Chapter Four Hundred and Twenty Six: [Star Ring] Ignition

"Turn on the power."

Following Chen Mo's order, the researcher in charge of the power switch pressed the button in his hand.

"Power on successfully."

"The [Star Ring] field system is working normally."

"The background vacuum pressure is 4×10-6Pa, the water cooling system is activated, and it is working normally. The divertor is working normally..."

"Increasing toroidal field (B-coil) current, 10,000 amps... 100,000 amps... 200,000 amps... 1.3 mega amps..."

[Xinghuan] After the successful launch, the artificial intelligence of Xinghuan Laboratory, together with the researchers, began to report changes in various data.

In the command center, everyone's eyes are on the LCD screen. The above is the picture of [Xinghuan]. At this time, Xinghuan was preparing to start the work before the start. Everyone was in a cold sweat, and their eyes were fixed.

Artificial intelligence reports data again and again, as long as there is no problem with Starlink, it is a great news.

To harness the energy of controlled nuclear fusion, two conditions must be met. The first is to instantly heat the deuterium-tritium fuel to 100 million degrees Celsius; the second is to allow the fusion reaction to continue for more than 1,000 seconds.

To achieve the first condition, first, a super-large current must be added to the toroidal field (B-coil), so that at the beginning of the experiment, a large enough induced current can be generated in the vacuum chamber of the star ring to accelerate the collision and ionization of free electrons, and the formation temperature is sufficient. high plasma.

"The deuterium-tritium fuel is being charged, the deuterium-tritium fuel injection is complete... The ohmic (E-coil) heating coil current has been increased to the maximum..."

"The divertor is working fine, the water cooling system is fine, the longitudinal field is fine..."

Soon, the current and magnetic field all reached the predetermined value, and the fuel was filled, and everyone began to get nervous. The experts and academicians on the field were even breathing heavily.

The next ignition is key.

To make the circuit of the toroidal field (B-coil) instantaneously change to a minimum value, let the electric current be induced in the field in the vacuum chamber, so that the deuterium-tritium fuel forms a plasma.

Chen Mo is relatively calm. This is the experimental data he obtained in the laboratory, using superconducting computer and holographic technology, and cooperating with Mo Nv, the most advanced artificial intelligence, to simulate hundreds of times. Even if you fail, it won't be too bad.

All preparations are done,

After the data stabilized, Chen Mo took a deep breath.

"ignition."

Chen Mo's simple two-word instruction caused everyone's heart to contract unconsciously and their eyelids twitched. I saw the data on the screen, and a huge change occurred in an instant.

"The ignition was successful."

"The plasma beam temperature is 80.14 million degrees Celsius, the longitudinal field strength is 10.2 Tesla, the plasma current is 1.4 megaamperes, and the operating frequency..."

"Fuel is rushing in, plasma density is rising, pressure is rising, plasma is heating up..."

...

The ignition was successful.

Hearing the report of the artificial intelligence, just four words knocked on the hearts of everyone in the command center, followed by applause and cheers, and many researchers had red eyes and wept with joy.

They did not expect that the first test was successfully ignited, and the plasma temperature had exceeded the 50 million degrees Celsius of the "super ring".

After the jubilation, the crowd fell silent again.

Now that the plasma beam is formed, the next issue is the duration of the discharge. If they can surpass their previous experiments, then this is an unprecedented breakthrough.

It also means that, in addition to tokamak and stellarator, a third possible nuclear fusion device has come out.

Time passed by, and the breathing of many researchers became heavier when they heard the data reported by the artificial intelligence.

60 seconds have passed. If the plasma continues to discharge for another minute, it means that this experiment will surpass the 100-second record of 50 million degrees Celsius of the "super ring", and they are one step closer to nuclear fusion energy.

99…100…101…102…

When the plasma beam continued to discharge for more than 100 seconds, the laboratory erupted in frantic cheers again. This means that their first [Star Ring] experiment has created a new world record.

