Chapter 23 Fusion Reactor

   Tokamak.

  A ring-shaped device driven by confined electromagnetic waves to create an environment and ultra-high temperature for deuterium and tritium to achieve fusion, so as to realize human control of nuclear fusion reactions.

  Currently controlled thermonuclear fusion has been realized on a conventional tokamak device. Huaguo's artificial sun uses the principle of a tokamak device. Not long ago, it achieved hundreds of millions of temperature operations and broke through a thousand seconds.

  But the working time of the tokamak device is too short, and it needs to consume a lot of electricity to maintain a strong magnetic field and an extreme superconducting environment inside.

   Physicists measure the efficiency of a tokamak device by the ratio of energy produced to energy consumed—the Q value.

  A Q value greater than 1 means that the nuclear fusion device has energy output, not a theory that can only be verified successfully in the laboratory.

  At the same time, in terms of the current energy utilization efficiency of human beings, coupled with the expectation of human beings entrusting this technology to replace thermal power generation, only when the Q value reaches more than 30 points can it become the mainstream energy supply.

  If you want to achieve the scale that can power large spaceships and space cities in science fiction works, then the Q value must be at least over 10,000 to be hopeful.

  However, on the Blue Star, none of the tokamak devices that have been built so far can run for a long time and achieve a Q value exceeding 1, and the artificial sun in Huaguo is only a possibility of a breakthrough.

   Lu Yu looked at the tokamak device made by an alien civilization for a while, and then hurriedly asked: "Since it may be a nuclear fusion reaction device, why put this device here?"

   This question is obviously not the professor's strong point. He is only an expert in nuclear physics. He recognized the device at a glance and rushed in impatiently.

  Mature controllable nuclear fusion technology can fundamentally change the human way of life.

  In the past, the technology that was hidden due to the high energy consumption of production will bloom unimaginable brilliance due to the reduction of energy costs.

  It can be said that the mature controllable nuclear fusion technology is very likely to be a hurdle of the big filter. After breaking through, human beings are very likely to usher in the fourth technological explosion!

  However, mankind has encountered an eternal fifty years since the theory of controllable nuclear fusion was proposed, and it was not until these few years that some progress was made.

   It's no wonder that the professor rushed over excitedly after recognizing the device.

   You know, this civilization is 500 years ahead of human technology. If you can analyze the tokamak device they made, it will have an unimaginable role in promoting human-related technology!

The Silver Star just circled around like a tokamak device in a display cabinet. Professor Mao, who was squeezed out of the video, finally came back in a hurry, and finally sent the nuclear physics expert who was still obsessed with staring at the device. Walk.

   "First of all, we guessed that the device in front of us is most likely an antique."

  Professor Mao said straight to the point: "Let's put aside the most eye-catching nuclear fusion device, think about why this civilization puts this device at the entrance of the building?"

   "We infer that this building complex that maintains the light source and whose technology lags behind other areas of the city is likely to be a science and technology history museum of this extinct civilization."

   "The fact that this device can be placed at the entrance means that it was of great significance to the progress of the entire civilization."

   "It's like a steam engine or a spinning jenny in an industrial museum."

   "From the perspective of this civilization, this is very likely to be the first-generation mature nuclear fusion reactor, which is no different from the steam engine or textile machine during the first industrial revolution when we look at it from a modern perspective!"

   "It's very simple to prove it. Let's go to the next place to see if there are items like this device displayed."

   Lu Yu endured his excitement, left the tokamak device and walked nearly a hundred meters into the building complex, and sure enough, he saw another metal platform.

   What is shown above is no longer a machine, but a structural diagram of a certain substance.

  Verified the guess, Lu Yu did not continue to go deep, but returned to the nuclear fusion device at the entrance.

  Ten birds in the forest are not as good as one bird in the hand. Without being sure how long they can stay here, grasping the tokamak device at the entrance is already worthy of the opportunity of this space jump.

   Lu Yu, who returned to the entrance, felt a little embarrassed looking at the device as high as three or four floors. Although there was a real object in front of him, if he wanted to crack it in reverse, he needed to disassemble it and take a peek at the structure inside.

  Not to mention how much such a project would be for Lu Yu who is alone, the prerequisite for it to be realized is that he must leave the safe cockpit and go to the outside world where danger will suddenly come.

   But Lu Yu was tempted!

  Even the tens of thousands of tons of gold before could not make him feel the slightest desire to leave the cockpit, but the nuclear fusion reactor in front of him really gave him the urge to leave the cockpit.

   Nuclear fusion.

  If the device in front of me is really a mature nuclear fusion device, it may be my biggest achievement after stepping into the sea of ​​stars.

   This is not only for me, but also for this human civilization.

  Lu Yu didn't even discuss with the expert team, but just informed them of his decision, put on his spacesuit, and decisively left the cockpit.

  Looking at the huge device in front of a human being, Lu Yu, who interrupted his connection with Blue Star, let out a sigh of relief and came to the huge metal stage.

  The trapezoidal metal platform, which was half a person tall, was covered with a thick layer of dust. Lu Yu tried to wipe off the dust for the sake of safety.

   Then there was a scene that made him ecstatically surprised. He saw that the metal plate under the dust was actually engraved with patterns and alien characters.

  Cleaned all the dust off the metal plates next to it, and sure enough, each silver-white metal plate the size of A4 paper was engraved with different patterns and characters.

   "Drawings!"

   "Is it really a design drawing of a nuclear fusion reactor??"

   Such a thought that can make people faint from surprises flashed through my mind. This is not just as simple as the nuclear fusion reactor in front of me. The entire Alien Museum has hundreds of such metal abutments!

  Engraving words on stones is the longest way humans can think of to preserve words, and this civilization has engraved everything that has led to its glory on metal plates.

  Although Lu Yu doesn't know how many years it has been since this civilization perished, the legacy they left behind will be inherited by the humans of Blue Star!

  Looking at the thousands of showcases in the museum, Lu Yu thought silently.

   Observers have limits, so I will not be an observer anymore!

  Starting today, I, Lu Yu, will become the strongest porter of mankind and transport everything in this alien civilization museum back to Blue Star!

  (end of this chapter)