Galactic Tech Empire

Chapter 398 Trial Operation

3 month 5 day.

[Master, at 15:00 this afternoon, Jinwu-1 of the Qinling Plasma Research Institute will conduct a trial run. Would you like to visit it? ]
Huang Haojie put down the experimental materials in his hands, and looked at the time again: "You help me activate an anthropomorphic bionic robot, and let Fei Anming know by the way."

[OK. ] Zhong quickly activated an anthropomorphic bionic robot hidden in the secret base in Bazhong, and then notified Fei Anming of the news that Huang Haojie was going to inspect it.

As soon as Fei Anming saw that the chairman was coming, he quickly asked the people in the office to pay attention.

Around two o'clock in the afternoon.

Huang Haojie went online directly and appeared not far from the Qinling Plasma Research Institute. His special car slowly stopped at the entrance of the research institute.

"The change is quite big." Huang Haojie looked at the transmission cables extending from the twelve laser power generation pipelines. These cables are connected between the laser power generation pipelines and the substation. In addition, there is a huge storage power station not far from the research institute.

The power of the storage station is a self-sustained storage station used to supply power to Jinwu No. 1, but the energy consumption of the entire Jinwu No. 1 is very small. Under the condition of full power startup, it consumes less than 4 million kWh of electric energy a year .

Compared with the scale of power generation of 2.18 trillion kwh, the consumption of 4 million kwh of electric energy is just a drop in the bucket.

In the field of general nuclear fusion power generation research, many people like to talk about Q value. What is Q value?
To put it simply, the Q value is the ratio of energy input and output of the power generation system. A Q value of 1 means that the input and output are balanced. If it is lower than 1, the input is greater than the output. If it is higher than 1, the input is less than the output.

However, even if the Q value is higher than 1, it does not mean that the power generation system can be commercialized, because commercialization is difficult, and the Q value must be higher than 50, which is obviously very high.

At present, the mainstream nuclear fusion power generation has a Q value of more than 1 point at most, and it has not even reached 2.

The Q value of Jinwu 1 is definitely more than 50. In addition to the one-time investment in equipment costs, the daily investment is DD nuclear fuel, fresh water, maintenance electricity, staff wages and management costs.

"Chairman, welcome to Qinling Plasma Research Institute for inspection." Fei Anming hurried forward.

"Okay, don't be polite, let's go to Jinwu No. 1 to have a look." Huang Haojie said with a smile.

"Chairman, please follow me."

Fei Anming hurriedly led the way to the main area of ​​Jinwu No. 1.

As soon as he came to the main area of ​​Jinwu 1, Huang Haojie saw a large tank wrapped in foam cement, and some extended laser power generation pipelines.

"Is that the boiler area and the neutron squeezer inside?"

"Yes, since the steam turbine generator set has not been built yet, what we are testing today is the laser power generation system." Fei Anming quickly explained.

Huang Haojie looked up, and saw two huge high-pressure steam pipelines going out.

"Is there fresh water in it?"

"It's already installed. We want to test the production speed of steam, and whether the temperature and pressure are up to standard." Fei Anming said.

Huang Haojie looked at the time and found that it was already 14:32, so he said: "Let's go to the control room, and your trial operation can almost start."

The two went to the control room of Jinwu No. 1. Liu Jingguan, Zhang Huaide, Yang Guangming and others were also inside. After a while of pleasantries, Huang Haojie asked them to prepare for the trial run.

After a busy period, the time came to the trial run time at 15:00.

"Everyone is on position, start the test." Fei Anming gave an order, and everyone started to work quickly according to the previous operation plan.

Inside the neutron crushing reactor, a NN-8-1 condensed matter vacuum cavity was formed rapidly, and the DD nuclear fuel injection port located on the upper side quickly injected 1 kg of DD gas into the vacuum cavity.

After the DD nuclear fuel is injected, the injection port is filled with NN-8-1 condensed matter, and the vacuum chamber enters the neutron compression stage.

Numerous D atoms are ionized by neutrons, generating plasma in the vacuum chamber and emitting dazzling electric light.

But there was no abnormality in the control room, and even standing next to the main area at this moment, I didn't feel any abnormality, at most it was the slight sound of some motors running.

But at this moment in the vacuum chamber, countless D atoms have stripped off their electrons and become atomic nuclei.

The merciless NN-8-1 still continued to oppress the D nucleus, like a bully who forced the D nucleus to fuse.

"Reaching nuclear fusion tipping point."

In an instant, the nuclear fusion reaction started, and countless D nuclei began to fuse together, and the vacuum chamber released a light that was more dazzling than the sun in an instant.

At the same time, the huge heat on the outer layer of the vacuum chamber begins to conduct heat to the fresh water in the boiler.

"The laser power generation pipeline is already generating power."

"The water temperature in the boiler area is rising, the current temperature is 143 degrees Celsius...the steam pressure is..."

Huang Haojie looked at the laser power generation data of the holographic projection.

Six laser power generation pipelines are generating electricity, and the current power generation capacity of each laser power generation pipeline has stabilized at 0.89-0.9 million kWh per second.

The water temperature in the boiler area is also rapidly rising, reaching 643 degrees Celsius. These high-temperature and high-pressure steam are prepared for the supercritical steam turbine, but the steam turbine generator set has not yet come, so it can only be discharged directly.

"Check each area of ​​the Golden Crow system to see if there is any radiation dose exceeding the standard." Fei Anming ordered.

"The end of the laser power generation pipeline has an excessive optical radiation dose, and the dose is..."

"No excessive radiation dose was found in the boiler area, and no excessive radiation dose was found in the steam outlet..."

Zhang Huaide heard that the light radiation dose at the end of the laser power generation pipeline exceeded the standard, and said, "It seems that the laser power generation pipeline needs to be extended."

"It should be that the laser power generation equipment does not fully utilize the optical radiation, causing the optical radiation to overflow." Liu Jing nodded and said.

Two 10 minutes later.

"Reaction furnaces 1 and 3 have run out of fuel, and reactors 2 and 4 have started working."

"Prepare to expel helium ash."

The hydrogen nuclear fusion in reactors 1 and 3 has completely stopped. At this time, the reactor is filled with hot high-temperature helium plasma.

The condensed matter layer at the bottom of the vacuum chamber opens the helium ash outlet, and the high-temperature and high-pressure helium plasma actively rushes into the helium ash outlet.

Until all the helium ash is completely discharged, the condensed matter layer closes the helium ash discharge port again.

However, these high-temperature and high-pressure helium plasmas are not discharged directly, but enter a ring-shaped pipe laid in the boiler area. In this ring-shaped pipe, the helium plasma will transfer its heat to the fresh water in the boiler area. It is as the saying goes, use the waste heat.

Jinwu-1 ran for three full hours before stopping the first test run.

Clap... Huang Haojie laughed and applauded: "You are the pride of mankind. From now on we have mastered the power of the sun."

Clap, clap... There was thunderous applause in the control room, and everyone was very excited. This honor is definitely a pearl in human history, and their names will be remembered by human history.

It can easily and stably run for three hours, and there are no other major problems, which means that Jinwu 1 is ready for commercial operation.

Huang Haojie left after a few words of encouragement, while Fei Anming, Liu Jingguan and others began to summarize the experience of this trial run.

(End of this chapter)