"Mr. Lu, what is the problem?"

For Lu Yi, who has mastered the power of capital, Professor Rupert did not dare to put on a big show, and his attitude seemed to be very polite and friendly.

"After the plasma turbulence model leads to the optimal control scheme of the stellarator, the biggest problem of the stellarator is the problem of the first inner wall material."

As a scientific researcher, English is almost a must, Lu Yi said in proficient English: "In the process of studying the first inner wall material, we found that the nano ceramic material is very suitable for application in the first inner wall. ”

"No, Lu, nano-ceramic materials are not suitable, its thermal conductivity is too poor."

The topic officially turned to academic issues, and Professor Rupert returned to the rigor of a scientist, temporarily ignoring Lu Yi's identity, and said: "Facing the plasma energy will accumulate on it, it will not take long for the temperature to rise to the limit of the material's tolerance, resulting in cracking, crumbling, and even melting.

The cracked and crushed nano-ceramic materials are caught in the plasma, which will cause serious pollution to the plasma, resulting in the shutdown of the reactor, and even the possibility of a reactor explosion. ”

"What about carbon nanomaterials? I remember that graphite was used as the first inner wall material in the scientific community, but it was eliminated due to the phenomenon of methane produced by hydrocarbon reactions.

Recently, however, I have been working on carbon nanomaterials, and I have found that carbon nanotube materials or graphene materials do not react with hydrogen, but instead switch to hydrogen storage. ”

Lu Yi said step by step: "The melting point of carbon nanomaterials under vacuum is as high as more than 3,000 degrees Celsius, because it is not a metal and there is no metal bond, the carbon core is more stable, has good resistance to neutron impact, and has excellent resistance to neutron irradiation."

In addition, carbon nanomaterials are also repairable, and the damage caused by neutron irradiation will repair itself, and the various properties shown by this will undoubtedly be very suitable for use as the first inner wall material.

However, its thermal conductivity is so strong that the temperature generated by the direct plasma will be quickly conducted to the lithium breeder cladding behind, causing the vaporization of lithium.

I would like to ask Professor Rupert whether the Max Planck lab has carried out corresponding research, that is, to combine carbon nanomaterials and nano-ceramic materials, using carbon nanomaterials as the inner wall, and adding an extra layer of ceramic materials as buffers.

If anything, I'd like to know the lower temperature data and their resistance to the high-energy neutrons of DT fusion.

On my side, the research on tomorrow's stellarator is not thorough, and I am still studying plasma confinement, and I don't dare to conduct actual fusion experiments at will, so I can't get data in this area. ”

"Lu, your idea is amazing."

Carefully deducing Lu Yi's idea in his mind, Professor Rupert exclaimed: "We haven't conducted relevant experiments, but I think we can test them." ”

Professor Rupert chatted with Lu Yi for a few words, hung up the phone with some excitement, turned his head to his assistant and shouted, "Add, I have an idea to actually test it." ”

"Professor, what kind of test?"

Eddie, who was reviewing the data for the demonstration reactor project, turned his head and asked curiously, he hadn't seen Professor Rupert so excited for a long time, not even the last time the Spiral Stone Stellarator 7-X plasma confinement time exceeded an hour.

Because there was that time, the main credit goes to the plasma turbulence model.

At that time, their Max Planck lab was still planning to cut off Hu, but after spending a lot of money and two Fields Medal winners, Lu Yi was still ahead, which greatly reduced Professor Rupert's excitement.

"Combine carbon nanomaterials and ceramic materials, carbon nanomaterials as the first inner wall, and ceramic materials as the temperature buffer layer, to see if such a composite structure can be used as the first inner wall of the stellarator."

Professor Rupert said excitedly, his years of experience had taught him that the idea should be fine.

If it can indeed be used as the first inner wall of the stellarator, then there is no doubt that the highly accurate and expensive movable ceramic interlayer can be eliminated, which can leave a lot of cost for the stellarator fusion reactor.

"Yes, Professor."

Eddie also saw the potential of the idea, and turned around with some emotion, ready to start experimenting.

"No, I'm going to write a report to stop the construction of the demonstration reactor for the time being, and if this idea is feasible, then the previous design structure will undoubtedly be obsolete."

Seeing that his assistant was preparing to conduct relevant tests, Professor Rupert remembered that the demonstration reactor had been built through the schematic design, and hurriedly walked to his computer.

