The International Conference on High Energy Physics came to a successful conclusion, and Xu Chuan returned to Jinling after seeing off some acquaintances and friends.

In the next few days, he basically went back and forth between Nanda, the villa at the foot of the Purple Mountain, and the Xinghai Research Institute.

What is gratifying is that whether it is the 'improved' high-temperature copper-carbon-silver composite superconducting material that he handed over to Western Superconductor Group Co., Ltd. for production, or the assembly and commissioning of Huaxing stellarator, there has been gratifying progress.

The former has successfully achieved industrial production, and the first batch of superconducting coils for the transformation of the Huaxing fusion device is being expedited.

In the latter, with the efforts of researchers and engineers from the Xinghai Research Institute and the Nuclear Industry Group, as well as the working team at the Planck Plasma Research Institute, the assembly work is nearing completion.

I have to say that having money can really make ghosts grind.

With the blessing of money, those Germanic people who originally commuted to and from work normally also rolled up.

It was originally expected that it would take about two months to complete the assembly and commissioning work, but now it seems that it can be shortened by almost half a month, and it is expected that in about ten days, the Huaxing fusion device will be able to start the first experiment.

It can only be said that it is not that others do not want to work overtime, but that you do not give enough.

After learning about these work conditions, Xu Chuan also adjusted his work arrangement.

Considering that he might go to the Xinghai Research Institute more frequently to preside over the research work in the future, he asked NTU to add his own courses so that he could complete more teaching work in more time.

And for NTU students, this is a happy and painful thing.

I am happy to have more time to listen to Xu Chuan's courses and learn more knowledge. The painful thing is that in this case, almost no one can keep up with the course without a liver burst.

In fact, even if the liver is bursting, not many people in the entire mathematics department of NTU can keep up with the course progress.

Even in recent years, because of his existence, the mathematics department of NTU has been expanding, and the quality of students recruited is much better than before, and even many IMO geniuses have chosen NTU, but the gap between the two sides is still too big after all.

So the whole process is quite a kind of cramming education, whether you are useful or not, all of them will be stuffed into your brain.

Of course, Xu Chuan's teaching quality and ability are not comparable to cramming education.

The first week of June had just passed, and there was good news from the Xinghai Research Institute.

In the overtime working state of the research institute and the nuclear industry group,

The spiral stone 7-X purchased from the Planck Plasma Research Institute should be said to be the Huaxing stellarite fusion device, and the assembly is complete!

After receiving this news, Xu Chuan rushed to the research institute as soon as possible.

At the site of the core laboratory, the construction gantry and scaffolding and other equipment have all been dismantled and left, and the assembled Huaxing fusion device is lying quietly on the ground.

"How's it going?"

In the vast core laboratory, Liang Qu, the head of the Energy Research Institute, was wearing a hard hat and directing the final inspection work at the scene, Xu Chuan stepped forward and asked with a smile.

Regarding the assembly and commissioning of the Huaxing fusion device, in addition to focusing on some projects, it can be said that he is almost in a state of letting go throughout the whole process.

On the one hand, this is an opportunity to cooperate well with talents in the field of controlled nuclear fusion, and on the other hand, he does have some things to do.

Hearing the voice, Liang Qu quickly turned around and greeted respectfully: "Academician Xu." ”

Xu Chuan smiled, looked at the Huaxing fusion device in the center of the laboratory, and said, "The speed is much faster than previously estimated, how is the assembly and debugging result?" ”

Liang Qu quickly replied: "The assembly has been completed, and the final inspection work is currently underway, and it is expected that it will take about two days to complete the overall commissioning and inspection." ”

"What about the rest?" Xu Chuan nodded and asked.

The experimental opening of the controllable nuclear fusion device is not only the completion of the main body of the fusion reactor, but also the supporting work of the numerical control model, supercomputing center, external power supply and other aspects.

"The numerical control model of plasma turbulence has been modified and debugged, and according to the information provided by the Planck Plasma Institute, the simulation operation has been completed on the supercomputer, and the results are good."

"The supercomputing center and other configurations are ready, just waiting for the Huaxing fusion device to start experiments."

Xu Chuan nodded and said with a smile: "Thank you for your hard work." ”

With a smile on his face, looking at the fusion device that had been assembled, Liang Qu replied with a heartfelt smile: "Everything is worth it. ”

To say that it is hard, for more than a month, whether it is him or other researchers or engineers, it is indeed quite hard, eating, drinking and Lazar have basically been in the laboratory for a month, and even many people have slept directly in the laboratory.

