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Chapter 298: Aviation technology logic, completely changed!
The 'nuclear power conversion' technology experiment is progressing very quickly.

Through one experiment after another, the output power of the equipment increased from 120 megawatts to more than 300 megawatts.

Each experiment will summarize the previous one, compare it with previous experiments, and adopt designs that are beneficial to the research. The improvements brought about are also very intuitive.

The research team's goal is to push the output electrical power to the limit by improving the design.

The limit means that it will be very difficult to improve further.

At this point, the research can be said to have come to an end.

Tong Zhiguo was still in charge of the research on nuclear-to-electricity technology experiments, and the higher authorities also sent many experts in the field of electricity.

After another experiment, the base welcomed a new group of personnel, who were professionals brought by Teacher Li.

Among them are mechanical experts, power experts, energy experts, etc., as well as researchers from the gravity technology project team.

They all came to visit and learn about the nuclear power conversion device in order to design and manufacture low-temperature nuclear fusion-nuclear power batteries.

Low-temperature nuclear fusion-nuclear power battery, also known as "hydrogen bomb battery", is an experimental nuclear power technology device. By understanding the relevant information of the experiment and the details of the experimental equipment, we can enter the design and manufacturing stage.

When the hydrogen bomb battery enters the design and manufacturing stage, there is more to consider than just experiments. It must be designed in conjunction with applied technology, and safety, stability, sustainability, controllability, etc. must also be considered.

To put it bluntly, it needs to be applied in conjunction with gravity technology.

After the hydrogen bomb battery is manufactured and passes acceptance, it can be combined with gravity technology to create the first gravity aircraft.

This is a very important decision and has great significance.

“This will be a big sign!”

Teacher Li said excitedly, "The first gravity aircraft represents that we have entered a new field in the field of aerospace!"

"Just like the steam engine triggered the first technological revolution, gravity aircraft will completely change the technical logic of aerospace."

The technical logic will definitely change.

Once the hydrogen bomb battery is manufactured and combined with gravity technology, it will become the ideal and perfect aircraft.

Its appearance will make traditional aerospace engines, including various rocket engines, meaningless.

Gravity aircraft, gravity warships, and gravity spacecraft will become the mainstream in the aerospace field, and their technical performance will far exceed that of traditional aircraft and spacecraft.

This is mainly because aircraft based on gravity technology have already freed themselves from the influence of the earth's gravity.

When flying over the surface of the earth, the only thing that hinders flight is the air. Its design logic is completely different from that of traditional aircraft.

All types of aircraft have a pair of wings like birds, and the aircraft needs to rely on the wings to provide upward thrust to maintain stability or upward flight.

A large part of the thrust generated by aerospace engines is used to keep the aircraft from falling or to propel it upward.

This greatly limits the aircraft's speed and maneuverability.

Gravity aircraft are different because they have already escaped the earth's gravity and no longer need wings to maintain themselves. All they need to consider is how to counter the resistance brought by the air.

The acceleration, speed and flexibility of the aircraft will be greatly improved.

The hydrogen bomb battery is an energy device that can release strong electricity sustainably, and the flight distance of the aircraft will no longer be limited.

It has high speed, strong flexibility, free appearance design, and unlimited power, which can completely crush traditional aircraft.

Just thinking about such an aircraft is exciting.

Many people can't wait.

When the expert group led by Professor Li visited the experimental device, Tong Zhiguo also mentioned another major advantage of hydrogen bomb batteries. "Compared with aircraft engines, the structure is much simpler. As long as the performance of the prototype is stable, generally speaking, there will be no problems."

This surprised everyone in the expert group.

Among them, a scholar who came specifically for hydrogen bomb batteries hurriedly asked, "That is, after it is manufactured, as long as it passes the preliminary test, it can be installed on the gravity aircraft."

"Correct."

Tong Zhiguo nodded confidently, "The test is also very easy. After ignition, the power output will continue to be stable for a few days or ten days, and there should be no problem."

"Hydrogen bomb batteries are not aerospace engines, but are somewhat similar to nuclear reactors."

"When a nuclear reactor (nuclear fission) burns stably, there is no need to consider energy conversion or radiation issues, so there is no need for testing."

