The three-day public naming campaign has ended.
The naming results were also placed on the desk of Lu Yongchang, the project's chief engineer.
Looking at the name before him, Lü Yongchang's lips twitched slightly.
He looked speechlessly at the sweating staff member in front of him: "Can't this name be changed again?"
"Patrick Star, do you really think this thing is a suitable name for a nuclear fusion demonstration reactor?!"
"By the way, can I choose a name?"
The staff member blushed and hurriedly nodded, saying, "Of course, of course we can replace it!"
"You are the chief engineer, of course you have the right to name it!"
Lu Yongchang looked at the A4 paper in front of him, which was covered with strange and unusual names, and stroked his chin, lost in thought.
The staff member looked at Lü Yongchang with a nervous expression.
To be honest, he was a little scared that Lü Yongchang would come up with another strange name for him!
After all, he knew Lü Yongchang's age.
"Hmm... let's call it Pangu!" Lu Yongchang's eyes flickered slightly, and he made the decision. "Pangu No. 1 Fusion Reactor, how about that?"
"Pangu's creation of the world corresponds perfectly to the Xia Kingdom, which mastered controlled nuclear fusion."
The staff member's eyes flickered slightly, and a hint of excitement appeared on his face.
"This, this is a good name!"
"It's settled then!"
...
At this point, all the hardware facilities inside the Pangu-1 fusion reactor had been installed.
In addition to four reactors, it is equipped with 20 large magnetohydrodynamic generator sets!
Each unit is equipped with 10 magnetohydrodynamic generators.
Each magnetohydrodynamic generator has a rated power output of 2000MW!
Based on this calculation, the rated power output of the Pangu One fusion reactor reaches an astonishing 400,000 megawatts!
It's important to know that the Three Gorges Dam has a generating capacity of only 22,500 megawatts!
A difference of a full 17 times!
This is the power of nuclear fusion!
However, no reaction occurred inside the Pangu 1 fusion reactor at this time.
As for the reason... it lies in the main control program.
...
late at night.
"Why!"
A heavy sigh echoed from the control room inside Pangu One.
"What should we do..."
The camera zooms in.
An elderly man, around sixty years old with graying temples, frowned as he stared at the green code on the computer screen in front of him. He would shake his head from time to time and then let out a deep sigh.
The elderly man's name is Yuan Hongwei, and he is an academician of the Xia Guo Academy of Sciences.
When he was young, he led a team to develop a control program for controlled nuclear fission, which earned him a place as an academician of the Xia Guo Academy of Sciences!
As one of the few people in Xia Kingdom with relevant experience, he was naturally invited to be the main person in charge of this task of developing the master control program for controlled nuclear fusion.
Beside Yuan Hongwei was a young man in his thirties, who was Yuan Hongwei's "last disciple" and had learned most of Yuan Hongwei's skills.
But at this moment, both of them looked at the computer screen in front of them with melancholy expressions.
"Elder Yuan, this can't be rushed. The master control program for nuclear fission took more than a year to develop, but this is nuclear fusion!"
The young man offered a soft word of comfort.
Upon hearing this, Yuan's expression stiffened, and his white beard trembled slightly.
"How can we not be in a hurry!"
"The Pangu One fusion reactor is now stuck right here with us!"
"Right now, everyone in the entire research institute is watching us with bated breath!"
Mr. Yuan's words also silenced the young man.
After a moment, the young man also sighed deeply: "Elder Yuan, I'm not trying to be discouraging."
"To control the high-temperature plasma inside the stellarator reactor, we must solve the turbulence problem that has plagued the physics community for countless years."
"In my opinion, this is almost impossible!"
A hint of bitterness appeared in Yuan Lao's eyes.
He was well aware of this principle.
But he knew even better how much importance the Xia Kingdom placed on controlled nuclear fusion technology at this time!
As an academician of the Xia Guo Academy of Sciences, he was unwilling to give up!
"Knock knock knock!"
A rhythmic knocking sound came from the door.
Yuan Lao was stunned for a moment, then quickly stood up and walked towards the door of the control room.
"It's so late...who would come here..."
A hint of doubt flashed in Yuan Lao's eyes. He then cleared his throat and called out loudly towards the door, "Ahem... Who is it?!"
"Mr. Yuan, it's me, Lü Yongchang."
Mr. Yuan was stunned for a moment, then realized what was happening and hurriedly reached out to open the door.
Outside the door, Lü Yongchang's eyes showed some fatigue, but a faint smile was on his face.
"Professor Lü, it's so late, what brings you here?" Old Yuan quickly stepped aside to welcome Lü Yongchang in.
Upon entering the control room, Lü Yongchang glanced around.
He sighed deeply when he saw the computers on his desk, their lights flashing a soft green.
"Professor Yuan, is the fusion reactor's main control program still not complete?"
Hearing Lü Yongchang's sigh, a hint of bitterness appeared in Yuan Lao's eyes, and he slowly shook his head.
After a moment of contemplation, Lü Yongchang asked again.
"Have you encountered any difficulties?"
"Of course there are difficulties!"
Before Elder Yuan could speak, a young man in his thirties who had been standing to the side spoke up.
Old Yuan frowned slightly and said in a soft voice, "Su Cheng! What are you saying!"
Then, Yuan straightened his expression and turned to look at Lü Yongchang: "Professor Lü, give us some more time. Fusion reactors are different from fission reactors, and there are some complicated things to consider."
Lu Yongchang raised an eyebrow and looked at the young man next to Yuan Lao: "Yuan Lao, is this your student?"
Yuan nodded and introduced, "Su Cheng has quite a bit of talent."
Lu Yongchang smiled kindly at Su Cheng and asked, "Could you tell me about the difficulties you mentioned earlier?"
"Perhaps I can help you solve this."
Su Cheng glanced at Elder Yuan subconsciously.
Seeing that Elder Yuan frowned but did not object, Su Cheng swallowed slightly and began to explain.
"Professor Lü, I won't go into the differences between fusion reactors and fission reactors, as you are surely more knowledgeable about this than I am."
Lü Yongchang nodded slightly.
Su Cheng continued, "In a fission reactor, we only need to manipulate the control rods in the fission reactor to compensate for fuel consumption and regulate the reaction rate."
"But fusion reactors are different."
"The movement of high-temperature plasma in the reactor is extremely complex."
"And this brings up a problem that has plagued the physics community for decades: the turbulence problem."
"In other words, it is the Navier-Stokes equation (NS equation)."
"To achieve perfect control of the high-temperature plasma inside the reactor, we must thoroughly master the Navier-Stokes equations."
"This is why the nuclear fusion master control program has been delayed for so long."
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