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Xinghai Group is developing vacuum tube maglev trains, and domestic institutions are also developing similar types of maglev trains.

If the development of Xinghai Group is successful, the development of other institutions will be in vain.

Xinghai Group's starting point is too high, requiring a minimum speed of 2,000 kilometers per hour, and the ideal operating speed can reach 4,000 to 5,000 kilometers per hour.

The outside world has known for a long time that Xinghai Group is developing a vacuum tube maglev train. After all, a vacuum tube with a length of more than ten kilometers has been built, leading from the headquarters base of Xinghai Group to Yangfu Industrial Park.

It's just that after so many years, no information has been disseminated. It seems that an unfinished project has been built. The outside world thinks that Xinghai Group has failed in its development and has given up on this project.

The public believes that it doesn't matter if it fails. Now that the advanced high-speed rail has been operating smoothly, Xinghai Group has made great contributions to the country in this aspect of railway transportation.

It's impossible to count on Xinghai Group for everything, right?

That's what the people think.

When Mu Yang came to the vacuum tube maglev train laboratory, he saw that the researchers were busy.

The prototype car consists of three trains, each of which is much wider than common high-speed trains, while the length is not much different.

From the outside, the train does not have glass windows, because the vacuum pipe is closed and opaque, and the outside world cannot be seen at all.

When running at high speed, if there is a glass window, a shadow seen will give passengers a sense of fear.

Although there is no glass window, the 360-degree camera outside the vacuum tube can capture images of the outside world in real time and present them on the screen of the train.

"Chairman, you are here."

"Well, come and have a look, and walk with me." Mu Yang saw that Zhang Nan, the vice president of technology, came to greet him, and when he came down, he told him to inspect the progress of the sample development.

"Okay." Zhang Nan, who is in his forties, said respectfully, and introduced the project situation to Mu Yang while walking.

When Mu Yang walked into the train, he saw rows of seats, each row had 7 seats in total, and the standard number of passengers in each carriage was about 150.

If it is a first-class seat, the seat is wider and the space is longer. The standard number of passengers in each compartment is about 90 people.

The inner width of the power group train is about 3 meters, and the inner width of this vacuum tube maglev train reaches 4.5 meters.

The reason why the train is designed to be so wide is that the main wide-body vehicles are more stable and less prone to rollover.

Of course, the inner diameter of the vacuum pipe is required to be larger.

Therefore, the width of 4.5 meters is enough, and if it is wider, the width of the pipe must be wider.

Unlike bullet trains, there are seat belts on the seats, and passengers are required to wear seat belts while the train is running.

Of course, if an accident does happen, a frontal collision at high speed will definitely result in a car crash, and it will be difficult for passengers to survive.

If it is a side collision or scratch, or a derailment, the hazard is much lower. However, this kind of situation is extremely difficult to happen. Unlike the wheels of the motor car, the vacuum tube maglev train is mounted on the track. There are wheels in three directions under the frame, and the wheels in the three directions are stuck on the horizontal track like a U-shaped combination. , the pulley will not touch the track under running conditions, and there is a certain distance from the track.

The pulleys of the vacuum tube maglev train only play the role of safety guidance under high-speed driving conditions, not sliding. Only when running at low speeds, the wheels touch the guide rails and play the role of normal wheel load and sliding.

"We require that all kinds of testing instruments be installed on the entire section of the track for 24-hour real-time testing. If a certain section fails, the system will prompt.

In a vacuum environment, the requirements for the internal environment of the vacuum pipeline are very strict, and the cleanliness level must reach the thousand-level level. " Zhang Nan said eloquently.

Mu Yang listened carefully. The cleanliness level of 1,000-level is not high for most production clean workshops. It probably can meet the installation of hydraulic machinery or standard pneumatic machinery and equipment, and can also install high-quality miniature bearings.

The higher level is Class 100, Class 10, or even Class 1. Class 1 clean workshops can be used as industrial production workshops for microelectronics technology.

For the vacuum tube maglev train, as long as there are no large particles in the management, because at high speed, an egg collided by the train may cause serious damage to the vehicle, which is the same as an airplane colliding with flying cargo. What's more, the operating speed of the vacuum tube maglev train is many times faster than that of an airplane.

Each train has an independent power system, and the overall structure is made of light materials, which can be as light as possible while ensuring structural strength.

After watching the train, Mu Yang inspected the vacuum system and magnetic levitation system, these two are the core.

Under Zhang Nan's command, the train entered a closed space, opened the vacuum system, and extracted the air.

The speed of extracting air is very fast, and it only takes a minute or two to meet the requirements, and then it is connected to the vacuum pipe, and the outer door is closed after the train enters the vacuum pipe.

