Chapter 624 The Distance to the Sun
The main reason why controlled nuclear fusion has become the hope of mankind is that its fuel is endless.
Deuterium is widely present in major water systems and oceans, and its total amount is conservatively estimated to be 40 trillion tons, which can be said to be inexhaustible.
But extracting it is not an easy task.
However, for Lin Wen, anything in the water was too simple.
[Water Magic] can perfectly control all water-related substances.
Of course, the prerequisite for using it is that it must be strengthened, otherwise the consumption will be too high to bear.
This is not a problem for Lin Wen.
Just take a shot of "Primal Awakening".
The strengthening effect is doubled.
Then he used the fourth magical power [Morning Star of Destiny] to strengthen the sixth magical power [Spirit of the Five Elements].
In an instant, the words "affinity of the five elements" on the magical power once again turned into "incarnation of the five elements."
On this day, Lin Wen entered the realm of incarnation again.
He jumped into the Tianjiang River.
[Water Magic] is activated instantly, and water becomes his friend, his brother, his lover, and his descendants in an instant.
Lin Wen gently stretched out his hand, and immediately understood the composition of the river water.
Water: 75%
Sediment: 15%
Impurities: 7%
Calcium salt: 0.7%
Magnesium salt: 0.5%
…
Deuterium: 0.001%.
"Okay! It's you."
As soon as Lin Wen had an idea, the river water boiled and turned into a water dragon that penetrated into the container he had prepared in advance, spitting out the trace deuterium contained in its body. The water dragon then came out from the other side of the container and entered the river again.
The container contains a compressor that compresses the gaseous deuterium into a liquid that is then placed in a glass container on the other side.
In this way, deuterium is collected.
Lin Wen calculated that on average, one liter of river water contains 0.02 grams of deuterium, which may seem like a small amount, but the energy generated by its fusion is equal to that of 200 liters of gasoline.
As for the [Water God Technique] that has reached the realm of the incarnation of the five elements, this level of consumption does not require much of the soul.
Lin Wen took drugs three times and drew 30,000 "turbid world" level luck ten times, and [Tao Ruo You Qing] became 313221/10000.
They barely made it to the third day and collected a total of 110,000 tons of deuterium.
If the container had not been full halfway and Lin Wen was forced to go ashore to change containers, he could actually have collected more.
But this is enough for more than ten years.
We just need to build a normal deuterium factory within a dozen years.
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When Lin Wen returned to the nuclear fusion power plant again, they were still busy installing equipment, and the heat exchangers, steam pipes and generator sets were not in place.
The construction engineer was arguing angrily with Fermi's assistant: "How are we supposed to pretend when we're blindfolded? What's so secretive about you?"
The assistant roared, "It's a secret bigger than the empire, and you're blinded by one look!"
The engineer angrily threw the cup and said, "I quit!"
The assistant shouted angrily: "You have to do it even if you don't want to!"
Lin Wen was so annoyed that he went up and pulled them apart, and then went to install it himself.
With the assistance of this superman, water supply, water cooling, heat exchange, steam, electrical control and other equipment were put in place one after another, and the project was completed more than a thousand times faster.
To be honest, even though we have reached the level of nuclear fusion, the way humans use energy is still to boil water.
The process of human development is like the process of boiling water, with all kinds of boiling, horizontally, vertically and upside down.
Boiling water is used to the extreme.
It can be said that the entire human civilization is built on boiling water, and it is not an exaggeration to call it a boiling water civilization.
After several days of hard work, the power plant was finally installed.
Lin Wen was already very dissatisfied. The project time far exceeded expectations. It had been more than a week, and even a nuclear fusion power plant could not be built. Wasn't that a waste?
However, no one except him thought so. They felt as if they were in a dream, and even dreams were not as exaggerated as this.
Under Lin Wen's frantic urging, the first ignition finally began.
Lin Wen stood in front of the laser transmitter. The magnetic confinement ring had been turned on. The electric current beyond imagination brought an incomprehensible magnetic field. The sphere made of special materials greatly enhanced the magnetic field and changed its direction, making it point to the center of the sphere at all angles and tend to be uniform.
A small ball containing one milligram of deuterium has been placed in the center of the ball. Lin Wen only needs to press the switch to ignite it.
The first controlled nuclear fusion in human history is about to occur.
"Light up, my artificial sun!"
Lin Wen pressed the button.
——
Shenjing.
The Great Elder once again received a rejection from Changshan County.
This is the fourth telegram since the "Eat shit" telegram more than a week ago.
"What should we do?" asked the Great Elder Pingyuan.
"Changshan County is confident, believing they are irreplaceable."
"Turn off the power?"
"close."
The great elder Xing Ling said coldly.
