144 grams of cobalt-60 can continuously produce 2.7 kilowatts of electricity generation.

This is an extremely high power generation efficiency.

You must know that at present, only Lucia and America have mastered the comprehensive nuclear battery production process in the world, and the power generation power is extremely impressive.

Using plutonium as the raw material for nuclear batteries, using temperature difference power generation technology, a nuclear battery device weighing tens of kilograms can only produce a few watts of power generation.

The characteristics of temperature difference power generation technology are that the system is simple and crude, and the disadvantage is that the thermal efficiency is very low, only 10%~20%.

And the compressed air absorption layer they inadvertently made in front of them can achieve an output power of 2.8 kilowatts and a thermoelectric efficiency of 67%, which is an unexpected joy, no wonder Du Hai trembles with excitement.

Levi wrote a report to report the discovery to the Ministry of Science, and asked Du Hai to re-study it.

The key now is to replicate the experiments and study the principles of power generation.

This discovery immediately alarmed the management of the Ministry of Science.

Even Li Qingye, who has been immersed in studying genetic issues, received the news.

Although he was surprised by this discovery, he did not interfere with the research plan of the Nuclear Power Research Institute, but only asked Sanchi Badalial to pay attention to the report.

After redesigning the experiment.

The Nuclear Power Research Institute's 1377 laboratory in Honsavady is responsible for repeating experiments to see if they can be reproduced.

Inside the 1377 laboratory at this time.

According to the design of the nuclear explosion test site, 144 grams of cobalt-60 were then placed in the production area, and as the barrier layer was removed, a large amount of gamma rays and beta rays passed through the first layer of composite lead plates and entered the compressed air absorption layer.

"Report, Detected Current Generating ......"

"The voltage is 32,000~86,000 volts, and the current is ...... The power is 2.617~2.75 kW......"

"Compressed air at 23.4 degrees Celsius and at a flow rate of 12 meters per second......"

The person in charge of the laboratory widened his eyes: "It really can!" How exactly does this generate electricity? ”

Suddenly, his eyes narrowed, as if he had thought of something, and he muttered to himself, "Gamma rays, air...... Resonance Frequency ...... I understand! I see. ”

Through the internal communication channel, he had a video call with Levi, Du Hai and others on Diego Garcia Island.

Then he told them his findings and guesses.

After listening to Du Hai on Diego Garcia Island, it also dawned on him: "I see, that's ......."

Specifically, the power generation mechanism in this experiment is mainly due to the resonant frequency formed by gamma rays and compressed air.

The fast-flowing compressed air and the composite lead plates on both sides form a positive and negative electrode.

As a result, the energy of gamma rays is quickly converted into electrical energy.

In fact, this phenomenon also exists in nature, that is, when the gamma rays of the universe enter the earth's atmosphere, they turn into lightning.

Of course, not all lightning bolts are inspired by gamma rays, only a small percentage are lightnings excited by gamma rays.

Due to the unavailability of this kind of gamma-ray lightning, the time and place of its occurrence are full of uncertainties, and the research on this phenomenon is almost blank.

And this time the cobalt bomb experiment inadvertently allowed them to discover the formation mechanism of gamma-ray lightning.

Du Hai immediately communicated with the person in charge of the 1377 laboratory to readjust the experiment and prepare to study the current generated by gamma rays under different gases, compressions, flow rates, and metal barriers.

After the redesign, they roughly prepared hundreds of control groups and prepared to test them one by one, in an effort to figure out the optimal conditions for the formation of gamma-ray lightning as soon as possible.

The other side.

Du Hai also calculated how to quickly produce cobalt-60.

If cobalt-60 is to be used as a raw material for nuclear batteries, it is certainly not possible to produce cobalt-60 by means of nuclear explosions, and other options can only be used.

Although used as a raw material for nuclear batteries, cobalt-60 has only a half-life of 5.27 years, which does not meet the requirements for long-term use of nuclear batteries.

However, it cannot stand its high thermoelectric efficiency and energy density.

Moreover, after the decay of cobalt-60, it will become nickel-60 with high stability, which is a non-radioactive element, which is convenient for the scrapping of nuclear batteries.

In the field of outer space, perhaps cobalt-60 nuclear batteries are not very suitable.

However, in the interior of the earth, cobalt-60 nuclear batteries have a lot to offer, and some special fields need to use self-sustaining energy systems.

For example, if the heavy exoskeleton armor can be equipped with a 10-kilogram cobalt-60 nuclear battery (containing 5 kilograms of cobalt), the power generation can reach 93.8 kilowatts.

The lightweight exoskeleton used today usually needs to be paired with a bulky ternary composite battery, resulting in a part of the exoskeleton's power wasted on supporting a 20-kilogram battery.

If a cobalt 60 core battery is used, it can be compressed to the 2 kg level.

However, Du Hai also knows that due to the very high danger of cobalt-60, the company will most likely not casually launch a civilian version, and at most equip a batch of new humans.

After all, there is uncertainty among natural person employees, and if someone goes crazy and directly takes out the cobalt-60 in the nuclear battery and releases it in the city, it will definitely be a disaster.

On the contrary, the army of a fully new humanity can consider equipping a batch of nuclear batteries.

He thought about it for a long time, and then contacted his colleagues at the Nuclear Power Research Institute, asking them to quickly cooperate with the 1377 laboratory and strive to realize the practical application of cobalt-60 nuclear batteries as soon as possible.

As for the gamma ray power generation mechanism, can it be applied to other nuclear power?

After discussing with Dr. Levi and others, it can be used as an auxiliary power generation system, but as the main power generation system, it is basically impossible.

This is related to the current principle of nuclear power generation, whether it is nuclear fission or nuclear fusion, its main energy is contained in the released thermal neutrons, not in optical radiation.

Therefore, the main force of nuclear power is to boil water.

However, the hearth fusion reactor can use a gamma ray power generation system, after all, the hearth fusion reactor is essentially to detonate a miniature hydrogen bomb, which will produce a large amount of gamma rays.

The previous molten salt power generation system could only absorb a part of the light radiation, and the absorption rate of gamma rays was very low, and it could only rely on the hard resistance of the lead plate composite layer, and this part of the energy was wasted.

Half a month later.

The Nuclear Power Research Institute has 1377 laboratories, and 6 test teams have conducted a total of 32 control experiments.

Through these experiments, some information about the mechanism of gamma ray power generation was basically found, including what gas is best to use, the best compression ratio, the best gas flow rate, and the thickness of the gas and metal plate.

At the same time, another laboratory designs a cobalt-60 nuclear battery system based on these data.

After all, it is a super-radioactive thing, and it is very troublesome to design, and although it absorbs most of the gamma rays through the air resonance frequency, about 0.21% of the gamma rays still penetrate the gas layer.

Therefore, it is necessary to set up a composite lead plate of suitable thickness and a protective shell with sufficient strength, while taking into account miniaturization and power generation.

The researchers and engineers were bald in the face of these demands.

Du Hai can't stay on Diego Garcia Island anymore, and now he wants to go back to work on nuclear batteries.

But before he could make a report, the base commander Le Gong came over with several senior executives from the Defense Department.

Du Hai was pulled over for a meeting again.

He was confused about the Ministry of Defense's intentions, after all, the main research team of the cobalt bomb was from Dr. Levi's, so what did it have to do with his nuclear power research institute?

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