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"Lu Lu, why did you tell Max Planck Lab about this idea?"

On the Yangcheng side, as soon as Lu Yi hung up the phone, Lin Meng, Zhang Qing and Xu Ying hurriedly asked.

Captain Huang next to him looked a little confused, he knew a little bit of English, but more in terms of recognition and writing, his listening and reading ability was that of the five scumbags, and he couldn't understand what Lu Yigang said on the phone.

"How long do you think it will take for Max Planck Labs to test and determine the feasibility of this design structure, and to change the entire stellarator scheme and the core area of the demonstration reactor?"

Lu Yi said with a strange expression: "And because they have sufficient preparation time, the design plan and related drawings are relatively complete, and the core area of the demonstration reactor is built simultaneously, if the plan is changed, then the part they are building now also needs to be demolished and rebuilt." ”

In the current situation, the idea of carbon nanomaterials as the first inner wall and ceramic materials as buffers is not valuable.

Not to mention that Lu Yi still has a hand, during this time the laboratory has determined, that is, carbon nanomaterials will be exposed to a high temperature of 2800 degrees Celsius for more than 70 hours, and their properties will change slightly, and the inside will react with the stored hydrogen.

This reaction is subtle, and the intensity of the reaction shows no signs of increasing, but for plasma with high purity requirements, this subtle reaction is fatal.

By the time Max Planck Labs found out about this, a few days had passed.

But Lu Yi dared to guarantee that he was tempting enough for Professor Rupert, and they would not easily give up this idea, but would use this idea as a springboard to turn to hydrogen isolation.

The ceramic materials are arranged in the front for isolation, the carbon nanomaterials are used for rapid heat dissipation in the back, and then the ceramic materials are used as buffers, which is the plan proposed by Lin Meng and Zhang Qing at the meeting that day.

With the beginning, Lu Yi understands that such a plan cannot be hidden from Max Planck Laboratory, but the specific heat dissipation area, the thickness of the first ceramic layer, the thickness of the carbon nanomaterial layer and other parameters can only be determined through actual tests.

This process took more than a week, and it was still the result of the experiments carried out by many materials laboratories in China, and according to the resources available to Max Planck Laboratory, this time is estimated to be doubled.

Once these parameters are determined, the final plan for the core area of the stellar simulator and the demonstration reactor can be determined, and this will not be possible until the plan is determined.

With a worthless and can't hide idea, there is a high probability that the competitor will be delayed for nearly a month, and the blood will be earned!

"Whether to continue with the previous plan and increase the annual operating cost of the reactor by more than $400 million, or to abandon the previous plan and delay it for a month, is a question worth pondering."

Lu Yi remembered that Tomorrow Group had inquired with Japan about the price of processing the ceramic interlayer of Max Planck Laboratory, and said: "Xiaomeng, Zhang Qing, the experimental data provided by the project cooperation laboratory on the carbon nanolayer and the ceramic material layer will not be known to other researchers in the laboratory for the time being. ”

"Hmm."

"Okay."

Zhang Qing and Lin Meng nodded, based on the conversation between Head Huang and Lu Yi just now, they also guessed that someone should have been bribed in the laboratory.

"Captain Huang, the vigilance of the laboratory during this time is troublesome to you."

Lu Yi turned his head and smiled at Captain Huang: "When the project is completed, I will give the brothers a bonus together." ”

"No, I don't want to break discipline."

Head Huang hurriedly waved his hand, but he knew that the person in front of him was not only the person in charge of this national strategic project, but also an extraordinary rich man, and others said that the bonus might be a joke, but this master really didn't dare to guarantee it.

"Lu Lu, don't hurt Captain Huang and them for violating discipline, this matter will be arranged above."

Zhang Qing next to him was a little helpless about Lu Yi's sometimes nervous convulsions, and said: "Just sent a message from the Shengjing Materials Research Institute that there has been a new discovery in the industrial preparation of superconducting graphene wires, and they have discovered a material that can be self-stabilizing at the single atomic layer, and the relevant data has been sent to our mailbox." ”

"Yes, Professor Zhang is right, we are all meritorious in the completion of this project, Professor Lu does not have to worry about us."

"Okay, let's go get busy first, and Captain Huang will have time to drink together."

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