Chapter 386: Millipede Centipede

Every second counts.

But it also came to the beginning of December in an instant.

At this time, the weather in the south suddenly turned cold, but the north has already become a snow-covered country.

Although the weather outside is so cold that even the sun full of nuclear fusion cannot warm up a little, the antimatter demonstration reactor base in Shanhaiguan is indeed extraordinary.

Next to the construction site, a super-heavy special equipment transport truck was parked there, and with the concerted efforts of the on-site staff and several super-heavy lifting equipment, the unloading and installation work was being carried out carefully.

"One, two, three、...... My good boy has 64 sets of weight wheels!"

Standing next to Liu Feng, counting the giant transport truck with more than 60 sets of wheels, Ji Zhengxiang's eyes were about to pop out, and he said in surprise,

"This thing is even more terrifying than a train, I'm afraid it can even be transported away by a sea ship!"

Liu Feng waved his hand: "It's indeed larger than the capacity of ordinary trains! But the large sea ships are still a little worse, but the three or five thousand tons of things are like pulling and playing." ”

This super-heavy transport vehicle was originally specially used by the Space Agency to transport rockets, and its tires are comparable to centipede legs, so it has the title of 'Thousand-legged Centipede'; and every time it is dispatched, at least 1.8 million is easily gone, and the Space Bureau, just to build this transport vehicle, it costs hundreds of millions of dollars, and it is definitely a treasure in normal times, but it is not used over there during this time, so it was simply beaten by Liu Feng and borrowed to pull a few 'small' things.

Of course, the price is very high.

I heard that Liu Feng has a special superconducting material at room temperature, and he didn't even want money, so he pulled away a truckload of soft grinding and hard bubbles, and he was so angry that Chief Engineer Zhang of the Nuclear Industry Group almost ran to the Space Bureau to grab it back!

Originally, the construction period for supplying this thing to Liu Feng was very tight, and now it is going to be beaten by your side, and this is the beginning, I don't know how many units will follow in the future, so does he still want to operate?

Although Chief Engineer Zhang was finally stopped back, but even so, this Zhang Gong has no good face for Liu Feng these days, after all, if this guy didn't agree indiscriminately, how could it be so difficult for them to do it here?

If Liu Feng hadn't said anything about it, he would have delayed their delivery date by a few days, and I am afraid he would have to blow his beard and stare at him.

The 'small' thing transported by this special transport vehicle is the legendary antimatter high-energy meson generator set.

Of course, it is the kind that is specially used on the earth, weighing 3,500 tons, and is mainly composed of four parts: a high-energy meson generator, a hydrothermal cycle generator, a transmission line, and a control system.

Among them, the output energy of a single high-energy meson generator can reach 200MW, and a single hydrothermal cycle generator can also reach 300MW.

Hydrothermal cycle generators are good to say, especially the former high-energy meson generator, which is the only one on the whole earth, and there is no other branch!

Although the high-energy meson generator is only an experimental thing, and the nuclear industry group has only produced two prototypes, if it is proven to be useful, these two equipment worth hundreds of millions of dollars can still be rolled out on a large scale, and the production price will of course gradually decrease.

Even if the energy conversion efficiency is not good, it is very likely that the miniaturized model will be directly used in future spacecraft.

However, it seems that it is still unknown for the time being, after all, Qian Zhengying and Academician Kim Donghan are in full swing to develop an integrated engine and generator system, and if successful, this miniaturized model can only be used as an alternative.

In fact, just these two high-energy meson generators, there is no need to spend so much time, and they also have to borrow the space agency's special transport vehicle for transporting rockets, after all, the weight of a single generator is only hundreds of tons!

The reason why this is so is completely because of those few hydrothermal cycle generators, and the weight of a single unit is as high as 500 tons, and I don't know what Dongfang Electric thinks, it's just crazy!

He just wants to build two temporary tests, can he build such a big one!

Spit and complain, looking at the big guys on the 'thousand-legged centipede', Liu Feng is stupid, it seems that the big guys produced by Dongfang Motor are still very satisfied with this product.

On the contrary, the nuclear industry group seems to be a little stingy, and the maximum output of a high-energy meson generator is only 200MW.

You must know that the world's largest generating units, that is, the hydropower generators of the Three Gorges Hydropower Station, have a rated output of 710MW, and the maximum output can even reach 852MW, and the maximum capacity has reached a staggering 840MVA!

