Scholar’s Advanced Technological System

The entire controllable fusion battery project was demolished into thirteen sub-projects, covering everything from laser ignition to generator sets, with a total of six research institutes participating in the study.

The success story with the Pangu fusion reactor is in front, and Lu Zhou is quite confident about this project.

However, there has been disagreement on the discussion of nuclear fuel for fusion cells.

Stunned to listen to the crazy plan described by Lu Zhou, Sheng Xianfu astonished his mouth open, and after a while, started talking in an incredible tone.

“Are you sure you want to use cesium for fuel? The reaction cross section of 氦3 and 氘 is only 10% of the DT reaction, and the difficulty of igniting it will be dozens of times more than igniting DT mixed fuel!”

It is not just him who holds this view. Academician Wang Zengguang, the chief engineer of the Nuclear Industry Group, is also nodded.

“I also think that it may not be practical to go directly to the third, although you are saving the space and cost of the core, but in fact this part of the cost is simply passed on to the laser ignition or microwave ignition device and so on. On the part.”

And Lu Zhou is not very familiar with the academician Jiannan, but there is no direct opposition, but concealed his own opinions.

“It’s not a good thing to step too big.”

The index finger tapped on the table and Lu Zhou thought for a long time.

This is a trade-off.

If the DT mixture is selected as the fuel, the liquid lithium neutron recovery system is required on the reactor core, and the volumetric energy density of the entire fusion battery is reduced. If He-3/D is selected as the reactant, you can save at least 15% of the core volume and increase the volumetric energy density of the entire battery pack.

However, the words of Academician Wang did say that his heart was swaying. With the current domestic laser ignition technology, rashly choosing this radical technical route may not be able to achieve the effect he expected.

The silence lasted about five minutes, and Lu Zhou had an idea in his heart and said.

“That’s a compromise.”

Sheng Xianfu: “A compromise?”

Lu Zhou nodded: “As with the ignition device, we have two technical routes. One is a DT fuel fusion battery and one is He-3/D fuel. We can agree on a uniform standard for interface size. If the bottleneck of the He-3/D fuel fusion battery technology can’t be solved, we can also use DT fuel immediately. Wait a day for the problem of the third fusion technology, even if it is a technology upgrade, the equipment will be easier to upgrade. “”

Academician Wang Zengguang thought for a moment, nodded and said: “I think so.”

The academician Yu Jiannan is still very few, but nodded said: “As long as the budget has no opinions, I have no opinion.”

After seeing a few other people, seeing no more comments, Lu Zhou took the picture: “That line, this is the case.”

Directly on the third, it is still too advanced.

There were several old “teammates” persuasion that also made Lu Zhou wake up a bit.

He admits that when he digs from the wreckage of higher civilization to the technical route of controllable fusion miniaturization, he does expand a bit, so that he ignores the industrial level of Earth civilization.

In fact, it is not easy to make a fusion battery.

As for the complete restoration of the technology on that engine, I am afraid that even at the end of the century, it may not be possible, let alone now…

After leaving the meeting room, Lu Zhou originally planned to go back to the underground lab to continue to ponder the Hall propulsion unit, but thought that there was still one thing left untreated, so he returned to his office.

Some time ago, while the senior management approved the project, he suggested that he would submit thesis on the feasibility study of fusion battery technology to relevant academic journals.

Although guessing what the top is playing, Lu Zhou has no opinion.

What is written in thesis is his academic point of view.

If the top management has no opinion on the content of the thesis, he will naturally not object to thesis.

I took the thesis that I wrote some time ago and turned it over. I deleted the inspiring content. Lu Zhou only kept a few things like “detachable core”, “laser heating”, “microwave heating”. “This kind of vague concept is then translated into English.

In fact, this kind of technical feasibility argument does not matter if it is not directly deleted. After all, thesis with strong subjective color will not involve specific research ideas and experimental schemes, but only for “feasible” or “not feasible.” Discussion of the line.

As for doing it, everyone still has to rely on its ability.

After reading the revamped thesis from beginning to end, Lu Zhou, staring at the PDF file on the screen, fell into thinking.

Which journal is better to vote for?

After thinking for a while, his mouth twitched with a smile, and his heart suddenly had an idea.

I pulled out the list of mailboxes that I had not used in a year, found the mailbox of the PRL editor, and he considered the wording and attached the manuscript to the mail and posted it.

At the time of clicking and sending, Lu Zhou’s expression can’t help but have some fun.

I don’t know if I will praise my internationalism after seeing this thesis.

