Chapter 1356 Before Lighting the Sun

After a long silence, Peng Jue first put the information in his hand back on the table and asked cautiously:

"Before giving any conclusions, I first need to understand the magnetic fluid generator in this solution... You know, the direction of my research is mainly nuclear devices, and it is not very professional for power generation equipment..."

Hearing this sentence, Chang Haonan glanced at the monitor in front of him and curled his lips secretly-

A copy of the other party's internal reference information was opened on the computer, titled "Overview and Outlook of Next Generation Nuclear Power Devices".

Although the quality of the internal reference is not only different, ranging from the prophetic school to the full of nonsense, considering that the current document was written directly to the decision-making level and copied to the Industrial and Construction Committee by the original text, it obviously still has 100 million points of influence. .

And now, the author says that he doesn’t understand power generation equipment?

By this standard, I, I, may not know much about aircraft engines.

Fortunately, Peng Juexian's question happened to be the point.

If it is other parts of the plan, then Chang Haonan really doesn't have much to say.

But magnetofluid generator...

"Academician Peng doesn't have to worry."

He turned around and signaled to the office window:

"Magnetofluid power generation is indeed a relatively unpopular concept in the past, but we happen to have a principle prototype on hand, just on the other side of Science City... If you want to visit, please follow me..."

"ah?"

Peng Juexian froze directly on the chair.

As Chang Haonan guessed, his main expertise is in nuclear device design, but since Huaxia completed its last nuclear test in 1996, the focus of research has shifted to the fields of nuclear power generation and isotope manufacturing.

This change was entirely caused by external reasons for the adjustment of nuclear policy and changes in the international situation. In fact, he was only 55 years old that year, and he was still in the battle.

Now that almost eleven years have passed, it is obviously impossible to make any progress in the new direction.

So the statement just now is to find a reason as a buffer.

Faced with this completely unexpected situation, out of safe considerations, we must not give a rash conclusion.

So I picked the most unfamiliar module in the picture as a shield and prepared to go back and think about it carefully.

But I was told that this thing is not only not a concept, but even the prototype was made without a sound?

For a moment, Peng Juexian even wondered if he really didn't understand power generation equipment...

After coming to his senses, he exhaled a long sigh.

Then he only spit out one word:

"Walk."

Han Chenfeng is not in the laboratory at this time, and the entire equipment is also in a state of shutdown and maintenance, preparing for upgrades.

So Chang Haonan had to introduce Peng Juexian himself.

"This is the principle verification device we are currently using..."

Almost exactly the same as yesterday's plot.

However, this time it was Chang Haonan who shot the flange at the end of the detonation section while pointing out the role played by each part in front of him.

The entire power generation system seems complicated, but on the surface it looks like it is composed of only a winding tube.

It is very different from the nuclear power device that Peng Juexian usually faces, comparable to steampunk.

He thought about the words for a long time before giving an evaluation with extremely high emotional intelligence:

"It's really...refined."

Chang Haonan himself was open-minded and immediately changed to a more straightforward statement:

"It's really a bit simple at the moment. It's mainly because of the R&D cycle. The detonation section is directly designed to scale down based on large wind tunnels, otherwise such an exaggerated length would not be required."

Peng Jue really didn't understand the wind tunnel at first, so he could only say whatever Chang Haonan said.

So he quickly skipped the middle part and came next to the power generation channel that served as a load.

It can be seen that although Peng Juexian had a very good control on the surface and looked like "I'll just take a look", he was extremely interested in it.

So much so that he didn't care at all that he made a statement like "I don't understand generators" fifteen minutes ago.

After staring at it for a while, the first sentence he said was:

"If I guess correctly, should this be a segmented Faraday generator?"

Chang Haonan complained in his heart that you didn’t act anymore, but nodded and replied:

"Yes, it is also to simplify the structure... and the Faraday principle's power generation channel structure is relatively simple and easy to combine with the attached surface suction technology."

In fact, this should be considered two separate things.

The power generation structure was designed by Han Chenfeng, while the suction electrode was an idea that Chang Haonan only came up with later.

It’s just a little detail, so there is no need to introduce too much to Peng Juexian.

The latter's attention has been completely focused on the device in front of him:

"Is the design drawing convenient for me to see?"