That's far worse than others!

If the people on the side of the nuclear industry group knew about Liu Feng's arrangement, a big roll of the eyes would be indispensable.

Is the method of hydropower generation comparable to other power generation methods?

That's the best in the world!

The hydroelectric generators that want to push the Three Gorges Hydropower Station need to reach at least about 5,500t of thrust, and what other way can achieve such a huge thrust except that the hydroelectric power station can have such a large and stable propulsion method?

Ji Zhengxiang was a little stunned, stuck out his tongue, and continued: "Obediently, three or five thousand tons can pull a 054A frigate! ”

Liu Feng nodded: "Who told us that there is still some distance from the railway? If not, we will directly use the train to pull it over! I should save it, I still have to save, we can't build dozens of kilometers of railways for the sake of these equipment! Although this 'thousand-legged centipede' is indeed a little more expensive, tens of millions of things are only rented!"

Ji Zhengxiang also nodded, he still had a number of tens of millions or tens of billions of less, and turned to look at the equipment on it with interest.

Although the name is "ferrofluid generator set", it is obviously different from the plasma generator in his understanding, no matter how you look at these things, they are more like a Ruyi golden hoop rod that has been magnified dozens of times, thick and long, and the key is that it is not black.

The shell is completely wrapped in unknown materials, and nothing can be seen at all, and it is completely different from other ferrofluid generators - if you look closely, you can see the superconducting coils inside, and even the auxiliary devices such as the vacuum transmission line and hydraulic drive behind it, you can't see it at all......

"This thing, is the legendary 'Magnetofluid Body Generator'?" Ji Zhengxiang stretched his neck, and finally shook his head in disappointment and said, "I also saw a lot of 'Magnetofluid Body Generator' when I was in Country M, and your two 'Ruyi Golden Hoop Sticks' are completely different from those things!"

"You don't understand this, right?" Liu Feng pointed to the 'Ruyi Golden Hoop Stick' that was being lifted by the heavy crane, and said with some pride, "Although our high-energy meson generator refers to the principle of 'magnetofluid fluid generator', it uses antimatter to generate electricity after all. ”

"The ferrofluid of the 'magnetofluid fluid generator' itself has a strong charge, and it can exist for a very long time; however, the high-energy charged mesons produced by our antimatter annihilation can only exist for a few seconds at most, and the initial velocity is very fast, and it can only wrap a powerful superconducting coil around it, quickly confine it to a fixed orbit, and then cut the magnetic induction coil to generate electricity! Don't look at its stupid and stupid appearance, but it occupies 60% of the cost of the entire generator!"

A hundred tons of high-energy meson generators, just this shell, weighs dozens of tons, and almost most of them are composed of room temperature superconducting materials.

After all, this kind of room temperature superconducting material, if they want to use it by themselves, they can only deduct and search for a hundred and ten catties, and they can feel distressed for a long time, which is like Liu Feng, directly calculated by tons.

"Moreover, the key is that unlike the ordinary 'ferrofluid generator' that has not been developed quickly for a long time, our high-energy meson generator has been developed much faster!"

"As you know, in the ferrofluid generator, the conductive fluid with a temperature of three or four thousand degrees is running, which is a gas ionized at high temperatures, and the conductivity of the ionized gas is not enough for effective power production, so metal ions such as potassium and cesium are added to it. However, when this gas stream containing metal ions passes through the power generation channel in a strong magnetic field at high speed to reach the electrode, the electrode is also corroded, which is a big problem for ferrofluid generators, right?

"What's more critical is that the world's most advanced ferrofluid generator has a maximum capacity of only 32,000 kilowatts, and our single generator has reached 100MW, leaving them several streets away!"

Hearing this, Ji Zhengxiang also nodded.

It's just that the front is a stupid black and thick golden hoop stick, and the back is a huge 'propeller' with a sci-fi color, which exudes a beautiful metallic brilliance under the sunlight at this time, and Ji Zhengxiang still prefers the latter.

At this time, the "Ruyi Golden Hoop Stick" is preparing to be hoisted into a standard 'nuclear power plant' cylinder and spliced together with the reactor.

At the top of the generator, there is an excuse for the reactor, and during the experiment, as the core part of the entire generator set, it is specially used to poke the chrysanthemum of the reactor.

