Rule department scholar

The energy conversion rate of the solar panel made of compressed monocrystalline silicon material can exceed 40.00%, which can be said to have reached the theoretical limit.

"The conversion rate of solar energy has nearly doubled. If you want to achieve more than [-] times the power, you need at least seven times more panels."

"It's still impossible."

Zhao Yi sighed, but still shook his head. He redesigned the Z-wave generating satellite, and found that the maximum number of panels can only be increased by 50.00%, which is still too far from the demand.

In addition, the charging efficiency is also a big problem. It is meaningless to design it reluctantly and only use it once in a few months or even a year.

"If you consider the practical value, the power must be increased by at least twenty times!"

"This data is barely supported, and a charge is completed in half a month."

Zhao Yi was thinking.

The speed and power of charging are also not directly proportional, because while charging, the internal strong magnetic field must be maintained, and the energy consumption is also very large, but the internal energy consumption is fixed.

If the energy conversion efficiency is very high, the extra part can be used for charging, and the charging speed will be greatly accelerated.

But, twenty times, whimsical!

Even if the solar panel has the ideal 100% energy conversion rate, it is not enough at all, and it can be described as 'a drop in the bucket'.

"It's not practical to solve the problem from the perspective of solar panel power."

Zhao Yi came to a conclusion.

At this time, the research seems to be at a dead end, because the same area of ​​solar energy is fixed, even if all of it is converted into electrical energy, it is not enough to maintain the Z-wave generating satellites that establish the waterway.

Zhao Yi found that he couldn't solve it.

He thought and thought and still didn't know how to solve the problem.

Solar, which is also a dead end!

However, solar energy is the only option, unless he can find other sustainable energy sources in space, which is much more difficult than the former.

The former is a dead end for the time being.

the latter--

Looking for new energy sources in space?For the time being, I can only imagine it.

When Zhao Yi fell into deep thought, Zhang Qican knocked on the door and walked in, holding a sorted document in his hand, which was the research report of the theory group.

Zhao Yi took it and asked, "Brother Zhang, help me think about how to use the limited solar energy to convert it into more electricity?"

"—?"

Zhang Qican was stunned for a moment, thought carefully for a long time, and made a suggestion, "Use some kind of material that reacts with solar energy and bursts out energy?"

"That won't work."

Zhao Yi shook his head and denied this idea, "The conversion of thermal energy into electrical energy is too inefficient to be feasible, and it is not sustainable."

Solar cell technology is very efficient, because the electrons inside the silicon material will become active when exposed to solar energy, which is to directly convert solar energy into electrical energy.

If fossil raw materials react with sunlight, they must first be converted into heat, which is then converted into kinetic energy and then produced into electricity. The conversion rate will be greatly reduced, reaching 5.00%, which is a remarkable figure. Considering fossil energy, it is necessary to The technical difficulty and cost of transporting it to a satellite will become very high, and it will not be feasible at all.

Zhang Qican thought for a while, and smiled wryly, "Academician Zhao, your question is equivalent to 'how to make a water tank with a fixed size pour out more water'? How is it possible? Anyway, I can't think of it."

Zhao Yi rubbed his chin thinking about Zhang Qican's metaphor, and found that it was really a very vivid image.

Fixed water tank pouring more water?

He mused, "Perhaps it is possible to compress water?"

Zhang Qican was stunned when he heard that, he didn't expect to be refuted, and what he said made sense, he said with a wry smile, "Well, indeed, liquid compression can indeed make the water tank hold more, but the physical properties have also changed. But that's not what we're talking about."

Zhao Yi also found that the topic went off the rails.

Now it is the problem of solar energy and energy conversion, they cannot compress the solar energy.

Zhang Qican thought for a while and said, "Otherwise, let's brainstorm and ask more people."

"Right."

As the saying goes, 'Three cobblers are worth one Zhuge Liang'.

Now Zhao Yi finds that he has no inspiration at all. The road of solar energy has come to an end, and there is no other way. Ask other people, maybe you can get other inspirations?

