H country Xiyuan Province, Chang'an City.

Superconducting Tomac Research Center.

After the HT-9 device completed the continuous ignition for 5,000 seconds, 10,000 seconds, and 50,000 seconds, this research center is now carrying out a continuous ignition for 100,000 seconds.

Lian Haochu, the chief designer of the designer, has been staring at the computer screen, and a red second reading number is displayed on it: 99864 seconds.

More than two minutes later, there was a burst of cheers from the control room, and the ignition duration was 10,011 seconds.

"Mr. Lian, do we still want to continue the practice?" The deputy chief designer asked.

"Is the state of the device stable?"

"The state is very stable and can continue to generate electricity."

"Then let it continue."

After 156302 seconds, the HT-9 superconducting tomac device stopped generating electricity.

It is not because the device cannot continue to work, but the power generation power of up to 500 megawatts, which is enough for a city to use, is not used up, and accumulates in the device, which has the side effect of rising internal temperature, and if the power emitted by HT-9 is connected to the national power grid, HT-9 can continue to work.

Minister Wan of the Ministry of Science and Technology called and asked about the results of the 100,000-second discharge.

Lian Haochu said excitedly: "It is much better than expected, with continuous discharge for 150,000 seconds, the HT-9 device now basically meets the standard of grid-connected power generation, and 500 megawatts of power generation power is enough for a city." If the electrical energy emitted by this device is used, according to our control program, it will be fine to continue discharging for more than 1 million seconds, which is equivalent to making a practical standard artificial sun. ”

Minister Wan also became excited, and said, "In other words, you are confident that you can create a real artificial sun?" ”

"Yes! As long as the HT-9 is based on the tomac device, the tomac device is magnified by 50 times, and the discharge strength is stronger. The faster new tomac device can increase the power generation power by more than 200 times compared to the HT-9, and the power generation power of 100,000 megawatts can solve 10% of the energy supply problem of country H, which is very remarkable! ”

The real artificial sun is very large, and the superconducting materials used are also very expensive, and it is said that it will take 500 billion euros and a lot of manpower to make a real artificial solar power generation device.

The HT-9 superconducting tomac discharge device in country H covers an area of less than 50 square meters. To be honest, it's not very big, but the power generation can reach 500 megawatts, which is very amazing, and there is room for upward improvement, but reaching 1000 megawatts is almost the limit.

"What are the material conditions required to build such a large tomac device? And how much does it cost? ”

Lian Haochu was overjoyed and hurriedly said: "600 tons of superconducting materials and 80 tons of special metals are needed. The cost may be these two things, but I don't know their specific price, if you evaluate it according to the cost of HT-9 of 1.8 billion, a real artificial sun. It may cost 90 billion, close to 100 billion yuan. ”

"100 billion, 100 billion." Minister Wan muttered this number in his mouth, feeling that it was too expensive.

"Minister. Country H imports more than 300 million tons of crude oil from all over the world every year, spending more than 250 billion meters of gold. And an artificial sun that costs 100 billion yuan can reduce the import of 50 million tons of crude oil every year. The money saved, the cost can be recovered in a year, and some even earn, this business is too cost-effective, it is completely necessary to make artificial suns. ”

Lian Haochu also added: "Moreover, the price of oil imports has risen sharply recently, from less than 100 yuan to more than 140 yuan, and it is absolutely necessary for country H to get rid of its dependence on oil as an energy source by making an artificial sun!" ”

"I will react to the central government and see how the central government makes decisions."

……

Zhongnanhai, a secret conference room.

The leadership convened a meeting to discuss energy issues.

The oil minister said: "After Russia announced the price increase, it cut off oil and gas on the same day, and if they don't give them the money they want, it seems that they will not resume supply," he poked the table with his fingertips, "The contract clearly said that the price would not be increased for 20 years, but I didn't expect them to increase it, this country is a country that does not pay attention to faith." ”

"At present, there is no problem in holding on to the domestic strategic reserves and the oil production capacity of country H itself for 150 days, but after 150 days, if the price of oil is still so high, we may have to accept the high price of others, because our oil self-sufficiency rate is only 40%."

Chief No. 1 asked the Minister of Coal: "How many tons of oil can a coal-to-oil plant produce in a year?" ”

"It's about 500,000 tons, and if we build a few more coal-to-oil plants, we can increase the total output to 5 million tons," the coal minister said. However, the cost of industrially synthesized oil is relatively high, about 135 meters per barrel, which is not suitable for large-scale promotion. ”

"We should reduce the use of oil, recently Nanping Company has produced a metal battery with an energy density close to diesel, we can increase our support for this company and vigorously promote new energy!" ”

At present, most of the oil imported by country H is used as fuel for airplanes and automobiles, as well as fuel for people's stoves, and a small part is used as industrial raw materials.

