Galaxy Technology Empire

For the Galaxy Consortium, which has atomic-level processing capabilities, it is very simple to copy the results of the University of Vienna team, provided of course that the other party does not fake it.

Although the Ion Engine Research Institute and the Materials Research Institute were very surprised by Huang Junjie's sudden task, the big boss's affairs were the first priority, and they quickly summoned elite troops to tackle the problem.

Keelung City, Ion Engine Research Institute.

"Chief Engineer Mishima, take a look at this." Zhou Botong passed a document to Mishima Ji.

Mishima Ji quickly opened the holographic bracelet, but the words "First Class Top Secret" on it shocked him. He had been at the Ion Engine Research Institute for more than half a year, and the most documents he came into contact with were classified as confidential.

"Don't worry, since I showed it to you, I trust you, but remember to keep it secret after reading it." Zhou Botong patted Mishima Ji on the shoulder and said.

"Thank you very much." This sense of trust moved Mishima Ji very much, and he quickly opened the file and looked through it carefully.

But when he saw it, he was a little stunned: "Can, controllable, nuclear fusion!"

The more I looked at him, the more he trembled. It was a feeling of awe, admiration, and excitement.

Mishima Ji said excitedly: "Chairman Sang wants us to develop an ion engine or a photon engine based on a small nuclear fusion reactor."

"Exactly, Mishima, do you think our institute can develop an ion engine that meets expectations?" Zhou Botong asked.

"No problem, the most difficult part has been completed now. If we can't develop a large ion engine, then we are not qualified to stay here." Mishima Ji said quickly.

"In that case, let's start preparations!"

"When will the nuclear fusion reactor arrive?"

"It will be transported in the afternoon."

"Then I'll call in the researchers."

Zhou Botong went to arrange the laboratory and prepare to receive three small nuclear fusion reactors, while Mishima Ji mobilized the elite of the Ion Engine Research Institute to prepare for related work.

Two o'clock in the afternoon has not yet arrived.

Keelung City in March is still a bit cold at this time, but the afternoon sunshine makes people feel very comfortable.

At the entrance of the Ion Engine Research Institute, Zhou Botong and Mishima Ji Liuqi were all looking forward to it.

Suddenly a container truck and a Pengpai Dawn sports car appeared at the corner of the road.

"Shuguang 2015?" Zhou Botong was stunned when he saw this car, and then immediately reacted: "Pay attention, maybe the chairman is here."

The others were also stunned for a moment, and then became a little cautious.

The Surging Dawn slowly stopped in front of a few people. Huang Junjie's figure got out of the car, and the door closed automatically. Zhong drove the Surging Dawn toward the underground garage.

"Chairman, it is a great honor to meet you. I am Zhou Botong, director of the Ion Engine Research Institute."

Huang Junjie chatted with a few people and then went to the research institute. This time it was still his stand-in robot. Since the materials for thermoelectric power generation from the Materials Research Institute were not available, he simply came to the Ion Engine Research Institute to take a look.

Zhou Botong took Huang Junjie to a laboratory that had been packed in advance. Judging from the configuration inside, it used to be a large ion engine laboratory.

Three nuclear fusion reactors and ten kilograms of DD nuclear fuel unloaded from the containers have been placed in the laboratory.

Mishima Ji's trembling hands were excited, stroking the three nuclear fusion reactors like a pervert.

"Ahem!" Zhou Botong pretended to cough.

"Uh..." Mishima Ji realized it at this time and apologized quickly: "I'm very sorry, I lost my temper."

Huang Junjie changed the topic: "Have you read the documents I sent before?"

"Look, Chairman, we have a preliminary understanding, but if a nuclear fusion reaction can be started here, I believe it will allow us to understand more intuitively." Mishima Ji said hurriedly.

"Then let's test it." Huang Junjie nodded and agreed to their test.

The reaction operation method of the small nuclear fusion reactor is quite fool-proof. Put a portion of fuel into 100 mg of nuclear fuel, and then connect the power supply and a special data cable.

