people to do it."

Xiao Yi said: "Let's stop here for today. I have to go back and design the UO structure."

Then he left here without staying any longer.

Seeing Xiao Yi leaving, Li Jiangan and Zhao Zhanyou were left looking at each other.

"Do we really need to change the structure?" Zhao Zhanyou couldn't help but said, "Isn't this a bit... over the top?"

Li Jiangan sighed and said, "After all, Xiao Yi is the chief designer."

The chief designer naturally has the control over the design.

Zhao Zhanyou said: "But..."

Li Jiangan waved his hand, "Okay, what we can do now is, trust Xiao Yi, don't think too much about other things, let's go and do what we want to do."

Zhao Zhanyou had no choice but to nod.

…

Xiao Yi left the Plasma Institute and returned to the Science Island Laboratory.

Now he basically makes a U-turn at three places: the Institute of Plasma, the Science Island Laboratory, and the University of Science and Technology.

It's quite busy.

However, all these busy things now are meaningful.

I returned to the office and stood outside the window, looking at the brand-new buildings outside.

Now that so much time has passed, the expansion of the Science Island Laboratory is gradually approaching completion.

Two brand-new laboratory buildings appeared, and then there was an administrative building. There is also a lecture hall that can accommodate 200 people in the administrative building. In addition, there are canteens, dormitories, entertainment and living areas, etc., all available.

In this way, it can be considered as having the scale of an internationally renowned laboratory.

Of course, these new buildings are still awaiting renovation and are expected to be officially opened after the Chinese New Year next year.

In order to prepare for this larger laboratory, he has also prepared for the second expansion of the Science Island Laboratory. The second expansion is to expand the enrollment to 150 people, adding 100 people to the existing approximately 50 people.

This can be considered a truly big laboratory.

As for the recruitment news, we will see how many people can come to apply for it.

Now, let’s think about the UO structure.

Regarding tokamak and new issues, he has been thinking about it for a long time.

Therefore, he has already imagined this UO structure before.

Especially after he has the ability of [Perfect Engineering].

When he first obtained the [Perfect Project], he had already thought about using this ability to build a new nuclear fusion structure.

And after all this time, he has made considerable progress.

As soon as his eyes closed, a huge structure appeared in his mind.

This is the UO structure fusion device he designed using perfect engineering.

It is called UO because it looks like the letters UO put together and looks a bit like a paper clip.

When heated, plasma surrounds the O structure. Its structure is actually similar to a tokamak device, but if the internal magnetic field is controlled, the plasma can be allowed to pass through the U-shaped pipe, and the magnetohydrodynamic generator will also be installed in In the U-shaped pipeline, this will greatly maximize the high conversion rate of the magnetic fluid generator, and at the same time, it can also increase the utilization rate of nuclear fusion power generation to a greater extent.

However, the current question is how to avoid plasma disorder when changing the magnetic field.

In fact, there is a very simple way to do this, which is to refer to the process of a spacecraft traveling from the earth to the moon, and from the moon back to the earth. However, the principle is simple, and it is not easy to implement at all.

This requires more exquisite control of the magnetic field. Otherwise, if the high-temperature plasma flow directly hits the first wall material, even the strongest material will not be able to withstand such high temperature.

Xiao Yi thought for a moment and continued to use perfect engineering capabilities to optimize and adjust the structure in his mind.

Time passed quietly again.

…

In the following days, Xiao Yi continued to move between the three units, doing research in the Science Island Laboratory, holding meetings in the Plasma Institute, and taking classes at the University of Science and Technology.

At the Science Island Laboratory, recruitment has also begun. Thousands of resumes have been received this time. There is no doubt that the Science Island Laboratory is now one of the top research units in the country.

None of the domestic researchers wants to come here. Just some of the benefits revealed online are enough to make people daydream. As for the rumors about scientific research funding, many people who want to apply are looking forward to it.

As for the Institute of Plasma, there are indeed frequent meetings. As for when construction will start, there is no certainty yet.

However, no one is in a hurry. It is normal for a national key project plan like this to take several years to complete.

From the establishment of the project to the release of the design drawings, it is not impossible within a few years.

If you haven’t seen ITER, the conceptual design alone took two years, and the subsequent design drawings took even ten years to come up with.

There is no rush.

Finally, there is the University of Science and Technology of China.

Today, Xiao Yi, although he says that he is not a star or an Internet celebrity, he has become a star teacher.