In short, according to Fei Changyuan's test results, this nuclear battery was only used experimentally after it was manufactured, and was not actually used routinely by humans.
Although theoretically, fusion cells have a nearly unlimited energy supply, in reality, the battery life itself depends on the durability of the equipment materials.
Whether it is the service life of the miniaturized plasma confinement device inside the battery, or the radiation resistance and thermal fatigue resistance that the heat shielding material must have when subjected to long-term bombardment by high-energy particles and neutrons, it will have a decisive impact on the battery's service life.
Judging from the level of materials science and technological capabilities before the catastrophe, the design service life of this nuclear battery is about 200 years.
However, the fusion reaction fuel stored inside the battery can only maintain normal operation for fifty years. Once it exceeds fifty years, if you want to continue using it, you must replenish the fuel.
Unfortunately, the catastrophe destroyed almost all of the world's cutting-edge industrial capabilities, and it is basically impossible to refuel in the wasteland.
But for Chen Yan, fifty years is long enough.
He had only lived for twenty-four years from birth to now. The remaining useful life of this nuclear battery was more than twice his current lifespan...
If Fei Changyuan's test results are correct, then under normal use, the power generation capacity of this nuclear battery will be able to meet the daily needs of nearly 100,000 people.
Like the solid-state hydrogen batteries the team brought back today, if the stored power runs out, in an emergency, they can be directly charged with this nuclear battery...
There is no doubt that when a small group encounters a situation where they cannot obtain stable electricity during migration, this nuclear battery will play a vital role!
The only thing that made Chen Yan feel regretful was that the technological capabilities contained in this nuclear battery were too advanced. Even if he brought it back to his original time and space, he could only use it secretly. It was impossible to rely solely on the research of this nuclear battery to reversely deduce nuclear fusion technology.
This is like bringing a pistol back to a primitive tribe. Even if you disassemble the pistol into parts in front of the primitive people in the tribe, they will never be able to understand how the pistol works.
Not only is the technological gap beyond the comprehension of primitive people, the gap in materials science is actually even more exaggerated than the technological gap.
After getting the critical batteries needed for evacuation, everyone in the small group breathed a sigh of relief.
In the next few days, except for Maomao who continued to go out as a scout, everyone else stayed in the villa area and did not leave.
Cong Jing and Yao Yun helped Bai Han prepare the food, while the men were busy around the all-terrain transport vehicle.
The vehicles designed before the Cataclysm do not fully meet the needs of the wasteland world.
Therefore, Xu Qinghe took Gu Yuze and Yao Shan to repair the damaged parts of the transport vehicle and modified the transport vehicle according to the spare parts they could find.
In addition to increasing the armor of the transport vehicle, the focus of the modification is mainly on strengthening the suspension system and optimizing the shock absorption system.
The purpose of this modification is not to increase the riding comfort, but to reduce the bumpy wear and tear that the transport vehicle suffers during driving.
As for those maglev vehicles, in fact, mature three-dimensional maglev transportation networks can only be seen in major cities.
Before the catastrophe, transportation within a city and transportation between cities were two completely different concepts.
With the outbreak of the catastrophe, the maglev tracks inside the city were also completely destroyed, and all the maglev vehicles were abandoned. For people living in the wasteland who need a car, an all-terrain transport vehicle is often the best choice.
Even more primitive fuel vehicles are not unusable, but finding fuel is much more difficult than generating electricity.
Especially before the catastrophe, the overly advanced battery technology greatly squeezed the living space of fuel vehicles, causing fuel vehicles to transform from a necessity for transportation in life to something like a luxury in a very short period of time.
The changes in its social value and functionality are very similar to the mechanical watches in Chen Yan's time and space.
As a result, all kinds of fancy added values began to be added to the still surviving fuel vehicle brands.
So much so that after the catastrophe, when the survivors no longer cared about any added value and considered the use of vehicles purely from a practical point of view, no one was willing to use a gasoline car as long as they could find a suitable electric car.
For example, the all-terrain transport vehicle that Xu Qinghe retrieved has a built-in battery pack that can be inserted into five standard solid-state hydrogen batteries brought back from the power station.
Before the modification, the vehicle weighed 6.5 tons, and after the modification, the estimated empty vehicle weight will reach 7 tons.
The maximum load capacity can reach five tons without affecting the flexibility of the vehicle.
If such a heavy vehicle were a fuel vehicle, it would become a real gas guzzler. No matter how large the fuel tank is designed, it would be difficult to guarantee long-term endurance.
But if we use solid-state hydrogen batteries, we don’t have such troubles.
The power supply of five solid-state hydrogen batteries is enough to ensure that this all-terrain transport vehicle has a range of at least 10,000 kilometers when fully loaded!
It doesn’t matter even if the electricity is used up. After these five solid-state hydrogen batteries are completely exhausted, it will only take no more than five minutes to fully charge them.
Moreover, the loss of solid-state hydrogen battery life caused by recharging is almost negligible. Compared with fuel vehicles, the advantages are really huge.
What's more, fuel vehicles have been completely transformed into luxury goods, and there is no truck model at all. Even if you hold some kind of belief and insist on looking for a fuel-burning truck to use, you will definitely not find one.
The transformation process went smoothly. After Chen Yan and Qin Yourong had a few days of leisure, they finally received the news from Li Fengnian.
The method of information transmission was very primitive. In order to prevent Li Fengnian from being unable to contact anyone after receiving the goods, Gu Yuze would go to the Blackthorn Camp almost every other day.
In addition to reporting to Li Fengnian's store, the main purpose was to observe whether there were any changes in the Blackthorn Camp.
Perhaps due to the previous rainstorm, a large amount of "black rain" pollution appeared in the Blackthorn Camp. The entire Blackthorn Company was overwhelmed by this, causing Qiu Huidong to be dragged into the camp and unable to get out.
This is the news brought back by Gu Yuze!
In Chen Yan's opinion, it can truly be said that God is helping him!
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