843 The first black technology
Although Xiao Feng is not an energy expert, he also knows that the human scientific community has been debating the future of clean energy.
At present, the main technology streams in the scientific and business communities are want to use lithium batteries.
In fact, lithium batteries are just a more suitable energy storage device, and more people think that the clean energy of the future is hydrogen fuel cells.
To put it bluntly, it is to burn liquid hydrogen to generate electricity, and then drive the motor.
But compared to lithium batteries, the cost of hydrogen fuel cells is too high.
First of all, the preparation of liquid hydrogen is very troublesome, and there are currently two methods, one is to electrolyze water, and the other is to refine from industrial exhaust gas, such as from coke oven gas.
Using the refining method of electrolysis of water, high-purity hydrogen can be obtained, and the cost of this method is very high.
The cost of extracting from coke oven gas is relatively low, but the disadvantage is that the purity of hydrogen is relatively low, and detonation often occurs when used.
But on the whole, the cost of refining one cubic meter of hydrogen now is about seven yuan in China.
This is what Xiao Feng told him when he had dinner and chatted with a classmate in the energy system in China.
In the past, the cost of hydrogen production was indeed very high, but in recent years, with the great development of China's power industry, the price of electricity has fallen, and the cost of hydrogen preparation has been greatly reduced.
Now China is the world's largest hydrogen manufacturing country, with 20 million tons of hydrogen produced in China every year.
But while the cost of hydrogen production has come down, the cost of storing and transporting hydrogen has been very good.
The storage of gaseous hydrogen is very space-consuming, and the state is very unstable, and long-distance transportation not only has a very large loss, but also has a great safety hazard.
If you really want to transport and store hydrogen in large quantities, you have to liquefy hydrogen and store it.
However, if you want to store liquefied hydrogen, you first have to lower the temperature to absolute zero, which greatly increases the cost of preparing liquid hydrogen. ,
In addition, special transport tanks are used for the transport of liquid hydrogen, as well as special tanks for the storage of liquid hydrogen.
And there will be losses in the process of hydrogen refueling, as well as losses in the process of transportation, which greatly increases the cost of using hydrogen fuel cells.
Until a new generation of technology can provide safer storage and a way to transport liquid hydrogen, the future of liquid hydrogen fuel cells is not promising.
Therefore, more talents will think that the next generation of new energy will definitely be lithium batteries.
After all, the storage and transportation conditions of lithium batteries and the conditions of use are lower than those of hydrogen fuel cells.
And now this cloning expert Hoffman actually told Xiao Feng that he can have a cheaper, safer way to prepare and store liquid hydrogen, which makes Xiao Feng excited and can't sit still.
If what Hoffman said is true, then it also means that the solution of human new energy will directly cross the lithium battery stage.
"Can Hoffman tell me how you make hydrogen?"
Xiao Feng walked for a long time, finally calmed down, and then asked Hoffman to arrive.
Hoffman nodded: "Use Alpha Star Algae?"
"What? What Alpha Star Seaweed?"
Xiao Feng was blindsided at that time, which was another thing he had never heard of at all.
Hoffman casually explained to Xiao Feng: "Haven't you heard of the Alpha Star Algae? This is a seaweed found on a fully water-covered Alpha Star found in the Great Cantilever Constellation, this seaweed squeezes out the juice, and after static separation, liquid ......hydrogen can be obtained by static separation."
After listening to Hoffman's words, Xiao Feng was speechless.
Liquid hydrogen, which humans have worked so hard to obtain using various chemical methods, can only be obtained by discovering a new species.
But if you think about it, it seems that the development of human science has gone through such a similar process.
It seems that things that have been hard to obtain in the past are always solved in terms of materials after the great geographical discoveries and the discovery of new species, and new materials are obtained.
"And is this liquid hydrogen stable?"
"Not only is it highly pure, but it also contains a stabilizer of natural active bacteria, which is the presence of this cyanococcus, and the stability of liquid hydrogen is very good. Ordinary tanks can be stored, transported, and very convenient to use, as long as the temperature is in use, the temperature is adjusted to a certain temperature, you can kill the blue coccus, so that the liquid hydrogen can be burned. And after burning, it's water, and there are no other pollutants. ”
After listening to Hoffman's introduction, Xiao Feng no longer knew how to describe this technology.
You say that he has low technical content, but in fact, if you think about it, it is not low.
It can only be said that this new material is really good enough.
"So, can this Alpha Star Algae be cultivated on Earth?"
"Absolutely, I took a look at the marine environment around here, and it is very suitable for growing and cultivating this Alpha Star seaweed. ”
Hoffman assured Xiao Feng that he patted his chest.
