Chapter 597 Fusion Battery Project Approved!

Twenty minutes later.

The car stopped at the gate outside the Jinling Institute for Advanced Study.

Just when Lu Zhou got off the car, Sheng Xianfu happened to have just arrived here.

Seeing Lu Zhou, he greeted him and walked towards him.

"Coincidentally, I was just about to call you."

"It's a good thing you didn't make calls all the way, and I never stopped calling." Lu Zhou smiled and continued, "How are you doing recently?"

"It's okay, but it's a bit too idle. People like me who can't be idle will probably have to work hard for the rest of their lives." Speaking of this, Sheng Xianfu laughed at himself, looked at Lu Zhou and said, "How is it? I'm still loyal. When I heard that you called me, I even left my job as the director and ran over to join you. For the sake of my loyalty, I can finally tell me , what project are we going to do?"

Slightly stunned, Lu Zhou glanced at him unexpectedly: "Didn't the Bureau of Science and Technology inform you of the project?"

Sheng Xianfu shook his head.

"The person who came to talk to me only said it was confidential, and I can't comment on what it is."

"Is it so serious?" Nothing consciously smiled, Lu Zhou cleared his throat, and continued, "If there is no notice, then there is no notice. Anyway, I invite you to come here today, and I plan to talk about this matter, come with me .”

Following behind Lu Zhou, the two passed through the main entrance of the Institute for Advanced Study, arrived at the building of the Institute of Physics, and walked into a conference room at the corner of the corridor.

When the two arrived, there were already a dozen people sitting here.

In addition, in the meeting room, there is also a whiteboard covered by a gray plastic sheet, which will probably be used later.

Taking advantage of the effort of entering the door, Sheng Xianfu briefly glanced at the people sitting in the conference room.

Some of them he knew, such as Professor Li Changxia of Nanhua University and Academician Li Jiangang of Luyang Institute of Physics and Technology. There are also people he doesn't know, but he has heard about their deeds.

For example, the old man with gray hair at the temples wearing a woolen vest is Yu Jiannan, an academician of the Institute of Engineering Physics and the Institute of Fluid Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

In the list of designers of the "Julong No. 1" laser ignition device produced by Huawu Institute and Shanghai Optical Machinery Institute, the name of this big cow is impressively listed.

Compared with the "Shenguang" series of ignition devices, Julong No. 1 is far superior to the former in terms of performance and core technology leadership. It includes 1,440 pulse capacitors, 720 field distortion switches, 24 laser-triggered gas switches, and 12 high-performance lasers. The direct engineering benchmark is the US National Ignition Facility NIF.

Now laser ignition and inertial restraint have basically turned to the military industry. The Julong No. 1 built by the original crew of the Shenguang series of ignition devices has made this point clear. It was designed for nuclear tests from the beginning. of. And whether in terms of miniaturization or integration of the laser array, this device has reached the world's leading level.

In the past, Sheng Xianfu had only heard of this big cow's name, but had never seen it. He never thought that he would have the opportunity to meet him today.

There are also some people who look unfamiliar, he can't name them, and he doesn't have much impression. But since he is sitting here, he is obviously not an idle person, but probably not in the circle of plasma physics and controllable fusion engineering.

Thinking of this, Sheng Xianfu couldn't help feeling emotional.

Being elected as an academician itself means that the professor's prestige, status, and connections in the academic world far exceed that of ordinary scholars.

In any research institute, academicians are academic leaders. And a strong research group is generally led by academicians, with professors and researchers at the level of Yangtze River Scholars to form a core team, and then there are small bosses such as Qingqian and Jieqing who do odd jobs, and countless busy people Postdoctoral and doctoral research dogs. As for master's and undergraduate students, there may be, but generally not counted.

Can pull a group of academicians to form a core team.

In China, apart from Professor Lu, few people seem to be able to do it...

Thinking that he had hesitated to come before, Sheng Xianfu felt ashamed.

Although no one would blame him if he didn't come, the loss must be himself.

After all, such an opportunity may not come across several times in a lifetime.

If you grasp it, it will be of great help whether it is for the selection of academicians or for further academic advancement.

Looking at the people who had been sitting here for a while, Lu Zhou smiled embarrassedly and said, "I kept everyone waiting, I just came from the school."

