Extracting a few pipes with a thickness of hundreds of meters is really a drop in the bucket compared to a large gaseous planet with a diameter of more than tens of thousands of kilometers, but this time it is an experiment, so there is no need to worry. , when the experiment is confirmed to be feasible, it will be the turn of these large gaseous planets to be unlucky! In fact, Zhang Jingyuan believes that the test has been basically successful so far; the next test will be more about the energy acquisition method and reliability of the spacecraft itself.
At this moment, Boss Zhang and various scientists are in a 1:100 large-scale virtual laboratory; this is also a high-tech product. The running system is reduced to a 1:100 scale and displayed with virtual physics technology. This is not only safe (Some scientists are still thin), and the most important thing is - at a glance, you can directly observe every position of the entire system. If there is a problem, you can find it and correct it immediately.
There is a virtual screen next to it, which displays some specific data, and there are also digital displays at some key pipeline locations.
Without the guidance of a scientist, Zhang Jingyuan could understand by himself that the "liquid" here was overall light blue, but he could also see that there were many impurities in it, which needed to be screened and filtered. The temperature of the liquid is not as cold as imagined, but reaches more than 500 degrees. It is no wonder that there are so many lightnings on the surface of gaseous planets. High temperature is a reflection of energy concentration, just like Venus in history. Although carbon dioxide is used as The main gas, but because the temperature is as high as more than 400 degrees, or even close to 500 degrees, there are also lightning and thunder.
The pressure on the pipeline shows that the pressure here is more than 5,000 times the standard atmospheric pressure. It is such a huge pressure that these unruly hydrogen, helium, etc. are compressed into liquids.
During the rapid extraction of "water pipes" with a diameter of hundreds of meters, the flow rate is no less than that of the Yangtze River; countless liquids rumble into huge centrifuges; centrifuges are the simplest, most reliable, and lowest-cost equipment. . On mankind’s initial selection of nuclear raw materials. It is purified using a centrifuge.
The centrifuge here is divided into three parts. The first part separates the liquid hydrogen - this process reduces the volume of the liquid by about 60%; the second part separates the liquid helium - after this process, the liquid There is less than 5% of the volume remaining; the third part is to separate ammonia! Don’t underestimate ammonia, it is an important raw material in the space age, artificial protein, plant catalysis, various chemical raw materials, etc. All require the use of ammonia.
Normally, no one would think of coming to a gaseous planet to separate ammonia, but the cost is relatively high, so it is better to synthesize it honestly in a factory; now, it is a waste of time and effort!
As for the remaining small amounts of nitrogen, carbon dioxide, methane, hydrogen sulfide, etc., they are directly emitted into the atmosphere above. These things have uses, but human resources are already in excess; as long as there is life activity on the spacecraft , the above things are not lacking.
Seeing the three different liquids being sorted into the huge piggy bank and then sent into the small world for storage, Zhang Jingyuan also felt a sense of accomplishment. The power of technology is already so powerful that humans can exploit all planetary resources without restraint! Yes. All planetary resources! As of now, whether it is a gaseous planet, a rocky planet, an icy planet, etc., as long as humans find it valuable, they can directly open their greedy mouths and take a bite!
Suddenly Zhang Jingyuan thought of a question and turned to look at Li Yuzhang next to him, "By the way, senior brother, why not build the nuclear reactor in a small space? Wouldn't this save more space?"
Li Yuzhang shook his head, "It's not that we don't want to. It's that the small space is unstable! The small space itself is a temporary space captured one by one; there is no problem in using this space as a warehouse. But if there is violent energy activity inside, It will tear apart the space. We have repeatedly verified this and even tested it several times, and it almost caused disaster
For now, small spaces can only be used as storage spaces. But it's enough. There are 5 small spaces on this spacecraft to store hydrogen and helium. In a saturated state, it can store more than 100 cubic kilometers.
For safety and stability, as well as considering the impact of outer space, the small space on the spacecraft is 30 kilometers, instead of the largest small space of more than 100 kilometers. Although 30 kilometers is smaller, its safety and stability are currently the highest in technology. But even in such a small space. It can only be simply transformed into a living space; but considering safety and escape in times of danger, it can only be used as a storage space for the time being. ”
Zhang Jingyuan nodded; nowadays, technology is developing too fast, and even Zhang Jingyuan cannot understand all the situations. He can only roughly know the extent of a certain technology, but he can't do anything about the specific details.
But Li Yuzhang's explanation was not over. "According to our calculations, 60 cubic kilometers of hydrogen and helium reserves are enough for the current spacecraft to complete the interstellar migration. If we take into account population reproduction and expansion, material consumption, and emergencies Regardless of the situation, 100 cubic kilometers can handle it completely without pressure. Theoretically, such a spacecraft can fly directly to the Andromeda Galaxy without additional energy replenishment, including necessary battles! Energy.
In this way, useful energy blocks can be applied to military and other aspects as much as possible.
And we have a plan to return China to the nuclear energy era within the next ten years. This has two benefits:
The first is to promote the development of related nuclear technologies; the second is to save a lot of energy blocks! According to current data, in 500 years, the country's energy block reserves will increase by at least 50%! The cost of building a large number of nuclear reactors has been calculated. ”
"Return to the nuclear energy era?" Zhang Jingyuan chewed these words repeatedly, feeling speechless for a moment. Is this considered a step back in time? When Chinese civilization already had the potential to impact the sixth-level civilization, the country was suddenly ordered to return to the nuclear energy era...
