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Chapter 607 I have a bad feeling

Two days flew by.

In the suite's living room, two people were drinking.

With a relaxed smile, ACC's chief engineer, Fran Gerard, asked, "Mr. Harvey, have the Chinese people been contacting you again these past few days to discuss the lithium dendrite suppression patent issue?"

"It turns out that our previous estimates were all wrong."

Professor Harvey's expression was strange: "After meeting that afternoon, Professor Chen never sent anyone to talk about the patent again. In fact, it seems he has already returned to his country."

"Ok?"

Gerald also looked puzzled, then shook his head and said in a deep voice, "Back home? I suspect it's a trap. Xia's military strategy is all about deception and real action. They haven't made a move, so I guess they went back to discuss countermeasures, while also showing that they're not that enthusiastic, thus lowering our guard."

"Hopefully."

Professor Harvey shrugged, looked out the window, and said in a low voice, "I don't know why, but I have a bad feeling about this."

“Mr. Harvey, believe me, this is your illusion.”

Gerrard chuckled softly, raised his glass, and said confidently, "Within a year, our European new energy vehicles will definitely regain market share and return to their former throne."

Professor Harvey raised his glass.

As the saying goes, science knows no borders, but scientists do have nationalities. They are happy to see their country occupy the world's technological high ground. That's how ruthless the competition between countries is.

The Oxford University Frontier Physics Conference has reached its fifth day, and all the invited presentations today are about controlled nuclear fusion physics.

Just as Xu Qingzhou had thought, the competition in the field of controlled nuclear fusion is particularly fierce. Xia Guo's EAST can already operate for 400 seconds at 1 million degrees Celsius.

The Korean KSTAR can run for 20 seconds at the same temperature.

The French WEST device operated with 5000 million degrees Celsius plasma for 320 seconds, with a heating power of 2 megawatts.

This all falls under the category of tokamak.

The development of stellarators is also much faster than before. The Wendelstein 7-X from the Max Planck Institute in Germany has a plasma temperature of 2000 million degrees Celsius and a pulse duration of 30 seconds.

The stellarators of the United States and Japan have also made groundbreaking progress.

3: p.m.

The invited report from the Max Planck Institute has concluded.

"This year seems to be a critical point for the transition of controlled nuclear fusion from the laboratory to engineering." Xu Qingzhou put away his notebook, preparing to have some afternoon tea first, and then look for any group discussion sessions that interested him.

The Max Planck Institute presented a report on stellarator technology, demonstrating how supercomputing can simulate the matching of magnetic field distortion with plasma trajectory, achieving a magnetic field line rotation transformation error of <0.1%.
In the morning, ITER Director General Bernard Biggs gave a report on the superconducting magnet system.

They are all useful information.

"We need to hurry up and brush up on our knowledge of controlled nuclear fusion."

Xu Qingzhou felt a sense of urgency. He had gained a lot of knowledge in the past few days and had also met many big names while listening to the report.

Thomas Klinger, Director of the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics.

Omar Khalidney, chief scientist at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (NIF) in the United States, and Li Gang, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering.
There are billions of people in the world, but the academic circle is actually only so big, and the number of industry leaders can be counted on one's fingers.

"Professor Xu."

Before Xu Qingzhou even left the lecture hall, he heard someone calling his name. He looked up and saw a middle-aged man in a black suit standing behind him.

Xu Qingzhou shook hands: "Professor Li."

Director of the Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, has long been engaged in magnetic confinement fusion research, and designed and constructed 6 of the 10 subsystems of the EAST (Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak) device in China. A leading figure in nuclear fusion.

"Professor Xu, I have long admired your name."

Li Gang said with a smile.

"You're too kind. I still have a long way to go before someone as senior as you."

"Haha, as expected, Professor Xu is just as modest as Lao Xiao."

Li Gang smiled.

"I'm really not being modest this time."

Xu Qingzhou smiled and sighed, "I have benefited greatly from exchanging ideas with the seniors in the field of controlled nuclear fusion these past few days."

He had read a lot of materials on nuclear fusion out of interest, but it wasn't his main profession. In the past few days, he had filled two notebooks with notes.

The two chatted and laughed as they found a place to sit in the lounge.

Li Gang asked, "I heard from Lao Xiao that Professor Xu is also very interested in research on controlled nuclear fusion in the future?"

Xu Qingzhou nodded: "Yes, once the research in the battery field is finished, I may find time to do experiments in this area."

"It seems that a great talent is about to emerge in the field of controlled nuclear fusion."

Li Gang paused, then asked curiously, "Controlled nuclear fusion experiments are different from regular projects. Professor Xu, where do you plan to start?"

"We are focusing on three main approaches: breakthroughs in magnetic confinement technology, innovation in materials systems, and iterative engineering verification. The first two, in particular, are the key to the commercialization of controlled nuclear fusion."

"Yes, currently, the research on controlled nuclear fusion is basically going in these three directions. However, in terms of materials system innovation, you are already ahead of everyone else. That superconducting thin film alone has saved us several years of research and development time."

Li Gang said slowly.

According to the data brought back by Xiao Chenghan, the superconducting thin film developed by Xu Qingzhou Research Institute not only has excellent Jc performance, but also a flexible base with a bending radius of less than 30 nanometers and a radiation resistance life of more than 10 years, which can be considered a breakthrough in engineering-grade materials.

One of the most important components in conducting controlled nuclear fusion experiments is the superconducting magnet.

When a superconducting thin film is wound into a coil, it becomes a superconducting magnet.

Currently, the technology for superconducting thin films has been sold. The reason there's been no activity yet is because technology transfer takes time. It's foreseeable that within the next two years, there will be a qualitative change in the medical, energy, and electronic information technology sectors.

The two talked for about half an hour, from the current mainstream controlled nuclear fusion technology to its future development direction.

"To be honest, if I didn't know you studied mathematics, I would have thought you were some old monster who was engaged in nuclear fusion research."

Li Gang looked at Xu Qingzhou with some emotion.

This kid's knowledge of controlled nuclear fusion is comparable to that of someone who specializes in the field.

"I was just offering my humble opinion. When it comes to controlled nuclear fusion, you are the real expert," Xu Qingzhou said with a smile.

"You don't need to be modest."

Li Gang looked at Xu Qingzhou approvingly: "What you said is not just a humble opinion, it has a lot of reference value. Moreover, you are still young, it's only a matter of time before you surpass us old guys."

"When do you have time to come and visit our Institute of Plasma Physics?"

"I will definitely visit when I have time."

(End of this chapter)