Rule department scholar

Yixing Technology is a pure technology company, not a manufacturing company. They research technology and are responsible for design. The specific manufacturing is originally done by other companies.

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After completing the application for technology use, Zhao Yi began to demonstrate the feasibility of building a space energy transmission device orbiting the sun. The demonstration was mainly based on detailed data.

The most important thing is the total energy transmission and the consumption of the equipment itself.

Any energy-supplied equipment must achieve greater output than input, because establishing space links and maintaining energy transmission channels definitely requires energy support.

This part of the energy loss is even more than that of supplying the Z-wave satellite device, maintaining the internal magnetic field and other circuit losses.

Zhao Yi didn't want to do detailed calculations, because he didn't have a detailed design yet, so he could only evaluate a similar value.

"The receiver needs at least [-] kilowatts or more!"

This is estimated data.

Now ordinary Z-wave satellites, the average power provided by solar panels is about 100 kilowatts. Considering that only half of the day can convert solar energy, the average power is about 50 kilowatts.

If the Z-wave compression path to Mars is to be maintained, the power must be increased by more than eight times, which requires [-] kilowatts, plus the [-] kilowatts required to establish the path, a total of about [-] kilowatts is required.

Next, Zhao Yi found Professor Zhou Lin, a well-known astronomer at the National Astronomical Observatory, and asked about the possibility of building satellites around the sun. The most important thing was to ask how far away from the sun, so that it would not be disturbed by external strong storms, that is, physical storms.

Zhou Lin was very patient and kept reminding, "At this stage, it is impossible to build satellites around the sun. Solar storms, ray-electron storms, and strong radiation will all have a devastating impact on satellite installations."

"Academician Zhao, I suggest you, don't think about building around the sun—"

"Crackling-"

Zhou Lin talked a lot, and Zhao Yi could only listen patiently, and then replied, "If only physical interference is considered, [-] kilometers is almost enough."

"A strong storm on the surface of the sun will rise and fall at most [-] kilometers, and the distance of [-] kilometers will not be seriously disturbed."

"But it's not necessarily true. If there is a strong eruption on the surface, the [-] kilometers may also be affected physically."

Zhao Yi got the answer.

One hundred thousand kilometers!

According to Zhou Lin's explanation, [-] kilometers is basically safe, and there is a slight probability of physical interference, but the degree of interference is very small.

Because of the guarantee of sufficient strength materials, high temperature, high radiation, electronic storms, etc., can all be resolved. The most feared thing is physical interference, such as sudden strong storms.

No matter how good the performance of the material is, no matter how strong the internal tolerance is, if it is disturbed by strong physical properties, the device will definitely go wrong.

After Zhao Yi got the accurate data, he started detailed calculations.

If it is [-] kilometers away from the surface of the sun, the light energy intensity is about [-] times that of the vicinity of the earth, and then through the space energy channel, the same area is transmitted to the receiving end about [-] times, and the maximum conversion can be achieved. [-] kilowatts of power?

This is of course impossible.

It is not how much solar energy there is, how much power can be converted.

Even if compressed monocrystalline silicon solar panels are used, the maximum conversion efficiency is only 40.00%. High solar energy can increase the thickness and increase the conversion rate to a certain extent. However, when all of them are counted together, the maximum conversion rate is only ten times higher than the existing ones.

Then the power converted by the same area as the solar panel of the Z-wave satellite can only reach a maximum of one thousand kilowatts.

"Because it is the light energy transmitted by space energy, the shape of the battery panel can be redesigned, such as a spiral structure, to absorb it to the greatest extent, and the conversion rate will be greatly improved."

"Maybe it can be increased by five times at the highest, reaching [-] kilowatts?"

This is just theoretical data.

In fact, there must be a certain deviation, and the highest conversion may only be [-] kilowatts, or even [-] kilowatts.

However, no matter what, even the data of [-] kilowatts and the data of [-] kilowatts are still very different.

In addition, his calculation is based on the 'same area transmission as Z-wave satellite solar panels'. In fact, a satellite dedicated to energy transmission will definitely maximize the transmission range. It is very easy to increase it by at least three times or four times. .

Then there will be a large amount of solar energy remaining, which cannot be directly transmitted and used.

What to do with the remaining energy?

Zhao Yi frowned and thought about it carefully, then let go, with a smile on his face, "Maybe this is the first step to realize Yixing Technology's profitability."

"I really didn't expect that the first step would be energy, it would be solar energy!"

The solution to the massive waste of energy is simple, build more 'receiving ends' and distribute all the energy received.

That is clean solar energy that can easily generate more than [-] kilowatts.

What is the concept of [-] kilowatts?

The capacity of a large motor in a power plant is measured in tens of thousands of kilowatts, that is, a motor that can support a power plant.