This is really weird! But I have to say, this is a good suggestion.
Moreover, today's nuclear energy is not the nuclear energy of thousands of years ago, which used electricity, but produced energy blocks and then began to use them. In other words, even if we really return to the nuclear energy era, it will only produce energy in the same way; and use it. The way of energy is still the technology of the energy block era - in other words, this is the country's strategy. It has no impact on citizens; perhaps because of the re-popularization of nuclear energy, China has entered a new era of "non-energy conservation".
There is nothing missing in space but hydrogen and helium!
It didn't take long for a good circulation to form in the test spacecraft. The extracted hydrogen and helium began to replace the original hydrogen and helium, and smoothly entered the nuclear reactor to start working. With sufficient fresh blood injected, the speed of the nuclear reactor doubled again. ! With today's technology, the energy usage of nuclear reactors can be as high as more than 95%. The remainder is mainly emitted in the form of heat, which is used to heat the spacecraft - maintaining temperature is a very important thing when flying in space.
The entire experiment lasted for one month, and the spacecraft also took off and landed repeatedly during the process. It entered the "ocean" of a large gaseous planet ten times to draw energy and verify the design and collect data through repeated experiments.
"The whole plan is perfect!" Until this moment, Li Yuzhang finally breathed a sigh of relief, "Your Majesty, we can definitely build such a spacecraft from now on. Such a spacecraft is mainly used to collect hydrogen and helium that exist in the universe. Provide the country with Alternative energy reserves; we also need to build a large number of nuclear energy facilities in the private sector to produce energy storage blocks
The sooner the better, we are racing against time now! ”
Nodding, Zhang Jingyuan didn't say anything. In fact, Zhang Jingyuan himself was already moved! As long as the last few data still need to be reviewed by the relevant departments of the empire. After all, Zhang Jingyuan is just a figure behind the scenes, and the development of technology is also a rigorous matter, especially when promoting a certain technology, this is really not something that can be slapped on the head.
In madness. The empire passed its 2900th (imperial calendar) birthday, and it was at the end of this year. The Empire announced a crazy decision: to return to the nuclear age!
Well, this is the understanding of ordinary citizens. In fact, the empire’s public documents say: use nuclear energy to supplement energy deficiencies. Then, of course, there are various introductions about nuclear energy, why nuclear energy is used, how to utilize it, etc.
Mining gaseous planets, collecting hydrogen and helium, and developing new nuclear energy have become popular slogans for a while. People are just as crazy!
because. In order to develop nuclear energy and relieve energy pressure, the country has finally opened up the energy resources that it has strictly controlled to the public! In fact, it won’t work if we don’t open it up.
In the past, the main source of energy blocks was star collar technology, and building star collars was obviously beyond the reach of ordinary people and companies; so the empire indirectly controlled energy in the hands of the country. It can also be regarded as a means of restriction. But nuclear energy is different. With the current level of technology in China, even middle school students can design a nuclear reactor, and it is guaranteed to have its own characteristics. As for energy blocks, the new energy block model is now used - a kind of nuclear reactor with different characteristics. The technology of "sealing" electromagnetic field energy is also open to the public.
In the space age, energy = currency! Don’t be afraid even if the energy depreciates, there is endless energy in space!
Private capital is crazy! Even the empire has not thought of this kind of madness!
The year after the statement was issued, that is, after a year of preparation, 20% of the large gaseous planets in the empire were already under mining, and almost the rest were reserved; even just the mining rights of the gaseous planets in the empire were auctioned. , which has increased considerable income for the country. And there are more people who directly form groups to mine outside the territory of the runway empire. Although the distance is long, tens of thousands and hundreds of thousands of private entrepreneurs unite to build the subspace gate by themselves!
By the year 2910 of the Imperial Calendar, ten years after the policy was made public, the entire Chinese Empire had undergone earth-shaking changes! The people used their wisdom to bring new vitality to this empire!
Various spaceships shuttle through space. Some are in traditional shapes, some are like peanuts, some are like gourds, some are slender, some are flat, and some are like pearl disks - there are bumps and bumps on them. Some are shaped like snowflakes, and some are directly like a huge hollow ring...
But all the new spaceships are all spaceships equipped with nuclear reactors. Some of them are mineral ships, some are transport ships, and some are space energy factories - such as those shaped like pearl disks or snowflakes, which are directly a collection of tens of thousands of nuclear reactors, outputting countless energy blocks every day!
And because of the massive use of nuclear energy, gaseous planets have suffered an unprecedented blow. In the past, humans simply ignored the gaseous planets and only mined solid planets. As a result, gaseous planets have now become sought-after pearls (gase planets with rich surface colors are really Much like pearls), there are often lawsuits filed by companies over the ownership of gaseous planets! Of course there are many gaseous planets, but there are more people!
As for the people, after more than two hundred years of implementation of the energy conservation plan, the empire finally lifted the ban again, and every planet once again returned to the colors of feasting and feasting. By the year 2950 of the Imperial Calendar, the country's energy block reserve rate had more than doubled! This made all the empire's top officials breathe a sigh of relief! The power of the people is really too powerful; the crazy power of the people is actually stronger than the power directly controlled by the state; this is unexpected, but it is also an unexpected surprise! (To be continued...)