Li Jian clenched his fists and his eyes were red. They have worked hard all their lives for one day, controlled nuclear fusion technology can become a new clean energy and appear on the earth.

Now that he sees hope, Chen Mo, a young man, seems to be synonymous with miracles.

Originally, he didn't have much expectations for this test. He thought in his heart that the continuous discharge of the plasma can last for more than 10 seconds, which is already a huge success.

But the result was far beyond his imagination, and he didn't know how to express his excitement at the moment.

Beside him, Wan Yuanxi's body was trembling. He was almost old and young, and he had never been so excited for a moment like today. In the high-temperature plasma research, he is one of the oldest people in the plasma institute, and he has almost witnessed the process of the Huaxia controlled nuclear fusion project from scratch to the world's advanced ranks.

His only wish is to see a nuclear fusion power plant become a reality in his lifetime.

Originally, I came to Chen Mo's research institute here with the attitude of learning his new theory, and I never thought that Chen Mo could make a lot of noise in a short period of time.

But today, he saw hope.

The first controlled nuclear fusion experiment has surpassed decades of research by their plasma institute.

The mood at this time is both sadness and joy. The sadness is because they have been working hard for decades and lost to this young man in just one year. The joy is that he has seen the possibility of controlled nuclear fusion being successfully used.

Except for Li Jian and Wan Yuanxi, Ke Jianye, Guo Changming and others all had red eyes.

Outsiders couldn't understand their mood at the moment, even if the [Star Ring] technology was not created by them, but they also saw the hope of Huaxia's application of nuclear fusion energy.

They have worked hard for the technology all their lives, and they can see him benefiting the motherland in their lifetime.

Several older generation of experts and academicians are all in tears at this moment. The continuous discharge of the plasma has lasted for 150 seconds. If it can reach more than 1000 seconds, it means that [Star Ring] can already use nuclear fusion energy.

Compared with many experts, Chen Mo is much calmer.

While watching [Star Ring] running, he kept flashing various data situations in his mind, and was also mentally calculating possible optimization problems.

"The cooling system works fine, the divertor works fine, the longitudinal field is stable, the angular field is stable..."

The plasma beam discharge has lasted for 280 seconds, and Chen Mo is also thinking seriously.

Because at the beginning, the instantaneous temperature did not reach hundreds of millions of degrees Celsius, which was deviated from the data in the simulation test, and he was not sure how long this beam of plasma could last.

For the stable operation of the plasma with continuous discharge, the temperature of the plasma must be raised to more than 100 million degrees Celsius for more than 1,000 seconds to form continuous reaction conditions. Because here on Earth, there is no such thing as a huge pressure inside the sun that would allow the plasma to react spontaneously.

At that time, once the conditions of continuous reaction are reached, the utilization efficiency of deuterium-tritium fuel will be improved again, tritium self-sustainability will become possible, it can continue to provide a steady stream of energy, and the discharge process of net energy output will become possible.

In the command center at this time, dozens of researchers were reluctant to blink. They are waiting for the historic moment to come.

After 495 seconds, the high-confinement operation of the continuous discharge of the plasma finally stopped.

Everyone in the command center cheered wildly.

495 seconds, which is far beyond everyone's expectations. The plasma temperature is nearly 90 million degrees Celsius, and the continuous discharge is maintained for 495 seconds.

This data has exceeded a limit, which is a major breakthrough, and the goal of successfully applying nuclear fusion energy is imminent. If the results of this experiment are released, it will shock the world.

Chen Mo sighed, not very satisfied.

He doesn't want minutes of operation, but years or even decades of operation. Although this result was already a huge breakthrough, he was still not satisfied. Failure to achieve the net energy output of nuclear fusion is an experimental failure for him.

"Now start preparing for the second experiment." When everyone was immersed in ecstasy, Chen Mo poured a basin of cold water down.