"Let them calm down, they will know what is right and wrong."
——
The cheers almost broke the roof of the nuclear fusion power plant.
No one could believe that this area, which was a wasteland nine days ago, has now ignited the fire of controlled nuclear fusion, the highest technological achievement of mankind.
In this giant sphere with a radius of only 60 meters, plasma with a temperature of over 100 million degrees is boiling, and the same reaction is occurring as in the sun with a diameter of 1.3 billion meters.
The light of nuclear fusion is the only warmth in the vast universe, the origin of all life, and the basis of all matter.
Now, it appears in the hands of humans.
An unimaginably strong magnetic field constrains the flame in the center of the sphere. The special material of the sphere changes the direction of the magnetic field, causing the high-temperature plasma to be subjected to strong squeezing force in all directions.
After Lin Wen's transformation, the current of the superconducting magnet has no upper limit. The magnetic field it generates has reached 9000 gauss after amplification, which is more than a hundred times the strongest artificial magnetic field before.
The extremely strong magnetic field squeezes in from all directions, generating extremely strong pressure, which not only pins the plasma firmly in the center of the sphere, but also generates huge pressure, allowing nuclear fusion to continue.
This is the real reason why controlled nuclear fusion can be successful.
The temperature at the center of the sun is only 10 million degrees, but artificial nuclear fusion requires hundreds of millions of degrees. The difference lies in the pressure.
But the more fundamental reason is: materials.
Humans do not have suitable materials that cannot withstand high temperatures, change magnetic fields, or withstand electric currents.
But Lin Wen has it.
This is the gap between people.
Lin Wen's mouth almost twisted with laughter.
I just said controlled nuclear fusion is very simple, but my supervisor actually hit me back then. I really want to ask him to come and take a look.
Humph, even if I don’t wear anything, I’m still a good man. My current achievements are inseparable from my superb wisdom.
And below, the cheers quickly died down, turning into hurried footsteps and short shouts. The crowd was in chaos. All the scientists and technicians from Fermi's Institute 99 were there.
Everyone was very anxious.
"Quick, raise the heat exchanger! The thermal radiation is about to reach a critical point!"
"Heat exchange activated! Quick, get on the water!"
"Activate the filter at full power! There's a lot of sediment in the Tianjiang River water, and the cooling water must be of a purity that meets the standards! Otherwise, it will damage the pipes and machinery!"
"What's the steam line operator doing?"
"Who's the operator of the heat exchanger? Hurry up! Or I'll smash your head!"
"Fuel, add fuel! The fusion is going out!"
"Are you retarded? Adding so much! The fusion is going to explode!"
"The thermal radiation has reached supercriticality! The sphere is about to melt!"
In a panic, Lin Wen jumped down and said in a loud voice, "Don't panic, the sphere cannot be transformed."
One person shouted, "But, it has exceeded the critical temperature by 200%."
Lin Wen smiled slightly: "Don't worry, it's made of special material and normal temperature can't melt it."
Upon hearing this, everyone looked up at the huge sphere at the same time.
It has a radius of sixty meters, and is one hundred and twenty meters when viewed from the bottom up, as high as a thirty-story building.
This behemoth showed no signs of melting. Countless huge pipes loaded with heat exchangers surrounded it, like a fruit covered with vines.
Lin Wen said gently, "Everyone, don't worry. Just stay calm and follow the established plan. Nothing will go wrong."
Surprisingly, this simple sentence calmed everyone down.
Fermi finally calmed down his turbulent heart and pulled himself out of his anxiety. He glanced at Lin Wen and thought to himself, "Head of County Lin is truly a natural born scientist. I have to work hard too."
Calm thinking once again occupied his mind, and Fermi quickly got down to work.
At present, the little sun has continued to burn. Its diameter is only 0.1 meters, but it emits huge light and heat.
If you could see inside the sphere, you would find that it was a ball of light with terrifying brightness, and you couldn't see its core at all.
The little sun releases all its energy in the form of thermal radiation, and the heat exchange material on the wall of the sphere absorbs this radiation and converts it into thermal energy, which is then exchanged to the cooling water in the pipes wrapped around the outside of the sphere.
This is the heat exchanger.
After being decompressed, high-temperature water will be ejected into high-temperature steam. It will push the blades of the generator with a strong kinetic energy impact. The blades drive the gears to cut the magnetic induction lines, and current is generated in this way.
So, no matter whether it is controlled nuclear fusion or artificial sun, although it sounds very high-end, it is essentially just boiling water.
Of course, this method of boiling water is still more advanced than boiling water at home.
Fermi nervously adjusted the data, trying his best to maintain the balance of heat exchange and ensure the stability of the entire system.
