Boss Zhang was very busy. He had just finished his work on the new emperor's enthronement when he was invited again by Li Yuzhang to visit a new technology. ∷, of course, not photon technology, nor quark energy technology - still under research; but - a new energy collection, storage, and production technology, and this technology is also relatively old, that is - nuclear energy ! It can only be said that the combination of new and old technologies is a perfect combination - well, this is what the great scientist Li Yuzhang said himself.
Nuclear energy, an ancient but still radiating form of energy! Regardless of what energy blocks the Chinese Empire uses now, the most fundamental source is stars, and the energy source of stars is nuclear fusion!
As for antimatter (energy), which the empire has achieved good results now, it can only be used as an alternative explosive - in fact, antimatter sounds loud, but it really doesn't have that many practical applications.
First of all, antimatter itself is a kind of secondary energy. It is a kind of "matter" that is produced after consuming a lot of energy! The conversion of matter itself has an efficiency problem; therefore, from this point of view alone, antimatter has no basis for large-scale use. Secondly, antimatter is not a good baby, and it is difficult to store, etc., which makes antimatter, a seemingly powerful existence, only exist in the laboratory. Unless the world of antimatter can be discovered one day, relying on artificial antimatter will not be able to shoulder the important task of scientific and technological development. .
Looking back at the universe, nuclear fusion is still the main vitality. Therefore, the ultimate source of energy in China is still nuclear fusion! No matter whether this technology is ancient or not, as long as it can provide enough energy, it is enough! There is a very interesting phenomenon in the development of science and technology. That is - in the research process, we often strive for excellence, but in the production and use process, we pursue "mass production"; and this creates a phenomenon. When using it, we will not pursue advanced technology too much, just be suitable. .
Antimatter technology is not bad. However, it cannot cross the threshold of "mass production". In a technological society, a technology that cannot be mass produced and popularized has no "practical" value, and a technology without practical value is unavailable in the technological era. To promote it - it’s not because we don’t get research funding.
In a word, the ultimate source of energy for the Chinese Empire is still nuclear energy, even if it is stellar collar technology. It still uses the nuclear energy of stars. So now Li Yuzhang, the father of energy in the Chinese Empire, is once again preparing to go crazy for the upcoming interstellar migration and nuclear energy!
"Your Majesty, this is the energy budget report." After Li Yuzhang saw Zhang Jingyuan, he handed over a report directly. The report was very simple, with only a few lines of words, but after seeing these lines of words, he handed it over. Boss Zhang could only sigh.
Li Yuzhang saw that there were others around Zhang Jingyuan, so he simply explained: "According to recent calculations by the energy department. If we want to reach the Andromeda Galaxy safely, each kilogram of objects requires an energy consumption of up to 80 to 100 standard energy blocks; Considering problems such as dealing with emergencies, we believe that each kilogram of objects requires an energy reserve of 120 energy blocks
Calculated at 60 kilograms, each citizen has 7,200 energy blocks!
Including the consumption along the way, it is not a small number. If various materials are recycled, water, oxygen, etc. will be recycled. Just calculating the energy consumed, a person would need to consume a standard energy block to maintain life for five thousand years. This is the minimum consumption. If there are some people with strong energy, it can even be increased to 10 energy blocks.
In addition to these, there are also the quality of the spacecraft itself, combat equipment, etc. These are not small numbers.
But now, our energy reserve is only enough for one tenth!
In other words, our material reserves over the past thousand years are only enough to cover one-tenth of the energy consumption of the Great Interstellar Migration.
In order to solve this problem as soon as possible, we thought for a long time and decided to adopt such a plan, which is the artificial star plan. Of course, the name of this plan is a bit exaggerated, but the idea is relatively simple.
First of all, there is a very important premise, that is, our current stellar collar technology is almost complete. If we build more, it will waste additional energy. After all, building a star collar consumes almost a day's energy reserves of the empire; the empire's energy reserves for a year can only build less than 400 star collars.
Although it is said that the more star collars built, the more energy is generated, but similarly, building the star collar itself also consumes a lot of energy. Calculated according to the parabola rule, we now have enough star collars!
But that doesn’t mean we have enough energy! In fact, even based on the current energy production rate of the stellar collar, our final energy reserve can only meet 70% of the highest standard and 110% of the lowest standard. This looks great, but it's too dangerous! Moreover, our future development will inevitably consume more energy; for example, we will have to build enough spaceships and so on.
Therefore, the best way is to directly double the current energy reserve!
And how to reserve energy without building more horizontal collars? Our idea is: artificial star technology is actually ancient nuclear fusion technology. To be precise, a large number of man-made nuclear fusion reactors!
