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Lightning collection?

As soon as the word was spoken from Tranquility's mouth, he immediately gave Flandin a ray of Joigninen. What kind of black technology is this? There are such technologies on earth?

"Prince, I heard that in recent years, Gaizar has been suffering from thunderstorms. Is there such a thing?"

Kaan spoke on the side, but Kaan's lifelong pursuit of lightning collection, this time to Saudi Arabia to sell lightning collection technology, Kaan also proposed. For this matter, he consulted the meteorological data of Saudi Arabia in recent years, so what he said was not targeted.

"That's right," Flandin frowned. "This place is desert, and there were occasional thunderstorms in the past, but it was seven or eight times a year, and it lasted for less than ten minutes at a time. The longest It ’s a terrible spiritual realm when it ’s half an hour. There have been some anomalies in recent years. The frequency of thunderstorms has been increasing. Last year it was about 30 or 40 times, and it lasted almost an hour.

"It's not surprising." Kaan said, "The occurrence of thunderstorms is related to geological conditions. The city of Ghazal diverts seawater for irrigation, which increases the water content of the soil and the electrical conductivity of the ground, so the number of thunderstorms It has increased. If Gaizar continues to expand the area of ​​the oasis, the thunderstorm climate will continue to intensify. "

"So it is." Flanding nodded. He was also a college student and knew a little about physics. In the past, no one reminded him to pay attention to this problem. Now when Kaan said, he also understood that the increase in local thunderstorms in the past few years was not accidental, but because the diversion irrigation changed the soil temperature.

The formation of lightning is nothing more than the accumulation of a large amount of charge in the air, and a severe discharge occurs when it encounters an opposite charge. The sand on the desert is extremely dry and cannot conduct electricity, so the air charge over the desert is difficult to release. Ghazal has a large oasis. The surface humidity is high, and good electrical conductivity is formed, so all the charges are discharged to this place.

Thunderstorms occur frequently. This has caused many problems for residents and businesses in Ghazal. Ghazal is an oil city with many oil extraction machines in the wild. There are also large oil storage tanks, etc. Once these devices are struck by lightning, the consequences are very dire. At present, Ghazal's approach is to install a large number of lightning rods near high-rise buildings and large equipment to direct lightning to the ground, so no serious accidents have occurred in recent years.

After introducing the causes of thunderstorms, Kaan went on to say: "Actually, lightning is not harmful and unprofitable, and lightning itself is an energy source. If the energy accumulated in the lightning can be collected, it can completely replace the current power supply, thereby To energy conservation. Lightning collection can also effectively reduce the intensity of thunderstorms and avoid catastrophic weather. In this regard, I, of course, and Ms. Tranquility, have done many years of research and put forward a mature plan for lightning collection , For Prince Fleming to choose. "

In these words, Kaan was bragging. He did work with Tranquility to design a lightning collection system. And I have done experiments on the barren hills near Anhe Material College, but how mature is far from being said.

The principle of lightning collection is not complicated. It is to use a metal wire similar to a lightning rod to lead the electric charge in the air to the ground, and then use a power storage device to store it. To achieve lightning collection, two important conditions are needed. One is that the resistance of the wire should be very small to avoid heating and burning under the action of large currents. The other is that the power storage device must have the ability to store quickly, which can Absorb massive amounts of electricity in time.

Kaan failed to break through the technical obstacles of lightning collection because of these two conditions. After being incorporated into the School of Materials by Qin Hai, these two difficulties have been solved one after another. The former relies on quietly developed high-temperature superconducting technology. The latter is based on Kaan's own supercapacitors.

Technical problems are solved, and the next step is economic problems. Thunder collection sounds beautiful. But it is not so interesting to put it into application. According to theoretical calculations, the power generated by a large-scale thunderstorm is enough for a small city to use it for several days. However, such large-scale thunderstorms do not occur frequently, and theoretically, all electrical energy cannot be collected. Compared to thermal power, hydropower, wind power and other energy sources, the cost-effectiveness of lightning collection is too low, and it lacks application value.

Of course, this is only limited to the current situation. If the related technology can be further improved, the construction cost of the collection system can be greatly reduced, and this method of lightning collection still has application prospects. Institutions abroad have done similar research, and they have also built an intelligent building that mainly uses lightning to supply electricity. This is of course the latter part.

