Technological practice: leading the human race to the stars

Chapter 153: Controlled Nuclear Fusion Program
"Hey, where have you been having fun? Why did you come back so late?"

Yuan Ze didn't rush to answer him, but high-fived him and said, "I found some very interesting information. You may be very interested."

Rick also noticed that he specifically emphasized the word "you", and realized that this should be related to his family, and what his family cares most about is energy.

"Could it be that they discovered something related to energy?"

"You are quite smart. Here is some information. You can take a look at it first."

Yuanze sent over an electronic document that would be burned after reading in order to highlight the confidentiality of the document.

However, according to Astra, this information is worthless compared to the ones that come later, so it doesn't matter if I give it to them.

At first, Rick just thought that Yuanze sent him a document on "new energy".

But as he turned the pages one by one, the smile on his face gradually froze and then became serious.

He read every page carefully. This was an idea that humans had proposed a long time ago.

Although the name in the information is different, it is clearly "fusion ramjet engine".

And for their family, the most important thing is the engineering solution, not the theoretical design.

It just happens to provide detailed experimental data and rich engineering experience summary.

A morning passed like this, and Yuanze stayed with Rick as he checked the information.

A bright light gradually appeared in his eyes, igniting his endless curiosity to explore the universe.

"Where did you get this information? Do you have any other information? Our family can pay a high price for it." Rick knew Yuanze quite well. He was a guy who liked to hide his cards. Without some skills, you couldn't get on his poker table.

"I haven't gained nothing this year." Yuan Ze smiled, "After all, I have completed so many missions this year, and I risked my life to get these."

"That's right, the price is negotiable."

Yuanze tilted his head slightly, squinted at him, and then shook his head. He still had a large sum of money left by Mr. Yang, so he was not interested in talking about money.

"What do you mean?" Rick was a little confused by Yuan Ze, "You want to seek cooperation?"

"Not exactly. This is just the most basic information I have here. The complete version can not only manufacture a complete engine, but also includes plans for small-scale nuclear fusion and other types of nuclear fusion."

Rick lowered his head and thought for a while. He was not sure whether his family was willing to reach a cooperation agreement with Yuanze. If it was a simple monetary transaction, it would be easier to achieve.

However, this is also an opportunity for me. If I can grasp it well, I can say that as long as I manage it well and don't make any major mistakes, I will be the next patriarch of the family.

"I need to discuss this matter with the elders of the family. If possible, please send me a formal copy of this information."

"That's fine, but this file has been processed and can only be kept by you. It cannot be copied. As for the conditions of cooperation, it depends on your family's attitude."

Rick nodded and accepted the document. He looked at Yuanze thoughtfully and said, "You should have other requests."

"I still can't hide it from you." Yuan Ze patted his shoulder, "I want to know how you solved the problem of plasma operation. This is related to the research on the form of source force."

"Well, it's okay to tell you, but I'm not sure how much you know about controlled nuclear fusion."

"To be honest, I know nothing about nuclear fusion except the basic principles of it."

"Yes, most people can't get involved in this field."

In fact, before the catastrophe, humans had already produced many prototypes, but large-scale commercial use had always stagnated.

Among them, one of the most important areas is a series of issues such as the generation, control, and operation of plasma.

However, a researcher of the Sanchez family discovered that the source force has lower requirements for conversion to plasma than ordinary matter, and the temperature of the reaction can be maintained using NBI technology. However, the controllability of dark matter nuclear fusion is also lower, and other energy sources need to be found to replace it. Therefore, the source force is used as the starting fuel, and a small amount of antimatter is injected for nuclear fusion.

Then, the ordinary matter and antimatter after nuclear fusion are manipulated with source force to control the number of particles involved in annihilation, thereby releasing huge energy.

But what follows is severe "edge localized modes (ELMs)," a sudden release of energy in the edge area of ​​the plasma that can erode the inner wall of the reactor.

However, the maintenance cost of adding source coating to protect the inner wall of the reactor is too high, so it can only be used to produce small batches of prototypes and cannot meet the conditions for commercial use.

The problem was only solved later with the technical assistance of a company that produced nano-coating materials.

This new type of source-force nano-coating can sense changes in plasma in real time and self-regulate through internally embedded micro-sensors and actuators to absorb and mitigate the impact of ELMs.

Finally, they added a self-developed distributed intelligent control system, deployed an intelligent system consisting of thousands of micro sensors and controllers in the reactor, and used AI algorithms to analyze the state of the plasma in real time to predict and suppress the occurrence of ELMs.

This led to the birth of the first generation of commercial controlled nuclear fusion.

"You've said so much. Do you have any information on how to convert the source force into plasma? I want to know that."

"This is not a secret in the industry, but I don't have much information on hand, so I have to go home and look for it."

"no problem."

"But then again, what do you want to do? Do you want to try to convert the source power in your body into plasma?"

"That's it."

Rick smiled and said, "Plasma requires high temperature and high energy to maintain. The human body cannot tolerate it for a longer period of time."

"I know this too. Maybe I need some equipment to make use of the adaptability of the source force environment..."

After all, Yuanze was not very confident in his heart. Almost no one was involved in this area, so he could only rely on himself to explore.

"Don't worry, I have very detailed information about the conversion of extracorporeal energy. You are so smart, you will definitely be able to do it."

"Thank you, thank you!"

"You're being modest with me. Is that necessary? Come, let's go have another drink."

"I have one more thing to ask you."

Yuanze told him what happened when they drank together a few days ago, and there was also a short video clip that was saved.

Rick frowned and tried carefully to identify the man from the blurry image.

"I can only be sure that this is not someone from the Sanchez family. This should have nothing to do with my business."

"how you said that?"

"Today our family has announced that we will withdraw our personnel from China. The evacuation plan has been brought forward..."

Yuanze fell into deep thought, he felt that it was because of his incident that some people judged that the news had been leaked, so he simply stopped hiding it and just went out in the open.

These people behind the scenes are really strange. They can actually influence the actions of a group of big families like Sanchez and have extremely high say.

Of course, there are few people in China who know about these overseas organizations, let alone the people behind them.

This made him think of the few days he spent with Li Haisheng after coming out of the ruins...

(End of this chapter)