However, although there are so many difficulties, Lu Zhou does not feel that this is an unsolvable problem.
Looking at the office secretary standing at the door of the office, Lu Zhou frowned slightly.
In particular, how to confine and compress high-temperature plasma into a very small area.
Strictly speaking, Tang Yunge is not studying second-generation controllable fusion. He is just a senior researcher at the Electromagnet Research Laboratory. His usual job is to hold meetings and research, and design magnetic field containers for East Asia Electric Power's reactors.
Temperature is only one factor.
With an anxious expression on his face, the secretary spoke nervously without even having time to take a breath.
Just when he was hesitating whether to say hello, Lu Zhou, who was sitting behind the desk, spoke concisely and concisely.
"Can it be done?"
The strength of the magnetic field required to achieve this would be a very scary number.
To describe it intuitively, the MRI machine used in general hospitals is about 3T, and only 13T is needed to make a frog float in the air.
Although these scissors have not fallen yet, everyone is worried that they will eventually fall on themselves.
"It's not that there is no hope at all... But the current situation of the electromagnet research laboratory is no different from having no hope!"
The second step is to get rid of those who are dawdling!
However, at this moment, hurried footsteps could be heard outside the chairman's office.
"They're on strike!"
Not really.
When he was designing a generation of controllable fusion reactor cores, he also worried about the same problem. The situation at that time could not have been more optimistic than it is now. Many key technologies, including computational materials science, had only just emerged as vague buds, and were even still at the conceptual stage.
He really couldn't understand why Academician Lu found a nobody like him.
Lu Zhou raised his eyebrows slightly and said, "No hope at all?"
Tang Yunge smiled bitterly and was about to talk about the problem of the electromagnet research laboratory.
Most people simply cannot imagine what a terrifying existence 10,000 Teslas are.
"I have read your paper. In the area of electromagnet research, you have put forward many interesting design concepts and ideas, and there are many works that make my eyes shine."
Although he didn't particularly understand the rules of this era, scientific research was always the same thing.
"According to my calculation results, I need a magnetic field that can generate a strength of 10,000T in a small space to confine the high-temperature plasma in the reactor core."
If you don't want to contribute, it's better to go home as soon as possible.
The three problems currently facing the second generation of controllable fusion technology are basically the same as the problems he faced with the first generation of controllable fusion technology.
Besides, he didn't expect those buggers and bastards to help him achieve an engineering miracle like second-generation controllable fusion.
Lu Zhou didn't care and didn't want to pay attention at all.
In the email, Academician Lu extended an invitation to him, hoping that he could come to the Group Building and discuss issues with him about the second-generation controllable nuclear fusion project.
According to the literature reviewed by Lu Zhou, so far, the core issues faced by second-generation controllable fusion are mainly focused on reaction temperature.
"What happened?"
Cleaning out borers is only the first step.
To give an intuitive example, the same fusion reactor only needs 100 million degrees to realize the DT reaction, that is, the temperature of the deuterium-tritium reaction.
But worries are worries. Generally speaking, everyone's mood is relatively stable.
After struggling for a moment, Tang Yunge finally took a deep breath, gritted his teeth and said.
Is there really no hope at all
"You're very grateful. Those research results are not just my fault."
It's not that Lu Zhou is unkind, he doesn't mind raising a few idle people in other positions. But as a scholar, he must have zero tolerance when it comes to scientific research!
Choose a general direction, and then through constant trial and error, find a feasible path. From the standpoint of a chief designer, what he needs to do is to plan out the framework of the entire large-scale scientific research project, select several most likely technical routes, and then formulate strategic directions for academic leaders in various fields. , and do everything possible to reduce the number of trials and errors and time costs.
After receiving the praise from Academician Lu, Tang Yunge couldn't help but feel a little proud, but he still said it modestly.
"Oh?" Lu Zhou raised his eyebrows, looked at him and asked, "It seems you have something to say."
Around morning, he received an email from Academician Lu.
…
"Thanks."
What is the concept of 10000T
Looking at Tang Yunge who was throwing it there like an honest man, Lu Zhou paused for a moment and then continued.
"Please take a seat."
He really couldn't see any hope.
Especially for those grassroots scientific researchers who work diligently and cannot see their future, although Lu Zhou's approach is a bit tough and can even be said to be inhumane, it is still quite popular.
Since he could do it in the past, he has reason to believe that in the future when science and technology are more developed, he will be able to complete this miracle again!
Including density and constraint time, these three are indispensable.
Cut half of the scientific research projects, and tighten the approval of funds...
Office of the Chairman.
The reform of scientific research funding has caused panic within East Asia Electric Power Group.
There were two knocks on the door, and then the door was pushed open.
After the meeting, Lu Zhou, who had arranged the work of various departments, immediately devoted himself to the research of second-generation controllable fusion technology.
The scattering cross section of deuterium and helium 3 is much smaller than that of deuterium and tritium. The former has a cross section of only 0.8b at 300keV, which is much smaller than the latter. Therefore, more energy input is required, and the conditions for fusion are more stringent.
Tang Yunge, who reported to the group building, was standing in front of his desk with an uneasy expression, looking at the great man from a hundred years ago in front of him with both uneasiness and curiosity.
As long as he sits in the position of chairman for one day, he will never allow such injustice to happen under his eyes!
To be honest, they have long been fed up with those leaders who rely on nepotism to get to the top, have no real skills, and only rely on the power in their hands to do whatever they want within the department.
Because he knows very well what it feels like to devote his whole life to scientific research, only to receive no attention in the end, and in turn have his academic achievements misappropriated.
"Lu, Academician Lu, it's not good!"
In his opinion, East Asia Electric Power is already a terminally ill giant at this moment. If it wants to cure its stubborn diseases, it must take strong medicine.
"No matter who takes the credit, it can't be Liu Sihai's."
"Electromagnet Research Laboratory!"
When Tang Yunge met Lu Zhou's gaze, he was about to give a definite answer, but at this moment, there was a trace of hesitation in his eyes.
However, in that era, he still led a group of outstanding engineers and scholars to complete a miracle in the history of human science.
But in East Asia Power…
Lu Zhou's office secretary appeared at the door with an anxious look on his face.
Looking at Tang Yunge sitting down on the sofa, Lu Zhou went straight to the point and continued.
"Almost... impossible," Tang Yunge said in a difficult tone with a troubled expression on his face, "With the current technical reserves of East Asia Electric Power, the strongest electromagnet we can make has a magnetic field strength of just over 5000T, and the maintenance time It only lasts less than 50 milliseconds and cannot be used to supply energy to the reactor core. As for 10,000T... It is too exaggerated not to say how long it can last."
However, if you want to make the fusion reaction of deuterium and helium 3 occur and maintain the reaction stably, the required temperature starts from several billion degrees.
As for whether those who are dawdling are satisfied with their reforms...
The only difference is the difficulty.