A temporary liquid nitrogen refrigerator is also ready to prevent overheating.

Everyone installs laboratory processes, wears protective suits behind thick glass windows, and controls nuclear fusion reactors via data lines.

drop! 100 milligrams of DD nuclear fuel is injected into the condensed matter vacuum chamber, and then neutrons are compressed and fused to release energy.

The reaction process of fusion energy release takes about 30 minutes to end.

Looking at the real-time monitoring data in the laboratory, Mishima became excited: "Sure enough, there is no neutron irradiation or high-energy rays, just heat energy and light radiation."

During these 30 minutes, the Ion Engine Research Institute conducted a comprehensive inspection of the small nuclear fusion reactor, during which the reaction was suspended three times.

"Chairman, the thermal efficiency of this small nuclear fusion reactor is a bit low." Mishima Ji said with some embarrassment.

"I know it's only about 28%. This is a sacrifice for miniaturization, but I have already thought of a solution." Huang Haojie was not angry.

Mishima scratched his head and said: "The solution? If you want to reuse the wasted heat energy, in addition to steam turbine power generation and photovoltaic power generation, there is another option which is thermoelectric power generation. Considering the need for miniaturization, only thermoelectric power generation is the most effective. It’s suitable, but the current thermoelectric power generation efficiency is not high.”

It seems that Mishima Ji knows this quite well, but Huang Junjie has no intention of explaining.

"Mishima, let's discuss the ion engine now." Zhou Botong reminded.

"Sorry, I was just curious." Mishima Ji also knew that he had crossed the line just now.

"If xenon gas is heated directly through the thermal energy and optical radiation of nuclear fusion, it is very easy to ionize xenon atoms to form plasma." Zhou Botong said.

Huang Haojie shook his head: "You have overlooked a problem. Xenon is indeed very easy to ionize, but it is a rare gas. If we develop a large ion engine, xenon is not suitable as an ionization working fluid."

"The chairman is right. The cost of xenon is too high and is not suitable for large-scale use. However, there is already a nuclear fusion reactor. The ionization working fluid can be nitrogen. Under the premise of nuclear fusion, nitrogen and xenon have almost the same effect. ." Mishima also said.

"You can purchase a batch of sub-metallic nitrogen from Neutron Star Materials Company. The storage conditions of sub-metallic nitrogen do not need to be so harsh." Huang Haojie reminded.

"Leave the purchase of submetallic nitrogen to me!" Zhou Botong quickly took over the matter.

Huang Haojie, Mishima Ji and others were discussing and improving all aspects of the ion engine.

Three days later, they made the first ion engine. Although it was very simple, the prototype was used for testing. It was just as ugly as it could be used.

The branch of Neutron Star Materials in Dongdao delivered 300 kilograms of submetallic nitrogen yesterday.

Because it was modified from a small nuclear fusion reactor, this ion engine is about the same size and shape as a gasoline barrel.

Mishima personally installed the nitrogen storage tank on the head of the ion engine, and after debugging it for a while, they were ready to experiment.

Huang Haojie has been at the Ion Engine Research Institute and Keelung Secret Research Institute these days. Of course, he cannot miss such an important experiment.

After the staff started the nuclear fusion reactor, the superconducting magnetic fluid generator also began to generate electricity.

At the same time, the submetallic nitrogen in the nitrogen storage tank was quickly released from the solid state, and the nitrogen wrapped around the nuclear fusion reactor that was glowing and heating.

The instantaneous high temperature mercilessly ionizes the nitrogen atoms, forming a stream of plasma, which then erupts towards the nozzle of the ion engine.

hiss……

The plasma interacts with the air, making some slight sounds, and a dark blue plasma tail flame appears at the tail nozzle of the ion engine.

Huang Junjie looked at the real-time monitoring data and found that the power generation of the magnetic fluid generator was not greatly affected. What was even more strange was that the plasma thrust was about 34% higher than they expected.