The problem was explained clearly, and the entire base fell into an atmosphere of waiting again.

Despite the ups and downs, the researchers in the control room of the reactor workshop were still in high spirits, because they were doing a great thing after all, and they were about to start a new journey!

Academician Li Zhengwu understood their feelings, however, after a long time, he heard his sudden sigh:

"It's a pity. ”

"Professor, what are you sorry for?" the young researcher beside him wondered.

Li Zhengwu shook his head: "It's a pity that the scale of the generator set is still too small, and it has not given full play to the advantages of our reactor at all, and most of the design space can only be wasted." ”

Although the antimatter reactor in the demonstration reactor is only experimental, the energy released by burning positive and antimatter is not comparable to that of an ordinary nuclear fission reactor.

The world's largest nuclear power plant, the Kashiwazaki Sawa Nuclear Power Plant, has seven boiling water nuclear reactors with a total installed capacity of only 8 million kilowatts, and their antimatter reactors can even reach more than 10 million kilowatts, which is almost comparable to a Three Gorges hydropower station!

Therefore, the combined power generation units installed on the demonstration reactor at the base have a total installed capacity of only 1.3 million kilowatts, which cannot fully utilize the energy generated by antimatter annihilation, and at this stage, the energy consumption loss can only be reduced by controlling the amount of fuel injection.

However, in the next experiments, the amount of fuel injected will increase until the reactor's design limit is reached, and at that time, most of the energy will be discharged into the sea, wasted.

In Academician Li's view, Liu Feng is too stingy, only using 5 generator sets, even if 3 or 40 are added on this basis, the project is completely assured.

It's just that Liu Feng also has his own difficulties, doesn't he want to fully play the role of the demonstration pile?

Just because the demonstration reactor is originally experimental, if it succeeds, it is good to say that he can slowly increase the number of generator sets at that time;

But if it fails, the investment in these dozens of generators is really not a small amount, and isn't it a waste of national resources to put it for a few years?

Don't know that oil and salt are expensive, don't look at the above, they directly gave him 600 billion funds, but this is the sum of the entire antimatter project, less than one-tenth of the antimatter power generation projects are used, hundreds of millions are wasted here, hundreds of millions are wasted there, and the public's money is not such a waste method, isn't it?

Looking at the fuel filling rate value on the computer, which had stabilized, the young researcher also sighed softly:

"Yes, the current energy output power is less than one-tenth of the reactor's ultimate capacity, and it is indeed a bit of a tyrannical thing. Dozens of generating units, almost comparable to a Three Gorges, really want to see our reactors at full capacity! I don't know how much antimatter will have to be burned in a day by then?"

Speaking of the consumption of antimatter, Academician Li smiled:

"We don't need to worry about this, what we should be worried about is Professor Liu! According to the calculation of the reactor running at full load, it can consume 4.8g of antimatter in a day, haha, let's not bankrupt people when the time comes." ”

Indeed, if calculated according to the production market of the Beijing Positron Collider, 1G antimatter will take at least 3 years to produce, which will cost hundreds of millions, and the reactor will run for a few hours to consume it.

Fortunately, the super collider in Shanhaiguan has been built, and the efficiency of producing antimatter is no longer comparable to the experimental Beijing positron collider, the former is at least 10,000 times more efficient than the latter, and even if there are a few more demonstration reactors, it can support the fuel consumption rate of the reactor.

As for the current production price of antimatter, it is said that on the side of the Super Collider, the unit price of 1g of antimatter has been reduced to 1.5 million, and 1g of antimatter can provide 50 million kilowatt-hours of energy after annihilation, even with 60% energy conversion efficiency, it can also produce 30 million kilowatt-hours of electricity.

The fuel cost of 1.5 million, the production of 30 million kilowatt-hours of electricity, an average of 5 cents 1 kilowatt-hour, plus the input cost of fixed assets, the cost of antimatter power stations, should be able to control below 1 mao 5, this price, is much cheaper than the cost of thermal power stations 2 cents to 3 cents 1 kWh, even with the cost of hydroelectric power stations 1 mao 5 to 2 cents, it is also much cheaper.

What's more, optimistic estimates show that the energy conversion efficiency of the demonstration reactor can reach more than 70%, and the cost of producing antimatter from the super collider still has a lot of room to fall, so in terms of cost, the investment in antimatter power stations can be much more cost-effective than other power stations.

