Chapter 365: The First Generation Fusion Furnace
"Unbelievable! Unbelievable! Miracle! This is a miracle! Haha! Magic power really subverts the world! Boss, you are the new century. No, you are the greatest human being in history, no doubt about it!"
A man in a research suit stood in front of a strange large instrument and spoke a little incoherently.
What did I witness?
Controlled cold fusion technology! Almost represents the beginning of eternal energy!
Bob is an expert in nuclear physics. He is the kind of person who can concentrate on research and achieve great results. He may even have a chance to compete for the Nobel Prize in the future.
He and his team were one of the earliest teams recruited by Umbrella.
He offended the financial backer behind him, who kidnapped his daughter and was rescued by Umbrella.
In order to protect his family and out of gratitude to Umbrella, he brought his team over.
We have now signed the highest confidentiality agreement and engaged in more in-depth research!
The one in front of him looked a bit like an inverted cone, with blue light blooming in the gaps and rotating at high speed. It looked like a dreamy and beautiful instrument. It was the first-generation cold fusion reactor prototype designed by Wang Yi himself.
While Da Piaoliang was still preparing for the first ignition and achieving the so-called net energy gain by replacing the concept.
With the cooperation of other teams, Wang Yi, with the help of his own knowledge system and Lin Shiqin's computing power, successfully developed the first-generation cold fusion reactor with an actual energy output ratio of about 1:10.
Moreover, the capacity ratio here is the comparison between all input energy and all output energy, and it is not a substitution of concepts of the big beautiful ignition device.
Apart from the consumption during ignition , it is now completely self-sufficient and can also supply energy to the outside world at the same time!
Compared with the previous "micro-innovation" and "micro-enhancement", this is the truly epoch-making black technology, something that no one else can understand!
Even though it is still a first-generation reactor prototype, it can only be considered a success and the total output power is limited. The output power of this thing in front of us is about the same as that of a steam engine.
But this can also be considered a breakthrough from nothing to something, from 0 to 1.
The first prototype that actually works in practice!
"Professor Bob, you are too kind. You and your team have made great contributions to the success of this prototype."
Wang Yi looked at the inverted cone reactor in front of him, which was spinning at high speed and glowing blue, and he felt a sense of accomplishment in his heart.
If the enhancement of batteries has directly changed the industrial structure of many energy sources, then this thing in front of us can be said to have directly solved the energy problem!
Although this requires Wang Yi to knock it himself and mass production is not possible for the time being, it is still a qualitative breakthrough.
In fact, when Wang Yi was studying the lens, he found the idea of magic for controlled nuclear fusion.
At the beginning, Wang Yi wanted to study lenses that could allow extreme ultraviolet rays to pass freely. Relying on the inspiration of the formulas he discussed with mathematicians, he found a way to lock and influence electrons outside the nucleus.
Including the quantum computer that I created with my own hands, it was derived from the mathematical thinking of that time.
And since we have already started to interfere with the electrons outside the nucleus, the direct impact on the nucleus will actually be much simpler.
It can make the fusion reaction far lower than the conditions originally required, truly achieving a 'cold start'!
However, even if Wang Yi relied on magic to solve the problem of principle, it still took him a long time to go from principle to practice. In the end, it was with the cooperation of Bob's team and Lin Shiqin's computing power that he was able to develop a prototype with an output power similar to that of a steam turbine.
Although, in terms of output power, this thing is only about the same as a steam turbine, but...
The little bit of fuel currently injected into it is enough to keep it running non-stop for ten years!
Because the material has Wang Yi's magic reinforcement and magic patterns, there is generally no need for any maintenance!
The most important thing is that with this prototype, the construction of future offshore city energy systems will be easier.
After success, we can start trying to produce larger component materials. After all, it is impossible to make a ready-made one and transport it up to the offshore city. We can only make the materials and accessories first, and then assemble them up there.
Moreover, it is impossible for there to be only one fusion reactor in the city.
