Chapter 60: The Goal Is the Sea of Stars
"The prototype was 78 percent damaged after the test was completed, so it can be said that it was completely scrapped, and the total value of this prototype plus the loss of accelerated components from the beginning of the experiment to the present, and the equipment lost during the normal test of the prototype, is worth 287.3 million US dollars.
The cost of leasing supercomputing networks and private lines is $132 million, the IDC rooms and data centers of the three major operators are $118 million, and the start-up costs of quantum computers and tokmak devices are $13.48 million.
A total of $550.78 million was spent to study mathematical models of controlled fusion plasma turbulence. ”
In Yangcheng Laboratory, Xu Ying took out a financial statement, which recorded in detail the cost of a single experiment and the cost of renting supercomputing, IDC computer room, and data center during this period.
550.78 million US dollars, 3.76 billion yuan, this does not include the construction cost of the supercomputer on the third floor, the laboratory can still use instruments and equipment that have not been scrapped, and the salary and bonus of employees are not recorded.
Now everything in the laboratory belongs to Lu Yi's other wholly-owned company responsible for operation, and the experimental instruments and equipment were purchased with Li Yashan's help before, and they were traded with Lu Yi as equivalent value, and the rest of the funds were also taken out of the company's account.
Through such a process, you can legally save a lot of taxes, after all, the difference between the personal income tax rate and the corporate tax rate is too big.
Lu Yi took the financial statement and read it carefully, took out a pen and signed his name on it, and said, "Senior Sister Xu Ying, the electronic version will also be sent to my mailbox afterwards." ”
Although I believe that Senior Sister Xu Ying will not be corrupt, the procurement of instruments and equipment is followed up by Li Yashan, and the settlement of various expenses is handled by herself, so there is no such thing as taking kickbacks from it, but when it comes to money, Lu Yi will be very generous, and he will be serious and detailed.
Loyalty is constrained by strict regulations, not laissez-faire, and people's hearts are the most untested truth, and Lu Yi still knows.
"Hmm." Xu Ying's eyes flashed with the fluorescent of adoration, and she was very well-behaved and docile.
"Lu Lu, you're awesome! The Tokmak installation of the EAST project successfully exceeded 1200 seconds! ”
At this moment, Brother Zao's excited voice came from outside the door, and the voice had already arrived before the person arrived.
"Lu Lu, I'll go and get busy first." Seeing Brother Zao coming, Xu Ying whispered softly and walked out with the folder.
"The energy efficiency has not improved much and it is useless, in addition, the Max Planck laboratory has adjusted the control parameters according to the mathematical model, and the discharge time of the Spiral Stone 7-X has successfully exceeded 30 minutes."
Compared with Brother Zao's excitement, Lu Yi seemed calmer, since the laboratory took the lead in completing the mathematical model of controllable nuclear fusion plasma turbulence, the EAST project has been receiving success, and he got this news earlier than Brother Zao.
Even the spiral stone 7-X on the side of Max Planck Lab broke through for 30 minutes, and it was the first time to send a thank you letter to the laboratory's mailbox, thanking Lu Yi and Lin Meng for their contributions to controlled nuclear fusion, as if everyone's previous competition did not exist.
Whether it is studying for the college entrance examination or doing academic work, people remember the first one.
Perhaps the mathematical model of controlled fusion plasma turbulence obtained by Max Planck Lab is only a few hours slower than Lu Yi's, but it is these few hours that determine the world-class problem of fusion plasma turbulence.
People and the future history of mankind will only remember Lu Yi's laboratory, remember Lu Yi, remember Lin Meng, remember Zhang Qing, and not remember Professor Andre and Professor Rupert, who also stayed up late drinking coffee for this issue.
"Lu Lu, you can't think about ascending to the sky in one step, we can slowly improve the energy efficiency, just like the thrust-to-weight ratio of the jet engine at the beginning, it will slowly increase."
Brother Zao's emotions are still a little excited, compared to the brilliance of the 19th century, the physics community in the 21st century has been silent for too long, as a physics major now sees a major breakthrough in the nuclear fusion project led by the physics community, this breakthrough is still led by his friends, how can he suppress the excitement in his heart.
The energy efficiency of controlled nuclear fusion refers to the energy output rate, and it takes a lot of energy to maintain the magnetic field of nuclear fusion, and the ratio of output power to the power consumed by the device under normal circumstances should be greater than 1, of course, the larger the value, the better.
"Lu Lu, don't you know, now your reputation in the school is much more famous than Professor Lin, originally everyone thought that you had too much money to burn, but I didn't think that you really succeeded, not only in the school, but also on the neck."
"It's boring."
Lu Yi didn't need to look to know what was going on in the school and around his neck, and even major media, including foreign media, sent invitations for interviews, but he refused.
Submitting a list in his hand to Brother Zao, Lu Yi shook his head and said, "Give me an opinion and see how we can dig up some people from Max Plan's lab." ”
"What is this?"
Brother Zao took it and looked at it curiously, it was full of foreign names, and the lines behind the names were senior engineers, plasma experts, and those who participated in the design and assembly of the Spiral Stone 7-X.
"You want to do a stellarumer? Isn't it okay to Tokmak? If it is to engage in Tokmak, I believe that the domestic EAST project will definitely be willing to provide technical support. ”
Originally, everyone was not optimistic about the potential of Tokmak, mainly because the design of Tokmak has congenital defects, and the use of internal magnetic field coupling will make the internal plasma current very unstable, and a high energy intensity is easy to cause large tears in the magnetic surface and cause damage to the device.
Compared with Tokmak, the stellar simulator uses an external coil to generate a magnetic field for binding, and there will be no large tearing, and the safety and stability are higher than that of Tokmak, and the difficulty is that the engineering difficulty is outrageous.
But these are all things in the past, and Zao Ge believes that with the establishment of a mathematical model of plasma turbulence for controlled nuclear fusion, Tokmak's defects will be greatly improved, and it is more likely that nuclear fusion will be commercialized than stellarators.
"In terms of commercialization, the problem of plasma turbulence is solved, and there is no problem with Tokmak and stellarator, but compared with Tokmak, I am more optimistic about the application scenarios of stellarators."
Lu Yi took a deep breath and said: "Tokmak's design determines that even if stable energy output is achieved, it can only be used as a large-scale power station, which is miniaturized or mobile, which Toquemak cannot do.
The instability of the internal plasma current determines that it is like a porcelain doll with poor resistance to external shocks.
On the contrary, the stellar simulator that uses external magnetic field constraints, whether it is miniaturized or mobile, will be several grades safer and more stable than Tokmak. ”
"Miniaturization and mobility?"
Brother Zao was a little stunned, he felt that he couldn't keep up with Lu Yi's thinking, while everyone was thinking about how to make the ignition and discharge time of controlled nuclear fusion longer and stable, and how to improve the energy efficiency of the device, Lu Yi was thinking about the miniaturization and mobility in the future.
You're thinking too long-term, aren't you?
"Say, what are you looking for me for, it's all media outside, I don't bother to go out."
Lu Yi, who was aspiring to the sea of stars, didn't want to explain anything to the short-sighted capitalist Brother Zao, so he simply asked him what was going on.
After a few years in the same dormitory, he knew that if nothing happened, this guy would never come.
Asked by Lu Yi, Brother Zao remembered the purpose of his coming, and hurriedly said, "Didn't I tell you before that I know a researcher majoring in biology and asked you if you wanted it?" I didn't look for you during this time when you were busy as a dog, but now that it's done, I'll bring someone to you to see. ”