Chapter 608

Xu Qingzhou chatted with Professor Li Gang for over ten minutes, then said goodbye and left, preparing to go to the controllable nuclear fusion technology exhibition area to take a look.

The hall was quite lively; besides experts and scholars, there were also quite a few students.

Although controllable nuclear fusion is still very far away, it does not hinder people from imagining the world after realizing controllable nuclear fusion technology.

There is an ITER project immersive sandbox, which can display ITER target parameters through an LED ring screen. There are also W7-X stellarator dynamic models, plasma control AI systems, and so on.

What's more interesting is that his superconducting thin film is prominently in the frontier technology experience area, and has even been made into a scaled-down version of a superconducting magnet model.

"A very great invention." Beside him, a middle-aged man wearing a suit said.

"Thank you for the compliment."

Xu Qingzhou responded with a smile.

The middle-aged man handed Xu Qingzhou his business card and said: "Please allow me to introduce myself simply first; my name is Toro Bennett, the Chief Technology Officer of Tokamak Energy. I am very happy to meet you here."

Xu Qingzhou shook hands with the other party: "Mr. Bennett, hello."

Tokamak Energy is a British controllable nuclear fusion research enterprise that follows the high-temperature superconducting compact tokamak route.

"Perhaps, we could step aside and talk?"

"I agree."

The two of them came to a cafe on the side of the lecture hall and found a quiet place to sit down.

"An iced Americano."

Bennett said directly to the waiter.

Xu Qingzhou flipped through the menu and finally ordered a mocha.

"Very well, gentlemen." The waiter nodded and went down with the menu.

"Any interest in looking at this?"

Bennett pulled a document out of his bag.

Xu Qingzhou took it, and upon opening it, realized it was Tokamak Energy's technical report.

【Spherical Tokamak

Plasma temperature: approx. 80 million °C

Plasma current: 300 kA

Energy gain (Q-value): experimental stage Q≈0.1, short-term goal Q>1

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After a while, the two cups of coffee were served.

Xu Qingzhou closed the document and exclaimed admiringly: "A remarkable achievement."

"Just a few days ago, our ST40 device set a world record for commercial fusion companies (NTTE), and also achieved a toroidal magnetic field strength of over 24 Tesla..."

Bennett enthusiastically introduced Tokamak Energy's core achievements to Xu Qingzhou.

Xia Nation's technology is globally leading in long-pulse operation, high-current parameters, and superconducting engineering; Tokamak Energy shortens the technical transformation path through high-temperature superconducting magnets and compact design, but the plasma parameters have not yet reached Xia Nation's level.

Simply put, Tokamak Energy has low power and is easier to realize, and can be used as distributed energy or industrial heat supply, while Xia Nation's engineering pile is for large-scale power grid supply.

In terms of time, Xia Nation plans to build a demonstration pile in 2030, while Tokamak Energy's compact commercial pile plans to generate electricity in 2030.

After finishing telling Xu Qingzhou about his enterprise's advantages, Toro Bennett changed the subject and asked with a smile: "Professor Xu, I have read the information about your institute; do you also plan to do controllable nuclear fusion in the future?"

"That's right, this is a very challenging project."

Xu Qingzhou nodded and said.

Bennett took a sip of coffee and said in a deep voice: "Before we talk about serious business, can I ask you a question first?"