However, watching the country's first stellar simulator device take shape little by little in his own hands, all the hard work and effort are worth it.

After chatting for a while, looking at the fusion reactor in the field, which was still considered 'huge', Xu Chuan remembered something and asked, "By the way, how is the miniaturization and independent production of stellarators going?" ”

The Huaxing fusion reactor in front of me was transformed from the Spiral Stone-7X, although it was an order of magnitude smaller than the Daybreak fusion device, the diameter was reduced to less than ten meters, and the height was only less than 3.5 meters.

In a tokamak, this volume can be said to be a compact fusion reactor.

If it can be accommodated on a ship with a length and width of 100 meters like an aircraft carrier, then the space shuttle cannot be stuffed anyway.

To cram a fusion device into the space shuttle to provide it with energy, it would have to be at least an order of magnitude smaller.

Therefore, after reaching a deal with the Planck Plasma Research Institute, domestic manufacturers capable of producing fusion reactors obtained the production materials of the stellarite from them through the bidding of the Xinghai Research Institute at a very high speed, and carried out the production of miniaturized stellarizers according to the standard data.

For more than two months, Xu Chuan has not paid much attention to this matter, and he is not very clear about the progress in this regard.

Hearing Xu Chuan ask about this, Liang Qu shook his head and replied: "The manufacture of stellarizers is very difficult, especially the manufacture of outfield coils and magnet windings, which requires quite high precision. ”

In fact, when the Western Superconductor Group received this order, everyone was numb from top to bottom.

He still remembers the sad face of the vice president of the Western Superconductor Group, who was responsible for docking with the Xinghai Research Institute, when he heard that the relevant parts needed to be produced within half a year.

If it weren't for the lack of choice, the Western Superconductor Group really didn't want to do this business.

Not to mention that the difficulty is super high, time is still of the essence.

Even if the Planck Plasma Research Institute provided the most direct preparation data and related requirements for Spiral Stone 7X, even if they had provided superconducting coils for Dawn before and had rich experience in processing, it was still difficult to produce the matching magnet windings and field confinement coils in just half a year.

Hearing this news, Xu Chuan was not too surprised.

Compared to tokamak devices, the production of spare parts for stellarators is particularly difficult.

In particular, the complex geometry of the magnet winding and the external field restraint coil is a big thing to think about when you think about it.

When Planck Plasma Research Institute first manufactured the Spiral Stone-7X, it took more than three years to design and manufacture the outer field coil and magnet windings of the Spiral Stone 7X.

Although there are design and adjustment factors, it is enough to reflect how difficult it is to prepare the stellarumer.

However, since the stellarator has been chosen as the basis for miniaturized and controllable nuclear fusion, the engineering problem is destined to be the first hurdle.

I just hope that Western Superconductor can give some strength.

If it drags on for too long, his research will be postponed along with it.

Although the urgency of miniaturized controlled nuclear fusion technology is far less than that of controlled nuclear fusion, Xu Chuan honestly does not want to delay this research for too long.

Especially on the basis that the improved superconducting materials have been solved by him, the research time is extended for other reasons, which is a point that he is more difficult to accept.

While chatting, Liang Qu's assistant walked over quickly.

"Dean Liang, Vice President Wang from the Western Superconducting Group is here, regarding the production of superconducting coils for stellarators, he has something to ask you about, the production progress of the field coil has changed, and the delivery time may need to be delayed."

Hearing this news, Liang Qu frowned slightly and asked, "What's the situation?" ”

The assistant quickly said: "According to the meaning of Mr. Wang, it is related to the good rate of the finished product, and it seems that the defective rate of the parts produced is too high, which has led to a lot of lower production progress." ”

Hearing this, Liang Qu frowned, glanced at the Huaxing fusion device that was being tested, and said, "Let him wait first, and I will go over after directing the inspection work." ”

There's no way he's going to put down his work and run for anything else.

"Okay." The assistant nodded, turned around and was about to leave, but was stopped by Xu Chuan.

"Wait a minute." Calling out to the reporting assistant, Xu Chuan looked at Liang Qu and said, "That's it, you continue to direct the work, and I'll go over to see the situation." ”

Liang Qu thought for a moment and nodded: "Then trouble you, Academician Xu." ”

This should be his job, but it will only have to trouble his immediate boss to do it.

Xu Chuan waved his hand and quickly followed the assistant to the office.

The Xinghai Research Institute was originally under his leadership, and there was no trouble in the work within the division.

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