This power is also enough to guarantee the supply of electricity to tens of thousands of ordinary households.

Of course.

At this stage, it is definitely a very uneconomical business to launch an energy-gathering satellite orbiting the sun to provide electricity to ordinary households, and there is a high probability that the cost will not be recovered for a long time.

However, even if only the civilian field is considered, it is enough to support rapid cost recovery.

For example, to promote 'solar cars', the continuous power generation capacity of 24 kilowatts is enough to ensure the continuous operation of [-] cars. Any refueling and charging operations are required.

The energy and power end of each car earns 50 yuan, and 50 billion yuan is sold for [-] units.

This car business is really rich in money!

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Making money is really an attractive thing.

Even if Zhao Yi is already the top rich man in the world, he will not refuse to make more money so that his net worth can continue to improve.

In addition, it is very attractive that this is a project that can make Yixing Technology Company make money.

Zhao Yi has a lot of affection for Yixing Technology, because Yixing Technology is a company that he really puts his energy into and hopes to do well.

He also has Xingyi Technology, Xingyi Investment and other companies under his name, but the establishment of the two companies is for investment and patent sharing services, and they are not really operating with heart.

The current Yixing Technology is a high-end aviation research and development enterprise, researching exploration technologies that are at the forefront of human science and technology. If a conventional enterprise wants to develop, it must achieve profitability instead of continuous investment.

If it only invests in research and development, it is not a conventional enterprise, but a pure scientific research institution.

When deciding to establish Yixing Technology, both Zhao Yi and Liu Jiankun had the idea of ​​using aviation technology as a breakthrough to achieve corporate profitability, such as providing technical services related to satellite and rocket delivery, such as subsequent manufacturing of small spaceships , becoming a company focused on manufacturing functional spaceships.

If it can develop to explore the planet in the future, it can also find a breakthrough point for profit in planetary exploration.

What Zhao Yi didn't expect at all was that he could find a profit point so quickly, and it was an energy direction that he had never thought of.

In recent years, new energy has become the mainstream of the manufacturing industry.

The whole world is promoting new energy, and new energy has even become a gimmick for companies, including wind power generation, electric transportation, and of course controllable nuclear fusion, etc. Many technologies have been proposed, and the rapid development is electric vehicles. , Many countries have already set the goal of not producing traditional fuel-powered vehicles for many years.

Although there are many new energy vehicle technologies on the market, and some manufacturers also take new energy vehicles as the core of their research and development, they have rapidly achieved rapid development. However, compared with traditional energy sources, new energy vehicles have obvious disadvantages. The problem is that it takes too long to charge.

No matter how fast the battery technology develops, it can keep up with the mature fuel-powered technology, but it still takes a long time to charge.

Electric vehicles also have many other problems. For example, they are not resistant to cold and heat. Some electric vehicles may even spontaneously ignite under special circumstances.

and many more.

it's good now.

If there is a continuous supply of solar power, the function will no longer be a problem. As long as the space link device is turned on, there will be a direct and high-efficiency light energy supply, and it will be continuously converted into electrical energy far away.

Cars manufactured in this way can have a steady stream of power without charging at all.

Of course, the premise of everything is to have an energy-gathering satellite that orbits the sun and can continuously supply energy.

This is the core.

Zhao Yi sank his mind and began to design the energy-gathering satellite orbiting the sun. To put it bluntly, it is a space link device orbiting the sun, and its core technology is the space link technology.

After analyzing the space energy transmission technology, the core design of the satellite is not a problem at all. The attached electronic system, power device, etc. are all easy to solve. The core problem is the material problem.

The location [-] kilometers from the surface of the sun is also a very dangerous area. The highest temperature can exceed [-] degrees Celsius. At the same time, it must also withstand the influence of solar activities, high-speed radio particles, electromagnetic storms, ultra-high-intensity radiation, and so on.

In this harsh environment, ordinary electronic equipment will be damaged immediately.

Therefore, the energy-gathering satellites orbiting the sun must use z-wave compression materials on the periphery, and most of the interior must also use compression materials.

In this regard, we still need to find a high-level compression material manufacturing company.

Advanced Compression Material Manufacturing Company is a newly established company under the Science and Technology Department. The core is the original z-wave compression material group. The purpose of establishment is to manufacture z-wave compression materials more efficiently and scientifically.

The current z-wave compression materials are mainly supplied with the latest technology research and development, and have not been directly popularized in the civilian field. Because of this, advanced compression material manufacturing companies seem to be very idle. They have also made a lot of preparations, but they are all for the immediate response. The coming spaceship building project.