Soon, the little sun no longer needed external energy output. It only needed to continue adding fuel to sustain nuclear fusion on its own.
The fusion reactor is finally no longer an electricity-consuming furnace but a power generation furnace.
Fermi had a fleeting realization: "This has to do with pressure. Could it be that pressure is the key to controlled nuclear fusion? Without pressure, we'd need to constantly input energy from lasers to maintain nuclear fusion, which would result in the entire system consuming energy at a loss rather than generating surplus energy."
The more I think about it, the more I feel that the answer is this: conventional magnetic confinement and inertial confinement solutions are not right. No matter how large the scale is, they are always running out of power.
County Chief Lin’s plan is the only way out.
"Head of County Lin is truly a genius. If anyone says he's unscientific, I'll get angry with them."
"I must put Mr. Li's nonsense to rest and use real science to explain all of Lin Wen's anomalies."
Fermi had made up his mind and had not yet realized that he had stepped into a big pit.
——
Three hours later, all debugging was completed and the nuclear fusion reactor was able to operate normally. The little sun in the reactor emitted light and heat steadily, and no longer had the violent fluctuations of the first few hours.
The thunderous cheers rang out again.
No one had expected that they could break through the two insurmountable technical barriers of nuclear fission reactors and nuclear fusion reactors within two years without even successfully developing the atomic bomb and with the relevant theories incomplete.
This can be called unprecedented.
But Lin Wen was very unhappy because the generator set had not yet started and the water vapor generated by the heat exchange was discharged into the sky.
Night was just beginning to fall.
Huge amounts of water vapor enveloped the sky, and the extremely high temperature made them appear slightly dark red in the night, forming a large cloud-like thing. The powerful heat energy rushed through the air, causing the temperature of the entire area to rise.
It's only early spring, but it feels like midsummer.
This is a blatant waste.
Lin Wen asked, "Can we connect to the grid and generate electricity now?"
The chief engineer of the power plant, who had just risen a few days ago, shook his head like a rattle, "The generator set was just installed a few days ago, and all the debugging has not been completed. The circuit breaker has not been installed yet..."
At this moment, Lin Wen saw the lights of Changshan County in the distance dim, and then the phone in his arms rang.
I picked it up and it was Qin Luoshuang's.
"Lin Wen! We have a power outage!"
With just one sentence, everyone's heart fell into an ice cave.
Qin Luoshuang's voice was filled with unspeakable panic, a fear of not being able to lose, which spread to everyone in an instant.
The plight of the empire was still fresh in people's minds, and no one wanted to lose Changshan County.
Without electricity, most factories in Changshan County cannot operate, exoskeleton armor cannot be produced, and cannot be charged.
Losing the protection of force is like an orphan wandering on the ice field without his cotton-padded jacket.
But the next moment.
Lin Wen's voice dispelled this fear.
"fine."
He spoke calmly, his gentle voice like the scorching sun, stopping the biting cold from spreading.
"My power plant has been built. I have asked the people in the electric control center to prepare for the power plant to be connected to the grid and pay attention to regulation."
"Okay." The voice on the phone breathed a sigh of relief. "I'll go tell them, Lin Wen, as soon as possible. The backup power supplies for the important factories and laboratories won't last much longer."
"Um."
Hang up the phone.
Lin Wen turned around and said briefly: "Generate electricity and connect to the grid."
The chief engineer grabbed his hair like crazy and wailed, "Chief Lin, we didn't debug it!"
Lin Wen looked him in the eye and repeated briefly: "Generate electricity and connect to the grid."
The chief engineer howled, "Chief Lin! I can find a way to get the generator running, but the switch array at the substation isn't installed properly. We can't get our electricity to the grid!"
Lin Wen smiled faintly: "I have a way."
The chief engineer didn't let Lin Wen say it for the third time, and immediately turned around and rushed towards the generator set.
Except for a few technicians such as Fermi who stayed in the control room to monitor the fusion furnace, everyone went there. They assisted the engineers in closing valves, opening pipes, starting generators, and turning on excitation.
Soon, the steam stopped spraying into the sky, the gears of the generator began to turn, the magnetic lines were cut, and electric current was generated.
Everything went smoothly and my luck was unexpectedly good.
All that remains is to get the electricity through substations and into the grid.
Everyone held their breath and prayed silently.
At this time, Lin Wen came to the substation and stood in the center of the switch array.
There were dozens of large metal rods standing neatly in rows on the ground.
Originally, they were to be connected to the grid's switches and withstand extremely high voltages and huge currents.
But now it is only half built, and the fork-shaped structure above has not been installed, so the high-voltage current generated by the substation cannot be sent to the high-voltage lines of the power grid.