After this explanation, everyone else understood.

Before coming here, many people thought that hydrogen bomb batteries would be very complicated because they involve the control of nuclear fusion, and just thinking about the tokamak device makes their scalp tingle.

Even low-temperature nuclear fusion would be very complicated if we think in conventional terms.

It’s actually similar to a nuclear reactor (nuclear fission)?

To put it simply, a nuclear reactor is raw materials of a certain abundance that are put together and ignited.

What you need to do in the middle is to control the intensity of the reaction.

Could it be that low-temperature nuclear fusion is just mixing deuterium and tritium elements together and letting them react spontaneously?
This is impossible!
If nuclear fusion were that easy to maintain, there wouldn't be a need for so much research.

These experts did not know the reaction principles of low-temperature nuclear fusion. They just came to visit the experimental base and learn about the device design of the hydrogen bomb battery.

As for the raw materials of the reaction, they cannot access them.

The adjustment materials are even more confidential.

……

On the other side of the earth, the Information Center has been communicating with the Ministry of Energy.

The Department of Energy takes the issue of low-temperature nuclear fusion very seriously, even if it is just speculative, it is a conclusion drawn based on intelligence analysis.

They held an internal meeting and reported the news to the No. 1 decision maker.

Decision maker No. 1 contacted a specialized person to understand the situation, and then decided to sign an order to support the low-temperature nuclear fusion research program.

Just like what the officials of the information center think, it must be supported as long as possible, the temptation of low-temperature nuclear fusion is too great.

The combination of low-temperature nuclear fusion and nuclear power conversion technology can continuously output high electricity, and combined with gravity technology...

Unthinkable!

Even if there is only a one percent chance, we must support the research and the first step is to support Dennis White's team.

Dennis White's team is researching tokamak nuclear reactors, and their funding mainly comes from the Department of Energy.

The Department of Energy has the right to continue supporting their research, but it does not have the right to support research into a technology that has never been done before.

The amount of funding involved in this technical research may be very high in the future, so it must be discussed among multiple parties before a decision can be made.

The decision-making process requires a long time and requires discussions from multiple parties, as it may involve high costs.

After reporting to the No. 1 decision maker and getting his signature, everything becomes much easier.

Of course, there are advantages and disadvantages.

After the No. 1 decision-maker signed, the news was released immediately and media reporters reported it immediately.

"The No. 1 decision-maker signed a new order to support the low-temperature nuclear fusion project!"

"The technological research that subverts science has been approved!"

"Low-temperature nuclear fusion, does it exist or is it just an imagination?"

The international community is discussing this. In the field of international nuclear fusion research, many professional scholars have voiced their disapproval, saying, "How could they approve a low-temperature nuclear fusion project? Are they crazy?"

"Decision maker No. 1 really doesn't understand physics at all!"

"They are engaged in political system, and they support physical research purely by imagination?"

"Low-temperature nuclear fusion does not exist at all. It is just a conceptual technology proposed by a kid in his 30s!"

"This is absolutely ridiculous and a complete waste of taxpayers' money!"

There were also some sour voices, "We have to admit that Dennis's team did a good job. They actually fooled the Ministry of Energy and the number one decision maker to get a high amount of funding..."

"Dennis' team can continue their research, but we, a group of honest people, can only suspend the experiment."

“Their abilities aren’t unique, but their imaginations are.”

Other DOE-backed fusion research teams are indeed sour.

Their research was suspended.

It would have been fine if everyone had paused together, since the situation was already like this, but Dennis White's team received greater support? Or did they get a high amount of funding with an outrageous excuse?

"Not recovery?"

"Is it to conduct new research?"

"How can it be!"

"How could White believe in low-temperature nuclear fusion? He just used this excuse to get funding."

"He is the project leader. He has the final say on what research to do after the funding is given."

"What technology do the people in the Ministry of Energy know? What do those officials know? What kind of research can they do? They just talk nonsense and it's over."

Some of his peers guessed what Dennis White was thinking.

Dennis White didn't care at all. He certainly wouldn't admit it. Instead, he kept emphasizing low-temperature nuclear fusion, "That's what we want to do."

“This is a very promising direction and it may be possible in the future.”