At this time, Minister Wan of the Ministry of Science and Technology said: "Yesterday, the superconducting Tomak real device in Chang'an City made a very heavy breakthrough, HT-9 continuous discharge time exceeded 150,000 seconds, and initially had the technical prerequisite for grid-connected power generation. ”

The second leader asked with great interest, "What you say is true?" Are our experts sure that a real artificial sun has been created? ”

"There is no problem in technology, there is no problem in materials, the biggest problem is the problem of funding, if there is enough money, it can be made in two to three years."

Everyone was shocked, the artificial sun is a good thing.

In 2017, the installed power capacity of country H was 1.45 billion kilowatts, ranking first in the world. However, the energy structure is still dominated by thermal power generation, followed by nuclear power and hydropower, wind power and solar power are at the bottom, and geothermal and tidal power generation are used in a small amount.

Among them, hydropower, wind power, solar energy, geothermal, and tidal energy are all considered clean energy.

Thermal power generation burns more than 1 billion tons of coal every year, which consumes energy and is highly polluting, and is being phased out.

The number of fourth-generation nuclear power plants has been started, and more than 100 nuclear power plants are being built across the country, but due to concerns about nuclear accidents. The promotion of nuclear power plants has encountered great resistance, and some people who do not know the truth have been provoked. The speed of promotion slowed down, and only 23 were completed.

"How much does an artificial sun cost?" Chief No. 1 asked.

"The cost is not high, about 100 billion yuan, you can build a nuclear fusion power station with a power of 100 million kilowatts, only about 5-10. It can completely solve the energy problem of country H, and in the future, it will not matter whether the oil is 100 yuan a barrel, 200 yuan a barrel, or 1000 yuan a barrel. We don't need to import half a barrel and completely get rid of foreign dependence! ”

Everyone also silently calculated the accounts, and found that it was very cost-effective, and even a little cheap. Because foreign experts have calculated that a nuclear fusion power station with a power of more than 100 million kilowatts will cost at least 500 billion euros to manufacture. Now country H only needs to invest 100 billion yuan to build it, less than one-thirtieth of theirs.

Some people even wonder: Is it really so cheap as 100 billion?

After the No. 1 chief quickly finished calculating the account, he immediately knocked on the table and said: "Now that the treasury still has some money, build five of them first, and strive to solve the energy problem in about a year!" ”

"Five...... Five, within a year? "Minister Wan was stunned, this is too big, right?

"Since we have this technical strength, instead of spending so much more money to buy oil, it is better to build a few more artificial suns, and in the future, the oil of some countries, not to mention 140 meters, is 40 meters, we will not buy it, they will keep it for themselves!"

The No. 1 leader made a rare fire.

……

On July 1, Tianming received a phone call from Secretary He, saying that the state wanted to negotiate business with him and asked him to go to the base now.

Without much hesitation, it took two minutes for Tianming to appear in the negotiation room.

After half an hour of negotiation, Tianming knocked on the table and thought for a while: "A thousand tons of black steel, if it is sold to you at the price of gold, is worth about 300 billion yuan, well, you can sell it, this deal is closed." ”

Secretary He's face was happy, and then he said: "The material of black steel is too hard, if you build an artificial sun, you still need to be responsible for processing these materials, otherwise it will be very troublesome." ”

"You know, it's called after-sales service, right? No problem. ”

Tianming thought about it again, and an idea came to him, and said to Secretary He: "Old He, except for black steel, are you interested in other materials?" For example, superconducting materials, I have a superconducting material that has superconducting ability in a room temperature environment, which is very easy to use, and the performance is definitely better than that of ordinary superconducting materials when used to build nuclear fusion power stations. ”

"Yes, yes!" Secretary He was really interested, but he was a little suspicious: "However, the price of buying from you is definitely not cheap, right?" ”

Tianming smiled mysteriously: "Cheap, very cheap, I don't charge the state a penny, I will provide you with this superconducting material for free." All you have to do is lend me those experts when the fusion power station is built, and I want to build some artificial suns on the red giant. ”

Transforming the planet requires a lot of energy, and ordinary nuclear fission power stations and nuclear batteries are definitely not enough, so Han Lei told him that at least dozens of nuclear fusion power stations with a power of more than 1 billion kilowatts can meet the energy needs of the planet, and it is inevitable to build an artificial sun on a red giant.

This is a win-win relationship, as long as Tianming provides thousands of tons of free materials, he can borrow a group of professional artificial sun experts, he has not suffered any losses, or even made a lot of money, and the country that has saved a lot of money will definitely agree to his conditions.

Sure enough, Secretary He reacted to Tianming's request, and immediately got a reply and could agree, but he could not bring those experts to the red giant until the country had built all five artificial suns.

"Okay, I hope you better build it quickly, I don't want to wait too long."

"You know, we're going to speed up the speed."

…… (To be continued......)