"Power on."
At Chen Mo's command, the researcher in charge of the power switch pressed the button in his hand.
"Power startup successful."
"Star Ring field system operating normally."
"Base vacuum pressure: 4×10-6 Pa. Water cooling system activated and operating normally. Divertor operating normally..."
"Increasing toroidal field (B-coil) current. 10,000 amperes... 100,000 amperes... 200,000 amperes... 1.3 mega-amperes..."
After Star Ring started successfully, the Artificial Intelligence at Star Ring Laboratory, together with the researchers, began reporting changes in the various data.
Inside the command center, everyone's eyes were fixed on the images displayed on the LCD screens. They showed Star Ring itself, currently carrying out its pre-ignition preparations. Everyone was on edge, staring without blinking.
The Artificial Intelligence reported the data again and again. As long as nothing went wrong with Star Ring, it would be tremendous news.
To harness the energy of Controlled Nuclear Fusion, two conditions had to be met. First, the deuterium-tritium fuel had to be heated to 100 million degrees Celsius in an instant. Second, the fusion reaction had to be sustained for more than 1,000 seconds.
To meet the first condition, an enormous current first had to be fed into the toroidal field (B-coil), so that sufficient induced current could be generated inside Star Ring's vacuum chamber at the start of the experiment. This would accelerate the free electrons into collisional ionization, forming High-Temperature Plasma.
"Injecting deuterium-tritium fuel. Fuel injection complete... Ohmic heating coil (E-coil) current has been raised to maximum..."
"Divertor operating normally. Water cooling system normal. Vertical field normal..."
Very quickly, the current and magnetic fields all reached their predetermined values, and the fuel injection was complete. Everyone began to grow tense. Even the experts and academicians present started breathing heavily.
The next step, ignition, was the key.
The toroidal field (B-coil) circuit had