In the control center, Mu Yang saw the actual situation and data of the vacuum tube maglev train.

In the absence of electricity, the sliding wheels of the train are in contact with the guide rails, which can also ensure that the train can also slide on the guide rails in the event of a sudden power failure.

Due to the vacuum environment, the weight of the train is very light, and the force generated by the contact with the guide rail at high speed is not large.

After the power is turned on, the train floats up, and the distance between the three-way wheels and the guide rails remains consistent.

The energy consumption of the vacuum tube maglev train is mainly electric energy. Based on the calculation of three trains running for one hour, it is estimated that 100,000 kWh of electricity will be needed.

If it is one yuan per kilowatt-hour according to the industrial electricity cost, it is one hundred thousand yuan.

After listening to the energy consumption test results, Mu Yang was quite satisfied.

The three trains can carry 450 people, and can travel more than 2,000 kilometers in one hour. If the fee per kilometer is set at one yuan per person, that is, 900,000 yuan.

Under normal circumstances, a group of 10 trains can carry up to 1,500 people. Under full load, the hourly operating income is about 3 million yuan.

The ticket price of the vacuum tube maglev train must be more expensive than the ticket price of the plane, otherwise there is no competitiveness.

Seems like a huge profit margin.

However, the construction cost of the vacuum pipeline is not low, and the construction cost per kilometer of the dual channel needs to be 300 to 400 million yuan.

The construction of a 1,000-kilometer-long double channel, together with trains and stations, requires a total investment of about 500 billion yuan.

If there is only one set of trains in operation every hour, and the operation is 10 hours a day, with full passengers, the revenue will be about 60 million yuan, which is more than 20 billion yuan a year.

In order to make better use of track resources and ensure the safety between trains, there must be at least a 5-minute driving distance between two trains to ensure the safety of the two trains.

If calculated according to the 6-minute interval between train trips, that is to say, the maximum annual revenue is 220 billion yuan.

The above is an ideal situation. The track may need maintenance. It is impossible for every train to be full. According to the actual load rate of 50%, it is not bad to generate revenue of 100 billion yuan per year, of which 24 billion yuan is the cost of energy consumption.

After deducting comprehensive costs such as management expenses, it is estimated that there will be a gross profit of 70 billion yuan.

Calculated in this way, it will take about seven or eight years to recover the investment cost.

However, if the price is higher and the actual load rate reaches more than 80%, the investment cost can be recovered in two or three years.

In this way, the vacuum tube maglev train project still has a very large investment potential.

From the 500 billion yuan investment, Xinghai Group can earn about 100 billion yuan in technical expenses and train gross profits.

The train operation also needs the technical guidance of the Xinghai Group, and the Xinghai Group can earn more than one billion yuan a year from it.

For most people, the ticket price is not much different from the full price of the air ticket, but the time is extremely short, which is acceptable.

From BJ to Shanghai, or from Shanghai to Rongcheng, you can arrive within an hour.

Therefore, it is beneficial to the people, enterprises and the country.

After observing the prototype of the vacuum tube maglev train, Mu Yang asked the project team to work steadily. If it goes well, the test can be carried out on the test track in the next year.

If there are no major problems in the test, give half a year to optimize, then manufacture a set of ten trains, and apply to the relevant departments for acceptance.

After passing the acceptance, apply for the construction of hundreds of kilometers of test road sections for trial operation.

During the construction of the trial operation track, Xinghai Group will continue to optimize this technology.

The above process is long, and many processes must be followed, all for safety.

Xinghai Group must ensure that there will be no accidents during the trial operation stage, otherwise this project may not be able to proceed.

If the vacuum tube maglev train can be popularized, it will be a great change in the transportation industry, and civil aviation aircraft will be eliminated soon, which will also promote the development of the tourism industry.

Just like the high-level high-speed rail, it has attracted many foreign tourists to visit Huaguo.

A few years ago, when Xinghai Group started to develop the vacuum tube maglev train, people from many industries around the world questioned it. They felt that it was impossible to succeed. Even if it succeeded, how to ensure safety would be the biggest problem.

There are three major problems in the vacuum tube maglev train, power system, vacuum system and maglev system.

The vacuum system is mainly about how to maintain the vacuum state of the vacuum pipeline, how to build the platform, how to get the car in and out of the vacuum pipeline and other technical problems, all of which have been solved by Xinghai Group.

Magnetic levitation already exists, but it is not stable enough. This is a difficult problem for Xinghai Group.

The three major problems have been solved, and it is only a matter of testing.

If the Xinghai Group announces that it has successfully developed a prototype car, it will definitely cause a sensation in the world, that's for sure.