Xiao Feng nodded: "Hoffman, then the next work of cultivating Alpha Star Algae and refining heavy oil will be handed over to you." This matter must be kept in the highest degree of secrecy. In particular, the alpha star algae must not leak out. ”
Although it is possible to produce low-cost hydrogen in large quantities, Xiao Feng still does not plan to put this hydrogen on the market in large quantities.
The reason is the same as not engaging in lithium batteries, and now he does not have enough strength to protect himself, if the news of this preparation of liquid hydrogen is released.
The country of rice, the country of Mao Xiong, and those countries in the Middle East have to come and destroy him every minute.
There are also countless large enterprises that rely on the oil industry chain to eat, and he makes low-cost liquid hydrogen, which is to smash their jobs.
It is estimated that the livelihoods of hundreds of millions of people around the world will be affected by him.
Therefore, before he has enough self-protection ability, he will definitely not promote hydrogen fuel cells on the market in large quantities.
But it is still necessary to produce some of it yourself for your own use.
This is the first appearance black technology he lit, although you have to be cautious, but you still have to do it.
That night, he called Hoffman and some clone experts in power and mechanics together and studied it until the early hours of the morning before finalizing a plan for future production.
However, the first thing they have to overcome is the technology of extracting heavy oil from Venezuela heavy oil.
Accumulate funds first, and then use funds to support the development of the laboratory and produce more high-tech achievements.
With money, there is strength, and when you build up an armed force that can protect you. 、
So when will these black technologies shine on the stage.
Because of talking all night, Xiao Feng only slept in the morning, and when he woke up, it was already more than four o'clock in the afternoon.
When I picked up my phone, I saw that there were more than a dozen missed calls on the phone, seven or eight of which were from Chen Yonglu.
He first called Chen Yonglu back.
"Oh, my brother Xiao, what are you busy with today? Why can't you get through when you call?"
"I'm on patrol of the islands today, and you know we don't have a good signal here. ”
Xiao Feng snorted, at present, there are only a few satellite signal base stations on Meihua Island here in the Karapague Islands, and the coverage is very limited.
The telephone signal is indeed very bad, and it is very normal to not receive the signal in a remote place.
As soon as he said this, Chen Yonglu stopped complaining.
"That's the case, a guy named Huayang Petroleum came to me today and said he wanted to meet and talk to you. ”
"Huayang Petroleum? haven't heard of this company? Why do they want to talk to me?"
Xiao Feng felt that there was something about Huayang Petroleum, which he had never heard of, but he guessed that it was likely to be a subsidiary of several domestic oil giants, or a Sun company.
There are many such companies, and most of them are registered overseas.
Several domestic oil giants are inconvenient to come forward, and they have come forward to solve them, and the way is very wild.
And these companies generally have deep backgrounds and have extraordinary relationships with the military.
As soon as Chen Yonglu talked to him about this Huayang company, he didn't think too much about it, but when he heard Chen Yonglu say it later.
The representative of Huayang Company actually named him by name to meet and talk, and he felt that the matter here was not so simple.
"Hey, I don't know any Huayang Petroleum, you want to say Huaguo Petroleum, Huaguo Petrochemical, or Huaguo Offshore Oil, these companies, I have heard of them, but Huayang Petroleum, I don't know at all! But I don't think the grandeur of that representative is not small. ”
Chen Yonglu introduced Xiao Feng, the representative of the other party is surnamed Qin, it is said that when I met him today, I only chatted a few words, and then began to mention Xiao Feng constantly.
Xiao Feng nodded: "Okay, I'll think about it." ”
He has to be very cautious about this matter, after all, if Huayang Petroleum has a military background, he will have to weigh it when he contacts the other party.
After all, the location of the Carapague Islands is very sensitive, and although it was not famous before, it was not very remarkable.
But if he makes it here, it will definitely attract the attention of the Chinese people, after all, it is not far from the location of the Cook Islands.
A short walk to the northwest is Pearl Island.
In the past, when you were poor and white, the people of the United States would not pay attention to you at all, and they would not even mark you on the map.
But once you are developed, the people of the country will definitely target you.
And if you get too close to China, it will definitely attract the suspicion of the people of the United States, you must know that they have always regarded the Pacific Ocean as their backyard.
Now he doesn't have the strength to compete with them, so he has to carefully weigh whether it is appropriate to contact the people of Huayang Company now.
But just as he was hesitating, his phone suddenly rang, and when he picked it up, he saw that it was a domestic phone number.
The call turned out to be from Zhu Lao from 521 Hospital, as soon as he picked up the phone and heard Zhu Lao's voice, Xiao Feng knew that it seemed that it was not possible to see the people of Huayang Petroleum.