I am devoted to scientific research, but you want to trick me into having a love relationship?

Chapter 742 is about to enter the integrated installation phase.
"We don't eat food offered with contempt."

Xu Qingzhou chuckled twice, glanced at the fair and tender feet, and remained unmoved, looking completely calm.

"You're crazy." Song Yao wrinkled her nose, and as if asserting her dominance, she put her other leg on Xu Qingzhou's leg as well.

"Beg me," Xu Qingzhou persisted.

"Please."

Song Yao blinked her eyes, cooperating perfectly.

"いただきます(I'm starting)"

"."

"Don't make me kick you."

"You don't really think I'm going to lick your toes, do you?"

Looking at Song Yao's wary eyes, Xu Qingzhou felt offended.

"Hmph, who knows where your bottom line is?"

You have misunderstood me.

"Is it possible that you haven't seen yourself clearly?" Song Yao said without looking up as she scrolled through her messages.

Xu Qingzhou sighed, without refuting. He pinched his toes and picked up his pen again, "The LiSiO tritium breeding agent is confined to the nanocavity of a two-dimensional material, and the lithium-ion diffusion efficiency is enhanced by van der Waals forces."

Neutron capture reaction: n + Li → T + He

As the cold wave recedes and the cold air mass weakens in North China, temperatures are gradually rising. By late March, spring has arrived in Kyoto, and tender buds are sprouting on the branches of trees lining the roads of the research institute.

The air is thick with the scent of early spring.

But the researchers didn't have time to stop and appreciate the early spring scenery.

Compared to usual, there was a sense of solemnity in the air. The researchers were in a hurry, and everyone seemed to be racing against time.

A plasma temperature of 1 million °C and a steady state maintained at the kilometer level are the established goals to be achieved during the first ignition.

Everyone has a heavy burden on their shoulders.

Especially in the final stage of testing, with the negative triangular plasma, superconducting magnet, quantum sensing magnetic field monitoring system, and the first wall, every researcher was on tenterhooks, fearing that another problem would arise during testing, requiring re-adjustment or redesign, which would slow down the overall progress.

After a year of silence, everyone was holding their breath, waiting for the day that would shock the world.

March 28, Sunday, Testing Center.

"Everyone has worked hard these past few days. Take a good rest this weekend and recharge your energy."

Xu Qingzhou turned to Ren Nan and the others and said.

Just today, they completed the testing of two-dimensional confined LiSiO particles. The test showed that, through the confinement effect, the tritium multiplication rate can be increased to ≥1.25, which can effectively solve the problem of rapid fuel consumption in negative triangular configurations.

What does this mean?

In the same field, the ITER block design only has a tritium multiplication rate of 1.05, which is insufficient to reach the "break-even point" of fuel self-sufficiency, which requires a critical value of 1.1.

To put it simply, if a family's minimum monthly expenses are 1.1 yuan, and their income is less than or equal to 1.1 yuan, they need to continuously deplete their savings (external tritium supply) in order to maintain their livelihood (fusion reaction).

ITER earns NT$1.05 per month, so it needs to use its savings (external tritium supplementation) to maintain the family's operations (the operation of the experimental device).

It can be said that achieving fuel self-sufficiency is a requirement for the long-pulse operation of the experimental device.

While their negative triangle design improves plasma confinement, it increases particle escape rate by 30% in the bend, leading to faster fuel consumption and a greater need for a more efficient tritium breeding system.

The quantum-inducing magnetic field monitoring system, combined with self-healing technologies such as nanoporous tungsten films and two-dimensional confined LiSiO particles, has significantly cleared the way for the negative triangular tokamak to achieve steady-state operation at the kilometer level. Next week, the installation phase will begin, integrating all the separately developed equipment from the past year into a complete tokamak experimental device.

The institute's leaders spoke as they came out of the testing center.

"We've finally overcome most of these eighty-one tribulations."

Academician Ren Nan smiled.

The next challenge is system integration and installation.

Since February of last year, when he agreed to let Xu Qingzhou work at the research institute, it has only been 14 months. They have built a brand new tokamak experimental device from scratch.

How to put it? It always gives people the feeling that they are dreaming.

Because it was just too fast.

"I wish I could start the installation tonight."

Zheng Xu is a man of action; he had been itching to get started as soon as he saw the various parts of the completed device.

"Who wouldn't?"

Zhao Shengwen smiled and sighed, "Although Spain's SMART device also uses a negative triangle design to guide plasma, we don't know when it will be completed. In fact, what we are building is the world's first negative triangle plasma tokamak."

"Yes, I dream of seeing it move."

Zheng Xu sighed.

Under Xu Qingzhou's leadership, the design of almost every component, including superconducting magnets, negative triangular plasma, first wall materials, and divertors, far surpasses the world's equivalent level.

They were all gathered together.
Without a doubt, its performance will definitely surprise you.

Thinking of this, Zheng Xu and the others couldn't help but feel excited.

If Xu Qingzhou hadn't asked everyone to go back and rest for two days, they would have really wanted to start the installation work immediately.

"We can't pull the string too tight. Starting next week, we'll probably have to live at the institute every day. Don't accuse me of exploiting you then," Xu Qingzhou joked.

The entire process, including integration, installation, and intensive testing, takes at least a month and a half.

Moreover, some tests must be conducted 24 hours a day.

For example, testing the magnetic field strength and configuration accuracy by powering on, and verifying the closure of the negative triangle bend, requires continuous testing for about 10 days without stopping the machine.

Ren Nan nodded and said slowly, "That's right. The integration and installation process is not simple. Each step is quite mentally demanding, so everyone needs to be prepared for a long battle."

He also looked forward to witnessing the birth of a miracle, but he understood even more that his health was more important, as it was the foundation for successfully completing the experiment.

"Old Chen and his team should be conducting triple peak experiments recently. Judging from the experimental data released last time, they are bound to set another record this time."

"But we're not pushovers either."

Ren Nan thought to himself that he was now often glad that he had accepted Xu Qingzhou's invitation and joined the great wave of rapid development of controlled nuclear fusion. Otherwise, he would probably have regretted not participating in these experiments for the rest of his life.

Zheng Xu nodded helplessly. He just sighed, saying that everyone had been in the lab for two weeks in order to complete the test on time, and had hardly rested at all.

"Qingzhou, you should go back and rest early too."

Zhao Shengwen looked at Xu Qingzhou and said with concern, "These days you've all been working overtime, especially Xu Qingzhou. He's been moving between several groups. People need to find him for mathematical calculations, plan changes, and data anomalies. His workload is several times higher than theirs."

"I'm leaving now, everyone get off work early today."

At the stairwell, Xu Qingzhou said goodbye to everyone. He had only slept for three hours last night, and he was really feeling the strain.

(End of this chapter)