Chapter 393: Neutron Squeezing
"Whew!" Liu Jingguan sat on the sofa paralyzed.
"Wait and see, I don't know if I thought you were going to shatter the void and ascend to the immortal realm." Fei Anming teased while making tea.
"Haha, almost, it really felt like a sudden epiphany."
"You're not going to smoke immortals, are you?" Fei Anming said with a smile.
"Take a look at what I've written." Liu Jingguan recovered a little, quickly got up, and saved the data in the holographic computer.
"Drink a cup of tea first, don't break your body by then." Fei Anming handed a cup of hot tea to Liu Jingguan, who was reading the information.
However, Liu Jingguan was not in the mood to drink, but looked at the holographic display screen in front of him intently, obviously he was inspired just now, and he used his brain control to input a lot of information in the computer.
Fei Anming, who was on the side, also studied along, and after a while, Fei Anming's eyes lit up: "Your idea is very peculiar, pointing to the essence of nuclear fusion. ”
"Isn't it going to be funny?" Liu Jingguan asked.
Fei Anming nodded: "Judging from the principle, this scheme is very perfect, the only thing that needs to be considered is how to output energy, or how to convert energy into electrical energy." ”
On Liu Jingguan's holographic display, there is a model he conceived, which uses a different principle from the mainstream nuclear fusion power generation.
Theoretically, whether it is a magnetically bound tokamak, a stellarator, an inertial bound laser ignition, or a new way of anti-field nuclear fusion device, these theories are all based on the principle of high-temperature nuclear fusion.
What is high-temperature nuclear fusion?
This starts from the principle of nuclear fusion, which is the process by which the nuclei of two atoms fuse together to release neutrons and photons, so nuclear fusion is also called nuclear fusion.
So how do you fuse two nuclei together? The answer is temperature and pressure.
The higher the temperature, the more intense the atom movement, and when the temperature reaches a critical point, the nuclei may fuse together.
It's like a car with a speed of 20 kilometers per hour colliding, and the two cars may be scratched; But if two cars collide at speeds of up to 150 km/h, the two cars are in high risk of being crushed.
The same is true for nuclei at high temperatures, the higher the temperature they move faster and can fuse together if they collide.
Generally, D-T (deuterium-tritium) nuclear fusion requires a high temperature of at least 100 million degrees Celsius to start; D-D (deuterium-deuterium) nuclear fusion, on the other hand, requires 1 billion degrees Celsius to start.
This temperature alone is enough to choke, and there are also problems such as plasma control and anti-neutron irradiation, so the nuclear fusion device at high temperature theory is very complicated.
The most typical application of the pressure route is the hydrogen bomb, which uses a uranium layer to wrap the fuel core of the hydrogen bomb, and produces a high-temperature and high-pressure environment through the nuclear fission of uranium, so as to achieve the critical temperature and pressure of nuclear fusion.
As for why scientists don't consider using the high-pressure route for fusion power generation, the main reason is that they can't create the pressure to reach the critical point of nuclear fusion, or they can create this pressure, but they can't effectively control this pressure (nuclear fission pressure).
Of course, Mao Xiong once had a big brain, that is, the underground nuclear fusion power generation plan, build a reaction chamber underground, and then directly throw a hydrogen bomb into the reaction chamber to detonate, and use this explosion energy to generate electricity.
The problem is that this plan not only requires a small-yield hydrogen bomb, but also nuclear contamination, power generation efficiency, and power generation sustainability.
It can only be said that this idea is very hairy, simple and crude to the extreme.
And Liu Jingguan's plan is based on the pressure method, how to operate it?
A vacuum "cylinder" is made of NN-8-1 material, and then NN-8-1 is injected directly into this vacuum cylinder by using the shield generator's activation shield principle.
In the condensed matter activation state, NN-8-1 materials can instantaneously produce neutron ionization, which is difficult to resist by conventional substances.
As long as the vacuum cylinder is filled with DD or DT, the reaction material of nuclear fusion, once the NN-8-1 condensate is activated, the entire vacuum cylinder will be quickly filled.
At this time, the DD or DT in the vacuum cylinder will be continuously compressed until there is no way back to be ionized by neutrons, if it is only neutron ionization, at most the reaction material will become plasma, but what if the condensed matter NN-8-1 material continues to be filled?
The consequence of the condensed matter NN-8-1 continued filling is that the plasma continues to be compressed, and when this compression reaches the bearing limit of the atomic nucleus, then the atomic nuclei can only be forced together by the overlord.
In this way, nuclear fusion is complete.
The next step is to figure out how to convert energy into electricity.
"Wait and see, I think you have a lot of potential for this idea." Fei Anming said after reading the information.
"Oh? Why do you say that?" Liu Jingguan asked with a smile.
"Think about it, the principle of nuclear fusion."
Liu Jingguan asked puzzledly: "What happened to the principle of nuclear fusion?" Is there anything wrong with DD or DT releasing energy into fusion at high temperature and pressure?"
"Theoretically, all matter can be fused." Fei Anming reminded.
"All the substance?" Liu Jingguan's eyes widened suddenly, and only then did he react: "Yes, all matter can be nuclear fusion, as long as the pressure is strong enough, even iron atoms can be fused together." ”
"You're a fan of the authorities, too immersed in DD and DT." After Fei Anming finished speaking, he took a sip of tea to moisten his throat.
"Wake up the dreamer with a word, and drink a cup of tea instead of wine." Liu Jingguan smiled and picked up the teacup on the table and said.
"Then congratulations, you won the Galaxy Award as soon as possible."
"Haha, we may be able to usher in a whole new era of nuclear energy."
Fei Anming put down the teacup and asked, "By the way, you want to have a loud name for this plan, what are you going to call it?"
"Name?" Liu Jing thought for a while: "How about calling it the neutron squeezing method?" Later, the device can be called a neutron press device, or a neutron press or something like that. ”
"Neutron squeezing? Yes, the name is good, this scheme is to use degenerate materials to squeeze atoms to produce nuclear fusion reactions, which can make people live up to the name. Fei Anming clapped his hands and praised.
"Next, are we going to study and implement this solution?" Liu Jingguan asked.
Fei Anming touched his chin: "Report this matter to the chairman first, and take a look at the chairman's arrangement." ”
"Yes." Liu Jingguan also knew that this matter was not trivial, and it was a necessary procedure to inform Huang Haojie first.
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Huang Haojie, who was processing documents in the study, suddenly popped up a holographic communication request on the holographic display screen in front of him.
When he saw it, it turned out to be Fei Anming, the director of the Qinling Plasma Research Institute, since he could let Fei Anming make holographic communication, it was definitely not a trivial matter.
In the Galaxy Consortium, many high-level executives have the authority to communicate directly with Huang Haojie, but this permission is not used unless necessary, and it is definitely a big deal to use it.
Holographic communication was activated instantly, and the two of them appeared in front of each other.
"Anming, what's the matter with you?" Huang Haojie asked.
"Chairman, I want a very important thing that needs to be reported to you, and I will send you a copy of the information first." Fei Anming sent a copy of the information.
After Huang Haojie received it, he immediately opened the information and browsed it.