Mu Yang is not in a hurry to announce, he still hopes to keep a low profile, and it is best to wait until the relevant departments come to review.

a few days later,

After Mu Yang thought for a while, he finally agreed to Jiangsu and Zhejiang University to grant him the title of honorary principal.

This is because the school leaders came to him many times to communicate with him. Mu Yang is a professor of Jiangsu and Zhejiang University, and donates hundreds of millions of yuan every year. Because of him, Jiangsu and Zhejiang University has risen a lot in the ranking of international universities. Because of him, he is famous and is already the soul of Jiangsu and Zhejiang University. The character, recognized by teachers and students, is now short of a title.

This kind of honorary principal is generally a nominal principal who does not participate in actual management, but only uses the "celebrity effect" to expand the school's popularity.

Awarding Muyang the title of honorary principal is worthy of the name, and it is also an honor for Jiangsu and Zhejiang University.

As soon as he agreed, all the school leaders and school department leaders were ecstatic. Before the ceremony was held, Jiangsu and Zhejiang University announced the good news on the same day, and red banners were hung everywhere on the campus.

"Congratulations to Mr. Mu Yang for being appointed as the honorary president of Jiangsu and Zhejiang University!"

"It is our school's honor and pride for Mr. Mu Yang to serve as the honorary principal of our school. Warm congratulations!"

In addition, the campus website of Jiangsu and Zhejiang University carried out overwhelming publicity, listing Mu Yang's outstanding achievements.

[Mu Yang, professor of Jiangsu and Zhejiang University, doctoral supervisor, academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Chinese Academy of Sciences, chairman of Xinghai Group, the world's top 500 companies, the world's top mathematician, physicist, material scientist, entrepreneur, philanthropist, Nobel Prize in Physics The winner, the three highest awards in mathematics are the Abel Prize, the Fields Medal and the Wolf Prize winner. He has solved many mathematical conjectures such as Fermat's conjecture, four-color conjecture, and Goldbach's conjecture. He is the richest man in the world.

Won 3 special prizes, 5 first prizes, 6 second prizes of the National Technological Invention Award, 5 first prizes of the National Science and Technology Progress Award, 2 first prizes of the Juntu Science and Technology Progress Award, and 15 first prizes of the Jiangnan Provincial Science and Technology Award , 256 national invention patents, 355 utility model patents, Jiangnan Provincial Science and Technology Highest Achievement Award, Huaguo Young Scientist Award, Huaguo Top Ten Outstanding Youth, Leading Talent of Ten Thousand Talents Program, National Model Worker, Huaguo XXX Army Technology Major Contribution Award , published 259 SCI papers, with a total impact factor of 3096.39 points.

Multi-industry expert, founder of electron beam lithography, metal 3D additives and other industries, dozens of technologies leading the world's technological development, the most influential scientist in the 21st century...]

Jiangsu and Zhejiang University listed all of Mu Yang's important achievements and honors, which was thousands of words long.

In the school history museum, there is Mu Yang's personal honor column, which records his growth process.

On the campus, there is Mu Yang's celebrity head portrait, which was erected a few years ago.

Many students know some of Mu Yang's major honors, but they don't know the details. After the school is listed, it is too dazzling and blinds everyone.

Doctors from those schools, as long as they have one of Mu Yang's honors, they can brag for a lifetime.

In recent years, Jiangsu and Zhejiang University has been ranked third in the national university rankings, and has a tendency to surpass the former two.

In the past two years of college entrance examination enrollment, the score line of Jiangsu and Zhejiang University is only a few points lower than the admission score line of Qingbi. Some majors, such as the three core majors set up by Muyang, such as robotics and aerospace technology, are now approved in advance. They must first pass the interview, and then the college entrance examination The results require the top 100 in the province, and you dare not apply if you don’t have the top 30 in the province. The competition is very fierce. This is a major that can steadily enter the Xinghai Group.

Now Mu Yang himself is willing to accept the honorary president of Jiangsu and Zhejiang University, which is equivalent to an additional social responsibility, which may increase his support for Jiangsu and Zhejiang University.

The major universities knew the news and congratulated Jiangsu and Zhejiang University.

After all, Mu Yang is not an ordinary person. One person's scientific research results are worth more than how many doctoral supervisors, which brings great international influence to Jiangsu and Zhejiang University.

The teachers and students in Qingbei are a bit sour. It is a pity that Mu Yang is not in the imperial capital. Otherwise, Jiangsu and Zhejiang University would have no chance.

It is because Mu Yang is a professor of Jiangsu and Zhejiang University, with such a relationship, Xinghai Group recruits the most graduates from Jiangsu and Zhejiang University every year among all universities in the country.