The material for nuclear fusion is mainly hydrogen, followed by helium! And this is very abundant in space. Whether it is the stars themselves, large gaseous planets, or even nebulae, etc., they are all huge collections of hydrogen and helium elements.
With our current technology, as long as it is hydrogen, we can use it for nuclear fusion. Even helium will work. The technology is a bit complicated and the investment is relatively high, but it’s not bad.
Moreover, after nuclear fusion, in addition to energy, it can even produce some elements we need, such as carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen, all of which are necessary for life. ”
"Wait a minute," Zhang Jingyuan interrupted Li Yuzhang, who was getting more and more excited and outrageous as he spoke, "Senior brother, you'd better tell me your plan directly. You can make up your mind about technology. I'm just here to understand what you are doing. What, then let Congress give you support.
Also, there seems to be no need for artificial stars. There is no shortage of stars in space! ”
"Okay, I'll keep the story short. Really, I want to give you a good introduction!" Li Yuzhang also has a common problem among researchers, he wants to find someone to show off his achievements (many scientific researches, etc., are leaked in this way, and spies are definitely He is the best person to talk to, the kind who is very patient (including Einstein), and now he is interrupted by Zhang Jingyuan, and he is very dissatisfied. But I still skipped the content that was going to be introduced in detail, "This so-called artificial star plan is not to actually build artificial stars, but to build a large number of small nuclear fusion reactor clusters; just like a honeycomb!
Our plan is that every spacecraft that is more than thirty kilometers away will build a large-scale nuclear fusion reactor inside to meet daily status needs. We are not using nuclear energy directly now. Instead, nuclear energy is burned and converted into energy blocks for storage. During the great interstellar migration, we don’t have time to store enough energy blocks, but we can store enough nuclear fuel; then we can fly all the way and create energy blocks along the way. Nuclear fuel can even produce some of the elements we need.
As for the raw materials for the reactor, of course they are hydrogen and helium. Although these two substances are very common in the galaxy, there are many large gaseous planets, and they are very easy to collect.
As planned, we utilize small space technology. Store a large amount of hydrogen and helium, and these two are enough. These things only take a hundred years. We can get enough energy. During the great interstellar migration, this will be our most important energy supplement.
Your Majesty is invited here today to watch our first hydrogen and helium collection plan.
In half an hour, Your Majesty will see our new spacecraft, a concept spacecraft incorporating a nuclear fusion reactor. ”
"Oh?" At this moment, Zhang Jingyuan was finally moved. This period of time is spent on energy demand. The empire has been racking its brains. A large number of stellar collar construction projects have been launched a hundred years ago, and they are still being constructed crazily today! So much so that some people said that the brightness of the Pearl Star Field was actually reduced by half! This is of course an exaggeration. But over the past hundred years, at least one tenth of the planets in the Pearl Star Field have been "confined". This is an indisputable fact!
For energy, the Chinese Empire went crazy! In the age of science and technology, nothing can be done without energy.
But even so, it still cannot meet the energy needs of the Great Interstellar Migration, and new energy research has been in full swing. But today, someone actually said: We should look back!
Yes, nuclear energy is still a widespread source of energy in the universe. In this case, why not give it a try? And Li Yuzhang’s analysis is also very accurate! Yes, even though technology is always looking forward, it’s not bad to look back occasionally!
Soon I saw the so-called concept spaceship, which was a bit weird, like a gourd! Yes, it looks like a standard gourd, with a pointed handle, a smaller belly at the top and a larger belly at the bottom; but in space, this spacecraft is horizontal.
"Your Majesty, this is a concept spacecraft jointly developed and researched by us and Fengchen Group. The spacecraft is divided into two parts. The second half is the nuclear reaction area and nuclear fuel storage area. This area can already achieve unmanned operation. The spacecraft technology in the front part is different from the current one. The technology of the spacecraft is the same. Once there is a malignant change in the nuclear reactor at the back, the front half of the spacecraft can completely escape alone
According to the design, the length of the spacecraft is 1,200 kilometers. The front half, which is the living area and the normal spacecraft part, is a spacecraft with a diameter of 400 kilometers; the second half is a nuclear reactor with a diameter of 700 kilometers.
Within these 700 kilometers, half of the space is a nuclear reactor area. We have built more than 12,000 nuclear reactor factory groups in total. Each large nuclear reactor can produce one energy block of energy per hour; the remaining area, One part is a storage area, mainly a small space warehouse. There is also a large part of the hydrogen and helium collection plant. Theoretically, such a spacecraft does not need to stop for maintenance at all when flying within the galaxy. It can keep flying in space until the materials of the spacecraft age and disintegrate. Today, we will try to launch this spacecraft, and let us see the powerful power that emerges when new and old technologies are combined! "(To be continued...)