Interstellar Energy Tycoon

soon.

Time to enter the fiery month of August.

This month is generally the peak of China's electricity consumption.

On the one hand, the outdoor temperature is often above 40°C. Whether it is at home or at work, the air conditioner has to be turned on all day long, and the power consumption of people's daily life has increased significantly.

Second, Huaguo's industrial production is also in a booming period. There are many customer orders to be completed, the assembly line needs to run at full capacity, and industrial electricity consumption is also increasing significantly.

Today's Huaguo has entered the era of electric vehicles. There are not many fuel vehicles on the road, and they are basically on the verge of being eliminated. No matter what type of vehicle, all are electrified. This trend cannot be stopped.

But the problem is that the consumption of electricity has increased significantly. In the past, hundreds of millions of tons of crude oil were imported every year, more than half of which were consumed by fuel vehicles. Now that electricity is used, the annual electricity consumption is several trillion degrees. Significantly increased the burden on the Huaguo power grid.

There may even be power shortages in some areas, affecting residents' lives and factory production.

And take into account the unexpected situation that the power supply may be insufficient to avoid plant shutdown.

On August 5th, a floating relay used for power generation of Xingyuan Group dragged a 30,000-meter-long superconducting wire to an altitude of 30,000 meters. The wires in the insulated casing can withstand huge pulling force, but in order to avoid breaking, a small fan thrust reverser device will be installed every 1,000 meters of the wire segment, and the thrust generated can offset the self-weight of the wire, which avoids the wire The problem of being too heavy to bear.

Through this superconducting wire that is more than 30,000 meters long.

The floating relay used for power generation can generate power of 100,000 KW to 300,000 KW, which can be transmitted to the ground with almost zero loss, which solves the hidden danger that Xingyuan Group may face power shortage.

If one floating relay for power generation is not enough, it can be increased to five or ten, which is no problem at all.

In short, as a company operating in the energy field, Xingyuan Group is unlikely to encounter the problem of energy shortage, just like a cook is the least likely to starve to death.

And under the premise of sufficient energy and material supply.

In August, more than 100,000 employees of Xingyuan Group worked hard in almost three shifts, and their emotions were high, and their work efficiency was constantly improving. , are applied to improve production efficiency.

Such as AI technology.

The latest 6G technology.

Smart robotics.

Advanced 3D printing technology, etc.

Improvements are made in the management method to improve production efficiency, while workers are more relaxed and have less overtime hours.

As for the "Platinum Miner Project", which was highly valued by Li Xingyang, the efficiency improvement is naturally the fastest, and it even clearly exceeded expectations.

On August 20, the core component of the star ring reflector - the high-precision reflective pipe, the final assembly was completed, and the test performance reached the standard.

On the 23rd, the core components of the larger star ring reflector were successfully sent into space through a "Hercules" transport spacecraft of the Aerospace Industry Group.

On the 24th, the "horn mouth" reflective component of the star ring reflector and the "horn tail" slender pipe began to be combined and assembled.

On the 28th, the complete assembly of the star ring reflector was completed. The diameter of the bell mouth is 50 meters, the total length of the pipeline is about 500 meters, and the diameter of the end launch port is only one meter. It can be said that it is not a small large-scale device.

The maximum light energy power that it can collect and emit can reach more than 100 million KW.

The internal light loss rate is less than one thousandth.

It can also accurately transmit light energy to a distance of up to 1 billion kilometers, and ensure that the position error of the irradiation target does not exceed 100 meters. In a small range of angles, it can also make relatively rapid adjustments.

The development cost of one is about 5 billion, which is not very expensive, equivalent to five energy relay satellites.

However, judging from the role played, the star ring reflector far surpasses the energy relay satellite in many aspects, and can even replace the role of the energy relay satellite. Why is it the energy relay satellite that is widely used instead of the satellite? Ring reflector?

The reasons are of course multifaceted.

One, the energy relay satellite is small and flexible, and has a wide irradiation range, which can supply energy to multiple space devices at the same time. The star ring reflector is huge and rotates slowly, so it can only take care of one target.

Second, the energy relay satellite can receive light beams from all directions, and the large horn of the star ring reflector can receive light energy from one surface at most.