In addition to studying the peers of controlled fusion, it’s probably going to be…

……

While completing the submission of the PRL, Lu Zhou hangs thesis on Arxiv and then does not manage it.

What he didn’t know, however, was that his thesis was integrated into his PPT almost the afternoon after his thesis was on Arxiv.

Los Angeles International Hotel.

Hundreds of square meters of meeting room.

When I heard that the president of San Alpha, Benderbauer, announced that the company’s next step was to build a plasma engine equipped with a nuclear fusion battery for the US moon landing program, the announcement platform was in vain.

Although investors sitting here don’t necessarily know what is controlled nuclear fusion, it doesn’t mean they are stupid.

The Pangu demonstration reactor was only less than three months old. The shadows on the other side of the Pacific Ocean were not even seen in the shadow of controllable fusion. Now I ran out to talk about the miniaturization of controlled fusion. What is it?

Many people even started to look at the watch. It seems that they have already made up their minds. If they have not heard any valuable news for another five minutes, they will plan to get up and leave.

However, in the face of such a situation, Bender Bauer did not panic.

I saw a plaid T-shirt, and he was dressed in a very Silicon Valley. He cleared his throat and faced the investors on the spot. He continued to speak with his voice.

“The miniaturization of controlled fusion!”

“I know this may sound unbelievable, but in fact it is not as high as we think.”

Soon, PPT turned to the next page.

What appears on the screen is thesis hanging on Arxiv.

As for the author of thesis, it is the leading designer of controlled fusion engineering Lu Zhou.

Seeing this thesis, the audience in the audience was once again in vain, and the voice of the discussion spread from the middle to all around.

Even those who were dismissive of this release couldn’t help but look at the PPT.

After all, this is Lu Zhou, the recognized father of controlled fusion!

Others say that controllable fusion miniaturization may be a fart for them, but the meaning of the big cow is completely different.

At this moment, sitting in the corner of the back of the venue, Exxon Mobil CEO Woods, the expression is complexly staring at the name on the screen.

To be honest, in fact, he is not optimistic about the exaggerated Silicon Valley company Tri-alpha, in contrast, he is more inclined to invest in the practical and long-established General Atomic Energy Company.

However, when he saw the name, his thoughts were shaken.

No way, just because the name left him with the impression is too deep.

Now the scale of the lithium battery market has turned over a hundred times. Seeing that the cake is getting bigger and bigger, the entire Wall Street is smashing.

From the negative electrode material of lithium battery to the positive electrode material of lithium-sulfur battery, this cake with creamy cream originally had a copy of them. As a result, they are only paying attention to others in the field of new energy. Make a fortune.

Now that nuclear power technology breaks through, the cost of power generation is further reduced, and the market for lithium batteries will only grow larger.

It is also because I have missed such a 1st year piece of cake, and he is even less able to pay attention to thesis of the technical feasibility study completed by Lu Zhou.

On the other side, Bender Bauer, standing on the stage, took Lu Zhou’s thesis and continued to talk.

“…this is a detachable structure. We can make the reactor core a battery-like thing. This design allows us to neglect the damage of the material structure to a limited extent.”

“Based on this design, this one-time controllable fusion battery is much less difficult in engineering than the fusion reactor! Although its cost is a problem, it is not a lot compared to the money we spend on aerospace. what.”

Looking at the eyes of investors in the audience has gradually turned from doubt to fiery, Bendbauer knows that the timing is almost the same, so the last bait is thrown, and the smile is bright.

“As for whether our products can find the market, you don’t need to worry at all.”

“In fact, just yesterday, we reached a strategic cooperation agreement with Space-X to prepare a fusion battery that can be applied to spacecraft. The miniaturized controllable fusion device will be preferentially applied in the aerospace field, and related topics are already in Congress. The budget committee’s desk passed the review!”

“I believe that in the near future, our rockets will be able to use clean and endless nuclear energy, and our footprint will be all over space. I can even assert that this day will be faster than California’s national controllable fusion device!”

The passionate voice seemed to ignite the emotions of the entire venue.

Looking at the secretary next to him, Woods lowered his voice and said.

“I need a briefing on Tri-alpha’s earnings and business operations!”

The secretary’s mind moved slightly and immediately understood the CEO’s thoughts.

“Good mister, what you want will appear on your desk tonight.”

Woods said with a slap in the face: “Go and do it now, I will see it before the dinner at six o’clock.”

Hearing the request of this strong man, the secretary bride oneself nodded and said.

“Yes.”