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Chapter 422 Ignition successful?
Controllable nuclear fusion, a controllable and sustainable nuclear fusion reaction, similar to the sun.

Building a device on the earth that performs controllable nuclear fusion reactions like the sun, commonly known as the "artificial sun", can achieve safe, continuous, and stable energy output and is one of the ultimate forms of energy.

In the vast starry sky of the universe, there are countless stars like the sun, such as the sand of the Ganges. From this point, we can see the prospect of controllable nuclear fusion as an energy source.

However, this thing, which was proposed as a theory in 1933, has never been conquered by humans until now.

Even though technology has developed in 2014, and humans have gone to the sky and the underground sea, and begun to move towards the stars and the sea, they still know very little about controllable nuclear fusion, and the scientific community generally believes that it will take another fifty years.

Yes, from the time the theory was proposed until now, it has been said that it will take another fifty years. Then in 2014, and even in Zhao Mo's previous life in 2023, there is still no hope, and they are still saying that it will take about fifty years.

One can imagine the difficulty!

But today, January 2014, 1, Zhao Mo will lead the team to truly complete the feat of "artificial sun"!

There has never been one before, and the future will be opened up by him.

From ancient times to the present, the process of human civilization has been upgraded by the upgrading of energy, from slash-and-burn farming, from trees to coal, from coal to oil, from oil to solar energy, wind energy, water energy, hydrogen energy, nuclear energy... and so on. . Nuclear fusion also belongs to nuclear energy, but it is different from "fission". It is a more advanced, cleaner and richer nuclear energy than fission, and is one of the ultimate energy sources in the future!

As the ignition button was pressed, a mixture of tritium and deuterium gas fuel was immediately injected into the reactor. As the temperature rose sharply, it was successfully ignited at a certain moment, and an unparalleled power was born.

Everyone in the main control room could see that the display screen that reflected the general situation inside quickly turned red and turned into the same color as the sun.

With a high temperature of 1.6 million degrees Celsius and a magnetic field strength exceeding dozens of T, the nuclear fusion reaction is confined within a small device and occurs thrillingly.

Think about it, what is the controllable nuclear fusion device that occurs normally in nature? That's the sun!

A sun is as big as 130 million earths!
And how big is the device in front of you?
Compared with the earth, it is just a drop of water in the ocean, let alone the sun, which is probably not as good as the atomic level.

To complete the controllable nuclear fusion unique to the sun in such a small device, you can imagine how violent the reaction inside it is, which is many times stronger than the core of the sun!
The reaction was happening violently, and everyone stared at the display screen motionlessly, holding their breath.

Even though many people couldn't see or understand anything, they still stared at it, not daring to relax at all, or even dare to breathe, for fear that their slight movements would affect the terrible nuclear fusion reaction.

Zhao Mo also stared at the display screen without blinking. He was looking at the large number of parameters jumping on it.

These parameters accurately and clearly told him the state of the reaction taking place inside the reaction device. LV9's powerful wisdom even allowed all of this to form a specific picture in his mind.

A deuteron and a tritium undergo a huge transformation, producing a helium nucleus and a neutron, while releasing 17.58 mev of energy.

一个氘核的质量约为2.014u，一个氚核的质量约为3.018u，1u约为1.66*e的-24次方克，所以1克的氘核、氚核反应物中大约各有1.2*e的23次方个氘核和氚核，能够释放出2.1*e的24次方mev的能量，换算一下，就是3.36*e的11次方焦耳能量。

按1kg标准煤释放的热量来算，2.93*e的7次方焦耳，需要11.5吨左右的标准煤燃烧才能1克氚氘燃料核聚变释放的能量那么多！

There is no doubt that this is a shocking comparison.

When 11.5 tons of standard coal is burned, only 1 gram of tritium and deuterium undergoes nuclear fusion. This difference is huge!

Even in nuclear fission, the energy released by 1 gram of uranium-235 is only 8.19*e 10th power joules, which is a quarter of the energy released by 1 gram of deuterium and tritium nuclei. The gap is too big.

And this is also one of the important reasons why nuclear fusion energy is so coveted and pursued by the world. It is so coveted.

Through these data, Zhao Mo saw the huge energy being generated by fusion, which was so huge that he was amazed by it!

Successful ignition is the first step, not all of this ignition. Successful power generation is also required later.

As fusion occurs, heat quickly begins to grow explosively.

The next moment, the heat passes through the steam generator~
Uh...

A violent roar of steam resounded throughout the reactor and even reached the main control room.

The current situation at the steam generator was immediately displayed on the display screen, which began to vibrate and roar. Even across the screen, everyone seemed to feel the billowing heat coming, steaming themselves up.

Subsequently, strong water vapor was discharged in large quantities and flowed at high speed, reaching the location of the steam turbine. The steam turbine was pushed and began to rotate to generate electricity...

hum~
buzz~
buzz~
As the sound of the turbine rotating continued to be heard, Zhao Mo clearly saw that the power output parameters that had not been beating began to change and kept beating upwards.

