Chapter 11 Solar Wind Collection Sail
In the live broadcast room that was lit up, Chen Yu was already sitting in the mining barge, and was using the smart terminal to photograph the huge metal sail that had been unfolded in front of him through the observation window of the cockpit.
"Good morning, everyone, guys, today is my tenth day in space and the seventh day of live broadcast." Chen Yu, who appeared in front of the camera again, still had a smile on his face. Although he seemed a little tired from yesterday, he could see that he was in a good mood at this moment.
This made Lao Qin and others who were watching the live broadcast guess that Chen Yu should have found a solution to the problem that the equipment lacked energy and could not be started yesterday, and it didn't take much brains. Most people could guess that the metal sail he unfolded today should be the solution itself.
"Old Qin, guess what the hexagonal metal sail is?" The colleague who was eating buns looked at the metal sails taken close-up in the live broadcast room. He noticed the hexagonal metal grid on it, and immediately spoke to Lao Qin: "Why not bet on breakfast, I guess it's solar panels!"
When Lao Qin heard his colleague say this, he immediately saw through the other party's intentions and snorted, "I want to beat me with another breakfast? I don't think it's like it. Maybe it's used to collect solar wind or electromagnetic waves?"
"Solar wind? It's better to use light radiation directly than to collect that?" The colleague obviously disagrees with Lao Qin's view.
"This is not good. As a stream of charged particles, solar wind moves very fast. Although the density is very low, it carries quite a lot of energy. If it can be used effectively, it is also a very good energy. Such a large metal sail should have this technical condition if it wants to use solar wind." Although Lao Qin also thinks that using the sun's light radiation is simpler, he also thinks that solar wind is a good choice.
If, from the perspective of the energy contained in both sides, if a metal sail with a diameter of one kilometer can recover 100% of its energy, the energy contained in the solar wind it collects is stronger than the light radiation it can receive.
It is just that humans are still in the exploration stage of using solar wind. Although some scientists have proposed such an idea, it is not easy to realize it.
But Chen Yu used alien technology, which made Lao Qin unable to help but have an extra expectation. What if he could really use the solar wind? This is much more efficient than opening a solar panel to collect solar energy.
Under the expectation of Lao Qin and his colleagues, Chen Yu finally began to understand: "Yesterday, due to the lack of helium-3, I was unable to start the reactor of the control tower, nor could I make the satellite mining array run, which made me very frustrated.
Fortunately, there is no way out. I found this stellar wind plasma flow collector through artificial intelligence from the auxiliary equipment of aliens!
This thing that looks like an oversized tablecloth is woven with extremely fine special metal wire, which can achieve more than 99% of the high-speed charged particle flow that moves at a speed of 200-800km/s brought by the stellar wind, collect the energy it carries and convert it into electrical energy.
Although the energy generated cannot be compared with the reactor of the control tower and the energy shield of the control tower cannot be activated, it is enough to allow the satellite mining array to operate at low power!"
When Chen Yu said this, he couldn't hide his excited expression on his face, and he couldn't help but pause, as if he was eased his excitement.
At this time, Lao Qin was also pulling his colleague and asking the other party to fulfill his bet: "I just said it could not be solar energy! The energy of the solar wind is much higher than that of the light radiation! You can invite the breakfast tomorrow!"
"I just asked for it. I didn't expect that it was really a collection of solar wind to generate electricity!" My colleague didn't mind losing, but kept sighing.
Collecting solar wind is one of the methods that humans have thought about for many years to solve the earth's energy shortage. It also has great development prospects, but it has always been just the idea of scientists and lacks the technology to convert it into practical applications.
However, now a metal sail used to collect solar wind has unfolded in the universe. Although it does not belong to human technology, it still allows Lao Qin and his colleagues to see the possibility of this technology being realized.
At this time, Chen Yu said confidently: "Then I just need to let the satellite mining array run for a period of time and obtain enough helium-3 from the moon. I can directly start the reactor of the control tower to function as the satellite mining array. At that time, I will not need this solar wind collection sail and can operate at full power."
After hearing Chen Yu say this, the audience in the live broadcast room realized that the huge solar wind collecting sail that Chen Yu unfolded in space was actually just a temporary disposable item.
This made many people sigh that this is really a skillful and willful enough.
The technology that the earth dares not even imagine is just temporary emergency use in Chen Yu.
While Lao Qin was feeling emotion, he suddenly reacted and shouted to another colleague sitting in front of the computer: "Hurry and leave a message in his live broadcast room and ask him what to do after collecting the solar wind sail! Can you give it to... Forget it, I'd better send him a private message to ask him how to deal with the solar wind sail!"
Lao Qin originally wanted to ask Chen Yu if he could give this sun sail to China, but then he thought it would be too straightforward to ask this question, and it is easy to be morally kidnapped in the live broadcast room, so it is better not to ask publicly.
As for private messages, Lao Qin didn't expect Chen Yu to really reply. After all, since Chen Yu started live broadcasting on the first day, CNSA has tried various ways to contact Chen Yu, but I don't know if there were too many private messages in the background, and all the attempts were as good as the sea.
However, Lao Qin and the others didn't ask, but they couldn't stop others from sending SC to Chen Yu about this.
Faced with the question that was much more direct than Lao Qin and the others in the live broadcast room, Chen Yu thought for a while before answering: "For this solar wind collecting sail, I can return it to the furnace, recycle resources, or put it into the airdrop cabin and throw it back to the earth. I haven't figured out how to deal with it yet."
Chen Yu's statement naturally disappointed many people. Some even made some extreme remarks, but with the timely handling of the super-control, no storm was caused.
Chapter completed!