I am devoted to scientific research, but you want to trick me into having a love relationship?

Chapter 790 Is this the benefit of having a sugar daddy?
As dusk fell, lights began to twinkle outside the window.

"Boredom? How about another game?"

Xu Shouyun and Song Shisong, unable to stay idle, brought out the chessboard.

"You two, dinner will be served soon."

"Perfect timing for a game."

The room suddenly became lively. Xu Qingzhou peeled an orange and ate it. After peeling it, he first broke off a slice for Song Yao and said in a voice that the two of them could hear, "Teacher Song, don't you think it's kind of silly for you to act like a little girl?"

Song Yao was incredibly gentle in front of Lao Xu and Lao Song.

“Professor Xu, you don’t have to say anything.” Song Yao placed her hand on Xu Qingzhou’s thigh, a faint smile on her face, but Xu Qingzhou felt no warmth at all.

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At 6:30 p.m., the delicious-smelling food was served on the table.

The family of six sat around the dining table.

Xu Shouyun took out the Moutai he had brought from Wutong Community, and the three men each poured three ounces.

Wang Xiaping said helplessly, "You three have to go to work tomorrow, so drink less."

Tomorrow is Monday, the day office workers hate the most.

Old Xu and the others went to work, while Xu Qingzhou also confirmed his visit to the CFQS-T project and would have to stay there for the time being.

Song Yao is on vacation and plans to go back to her neighborhood for a few days to spend time with her husband and his wife.

"Drink this one."

"Yes, that's about three ounces, not much."

"Who would believe what you say? Last time you said you'd only have one drink, but what happened? We still had to help you back inside."

"Have it?"

"What, do you need to watch a video?"

"Ahem, no need."

Outside the window, a cold wind howled, while inside, laughter and cheerful voices echoed.

the next day.

Xu Qingzhou then went to meet with Ren Nan. Also accompanying them on this visit were Academician Ren Nan and 16 researchers.

"Professor Xu, welcome."

At the entrance of the CFQS-T project research institute, Academician Liu Fanyang and the project's key personnel greeted the visitors.

"Academician Liu, it's been a long time."

Xu Qingzhou shook hands with the other party.

"Professor Xu, you said you wanted to come here when you were in Oxford. I've been looking forward to it for two years and I'm so glad you're finally here."

Liu Fanyang said with a smile.

"You're welcome."

"Old Ren, welcome." Liu Fanyang looked at his old friend Ren Nan.

They exchanged pleasantries and went inside together.

There were also many banners posted inside the office.

They welcomed their colleagues from the Kyoto Institute for Materials Science and so on.

The first day mainly involved visiting the CFQS-T project construction site.

The CFQS-T features an innovative quasi-toroidal symmetrical magnetic field, which surpasses the German W7-X in certain specific performance aspects, such as transport loss control.

Once completed, China will become the third country in the world, after Germany and the United States, to master the technology of "three-dimensional non-planar modular coils," which is crucial for stellarators.

Currently, CFQS-T focuses on the "quasi-circular symmetry" configuration, with optimizing the magnetic field structure as the core, to reduce plasma energy loss.

According to the previous design, the magnetic field accuracy was only level 10, while the magnetic field design accuracy of W7-X has been experimentally verified to be 10, which is an order of magnitude difference.

The data for W7-X is from two years ago, and it's unclear how far it has progressed since then. This means that CFQS-T's overall engineering capabilities still lag behind W7-X. However, with investment from Zero Point Technology and the adoption of many of W7-X's technologies, CFQS-T has been upgraded from a provincial-level project to a national key project.

If the project is completed as planned, its performance will not be weaker than the current W7-X.

In the afternoon, during a break in the visit, Xu Qingzhou went to Liu Fanyang's office alone for tea.

"Besides the visit, I have some good news to share with you."

"What good news?"

Xu Qingzhou didn't keep them in suspense: "In mid-to-late February this year, the exact date is yet to be determined, we will have an academic visit with the German side, and we will establish some cooperation in the near future."

"This is good."

Liu Fanyang looked delighted and said, "Although we have developed rapidly in recent years, the W7-X still has an absolute advantage due to its leading industrial base."

"Yes, it's a rare opportunity."

Xu Qingzhou nodded, "But our focus is still on tokamaks, with our main efforts concentrated on the Longwan demonstration reactor. So, I'd like you to put this exchange in charge here."

"Okay, I'll arrange it right away!"

Liu Fanyang had originally intended to ask Xu Qingzhou if they could bring their researchers along, but unexpectedly, Xu Qingzhou gave them an even bigger surprise.

He sighed inwardly, "Is this the benefit of having a sugar daddy?"

Previously, Germany and the United States were in the first tier of stellarator development.

The United States is a theoretical powerhouse, excelling in theoretical algorithms, corporate technological innovation, quasi-symmetric magnetic field design led by PPL, simplifying engineering implementation paths, and promoting modular manufacturing of stellarators, among other things.

But now the situation has changed.

The W7-X is far ahead of the competition.

Although the United States was the originator of the stellarator concept, it lacked large-scale equipment, and various performance tests of stellarators relied on tokamak and the German W7-X.

Simply put, they are strong in theory but weak in engineering, and have now put most of their funds into tokamak.

The second tier is Japan, which operated the world's first large-scale superconducting stellarator in 1998.

The third tier consists of countries like China and European nations such as Britain and France, which are rapidly catching up.

hotel.

Xu Qingzhou put down his phone and let out a long sigh.

He had just finished a phone call with Song Yao about making soup, and his gaze fell on the notebook in front of him. He had made quite a few progress in the past two days.

"The future is what truly matters."

"At present, the focus in China is still on the Longwan demonstration reactor, and short-term funds should be used in Longwan."

"This is a mega-project."

Xu Qingzhou's gaze darkened.

The total investment in the Qiankun Demonstration Project is only 300 billion yuan. Why can it be called a super project?
The demonstration reactor costs only tens of billions, but the construction of commercial reactors after it will require huge sums of money.

In fact, generally speaking, commercial reactors do not have the trial-and-error costs of the first reactor, because the technology is already mature and can be mass-produced. The cost will be much lower than that of demonstration reactors, even only one-tenth of that of demonstration reactors, but the quantity is much greater.

There is more than one commercial stack.

A single 1000 MW commercial fusion power plant can meet the annual electricity demand of a city with a population of one million. The annual power generation of a single reactor is approximately 87.6 billion kWh.

Based on electricity consumption projections, per capita electricity consumption may increase to 18000 kWh/year in the future. Taking the Xia Kingdom as an example, the total demand is estimated to be: 14 billion people × 18000 kWh ≈ 252 trillion kWh.

In addition, the power grid needs 20% redundancy. Xia Kingdom will need 800 to 2500 large commercial reactors in the future. Besides the commercial reactors, the power grid configuration and infrastructure construction will be another trillion-dollar project.

Moreover, this funding does not include various small commercial projects.

"Once fusion technology is commercialized, energy costs will plummet, which will stimulate the expansion of energy-intensive industries such as electric vehicles and data centers."

"The energy revolution will drive global progress, and its importance is probably no less than that of the advent of electricity."

"We might really be able to completely change the world."

Xu Qingzhou is now increasingly looking forward to the country's future development. After thinking about it for a while, he shook his head, cleared his mind, and focused his attention on the notes in front of him.

(End of this chapter)