Academician Li Jiangang smiled and said, "It doesn't matter, we just arrived. Let's wait until the meeting is over for greetings. I was called here suddenly. I don't even know what our project is going to do now. You have time to talk about this first."

Hearing this sentence, Lu Zhou smiled and said, "That's fine, in order not to waste everyone's time, I won't waste more time on greetings."

As he said that, Lu Zhou's expression changed slightly, and he walked to the whiteboard in the conference room, and stretched out his hand to remove the plastic sheet on it.

Looking at the content on the whiteboard, at least half of the people in the conference room were stunned, and half of them were expressionless.

Sheng Xianfu, who did not know the specific content of the project before, obviously belongs to the former.

But the shock in his heart at this moment was not entirely due to accident.

And surprise...

"This is……"

His voice trembled slightly, staring at the content on the whiteboard in disbelief, Sheng Xianfu's mouth opened and closed stiffly, but he couldn't utter the second half of the sentence.

"A miniaturized controllable fusion reactor, or a fusion battery," Lu Zhou smiled and explained kindly, looking at the expression on his face, "Anyway, it's almost the same name."

Ignoring everyone's surprise, he cleared his throat, and Lu Zhou continued.

"I have demonstrated the technical feasibility of the miniaturization of controllable fusion technology, and I will send related papers to your mailbox. Of course, in a few days, you will also be able to read it on the "Journal of Nuclear Physics" So, I won’t repeat it here.”

"Everyone is invited to come here today, mainly to simply hold a meeting and assign their respective research tasks."

Lu Zhou tapped the whiteboard with a laser pointer and continued.

"The roadmap on the whiteboard is the general research plan of the entire project. The content may be a little abstract, but I think it is relatively comprehensive. If you don't understand something, you can ask me."

Sheng Xianfu, who had recovered from his astonishment, raised his hand: "I have a question..."

Lu Zhou: "Please tell me."

Carefully staring at the road map on the whiteboard, Sheng Xianfu frowned, and asked in doubt: "Why inertial restraint? Compared with inertial restraint, we have significantly more experience in magnetic restraint."

"That's a good question," Lu Zhou smiled, and continued, "The reason why we don't choose magnetic confinement is that the overflow of the magnetic field will interfere with the normal operation of other precision components on the spacecraft, and the second is to save space on a spacecraft."

"It is impossible for us to install a superconducting magnet covering an area of ​​thousands of square meters on the plasma engine for a thigh-thick core. At least it is not realistic now, and it is not necessary."

"On the issue of maintaining the fusion reaction, we chose pulse ignition. It is not necessary to maintain the stable operation of the plasma in the reflection chamber for a long time, and it is sufficient for the reaction to occur quickly."

Li Jiangang frowned: "Pulse ignition? Leaving aside the advantages and disadvantages of magnetic confinement and inertial confinement, and removing the liquid lithium neutron recovery system, what do you plan to use to offset the neutron beam's radiation damage to the material?"

"I'll mention this next," Lu Zhou paused for a moment before continuing to speak.

"The design idea of ​​the entire nuclear battery can be roughly divided into three major sections. The first section is the integration and fuel core components, which I will personally lead the team to solve. The second section is the power generation connected to the core. The unit, I hope to hand over this part to the nuclear industry group."

Academician Wang Zengguang: "Do you use a magnetic fluid generator set?"

Lu Zhou shook his head: "Not necessarily, it depends on the design of the reactor, according to the specific needs."

Having said that, he paused and continued.

"As for the third plate, it is the ignition device of the reactor. Since we are adopting the technical route of inertial confinement and pulse ignition, I am more optimistic about laser ignition in the way of heating. Of course, we cannot completely rule out the possibility of microwave heating. sex."

"The research on this section is very important. I hope that Academician Li Jiangang and Academician Yu Jiannan will be in charge, and they will study from two different technical routes of laser ignition and microwave ignition."

The old academician Yu Jiannan thought for a while and said, "I have no objection, but the space occupied by the laser ignition device is also not small. If you want to install that thing on the spacecraft, you may still have some difficulties."

"I know," Lu Zhou nodded, "That's why we need to experiment."

"The budget given by the Bureau of Science and Industry is very sufficient. Everyone can put forward any good ideas. We have enough funds to find solutions or ideas to solve problems."