But it doesn't matter.
Today I will show you what human body conductivity is.
Lin Wen directly activated the [Golden Divine Art].
Yang thunder belongs to wood, and Yin thunder belongs to metal.
All electronic currents are Yin thunder.
[Golden Divine Art] is the art of controlling electricity.
A huge shadow fell from the sky and landed on Lin Wen.
This is the [Golden Divine Art] at the Five Elements incarnation level, and a powerful electromagnetic field is instantly unfolded.
Lin Wen waited patiently, feeling the feedback from the electromagnetic field.
Suddenly, it was triggered by something. Lin Wen knew it was coming. He stretched out his left hand, and a silver-white electric arc flew out directly from the metal electric baton and fell into Lin Wen's palm.
The electric current increased rapidly, the electric arc surged, and Lin Wen's whole body was flashing with lightning, as if he were a god descending to earth.
Lin Wen opened his right hand, and an arc of electricity flew out from his other hand and merged into the power grid.
The power grid workers suddenly found a powerful energy surge in, and the dry power grid instantly became wet.
“Here it comes!”
"Ohhhhhhh, it's full! It's full!"
"We have electricity, hurry up, restore the power!"
"Hahaha, it's actually true. When did we build such a powerful power plant?"
"Xinlin County Governor, gain eternal life!"
"Shut up, what you said is unscientific!"
Thanks to the hard work of the power grid workers, abundant electricity once again flowed steadily and powerfully to all parts of Changshan County.
Lights in various places were lit up one after another, and the noisy alarm of the factory's backup power supply disappeared. Everyone put their hearts back in their stomachs, laughing and praising the Changshan County power grid while turning on the lights one after another.
The night view of Changshan County once again regained its splendor.
Everyone was marveling at Changshan County's strength, except for the people at the power plant who were dumbfounded.
"What the hell is this?"
Before their eyes was a huge arc of electricity stretching across the sky.
It was connected between the substation and the power grid, flashing a dazzling pure white light. There seemed to be a human-shaped connection point in the middle of the arc, but the light was too dazzling to see clearly.
No one understood this phenomenon. Even the chief engineer didn't know what was going on and could only call Mr. Fei to ask.
"This is County Magistrate Lin's latest technology," Mr. Fei said confidently. "Hurry and install the switch to restore normal power."
The chief engineer scratched his head and said, "With such powerful wireless power transmission technology, why do we still need physical wires?"
Mr. Fei said seriously, “This technology must be very expensive, otherwise County Mayor Lin would not have built the substation in the first place.”
This sentence woke up the chief engineer, and he immediately urged the technicians to work quickly and install the circuit breaker.
Seeing the personnel below wearing high-voltage protective clothing coming over, Lin Wen understood and lifted the arc, connecting it to the outlet of the transformer and the entrance of the power grid.
The technician breathed a sigh of relief and quickly came up to assemble the circuit breaker.
When the sun rose again, the switch was finally assembled.
When he couldn't get through to County Chief Lin on the phone, the chief engineer turned off the power after getting Fermi's approval.
Lin Wen slowly turned off the [Golden Divine Technique] and ran away.
The current passes through the switch and enters the high-voltage power grid normally.
Since then, the artificial controlled nuclear fusion power plant has finally entered normal operating state.
It announced that mankind had officially mastered the power that only stars possess and climbed into the interstellar age (wrong).
At the same time, it has become the most unrepeatable miracle in human history and has been listed as one of the nine greatest century problems in the history of science.
But now, all the scientists who know the truth are still rejoicing about its success, thinking that the highway of science has been opened to them, and they just need to rush along the road to reach the end of the universe and unlock the ultimate secret.
However, they didn't expect that there was a bottomless pit in front of them.
Lin Wen’s technology cannot be copied.
This controlled nuclear fusion power plant is a unique piece, just like many of Lin Wen’s masterpieces.
Of course, they don’t know this now, and they still think that in the near future, they will build more nuclear fusion power plants. With unlimited electricity supply and super batteries, mankind will enter the era of unlimited energy and will be able to break out of the planet and conquer the universe soon.
Only Lin Wen knew that this was impossible.
Unless he ascends to the throne of the Great Emperor now, his primordial spirit will be infinite, and [Qiankun Refining] can be used indiscriminately.
From this perspective, it is still materials that limit human development.
Many theoretical technologies have been mastered by humans, but the materials have not kept up.
"It seems I have to list materials science as a key science in Changshan County."
Lin Wen thought that he was ready to start building a higher education institution in Changshan County.
"What kind of building should we build?"
——
Shenjing.
After listening to the report from the Imperial Garrison Commander, the faces of the four elders turned dark.
(End of this chapter)
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