This afternoon, he simply went to the various team leaders of the technical department and held a small meeting together to talk about the problems he encountered.

The heads of the various R&D groups all looked at each other in blank dismay. They were also surprised that Zhao Yi had a problem and asked them to help solve it.

result?

How to use limited solar energy to produce more energy?

Isn't this whimsical!

Of course.

The problems Zhao Yi encountered cannot be summed up in this sentence, but they are essentially the same, because fossil energy, nuclear energy, etc. are unusable, and the only sustainable energy in space seems to be solar energy. .

In order to find the inspiration to solve the problem, Zhao Yi directly set up a bonus, "No matter who can bring me the inspiration to solve this problem, I will make the decision and directly issue a cash reward of 20 RMB."

The high bonus immediately filled people with motivation.

What Zhao Yi said was not 'problem solving', but 'inspiration to solve the problem'. It is too difficult to solve the problem, but only need the inspiration to solve the problem?

Maybe with a little luck, you can tell where the inspiration lies?

Chapter 628 Space Light Energy Transmission Technology!

Zhao Yi convened the leaders of the scientific research team to discuss the problem of insufficient conversion power of solar panels. After the meeting, the team leaders told other people about the matter.

In the R&D base of Yixing Technology, there are only dozens of technicians engaged in R&D. Soon, everyone knows the news.

The team leaders simply handed over the task and asked everyone who wanted to get the bonus to write an 'inspiration report' and submit it.

The bonus of 20 RMB is still very attractive.

In fact, 20 RMB sounds like a lot, and it is not a very exciting figure for the technicians of the Yixing scientific research base.

Every technician in the Yixing scientific research base is the top talent in the world.

There are two managers with technical research and development backgrounds from the space agency, and they get a million-dollar annual salary after signing the contract, as well as internal equity linked to their working years.

The salaries of ordinary technicians are generally more than 2 RMB. In terms of benefits including five social insurances and one housing fund, project bonuses, year-end bonuses and other benefits, it can be said that the annual salary is 50 to [-] RMB.

However, 20 is a salary for several months. The main attraction is that it only provides an inspiration idea, rather than actually solving the problem. In addition, providing inspiration ideas for the world's top scientists is amazing. matter.

So many people are looking forward to it, and really regard this matter as a job.

The third group of scientific research, internally known as the "power department", is mainly engaged in research and development of aircraft take-off and landing, turning and other technologies.

The third group has an intern who has just joined the company for half a month. His name is Sun Jianxin. He graduated from the Department of Mathematics of Shuimu University, and went to Caltech to study for a master's degree. Star's scientific research department.

Sun Jianxin is not very old, only 24 years old, and he is a native of Jiangcheng.

At this age, he can get a master's degree in mathematics from Caltech. He can definitely be called a super genius. You know, he was recommended to Princeton to study for a Ph. .

Yixing Technology recruits this level of geniuses, but also as a reserve technical talent for the future, a master of science from a prestigious school, the potential is still very large.

When Sun Jianxin first joined the company, he was a little proud of himself, but after only half a month, he discovered that everyone in the scientific research department can be said to be a top talent.

The leaders of each scientific research group have a doctorate degree from a prestigious university, and some are also specialized in the research and development of spacecraft and aircraft. He still has a lot to learn in terms of theoretical basis and technical research and development level.

Sun Jianxin usually keeps a low profile at work, spending most of his time studying and working.

Now that he heard about the research and development problems that Zhao Yi encountered, he didn't think about them carefully, because he felt that if Zhao Yi could not solve the problems, he would definitely not be able to solve them. There are so many talents in the company. not to him.

So Sun Jianxin didn't care at all, and didn't even consider handing in the inspiration report.

But it wasn't until the next day that Sun Jianxin realized that everyone had to write an 'inspiration report'. Although it was not mandatory, it seemed a bit out of place not to submit one.

He simply thought about it.

