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Chapter 72 The Birth of a Miracle

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The ignition was originally scheduled to be the morning of the next day. Since Lin Dong and a leader who received the news were going to rush to the scene in person, the time went back four hours until 13:55 pm, and the final preparations began on the scene. ↑

Su Yichen and Lin Dong had a few words, then nodded slightly to Chen Yuan not far away, indicating that they could start.

Although Su Yichen is the core figure of the 863 project from design to experiment, no matter what, Chen Yuan is the chief engineer of the 863 project, so it is more appropriate for him to issue today's official ignition test order.

Chen Yuan was very grateful for giving this glory to himself, and he knew very well that this formal ignition test was the most brilliant moment in his life's scientific research career, and its importance was no less than the great achievements of his predecessors' two bombs and one satellite. Faced with everyone's attention, Chen Yuan took a deep breath, took a step forward, and then announced loudly with a slight trembling voice because of excitement: "Plan 863, a controllable thermonuclear fusion device, the first official ignition test is prepared!"

The scene was silent, but everyone's eyes were staring at Chen Yuan. Chen Yuan calmed down and continued, "Vacuum Room No. 1!"

“Vacuum Room 1 is ready to be completed!”

“Vacuum Room No. 2!”

“Vacuum Room 2 is ready to be completed!”

“No. 3….”

“The vacuum chamber No. 3 is ready to be completed…!”

"Magnetic field beam beat system!"

"The beam-pulse magnetic field is normal!"

"pressure."

“The pressure is normal!”

“Electromagnetic range.”

“The range is normal!”

"Laser ignition device."

"The laser ignition device is normal!"

"accelerator."

“The accelerator is normal!”

“Computational Control System.”

"The computing control system is normal!"

“Energy conversion system.”

"The conversion system is normal!"

“Cooling system.”

"The cooling system is normal..."

With Chen Yuan's confirmation and the repeated repetitions of technicians on the scene, the entire laboratory echoed the conversation between them. Although Lin Dong, who was standing next to Su Yichen, was calm on the surface, his hands holding the crutch showed his excitement and expectation.

Gently put his right hand on the back of Lin Dong's hand, Su Yichen nodded slightly to him with a confident smile. Lin Dong's heart, which was almost boiling, calmed down, but his eyes were still in front of him.

"The final countdown is 90 seconds to prepare!"

"The 90-second countdown starts, 89…88…87…86….”

The red LED light jumped to the countdown of time. When the number above finally jumped to 0, Chen Yuan raised his right arm and waved it down forcefully, and the ignition order was officially issued.

When the ignition button was pressed, a humming sound came from the quiet laboratory. The sound came from the inside of the device. Everyone knew that this was a normal reaction when the device started to operate. The humming did not last for too long. As the internal vacuum chambers and magnetic field beams reached the critical point, the accelerator began to operate, and the laser ignition device immediately ran.

A "pop" sound came suddenly, and it sounded like a small firecracker exploded. The leader who was commissioned by the leader to inspect the work was shocked and was about to ask if something was wrong. At this time, Li Chen, who accompanied the technical expert, told the leader softly that the sound was a normal reaction to ignition, confirming that the deuterium atoms emitted from the accelerator had begun the fusion reaction at the high temperature generated by the laser ignition device.

"This reaction will not cause problems with the device, right?" the leader asked with lingering fear.

Li Chen was a little amused and wailed at this problem. Didn’t the leader know that this was a controllable thermonuclear fusion device? He didn’t know how to explain this kind of layman. After thinking about it, he could only tell him that there would be no problem with all this. According to the current ignition operation data, it was all within the control range.

"That's good...this is good." He sighed relaxedly, and the leader seemed to feel that he had made some big fuss. He smiled mockingly and looked around with guilt. When he found that everyone did not notice his disobedience just now, but continued to look at the device and data feedback, he felt relieved.

The ignition is running normally, which is a good start. Not only Chen Yuan, who is responsible, but everyone present is excited about it. However, this does not mean the success of the actual test. According to the design, the continuity and stability must be tested next, including the energy efficiency acquisition and loss ratio of energy conversion, so that we can determine whether it is truly successful.

The personnel in charge were working nervously, and the data were summarized by the control system and finally quickly passed to Chen Yuan. At this time, Chen Yuan was not reserved. He directly asked Su Yichen and Lin Dong to view the data together. Although he was the chief engineer, Chen Yuan himself knew that compared with Su Yichen and Lin Dong, especially Su Yichen, he was the real soul of this project and plan.

"Please pay attention to the rhythm under control of the ignition frequency, and observe and report the operation of the vacuum chamber at any time." Su Yichen was not polite, took the data and took a few glances and issued this order directly. The technicians in charge of these two aspects immediately followed up and adjusted according to Su Yichen's requirements and stared at them tightly.

"How is the energy conversion?" Lin Dong focused on another aspect. The ultimate goal of controlled thermonuclear fusion is to complete energy conversion to replace the primary energy currently used. If this step is not done, or the energy consumed by the entire device during operation exceeds the energy converted, then even if the actual test is successful, it is actually a failure in a sense. What is the use of a device with an input greater than the output and no practical value?

"Lin, look." Chen Yuan quickly handed a piece of data to Lin Dong. After taking it, Lin Dong looked down and asked again: "Is there any problem with the data?"

"There is absolutely no problem!" Chen Yuan answered firmly, with a proud smile.

"Okay! OK!" Lin Dong also smiled. From this data, it is confirmed that the actual energy conversion rate of the current controllable thermonuclear fusion device has reached more than 50%. Although this number is inconspicuous, it is actually very amazing. You should know that in 1970, the former Soviet Union improved the original Tokmak device and achieved the first energy output. But what is this energy output? Calculated according to the energy gain factor - q value, this q value is about one billionth of a billionth, and can only be measured with the most advanced equipment at that time.

After decades of research, the q value has risen to 0.6, but the q value does not represent everything. If a controllable thermonuclear fusion device wants to enter the practical stage, it must ensure its operating time and completeness while maintaining the q value.

For this point, especially the running time, this is also an important part of today's actual test. As time passes by, when the time of the LED digital light is about to reach 16 minutes, many people look at the beating numbers at the same time.

Previously, the Chinese Tokmak device created a running time of 1,000 seconds, and 1,000 seconds was converted into 16 minutes and 40 seconds. Now this duration is about to come. Everyone will wait and see whether to create a miracle or finally come to an abrupt end.

16 minutes 36 seconds...37 seconds...38 seconds...39 seconds...

In the last few seconds, this time passed so long. Holding your breath and staring at the number's beating intently. When the number finally passed 40 seconds in an unstoppable posture, and when it was displayed to 41 seconds, the scene suddenly burst out with joy. No matter what happened next, they have created miracles now.
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