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"Turn on the power."

Following Chen Mo's order, the researcher in charge of the power switch pressed the button in his hand.

"The power has started successfully."

"[Star Ring] The field system is working normally."

"The background vacuum pressure is 4×10-6Pa, the water cooling system is started, and it works normally. The divertor works normally..."

"The B-coil current is increasing, 10,000 amps...100,000 amps...200,000 amps...1.3 megaamps..."

[Singhuan] After the successful launch, the artificial intelligence of the singhuan laboratory, together with the researchers, began to report the changes in various data.

In the command center, everyone's eyes are on the LCD screen.The above is the picture of [Star Ring]. At this time, Star Ring is preparing to start the work before, and everyone is sweating in cold sweat on their hearts, and their eyes are fixed.

Artificial intelligence reports data again and again, as long as there is no problem with the star ring, it is great news.

To use the energy of controlled nuclear fusion, two conditions must be met.The first is to instantly heat the deuterium-tritium fuel to 100 million degrees Celsius; the second is to let the fusion reaction last more than 1,000 seconds.

To achieve the first condition, first the toroidal field (B-coil) must be added with a large current, so that at the beginning of the experiment, a large enough induced current can be generated in the vacuum chamber of the star ring to accelerate the collision ionization of free electrons, and the temperature is sufficient High plasma.

"The deuterium-tritium fuel is being charged, and the deuterium-tritium fuel injection is complete...The current of the E-coil heating coil has been increased to the maximum..."

"The divertor works normally, the water cooling system is normal, the longitudinal field is normal..."

Soon, the current and magnetic field all reached the predetermined value, and the fuel was filled, everyone began to get nervous.The expert academicians on the field became heavy in their breathing.

The next ignition is the key.

To make the circuit of the toroidal field (B-coil) instantaneously change to the minimum value, and induce current in the field in the vacuum chamber, so that the deuterium-tritium fuel forms plasma.

Chen Mo is relatively calm. This is the experimental data he obtained in the laboratory, using superconducting computer and holographic technology, and with the most advanced artificial intelligence, Mo Nu, to simulate hundreds of times.Even if it fails, it will not be too miserable.

Chen Mo took a deep breath after all preparations were completed and the data stabilized.

"ignition."

Chen Mo's simple two-word instruction made everyone's heart contract unconsciously, and eyelids jumped.I saw the data on the screen, and there was a huge change in an instant.

"The ignition is successful."

"The plasma beam temperature is 80.14 million degrees Celsius, the longitudinal field strength is 10.2 Tesla, the plasma current is 1.4 megaamps, and the operating frequency..."

"It is rushing into the fuel, the plasma density is rising, the pressure is rising, the plasma is heating..."

...

The ignition was successful.

Hearing the report of artificial intelligence, just four words knocked on the hearts of everyone in the command center, and then applause and cheers rang out. Many researchers burst into tears with red eyes.

They did not expect that the ignition was successful in the first test, and the plasma temperature has exceeded the 50 million degrees Celsius of the'super ring'.

After the joy, everyone calmed down again.

Now that the plasma beam has been formed, the next issue is the duration of the discharge.If they can surpass their previous experiments, then this is an unprecedented breakthrough.

It also means that besides tokamak and star simulator, a third possible nuclear fusion device has come out.

As time passed, hearing the data reported by artificial intelligence, many researchers' breathing became heavy.

Sixty seconds have passed. If the plasma continues to discharge for another minute, it means that this experiment will surpass the 100-second record of 50 million degrees Celsius in the'super ring', and they are one step closer to nuclear fusion energy.

99…100…101…102……

Seeing the continuous discharge of the plasma beam for 100 seconds, crazy cheers broke out in the laboratory again.This means that they have set a new world record for their first [Starring] test.

Li Jian clenched his fists, his eyes flushed.They have worked hard for a lifetime, just to one day, controlled nuclear fusion technology can become a new clean energy to appear on the earth.

Now he sees hope, Chen Mo, a young man, seems to be synonymous with miracles.

Originally, he didn't have much expectation for this experiment. He thought to himself that the continuous discharge of plasma can last more than 10 seconds, which is already a huge success.

But the result was far beyond his imagination. He had no idea how to express his excitement at the moment.

Beside, Wan Yuanxi's body was trembling, he was young and old, and he had never been so excited as today.In high-temperature plasma research, he is regarded as one of the most qualified persons in the plasma institute, and he has almost witnessed the process of China's controlled nuclear fusion project from scratch to the world's advanced.

His only wish is to see the nuclear fusion power station become a reality in his lifetime.

Originally, when Chen Mo came here for research institutes, he was holding the attitude of learning his new theory, and he never thought about how much Chen Mo could make in a short time.

But today, he saw hope.

The first controlled nuclear fusion experiment has surpassed decades of plasma research.

The mood at this time is both sad and happy. The sadness is because they lost to this young man in just one year after decades of hard work. The happy thing is that he saw the possibility of controlled nuclear fusion being successfully used.

Except for Li Jian and Wan Yuanxi, Ke Jianye, Guo Changming and others all had red eyes.

Outsiders can’t understand their mood at the moment, even if they didn’t get the [Singhuan] technology, they also saw China’s hope in applying nuclear fusion energy.

They have struggled for a lifetime of technology, and they can see him benefiting the motherland in their lifetime.

Several of the older generation of expert academicians are all in tears at this moment.The plasma discharge has lasted for 150 seconds. If it can reach more than 1000 seconds, it means that [Star Ring] can already use nuclear fusion energy.

Compared with many experts, Chen Mo is much calmer.

While watching [Huanhuan] running, he was constantly flashing various data in his mind, and he was also mentally calculating possible optimization problems.

"The cooling system is working normally, the divertor is working normally, the longitudinal field is stable, the angular field is stable..."

The plasma beam discharge has lasted for 280 seconds, and Chen Mo also thought about it seriously.

Because at the beginning, the instantaneous temperature did not reach hundreds of millions of degrees Celsius, which deviated from the data in the simulation test, and he was not sure how long the plasma could last.

For the stable operation of the plasma with continuous discharge, the plasma temperature must be raised to more than 100 million degrees Celsius for more than 1,000 seconds to form continuous reaction conditions.Because on the earth, there is no huge pressure inside the sun, and the plasma cannot react spontaneously.

At that time, once the conditions for continuous reaction are reached, the use efficiency of deuterium-tritium fuel will increase again, and tritium self-sustaining becomes possible, it can continue to provide continuous energy, and the discharge process of net energy output becomes possible.

In the command center at this time, dozens of researchers were not willing to blink their eyes.They are waiting for the moment in history.

After 495 seconds, the high confinement operation of plasma continuous discharge finally stopped.

Everyone in the command center cheered frantically.

495 seconds, this has far exceeded everyone's expectations.The plasma temperature is nearly 90 million degrees Celsius, and the continuous discharge is maintained for 495 seconds.

This data has exceeded a limit. This is a major breakthrough, and the goal of successfully applying nuclear fusion energy is already at hand.If the results of this experiment are released, it will shock the world.

Chen Mo sighed, not too satisfied.

What he wants is not a few minutes of operation, but years or even decades of operation.Although this result was a huge breakthrough, he was still not satisfied.Failure to achieve the net energy output of nuclear fusion is an experimental failure for him.

"Now let's prepare for the second experiment." When everyone was immersed in ecstasy, Chen Mo poured cold water down.