Unable to find an application in China, Kaan turned his attention to the Middle East oil tyrants. At an accidental opportunity, he learned that frequent thunderstorms in the city of Ghazal, which is closely related to the Daqin Group. After studying the relevant data, he knew that it was the result of the microclimate change in the Ghazal region, so he came to come The idea of ​​marketing this system. As a scientist, the results of my innumerable efforts have not been applied. This is the most distressing thing. Whenever possible, he must also work hard to make it happen.

Frantin Chandler, but people are not stupid. He asked Kaan a few questions, and he understood what happened. Thunder collection is indeed a very big thing, but the cost is too high. Whether it is high-temperature superconducting materials or supercapacitors, they are all expensive things. If this system is built, if it only earns money by collecting lightning, it will not necessarily be able to recover costs in 50 years, let alone update in the middle. And maintenance expenses.

To put it bluntly, Kaan was using his own city as the experimental site, and even the experimental expenses had to be paid by himself. How could Flandine promise to break the supremacy of the sky.

"Mr. Ka'an, Mrs. Qin, the technology you introduced is indeed very good, and I am very interested. However, you also know that Ghazal is an oil city, and the energy problem is not a big problem for us, so ... "Smile smiled, ready to decline Caan's request for peace.

"Prince Fraud." Drake winked at Flinder. "I want to report something to you."

"Oh?" Flandin took his word. He nodded to Qin Hai and others, then took a few steps along with Drake, and whispered, "Drake, is there any problem?"

Drake also lowered his voice and said, "Prince, I think we can consider accepting the Chinese proposal."

"You mean, what thunder and lightning collected?" Asked Flandin.

"Yes," Drake said.

Flanding said: "This system is of little value to us. Our power generation cost is very low and there is no need to consider replacing it with lightning. Moreover, their system is not mature and the lightning collected is also It can't meet the electricity needs of the whole city. This is completely redundant. "

Drake shook his head and said, "It is economically true. But in other ways, this system is very good for Ghazal."

"Why?" Flandin was puzzled.

Drach said: "Do you think about what special status Gaisar has in Saudi Arabia? It is just an ordinary oil city. Even if we create a 15 square kilometer oasis in the desert, it is not enough It has attracted everyone's attention. Who knows the city of Ghazal throughout the Middle East and the world?

If we can build the world ’s first lightning collection system and use lightning to meet the entire city for half a year, no, we only need to meet the quarterly electricity demand, then we have created a miracle, which is enough to make Gaizar become the city The well-known new energy demonstration city, and Your Royal Highness You, the creator of this miracle. "

"That's a good idea." Flandin's eyes lighted, and Drake's words really touched his heart.

Everyone may have the desire to achieve fame. Some people have poor families and lack their own abilities, and this desire naturally cannot be ignored. But different from Flandin, he was born with a golden key, and naturally has the ability to become famous all over the world. In recent years, Flanding has been conducting business operations based on oil and has accumulated a lot of wealth. He also has a place on the list of the world's richest people, but in the eyes of others, he is just a rich man and he wo n’t get much. Sincere respect.

Desalination and development of oasis in Ghazal is a way for Flading to prove his ability ~ www.readwn.com ~ However, as Drake said, these achievements have not attracted much attention, others said When I got up, I just complimented a few words, which was not amazing.

The collection of thunder and lightning can be very different. If this system can be applied in Ghazal City and achieves results, then Flandin will be the first person to use thunder and lightning. Think about it, the global power generation technology is nothing more than thermal power, hydropower, nuclear power, wind power, solar energy, coupled with geothermal energy, tidal energy and other partial technology, but also less than 10 kinds. If Franding could add another to this list, wouldn't he be able to make a name for himself?

Thinking of this, Flandin only felt hot and hot, what was worth hundreds of millions of dollars in investment, he was desperately making money, wasn't it just for this purpose?

He turned around and strode in front of Qin Hai and others, saying, "Mr. Qin, Mrs. Qin, Mr. Ka'an, I have already figured it out, and I am ready to work with you to jointly develop the lightning collection technology and cover it with Zar City serves as a venue for technical validation. "

"Great, Prince Flandin!"

Before waiting for Qin Hai to say anything, Kaan said first: "I believe that you will definitely be famous in the history of world science for this achievement." (To be continued)