"New physics, everything is possible. Even gravity can be created, so what is low-temperature nuclear fusion?"

He spoke with certainty, but in his heart he was thinking about continuing the routine experiment.

Taylor Wilson has a different idea. He believes that tokamak nuclear reactors have no future. What is the point of researching alternative technologies?
Low-temperature nuclear fusion was his idea, and he really wanted to do related research.

Wilson was also a member of Dennis White's team, and he stood with White when promoting low-temperature nuclear fusion.

Now that he has received the funding, his thoughts are different from White's.

Now that funding is in hand, who wouldn’t want to do the research they want?

He hoped to convince White.

……

When Zhang Shuo saw the news related to low-temperature nuclear fusion, he just smiled and treated it as gossip and entertainment.

Their experiments are progressing very smoothly, and the hydrogen bomb battery has entered the design and manufacturing stage.

There are more factors to consider when designing, manufacturing and experimenting, and even the application requirements of gravity technology must be considered.

Zhang Shuo is also looking forward to this.

However, he did not participate in the subsequent work. Whether it was the design and manufacture of hydrogen bomb batteries or the combination of gravity technology to manufacture gravity aircraft, it was the work of professionals.

He has returned to Sudong City.

After being away from home for a long time and putting aside my research to return to Sudong, of course I need to have a good rest for a few days and spend some time with Li Liu Shuangyue.

After they got married, they didn't spend much time together.

Zhang Shuo rested for half a month, then went to Soochow University, and then returned to the Source Point Theory Research Center.

After entering his office, he patiently sorted out the gains of the past few months.

Experiments and techniques are incidental parts and you don’t need to worry about them too much.

Theory is what needs attention.

Element resistance experiments, including nuclear power technology experiments, have also brought about theoretical accumulation and improvement of task progress.

The S-level task, the principle of fluctuation deviation in the chaos force field experiment, has also seen a certain percentage of progress improvement.

This deepened his understanding of the weak force.

At the same time, problems in the original theoretical understanding were also discovered.

Elemental resistance!
His understanding of elemental resistance has always been that it emits a special strong force field that can promote the occurrence of nuclear fusion reactions.

After gaining a deeper understanding of the weak force, Zhang Shuo discovered that his original idea was wrong, because it is the weak force, not the strong force, that promotes nuclear fusion reactions.

Strong force has a greater effect on nuclear fission.

The weak force promotes nuclear fusion.

"The nuclear fission reaction itself is the effect of a strong force field."

"The results of the chaotic force field experiment also prove this point. When the strong force environment is enhanced, elements are more likely to undergo fission rather than fusion."

"Fission and fusion are reverse reactions. It is impossible for both to be strongly supported."

"The weak force acts at the moment of particle collision. Its principle mechanism has only been theoretically analyzed..."

"The enhancement of the weak force environment is more likely to promote nuclear fusion. The mechanism is that particles can react when they are close to each other."

Although this is the understanding, we can only simply speculate on how the weak force works and the mechanism that promotes fusion reactions.

The principles involved may be very complex and even involve incomprehensible content.

The only thing that can be confirmed is that the weak force must play a major role in the mechanism by which element resistance promotes nuclear fusion.

"Perhaps, strong force also has an effect, I don't know whether it is positive or negative. Even if it is positive, it can't catch up with weak force..."

"Or, it can be understood as a complex and chaotic force field that tends to transform strong force and weak force inside, and the two forces work together."

"Even, is it the chaotic force field that has a tendency to change?"

Zhang Shuo felt a headache as he thought about it.

Theory is the foundation of technology, but theoretical research is much more complicated than technology.

It was found that there is a great correlation between elemental resistance and weak force. Coupled with the effect of weak force in the chaotic force field and the deviation caused by weak force in gold manufacturing, it feels that the influence of weak force is everywhere in the new physics direction.

Unfortunately, the study of weak force is very complicated. It is not like electromagnetic force, gravity, or strong force, which can all have clear manifestations and can be subjected to targeted experimental research.

Each study is relevant, and at the same time, only 'corner' analysis can be done based on the results.

This is the biggest headache.

"How can we conduct targeted research on weak forces?" Zhang Shuo thought seriously.

(End of this chapter)