Chapter 418: Star Pillar

Early in the morning, when Chen Mo came out of the room, he saw Xiao Yu holding her pregnant belly and setting tableware by the dining table.

Now Xiaoyu is five months pregnant, and her belly has obviously bulged. At this time, Xiaoyu has a maternal temperament on her face, and she is in a very good mood.

"Okay, let me do the rest, sit down." Chen Mo walked behind Xiaoyu, helped her sit down, stretched out his hand and gently stroked her belly: "I'm pregnant, don't be too tired, there are robots and Where's the babysitter?"

"This is only done occasionally. It's not heavy work. Pregnant women have to do some work, right? Otherwise, if you don't do anything, you'll really become a waste." Xiaoyu put his hands on his stomach with a gentle smile on his face.

"Okay, you're right, eat breakfast first, and remember not to be too tired at home, or if my mother finds out, she will scold me to death." Chen Mo gave Xiao Yu a bowl of porridge and handed it over.

After breakfast, Xiaoyu tidied up Chen Mo's shirt: "Don't work too hard, pay attention to your body, and come back early tonight."

"Okay, take a good rest at home. If you have anything, just let the nanny or Pearl do it. If you want, just call me."

"Understood, I want to give prenatal education to the baby, and then give birth to a smart son for you."

"I like girls, the son is too smart, the mother will become stupid."

"Really?"

"I see, I'm starting to get stupid now. So it's better to have a girl, otherwise I'll be stupid for three years." Chen Mo stroked Xiao Yu's green hair.

Xiao Yu wrinkled his nose and said, "I like my son, so stupid is stupid."

"Stay at home, I'll be back with you early tonight." Chen Mo kissed Xiao Yu's forehead, turned and left the villa and headed to Science Island.

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"Xiaojing, you said that Academician Chen is so powerful, why hasn't he won an international award? Nor has he won other famous awards?" An ordinary-looking female doctor with a little freckles asked Bailijing next to her.

"Academician Chen is a technology developer and has not published technical papers to the outside world. His research is not for winning awards, so this should be normal, right?" said Bailijing with a ponytail.

"Indeed, listening to you, it's true that Academician Chen has never published any papers." Another female researcher beside him nodded.

"You say,

Can it be successful? "

"Although I admire Academician Chen very much, controlled nuclear fusion is not an ordinary technology. The iter, which used the power of the world's top physicists, has not been successful. It was designed by Academician Chen alone. How difficult is this?

The hyperloop project was successfully designed with the wisdom of the Academy of Sciences. If nothing else, the divertor material and superconducting technology are both problems. Without these technologies, it is a question whether a strong enough magnetic field can be provided to maintain the steady-state operation of the reaction. "

"But Academician Chen invested tens of billions in this project. Do you think Academician Chen would spend money on these unfeasible theories?"

"Do you think this is a problem that the world's top physicists can't solve? Do you think it can be solved with money? If it can, it's not a problem. In a short period of time, there should not be much breakthroughs in technology, and we will take it step by step. , After more than ten years, perhaps with the wisdom of Academician Chen, there will be a breakthrough. But we all know that Academician Chen is not a high-temperature plasma professional, and it is like a mountain."

On the way to the lab, members of the team started talking with each other.

There are technical issues, as well as gossip issues, including why Chen Mo got married so early, all of which are among their topics of discussion.

The people in the team all believe that the current research is just an exploration, to accumulate technical experience. These basic experiments are the experience they lack, but they do not have much hope for success.

Bailijing did not participate in the discussion anymore, but was thinking about the topics she was responsible for. Her major is magnetic field materials, and the topic Chen Mo gave her is the construction of magnetic field systems.

This topic is very important, although only theoretical.

They can't access the core technology, because they are not qualified enough, they can only be responsible for assisting in the assembly. The field system of , unlike the tokamak magnetic fields they have learned about, is not strictly a poloidal field and a longitudinal field.

Different magnetic fields mean that device designs can also vary significantly.

She was a little curious as to what the design Chen Mo was talking about. But they can't see the design drawings, they can only do their job well.

She is not optimistic about the discussions of other members of the team, and she does not agree with it.

Because she has intuition, Chen Mo must have a way to solve the problems they said, otherwise he would not dare to invest in nuclear fusion technology casually.

During this period of construction, they were all auxiliary staff, building the star ring. Some core components are inaccessible, and their specific materials and functions are unknown.

So she felt that Chen Mo was right, and seemed to have an inexplicable confidence.

Entering the laboratory, everyone also quieted down and went to their respective jobs, ready to start the construction.

Not long after, Chen Mo also arrived.

The construction of the project has already started. Chen Mo is the chief engineer and chief designer, and needs to personally participate in the construction work. Now the prototype is slowly emerging, and there are no problems for the time being. It is only a matter of time before the successful construction.

"Everyone, prepare, today's task is to install the 'star pillar' structure." When the staff arrived, Chen Mo also began to arrange today's task.

The 'star column' is one of the core structures and is located at the very center of the entire device. Its function is equivalent to the central coil of the tokamak device, which is responsible for current transmission and providing cooling medium.

Otherwise, for normal operation, the 'star pillar' is the key structure, which is equivalent to the spine of the human body, and its function is self-evident.

As Chen Mo's order fell, the components of the 'star pillar' structure were transported out. The cylinder with a diameter of more than one meter is wrapped with a special material.

All researchers are curious about this 'star pillar', including Wan Yuanxi.

Inside, there are channels for cables, cooling pipes and diagnostic cables, loaded with the most core technology.

In the superconducting tokamak device, the cable of the central coil is made of low-temperature superconducting material, and there is also an ultra-low temperature cooling medium.

The combination of ultra-high temperature and ultra-low temperature makes the design of superconducting tokamak devices very complicated, and the technical realization is very troublesome.

But there is no ultra-low temperature cooling technology in China, so he judged that there is no low-temperature superconducting material in it. He was curious about what conductor material Chen Mo used to provide the device with a large enough current to provide a strong magnetic field to sustain the reaction.

Ordinary conductor materials are impossible, and the materials that keep Chen Mo mysterious must be extraordinary.

The materials at the bottom of the reactor have all developed liquid metal. As one of the core structures, the star column must have many new technologies, but it was made into a whole column by Chen Mo in advance, which made them itchy.

Chen Mo didn't think as much as other people thought. The 'Star Pillar' was slowly sent to the designated position. Under his command, many staff and robots began to coordinate their work.

The construction work is in full swing, and an unexpected news has also come out.