The purpose of this first generation of fusion reactors is only to complete the energy needed for the initial engineering transformation of the machinery. As the transformation is completed and the demand for energy becomes greater and greater, it will inevitably be necessary to install reactors with larger power outputs.
"Okay. There are only two problems we need to overcome. The first is the regulation of output power. The second is to directly replace the reactants deuterium and tritium with protium."
Protium is the most common hydrogen element, the kind with only one proton, and the reaction of the sun is mainly the fusion reaction of protium.
The difficulty required is far greater than the reaction of deuterium and tritium, and the process is much more complicated.
However, the difficulty of reaction was solved to the greatest extent with Wang Yi's direct magical intervention.
So this isn't asking an impossible question.
"Your will is my goal. I will come up with different plans for structural design and conversion methods and give them to Red Queen for verification. As for material strength and reaction, I will make bold assumptions!"
Bob saluted Wang Yi enthusiastically.
He studies nuclear physics and has set up his own laboratory. He is a kind of scientific madman. He is not really interested in money. He just wants to explore the truth and move forward.
The reason why his former financial backers were so furious was because he had painted a rosy picture of money in order to defraud funds and trick the financial backers into investing in his project.
As a result, he used them to make things that would have a slight chance of commercialization at least decades later.
But it just so happens that this kind of personality perfectly meets Wang Yi's recruitment requirements.
In fact, even if he didn't need the subtle influence of the Dihua techniques before, he would probably be astounded by Wang Yi. After that, all that is left is fanaticism.
Like a converted fanatic.
For this reason, these important scientific research teams are always protected by one to three grass-headed gods, to ensure their safety and to provide surveillance to a certain extent.
"I still trust your abilities. Remember to take time to get the surgery. I don't want your body to affect your thinking speed."
Hearing Wang Yi's caring words, Professor Bob's eyes were also filled with emotion.
"Thank you for your concern, boss. I think I may have the potential to become a spirit, haha... By the way, boss, we should give this reactor a name. After all, it is the first prototype and a milestone product."
"name……"
Wang Yi looked at the cone that was spinning at high speed with blue light, and thought of something, then he said casually:
"Let's call it the Solar Furnace..."
"Solar Furnace! What a great name!"
With Bob’s fanatical look, I guess if Wang Yi said shit smells good, he would also redefine what smells good…
After starting the new design, Wang Yi also left Umbrella's most heavily guarded laboratory.
Currently everything is progressing steadily.
The overall relationship with Mexico has been straightened out.
Of course there are people who hate Umbrella, and there are definitely interests that are affected.
However, overall, Umbrella is already highly integrated with Mexico, and the only thing they are preventing is some unexpected bills being proposed after the offshore city is affiliated with Mexico.
What is needed now is to work overtime to complete the production of materials and components needed for the optimized first-generation practical reactor to ensure energy self-sufficiency as quickly as possible.
Silver mines are also working overtime to expand their production capacity, which has pushed up silver prices while also reducing normal sales to the outside world.
By then, the Sea City will have to build a third-generation wizard tower that is more suitable for this planet. The workload is huge.
Fortunately, the constant supply of fresh talents from Japan has filled the talent gap to some extent.
Ordinary skeletons can complete the lowest level of mechanical labor, but some "engineering" control that requires more "spirituality" requires skeletons possessed by the grass-headed god.
Under Lin Shiqin's multi-threaded remote control that allocates computing power, the core operation of the Sea City is ensured to be problem-free.
As for the outer areas, there are seafarers who are constantly being recruited, trained and domesticated, which is enough to maintain operations in the initial stage.
"Keep paying them more money and ask them to work another shift to improve efficiency."
Continuous working hours are too long and can easily lead to a lack of concentration. Now, we just need to let those guys in the shipyard continue to work overtime while ensuring that they have enough rest!
In fact, they don’t have to worry about hiring too many people.
Wang Yi's queue-jumping behavior has accumulated a lot of other orders, some of which they are busy with. In addition, even if the Sea City has built many floating docks and can build its own ships after later modifications, the initial filling work still needs to be outsourced.
A 20 million ton platform is actually just a core area...