In fact, logic is already a bit sensitive.

After all, everyone belongs to different research institutions, and you are an expert in this field. If you learn from it after reading it, there is no place to make any decision.

No mistakes, one song, one content, one in 6, one book, one bar, one reading!

Therefore, after asking, Peng Juexian quickly added:

"No special details are needed, the overall structure is enough..."

Chang Haonan said it didn't matter and directly signaled the staff to open the design plan for the power generation channel, and even included the entire calculation process.

It’s not that he is not vigilant enough, but because of his current status in the world, if someone dares to do such a stealing result, he probably doesn’t want to stay in China.

Peng Jue first asked someone for a glass of water, and then sat down in front of the computer.

It's been half a day at first glance.

I didn't even have lunch.

And when he raised his head again, he had already thrown his thoughts behind his head:

"Academician Chang, according to your previous statement, he should want to apply this technology in the field of space exploration?"

When Chang Haonan heard this, he knew that the other party was about to say something real, so he nodded immediately:

"Although the standard combination of solar panels-batteries is mature, it has defects in power supply capacity and service life, and there is not always enough light in the space environment... In the long run, fusion energy is of course the most fundamental Solutions, but before that, more feasible technologies are still needed to help us wait until the day when controlled nuclear fusion is implemented.”

"It is obviously unrealistic to boil water in space. The power generation capacity of isotope power supplies is too weak. It may be feasible to drive a robot, but it is impossible to supply energy to a space facility or base. Therefore, it is feasible to determine the idea of ​​magnetic fluid power generation. After that, I immediately thought of combining it with nuclear energy and designing an energy source that directly realizes the conversion of thermoelectricity..."

Hearing that Chang Haonan also regarded controlled nuclear fusion as the real future, Peng Juexian immediately showed a surprise expression of finding a confidant.

But I still resisted the desire to further discuss and did not over-disperse the topic:

"If this is the case, the high temperature caused by the helium/xenon mixed working fluid is not a big problem."

He took out the principle diagram given by Chang Haonan again, pointed to the part of the reactor and explained:

"On the one hand, the temperature of the alien planet's environment is low, which is relatively conducive to heat dissipation... Of course, if there is no atmosphere, the situation will be a little more complicated, but it is still less than the problems that need to be considered on the earth; on the other hand, it is impossible to consider in space anyway If you change the nuclear fuel, it is better to simply create an integrated design of the stack and core, so that you can use a high-temperature resistant cermet matrix... Specifically, it is tungsten modified with uranium dioxide and digadolinium trioxide. As the cladding material for nuclear fuel, it is not a big problem to maintain normal operation between 2500-3000K."

"There are several major obstacles I can think of at present. First, the operation mechanism of your nuclear battery is different from that of all current reactors, so the physical calculation and thermal calculation of the core need to be started from scratch, which is equivalent to going through again The development history of nuclear power... I have some experience in this field, but it is best to carry out it in combination with a specific project, otherwise it will be difficult to get enough resources. Of course, the more important thing is to take time..."

"The second is that since space energy is to be used, the volume must be compact enough to be used as a combined spacecraft, or as a part of the alien base you mentioned just now, and it will be carried out quickly after the expected 8-10-year operation cycle ends Replace it, it may not be possible to fill a house like now..."

“Three is…”

Despite a series of problems being pointed out, the situation is still much more optimistic than Chang Haonan's previous estimates.

After all, the two most important ones can be solved by Peng Jue first, while the other can be solved by him...

“The volume certainly has potential for further optimization.”

Chang Haonan replied very confidently:

"The reason why the verification equipment is like this is mainly because the hydrogen-oxygen detonation section itself cannot be made very small, and it requires a long enough power generation channel. The nuclear battery uses reactors instead of the detonation section to generate plasma. As for the generator... …”

He pointed to the magnetic fluid generator that was drawn into a disc on the diagram:

"Although this is a simplified diagram, I'm not doing it."

After saying that, he opened another project file from the computer.

Above is something that looks like a gyro:

"In terms of application, we will replace the Faraday generator with a disk generator with Hall principle... Although the paper size may not change much, the size of the single direction is much smaller, making it more convenient to be integrated into a circle Inside a barrel or spherical space…”