After Zhao Yi completed the design, he immediately contacted Advanced Compression Materials Manufacturing Company, and also contacted Space Information Technology Company and the Space Administration. He found the relevant person in charge, and then officials from the Science and Technology Department, and together they gathered energy around the sun. Research and discussion on the manufacture of satellites.

In fact, it is also a negotiation.

Yixing Technology Company is also a company under the Aviation Group, but it operates independently, so it must be responsible for its own profits and losses.

Regardless of whether it is the application of technology or the use of materials, relevant fees must be paid, and the manufacture of orbiting solar-concentrating satellites is a key project, and to a certain extent it is also for profit, and it must be normal commercial negotiations.

This morning, representatives from both companies, plus the space agency, were there.

In addition, it also includes officials from the Science and Technology Department, who is Director Liu whom Zhao Yi is familiar with.

More than an hour before the start of the meeting, Minister Liu found Zhao Yi and asked about the detailed situation.

Minister Liu also knows some news, which seems to be about the manufacture of a satellite orbiting the sun, which is related to space link technology. Because it involves confidentiality issues, the Science and Technology Department needs to supervise it, but it is not clear what it is. .

"Minister Liu, I don't know if you've heard a word before."

"what."

"Dyson ball." Zhao Yi said three words very flatly.

"Dyson ball?" Minister Liu suddenly opened his mouth. Of course he has heard of Dyson balls.

"Dyson sphere" is a theory proposed by Freeman Dyson.

The so-called "Dyson sphere" is actually an artificial celestial body with a diameter ranging from 2 million kilometers, which is used to wrap stars to mine star energy.

This is a natural nuclear fusion reactor using a star as a power source. A "sphere" is composed of satellites orbiting the sun, completely surrounding the star and obtaining most or all of its energy output.Dyson believes that such structures are a logical necessity for civilizations that exist for a long time in the universe and whose energy needs are constantly rising, and he proposes to search for such man-made celestial structures in order to find extraterrestrial supercivilizations.

Since then, various designs, including the construction of artificial celestial bodies or a series of such structures to surround the sun, have been continuously proposed by some fanciful engineers or science fiction, and dubbed "Dyson spheres".

These follow-up ideas don't stop at solar-collecting stations.

Many engineering designs also include building human colonies and industrial bases.

Minister Liu has served as the leader of the Science and Technology Department for a long time, and he has also known about Dyson spheres. Especially with the research on controllable nuclear fusion, he has studied it carefully. Linked together, of course the result is that nothing came up.

Hearing what Zhao Yi said suddenly, he said subconsciously, "Could it be that you want to create a nuclear fusion device that surrounds the sun and uses the sun as energy?"

"of course not."

Zhao Yi directly gave a negative answer, and then continued, "But the reason is similar. Some time ago, I developed space energy transmission technology, and I wanted to build a satellite close to the sun to transmit the light energy around the sun. .”

Minister Liu listened and nodded, "So that's the case, but what's the point of this, it's just light energy—" He didn't continue, the meaning was almost expressed.

Compared with the high energy of nuclear fusion, the light energy efficiency is really much worse.

"Why is it a high-end research!" Zhao Yi said with a smile. He didn't explain carefully, but he still said, "I plan to start with the optical energy transmission technology to solve the problem of the solar energy conversion power of z-wave satellites. , and maybe rely on this to make the company profitable.”

"So it is!" Minister Liu suddenly realized.

He subconsciously ignored the latter sentence and focused on the previous question--

z-wave satellite power.

Minister Liu still knows a lot about z-wave satellites, and knows that Yixing Technology is a company that produces spaceships, so he definitely hopes to rely on z-wave satellites to assist in completing space shuttles.

Obviously.

The power of the current z-wave satellite is not enough to allow the spacecraft to shuttle.

Minister Liu has done some research on this issue. He believes that the launch of the energy-concentrating satellite orbiting the sun is to pave the way for the spacecraft to realize space shuttle.

The two said that the time was almost up, and when they entered the meeting room, they saw other people, and then they started negotiating.

Yixing Technology is still very professional. The main core is Zhao Yi. There is also a team of six people.

The Advanced Compression Materials Company and the Space Information Technology Company also sent a team, and the space agency also has two representatives, one of whom is an engineering academician related to aerospace technology research and development.

Both companies are not opposed to cooperating with Yixing Technology, but their main concern is confidentiality, and they also care about the profit of the project.

Even the latest technology companies that are newly established will definitely care about the issue of income. The purpose of any company operation is to realize profits.

However, the representatives of the company almost agreed with Minister Liu.

Although Zhao Yi submitted the space energy transmission technology, the manufacturing of energy-gathering satellites orbiting the sun only transmits light energy. No matter how you think about it, the cost of realizing it will be very high, and it can even be said to be an astronomical figure.

If there is even a little problem in the middle, it may be nothing but a bamboo basket.