Countless high-energy charged mesons are pulled out of the chrysanthemum, and they are restrained by a strong magnetic field to cut the magnetic induction wires, and in addition to generating electricity, they can form a "Faraday shielding box" of the high-energy meson band together with the adjacent current band, isolating it from the external current band and preventing static particles from entering the high-energy meson.

Because it is directly facing the high-energy meson, it is likely to cause the superconducting magnet to heat up outside, so hundreds of cooling pipes with an outer diameter of only 9mm are welded outside.

Although the whole installation looks complex and massive, and lacks some sci-fi beauty on the outside, there is no superfluous design on the entire generator, and even every weld is carefully designed.

Therefore, it is not so easy to change these designs.

At this time, Academician Zhang Qizheng, who was carrying a yellow hard hat in his hand and wearing a blue labor protection suit, walked over and said to Liu Feng and the two with a smile on his face:

"How about it, two, this thing produced by our nuclear industry group, it looks okay, right?"

Hearing this, Ji Zhengxiang on the side pursed his lips and muttered in a low voice: "It looks like an iron rod, except that it is thick and big, compared to several other hydrothermal cycle generators, it is not science fiction at all!"

Chief Engineer Zhang's face instantly darkened.

After looking at Ji Zhengxiang twice, and then at the other devices on the 'Milliped Centipede', he opened his mouth, and finally couldn't say anything.

Indeed, isn't it just a thick and big iron rod?

Just from the outside, not to mention that it is compared with those hydrothermal cycle generators, it is not comparable with the monitoring instruments of the control system......

It's really shocking.

Liu Feng was also a little embarrassed, glared at Ji Zhengxiang twice, and hurriedly said: "You are our Dinghai Divine Needle, without this thing, what is the point of our antimatter generator? Moreover, it looks quite reliable on the outside, but I hope it can operate normally on the reactor." ”

Chief Engineer Zhang's face looked a little better, and he waved his hand, not wanting to be like that guy: "Don't worry, the things produced by our nuclear industry group are definitely the best of the best, and I promise to make it run smoothly." ”

Liu Feng still believes in the guarantee of this technical master, and he believes in Academician Qian Zhengying and his own efforts, these two high-energy meson power generation are not only the hard work of the nuclear industry group, but also their hard work!

"Then I'm bothering you. ”

"No trouble, no trouble, you can leave the project to us, that is the honor of our nuclear industry group. Chief Engineer Zhang was also full of emotion, he really didn't expect that he would be able to see such a science fiction thing as antimatter power generation in his lifetime, and he supervised the construction of it himself!

With honor!

"By the way, Professor Liu, do you have any other requirements for installation?"

"There are no big requests, but there are a few things to look out for, and I hope you can take a look. ”

Zhang Xianli hurriedly took out the notebook and pen he carried with him and recorded them.

You say. ”

Liu Feng nodded, recalled the installation details of the antimatter reactor and the high-energy meson generator for a while, and then spoke:

"Corresponding to several different connection points of the reactor, we must ensure that the interface between the generator and the reactor cannot exceed even 0.01 nanometers, and the generator must be removed at any time without damaging the interface, can you meet such a requirement?"

When the 'cylinder' with a diameter of several meters and the reactor is closed, it is required that the gap cannot exceed 0.01 nanometers, which is almost comparable to the manufacturing difficulty of a 7-axis machining center, and no, it is even more accurate than holding things!

However, Zhang Qizheng still nodded firmly: "Although it is difficult, for us, it is not a big problem." ”

Liu Feng nodded and continued:

"There is no other problem, when installing, pay a little attention not to use too much force at the interface of the high-energy meson generator, so as not to cause damage to the superconducting materials inside......"

"As for the other parts of the generator set, it's not a big problem, and it's not so expensive, so you can install it how you want. ”

……

Zhang Qizheng kept nodding his head, looking at Liu Feng's eyes as if there were little stars, and the notes in his hand were remembered quickly, like a primary school student who listened carefully, he couldn't tell that this was an academician of the Academy of Engineering!

Ji Zhengxiang, who was on the side, saw Academician Zhang's expression, and then looked at Liu Feng, who was solemn and talking, and couldn't help but be envious:

The same starting point, why is Liu Feng a 'big guy', and he is just a little doctor?

Alas!