He is usually very low-key, and he is also the youngest in the department. When he first came out to work, he was still taken care of by his seniors.

Sun Jianxin asked what other people wrote.

He heard a lot of 'inspiration'.

Everyone writes differently, some write about expanding the area of ​​the battery board, some talk about reducing the internal power loss of the satellite, and some use their brains to launch a special charging satellite.

Then Sun Jianxin regretted it.

If he thinks about it alone, he can think of similar ideas, but after reading what his colleagues wrote, writing similar ones seems to be "plagiarism".

He sat at his desk, thinking hard for more than an hour, his scalp was about to be scratched, so he simply smashed the jar, "Anyway, I don't want to get any bonus, I just write one, regardless of whether it is feasible or not!"

Sun Jianxin looked at the blank page and typed a few lines directly, "My idea is, since solar energy is insufficient, we should increase solar energy!"

"For example, launch a satellite that orbits the sun and is specially used to absorb energy!"

"The closer you are to the sun, the more solar energy you have."

"so--"

Sun Jianxin devoted himself to writing a 'fantasy' report, at least the colleagues behind him think so.

"Xiao Sun, you are too funny, isn't it a satellite that orbits the sun and specializes in absorbing energy?"

"I remember the last time I read a sci-fi conjecture, there was a similar saying that the most advanced civilization in the universe built energy-absorbing devices that can surround stars."

"Is that what you're talking about?"

"It's interesting!"

The last episode was of course a joke.

Sun Jianxin also knew that what he wrote was too fantasy, he twitched the corner of his mouth and said helplessly, "Why don't you think of one for me, Brother Wang? It's not that I can't think of it, and there's nothing I can do about it?"

"Right."

Brother Wang quickly walked away, leaving a sentence, "Just write this, I think it will work, maybe the 20 promised by Academician Zhao is yours."

He laughed as he spoke.

-

In the morning, Zhao Yi received a lot of inspiration reports. He felt that the team leaders made a fuss over a molehill, but they really did a good job.

Zhao Yi looked at the reports one by one, and found that there were really eye-catching ideas in them.

"A powered satellite?"

"If a satellite dedicated to charging is made, the problem of insufficient power can be made up to a certain extent, but high-power operation needs to be continuous, and the charging satellite must be combined with the Z-wave satellite, so there is still the same problem, fixed There is a finite amount of solar power in an area, a fixed area."

"And this one, put the Z-wave generating satellite a thousand kilometers away, or even farther into space."

"This can indeed greatly reduce the Z-wave power required for space shuttle, but this is a challenge for the thruster."

"Small spacecraft need thrusters to transport them, and the farther they are, the less flexible they are to control."

"But it is also a feasible method. If you have no choice, you can try it."

Zhao Yi quickly turned to Sun Jianxin's report, and he knew from the first sentence that he hadn't seriously thought about it, "Increasing solar energy? Thanks to him being able to figure it out."

"Manufacturing energy-gathering satellites around the sun? It's too sci-fi, and the current technology can't realize it, and how to transmit energy?"

"Is it possible to pull a thread from the sun to the earth?"

Zhao Yi shook his head and was about to skip the report when his fingers stopped suddenly and his brows frowned slightly, "If there is no direct connection, can energy be transmitted through space?"

"Other energies, probably not, but solar—?"

"Maybe it works!"

Zhao Yi slammed the table, stood up and shouted outside, "Call Yuan Haitao over here!"

Yuan Haitao has been following Zhao Yi. He is a member of the spacecraft design team and has also joined Yixing Technology to do experiment-related work.

soon.

Yuan Haitao walked into the office, "Academician Zhao, are you looking for me?"

"Correct!"

Zhao Yi nodded and explained, "Captain Yuan, find two space connection devices that can be used directly. One is placed in a dark room and the other is placed in the sun. At noon, we are going to do experiments."

"Also, prepare a solar charging panel and connect a light bulb."

"in addition--"

He continued to explain the things needed for the experiment.