Finally, the energy supply range of the energy relay satellite is between 0 and 1 million KW, covering most user scenarios. The energy supply range of the star ring reflector is generally not less than 5 million KW, and the maximum can reach hundreds of millions of KW. However, within the scope of the solar system, there are not many usage scenarios of more than 5 million KW power consumption, and only in the energy main road, large spacecraft and interstellar immigration spacecraft, etc., it can play the best role - especially the interstellar immigration spacecraft, which means that it can To develop in other star systems, greatly expanding the living space of human beings.

However, the era of interstellar immigration seems too far away at present. It is estimated that it will take at least fifty or hundreds of years before human beings will set their sights on other stars.

This means that the star ring reflector (or accelerator) can only play a supporting role for the time being, and cannot become one of the protagonists.

...

August 30.

In a space orbit of more than 10,000 kilometers.

Complete star ring reflector, began a series of functional tests.

There is a beam irradiation test.

There is a practical error measurement test.

There are light diffusivity measurement tests, etc.

When a beam of light emitted by the star ring reflector spanned hundreds of millions of kilometers, and after more than half an hour, it accurately hit a scrapped Mars rover on Mars, proving that its accuracy was fully up to standard.

The last important function has also been tested. As long as this function is easy to use and reliable, it can be officially put into use. The "Platinum Miner Project" is at least half successful.

Just wait for the final assembly of the "Zhantian" mining spacecraft to roll off the assembly line.

This function is also extremely important, and it is the prerequisite for carrying out various interstellar development activities freely in the future.

Quantum communication technology.

The full name is 'unilateral real-time quantum entanglement communication technology'.

The principle of quantum entanglement is used to let the star ring reflector emit a large number of photons in an entangled state. As long as these photons are received by the spacecraft or other space devices, as long as the photons at the receiving end change under human interference, the star ring reflection The end of the device will know instantly, because the photon synchronization on this end has changed.

Therefore, the spacecraft on the user side can transmit its own coordinates, time, meaningful coded information, or send distress signals, etc., for unilateral communication—two-way communication is not possible, because the transmission speed of information cannot exceed light , only by allowing the entangled photon to complete the distance between the two in advance, can one-way communication be achieved.

"It is enough to be able to communicate unilaterally. The situation in space is very complicated and the risk is high. It is even more necessary to send valuable information to the blue star in real time so that we can take action to deal with it. The situation of the blue star needs to be delayed by a few days. It takes dozens of days or even months to be known by the crew through traditional communication methods. There is a certain lag, but this problem is not too big. Now that we have all ventured into space, we should focus on the work at hand. It is good for the crew to watch the news, watch less videos and listen to music more.”

In the control hall, Duan Mucheng, the communication technology expert of the group, said.

"Two-way real-time quantum communication is actually not impossible, as long as the spaceship in space is constantly sending entangled photons, but it is too troublesome, and it is difficult to keep the aiming of the communication light. Single pass is pretty good.”

Li Xingyang clasped his hands and said.

soon.

in space.

The star ring reflector emits a tiny ultraviolet beam to a space device at a relatively long distance-the beam is generated and emitted by the quantum communicator.

The test of the quantum communication function is completed!

"One-sided communication is successful. Even if millions of kilometers are separated, information transmission with zero delay can be achieved. The average rate is 0.5KB per second, and the fastest is 1KB. This is completely enough!"

The technician said excitedly.

"Okay, great!"

"Quantum communication is realized in our hands."

"Although it is physically impossible to break the barrier of the speed of light, at the information level, we have indeed broken through the limitation of the speed of light, using a slightly clumsy method."

"It's a pity that it is difficult to achieve dual-pass, otherwise it would be even more revolutionary."

"With this technology, no matter what happens to the mining spaceship, it will not be caught blind, and it can make the most timely response at any time!"

"..."

In the warm applause.

Every expert and technician was quite excited and excited, clapping hands and shoulders with each other.

Li Xingyang also nodded. The star ring reflector is progressing smoothly, and it has been in service before September. As for the mining spacecraft, good news has been circulating these days, and it is almost ready to be officially offline, with only a few corners left. The work needs to be completed. If you really want to be quick, it seems that you can start early in mid-September.

However, I can't eat hot tofu in a hurry, and it is easy to make mistakes in my busy schedule, and I have to see how the crew prepares. (end of this chapter)