Of course, the current demonstration reactor has not reached full capacity.

The fuel consumption of 4.8 g per day is the maximum value of the reactor operating at full power, and the current ignition experiment, the fuel is calculated in micrograms/s, and the reactor is continuously injected.

After all, there are only 2 high-energy meson generator sets installed at present, and there are only 3 hydrothermal cycle generator sets.

However, at this moment, the main control room.

The thirty-minute steady cycle came to an end.

Under the programmatic control of the supercomputer, everyone can see that the injection flow of antimatter fuel has begun to gradually increase, and as the annihilation reaction intensifies, more and more high-energy mesons are generated.

However, the high-energy charged meson generators are already running at full capacity, and most of the high-energy mesons can only be absorbed by the reactor's water layer and converted into a huge amount of heat.

As Academician Qian Zhengying revealed just now, the new energy distribution ratio began to be distributed under the independent control of the computer, the hot water flow gradually surged, and the other two hydrothermal cycle generator sets that had not been in operation before were finally running.

"Whew~"

The researchers who saw this scene were finally relieved,

"Papapa~"

Thunderous applause rang out again.

"Energy conversion efficiency 75%!"

“74%！”

“73%！”

……

As the fuel injection flow rate gradually increases, the efficiency value of the total energy conversion on the large screen is also decreasing.

Eventually, with the five generators running at full load, the value fluctuated slightly at around 63%.

After the successive explanations of Academician Qian Zhengying and Liu Feng, everyone understood that this was a combination test of power generation methods, simply put, it was to test the combination of power generation in what ratio of the two generator sets.

Soon, a Cartesian coordinate curve appeared on the big screen, which is the working curve of the energy conversion efficiency and the distribution mode of the generator set automatically calculated by the computer, which once again proves the 'perfection' of the previous 2:1 distribution mode, and once again proves that the energy conversion efficiency of the new high-energy meson generator is higher than that of the hydrothermal cycle generator!

In other words, the high-energy meson generator researched by Academician Qian Zhengying has been confirmed to be successful!

Another phase victory!

The thunderous applause also rang out non-stop.

Then, after half an hour of stable operation, the reactor began to run at full capacity.

With the continuous increase of fuel injection, the energy in the reactor has gradually exceeded the limit of the power generation set, so most of the energy is continuously introduced into the sea by the circulating water cooling system.

"The reactor output power is 10.85 million kilowatts!"

When the reporter reported this number, in the entire control room, everyone's eyes were fixed on the big screen, and they were so nervous that they were silent.

10.85 million kilowatts!

According to Professor Liu, this state will continue to run for two and a half hours!

This is equivalent to venting the energy of a Hiroshima atomic bomb in a space of less than 100 cubic meters through a fixed channel in two and a half hours.

The researchers in the control room were already excited and were ready to fight.

Even quite a few people are so nervous that they lose their breath.

On the screen,

Every beating of that value will tug at their nerves.

After all

No one wants to be deeply mourned by people all over the world in tonight's news broadcast......

Time passed by second, and on the sea level, 054A was still cruising within tens of nautical miles of Shanhaiguan.

"Obedient!" When the warship approached the demonstration pile base again, he saw that the drainage port of the base not far away was billowing out 'thick smoke', and after a while, a large area nearby was shrouded in a thick fog, and even several nautical miles away, he could feel the scorching heat from the opposite side, the young scout's eyes widened instantly, and he said in surprise, "What are you doing, burning the river and boiling the sea?"

The other people who saw this scene also widened their eyes in disbelief.

When the captain also picked up the binoculars and prepared to continue the 'deeper' exploration, suddenly.

"Captain, Captain, look!"

The monitor, who had been monitoring the dashboard, pointed to the corner of the computer screen on the frigate and exclaimed,

"Just now, our seawater temperature monitor showed that in just half an hour, the temperature of our seawater has increased by 0.5 degrees!"

The telescope slipped straight from his hand, and the captain's mouth opened wide.

Boiling the 'sea' to 0.5 degrees?

They're miles away!

Not just the captain, everyone was dumbfounded......

Inside the demonstration reactor base.

Finally, as the last microgram of antimatter burned out, the reactor's core temperature quickly dropped from hundreds of thousands of degrees Celsius to below 10,000 degrees Celsius, and over time, it continued to fall off a cliff.

It is clear that the experiment has come to an end again.