The reactor is starting to generate electricity!

clap clap clap...

In an instant, the entire main control room burst into warm applause.

But no one was cheering, and no one was shouting excitedly. At this time, the ignition was indeed successful, and the controllable nuclear fusion reactor officially generated electricity, but it was not enough.

Yes, not enough, far from enough!
Because the output energy is still too little and has not reached the design value, it is far from being called a success.

Only when the output energy is greater than the input energy, can the controllable nuclear fusion reactor in front of you be truly successful!

Everyone present was very excited and very emotional, but the "good" things were yet to come, and they could hold back and not be in a hurry.

Gradually, as deuterium and tritium continued to carry out fusion reactions in the reactor, following Zhao Mo's order, the injection of tritium material stopped and entered the next stage of "tritium self-sustained" fusion.

The relevant parameters of the reactor have once again changed significantly. But Zhao Mo remained calm because these parameters told him that the superconducting magnet was operating normally and the cladding material reacted normally...

Zhao Mo, like everyone present, was looking forward to the final moment.

Among the crowd, Zhou Hongjun, the chief engineer of the Nuclear Power Group responsible for the design and construction of the reactor generator set and an academician of the National Academy of Engineering, clenched his hands and started sweating.

The sweat that breaks out is cold sweat.

Because he could clearly see that the heat generated by the nuclear fusion was so high and so fast that it was impossible to "boil water". The power generation system was spinning very fast and had reached full capacity.

"It was a miscalculation. It won't collapse, right?"

Zhou Hongjun felt unprecedentedly thrilling, and his heart was lifted. He had never felt like this before.

Looking at the power generation, it has exceeded 90,000 kWh in the blink of an eye!
The generating set provided by the Nuclear Power Group for the reactor this time is a unit with a single capacity of 200 million kilowatts per hour. This is by far the largest single-capacity generating set used in nuclear power plants in China and the world. It is larger than other units that have been built or are under construction. The performance of the largest generating unit in a nuclear power plant will be doubled!
I thought that the 200 million kilowatt-hour generator set was powerful enough, but now it seems that they are still too conservative.

Thinking of this, Zhou Hongjun couldn't help but look at Zhao Mo, only to find that his face was calm. He was just staring at the display screen quietly and looking at the parameters. As usual, there was no sign of any emotional fluctuations at all.

In an instant, Zhou Hongjun was relieved and thought: "If the commander-in-chief is not in a hurry, then I am not in a hurry either~"

If it were before, he probably wouldn't have such a reaction, because he is at the same level as Zhao Mo, and in the fields of nuclear power plants and generating units, he dare not say that he is better than Zhao Mo, at least on an equal footing.

Zhao Moneng is leading the construction of controllable nuclear fusion reactors across borders, and he is definitely second to none in the field of nuclear power plants and generating units. He was convinced of this after coming to visit the reactor. However, this does not mean that Zhao Mo has surpassed him.

But now, he thinks that Zhao Mo has indeed surpassed him.

At least, he couldn't be as calm as Zhao Mo.

This is controllable nuclear fusion, the first time a controllable nuclear fusion reactor has been ignited!
The occurrence of any problem will be catastrophic.

I don’t know how long it’s been~
Everyone no longer cares about every minute and every second of the experiment. With their high concentration, they only feel that the time is very long.

at last!

"One million!"

When the power generation exceeded one million degrees, a high-pitched voice suddenly sounded, so high that the sound broke, and in the end it became extremely sharp and harsh.

However, when everyone heard this voice, it was like listening to the sounds of nature, and everyone's face showed a deep joy.

Members of the on-site research team subconsciously turned their attention to Zhao Mo.

According to Zhao Mo's original idea, this ignition experiment must achieve the power generation target of at least one million kilowatt hours!

So, is it done now?

They are looking forward to Zhao Mo's judgment, and they are looking forward to it!

Facing the gazes of everyone and feeling the fiery emotions behind their gazes, Zhao Mo did not react immediately, but looked at the parameters of the amount of fuel injected.

There, a number "10" is displayed, in grams.

"Finally, it was successful~"

Zhao Mo was overjoyed, and a happy smile naturally appeared on his face. This was joy from the heart, which was completely different from the previous happiness.

The next moment, he suddenly raised his hands and shouted loudly: "We succeeded!"

"Oh oh oh……"

"Hahaha……"

"It worked! We succeeded!"

"Clap clap clap..."

Cheers, shouts, and applause resounded throughout the main control room. Everyone couldn't help but jump and jump, venting their inner excitement and joy at this moment.

No matter men, women, old or young, no matter their status, they all hugged each other, hugged the people around them, walked around and hugged people at a distance, slapped each other on the back and shoulders, and laughed wildly.

However, at this moment.

pat!

An unusual sound suddenly sounded.

Everyone in the surprise was suddenly startled. They subconsciously looked at the display screen of the reactor, and then saw that the reactor that had just been operating normally stopped suddenly...

(End of this chapter)