Chapter 508 Technical Discussion
For Lu Zhou, what happened at the report meeting was just a small episode.
He has not followed up the research on the tokamak, and naturally he will not have read the papers of the Karam Nuclear Fusion Research Center in advance.
The reason why he participated in this academic conference was mainly for the "Technology Demonstration" link in the conference. It's just that I got up a little early on the first day of the meeting, so I randomly found a lecture hall to sit in, so the previous scene happened.
After pointing out the mistakes in Professor Bottom's thesis, Lu Zhou left the lecture hall. Seeing that the time was almost gone, he walked slowly to the technology exhibition hall next to him.
Compared with the ongoing academic conference not far away, the atmosphere here is lively in another sense.
What is displayed here is not the research results in the theoretical sense, but the visible technology.
It is precisely because of this that not only scholars and researchers will pay attention to the trends here, but many entrepreneurs and investors who are interested in controllable nuclear fusion technology also stand here with great interest.
Although the time before human civilization uses fusion energy is still far away, this does not prevent some imaginative people from setting their sights on this undeveloped new continent.
The more interesting thing is that although in the imagination of most of the public, the emergence of controllable nuclear fusion is bound to shake the interests of energy giants, all energy giants must hate the research of controllable nuclear fusion, and wish to get rid of it. After that, so fast...
However, the truth of the matter is exactly the opposite of the "reality" imagined by the public. The investors of many commercial nuclear fusion companies are precisely those energy giants whose interests seem to be damaged.
For example, the well-known general fusion company is led by the Canadian oil company Cenovus. The stellarator project of the Institute of Plasma Physics of the Max Planck Society, in addition to being supported by the ITER project and the German Energy Agency, some research projects are also financially supported by the French oil giant Total.
Of course, in addition to those oil giants, many listed Internet companies with good money are also interested in the concept of controlled nuclear fusion, which sounds cool at first.
For example, Tri-Alpha invested by Google.
Although Lu Zhou personally feels that Trialpha is suspected of fraudulent investment, but a pertinent evaluation, this private company can build a fusion experiment reactor from scratch within a year, even the famous Nobel Prize winner Burton Ridge Kurt was shocked, at least it proved that these people still have some skills.
Moreover, Professor Guo Houyang, who is the chief scientist and director of the Experimental Operation Department of Tri-Alpha, is also a very powerful Chinese scholar in the field of plasma physics. Although his name may not be so familiar, but this big cow in 1996 He was included in the "Who's Who in the World" in 2010, which shows the recognition of him by the academic circles.
No matter what the motivation is, it is precisely because so many talented people have entered this field and so much capital favors research in this field that this field has gradually become popular from the initial desolation.
Coincidentally, not long after he walked in here, he saw Benderbauer who was chatting with him in the cafe the day before yesterday.
At this very moment, the chairman and chief technology officer of Tri-Alpha is standing in front of a gray curtain, showing to scholars from other research institutes and a small number of investors who are interested in controllable nuclear fusion Their C2-U fusion device, as well as the world's leading "field reverse configuration (FRC)" device and so on.
Although he was speaking enthusiastically on the stage, when he recalled what he said to himself the day before yesterday, Lu Zhou always felt that this enthusiastic expression was somewhat distorted.
"Life is like a play, it all depends on acting skills."
Shaking his head, Lu Zhou didn't say anything, and simply understood the technical connotation of the FRC device, and then walked to the booth next to him.
At the same time, not only Tri-Alpha was in the technology exhibition hall, but also the Julius Baer Group who went here with Lu Zhou.
After all, the current state-owned enterprises are not the state-owned enterprises of decades ago. Even if this high-tech industry has special subsidies from the state, the sale of products is still a very serious problem.
Otherwise, the production capacity that was finally raised will have to face the dilemma of reducing production capacity.
At the booth applied for by the organizer, Julius Baer Group showed the SG-1 wire they developed in cooperation with the Jinling Institute for Advanced Study to scholars from research institutions around the world.
Although the Helmholtz Association has also mastered this technology, Julius Baer is clearly superior in terms of production cost and production scale. As a result, even the Germans who have already transferred the technology have to distribute a small amount of orders to the Julius Baer Group to alleviate the problem of insufficient production capacity.
In short, when this wire with a cross-sectional diameter of only a few thousand nanometers in width is presented in front of major research institutions, almost no one believes it is true.
It wasn't until Chief Engineer Cao calmly operated the experimental equipment in front of everyone, and showed them the incredible thermal conductivity and the most critical superconducting properties of the SG-1 wire, that the onlookers next to the booth People stared wide-eyed, exclaiming inconceivably...
After the meeting on the first day, Lu Zhou originally planned to go back to his room to rest.
As a result, Manager Sun insisted on a treat, so the group found a good-looking Chinese restaurant in the nearby Chinatown and set up a table there.
At the dinner table, manager Sun Chengwu, who was holding a wine glass, stood up and looked at Lu Zhou.
"Professor Lu, thank you so much!"
"Just this morning alone, we got at least 200 million US dollars in orders."
"This cup, I will respect you no matter what!"
Even though several hours have passed, Manager Sun still can't forget the shock, surprise, and disbelief on the faces of those foreign experts when Mr. Cao demonstrated their SG-1 wire technology in the morning. dare to believe.
As a manager of the Julius Baer Group, there is nothing more exciting than watching the company you run lead the world...
After clinking glasses with Manager Sun, Lu Zhou smiled and said politely.
"Don't thank me, this is the reward you deserve."
An order of 200 million US dollars is already a lot. Converted at the current exchange rate, it is close to 1.4 billion RMB.
According to the current cost of the SG-1 wire, Lu Zhou roughly estimated that the wire worth 200 million US dollars can at least equip the outer field coils of three small and medium-sized stellarator fusion devices.
In the case of a tokamak, there may be slightly less demand for this.
But because he didn't know much about tokamaks, he couldn't estimate an accurate number.
"Where is it, without your technology, we would not be able to get to where we are today." After drinking the white wine in the glass in one gulp, Manager Sun said with a red face, "If Professor Lu has any good suggestions in the future, I hope you don't mind Teach me!"
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