From now on, the reactor will be shut down for half an hour, and in the next half hour, the crew will conduct a comprehensive flaw detection of the reactor's outer wall vessel to determine whether the reactor is damaged and prepare for the next round of extreme testing.

Until now, Liu Feng, who had been standing by the console staring at the big screen, breathed a sigh of relief.

So far, according to the feedback data, the results of this round of experiments are quite perfect, and the results of each step are as he expected, and perfectly meet his design requirements.

In other words, the experiment has basically been declared successful by this point.

And, judging from his exploration of the reactor just now, the situation inside the core was even better than he expected!

It's just that the checks that should be done must be done, after all, not everyone has the ability to control the microscopic world like him.

They are still busy in their respective positions, and they have no extra time to greet Professor Ding and others, nor do they have time to give interviews.

Staring at the rows of data and real-time images drawn on the computer screen, Liu Feng's brain is comparable to the dawn 4000H in the computer room next door, and groups of data are constantly calculating in his mind, and he hopes to find problems in these data, so that he can be more perfect in the next round of experiments.

However, after a round, it was a pity that I couldn't find any flaws.

By this time, the inspection of the reactor by the staff was nearing completion.

"The reactor has been inspected, and no radiation damage has been found!"

"Very good!" Liu Feng nodded with satisfaction.

Whether it is a nuclear reactor or an antimatter reactor, the basic principle is actually the same, at the moment of nuclear fission (fusion) or annihilation of positive and antimatter, a huge amount of radiation will be released in an instant, so there are extremely high requirements for the outer wall material of the reactor.

It's just that after the limit test of the two-wheel reactor running at full capacity, the damage that should be tested can also be detected.

Raising his hand and looking at his watch, it was also time for the final link: "The on-site personnel quickly evacuated and started the second round of ignition!"

"Understood!"

After receiving this order, everyone once again took their positions, ready to start a new round of ignition.

Soon, as positive and antimatter began to be injected, the second round of experiments was started again.

When the star-like energy was released again, all the generator sets were turned on again, and gradually reached full capacity, and the billowing steam rose again to the eyes of the crew of the 054A frigate.

Liu Feng's gaze was also locked on the big screen in the main control room of the base.

The researcher, sitting in front of the computer screen, also reported in an excited voice.

"The high-energy meson generator set is working fine!"

"The hydrothermal cycle generator set is working fine!"

"Reactor output is increasing!"

……

"The reactor output power is fully loaded, reaching the expected 10 million kilowatts!"

In the end, the reporter could no longer suppress the excitement in his heart, and stood up and shouted directly.

"It worked!"

"We've succeeded once again!"

"We made it totally!"

Yes, it was totally successful!

The entire demonstration reactor, from the reactor to the generator, from the generator to the integrated control system, all the parts and components form a precision truck, which is driving stably on the highway of the future!

There is no form of energy on this earth or even in the entire galaxy that is purer and closer to the origin of the universe.

And that cry also resonated in everyone's hearts.

Liu Feng, who was standing in front of the console, had a tense expression that had been tense since he pressed the button, and he had already soothed his smile, and took the lead in waving his fist and roaring up to the sky!

And in the control room, there were deafening cheers.

People began to hug each other and give each other high-fives.

At this moment, victory is theirs.

History will not only remember all the people here,

Their victories will also be remembered......

In the audience, looking at Liu Feng who raised his arms and cheered, and looked at the researchers who hugged each other, Academician Wang Yifang was flushed, his fists were clenched tightly, and his whole body kept trembling!

This is their success, this is Liu Feng's success, and this is also his success as a teacher!

And Professor Ding Zhaozhong also laughed heroically, and his calloused right hand patted the shoulders of the people around him vigorously, excited like a child.

In the research of nuclear physics in China, he has missed it once, and has always regretted it, and this time, he finally witnessed, witnessed another new physics far beyond nuclear energy in the motherland!

Standing in the corner of the control room, looking at the researchers in the control room, especially at the backs of these old academicians, the CCTV reporter stood up straight quietly, his Adam's apple flashed slightly, and his face showed a proud look.

He didn't know what that data in the computer meant.

It's not even clear why the researchers are cheering again.

But he clearly knew that from this moment on, the 'light of controlled fusion' finally bloomed on the land of China.

And all this will be conveyed to every corner of the world through the camera in his hand!

The shackles of energy have been completely shattered,

A new era has arrived,

And you're all ready?

……