Chapter 246: Uranium extraction from seawater
The next day, Sun Feng ignored Su Mei's opposition and began to work on the establishment of the Fengrui Research Institute.
Sun Feng discussed with the voice assistant, the first step is to do the research and development of uranium extraction from seawater, and then gradually start to develop new advanced offshore oil extraction platforms and seawater magnesium extraction projects after this success.
Of course, Sun Feng would not be stupid enough to really hire a group of scientific maniacs to do research on uranium extraction from seawater, if he did this, as Su Mei said, he would not achieve any big results except wasting money. Even if some results are achieved, they are not comparable to the methods currently being developed in developed countries. People have been studying and operating for 60 years, and they don't know how many generations of new uranium extraction methods have been updated.
Among them, the United States imperialism and island countries are very strong in this regard, and the cost of extracting uranium from seawater is decreasing year by year, and most of the uranium is currently used as a raw material for nuclear power plants. In the future, nuclear power generation will mature and become popular, and it will become one of the main energy sources of mankind.
Therefore, Sun Feng is very optimistic about this industry, as long as he researches a lower cost and more advanced method of extracting uranium from seawater, he will get a piece of this huge cake, and perhaps, in the future, he will dominate this huge market.
At present, there are also many large enterprises focusing on the research and development of this seawater uranium extraction, of course, it is impossible for private enterprises to appear in China, but in the world of foreign capital, there are already the strength and financial resources of heavy industry to do this kind of thing, or to cooperate with the government to develop research.
Uranium, which is mainly sold to nuclear power plants, is currently in short supply.
Uranium extraction from seawater is the process of extracting uranium compounds from seawater, and the research on uranium extraction from seawater mainly focuses on the development of adsorbents, adsorption devices and engineering implementation.
Among them, the research of adsorbents is the most important!
Sun Feng's Fengrui Research Institute is planning to develop the most advanced uranium extraction adsorbent!
At present, the cost of extracting uranium from seawater in the world to extract 0.45 kilograms (one pound) of uranium is about 300 US dollars. The adsorbent developed by Sun Feng for uranium extraction from seawater is to reduce the cost of extraction even lower. In this way, his adsorbents will surpass others, so as to occupy a stronger position and market than others in this uranium market. At that time, as long as the cost of extracting uranium from seawater is reduced, will you be afraid that there will be no business? Will you be afraid that there will be no market? Will you be afraid that there will be no money to make?
Sun Feng established the Fengrui Research Institute, just to let the emergence of his advanced adsorbents have a source, so that he can do it boldly with confidence.
As for the other two, one is to work on new types of offshore oil extraction platforms. This is for Sun Feng's advance preparation for oil hegemony, and sooner or later he will have to develop oil in the deep sea. You can't use stealing and secretly selling oil, it's too troublesome.
When Sun Feng has enough funds to take over the large oil fields in the sea, the usefulness of this offshore oil extraction platform will be there! The other is the extraction of magnesium from seawater, which can be regarded as Sun Feng's attempt to get involved in new fields.
Sun Feng is thinking at the moment that his Fengrui industry will go higher and higher, grow bigger and bigger, and there will be more and more industries involved under his name. Build a super sharp industrial group.
Sun Feng plans to set up the Fengrui Research Institute first, and then hire some scientific maniacs to make a show to support the scene, and let the intelligent robot make a cameo appearance as the so-called bull fork scientist, who is already researching adsorbents. When the time comes, after a period of precipitation, a new type of adsorbent can be introduced.
"Voice assistant, are you sure that you have developed a new type of uranium adsorbent for extracting uranium from seawater?" In the office, after Sun Feng finished writing his plan, he asked the voice assistant.
"Report the host. We don't have uranium in the X galaxy, so I don't have absolute guarantees about that. But after a week of my research, theoretically trying to absorb the few pitiful uranium from seawater is not very difficult for a great man like me. Yesterday I developed a new type of adsorbent that is only a fraction of the advanced current adsorbent on your planet. "The voice assistant is finally not as awesome as it used to be this time, probably because he is not satisfied with what he has studied. Only slightly more advanced than the earthlings.
"Tell me what has been achieved so far?" When Sun Feng heard the voice assistant's words, he didn't expect it to make some progress. He said that a new type of adsorbent has been developed, which is a little more advanced than the current uranium extraction adsorbent on the earth, a little bit is a little bit more advanced, at least a little advanced. One drop is enough!
Extraction of uranium adsorbents. First of all, it must have large adsorption capacity, fast adsorption speed, good selectivity, chemical stability, good mechanical strength, easy to leach and regenerate, do not pollute the marine environment, and the most important point is that the manufacturing price is low!
At present, the world's research on uranium extraction from seawater is all in these aspects, with good results and low cost of manufacturing adsorbents! In this way, the cost of extracting uranium from seawater will be reduced!
"I'm currently working on a new type of uranium extraction adsorbent, named Type X adsorbent, which costs only $270 for one pound (0.45 kilograms) of uranium extraction from seawater! That is, it is about 10% lower than the current cost of uranium extraction from the earth's seawater. If I want to further reduce the cost and its advanced nature, I need to continue to research. Nothing will come of it in the near future. The voice assistant explained.
"Reduce costs by 10%? Yes, it costs $300 for someone else to extract a pound of uranium, I only need $270, and we're a little bit better than them, aren't we? Sun Feng said with a smile, although it was only a 10% reduction in cost, he was already very satisfied. It's not that easy to make a huge breakthrough. Deep-sea development of smart factories is not a god or omnipotent.
As for why the voice assistant has the experience and research ability in this area, the voice assistant told Sun Feng. Many planets in the X galaxy also have oceans, and there are some similar studies of elemental energy extracted from seawater.
"We are developing a smart factory in the deep sea, not only for the energy extraction and research of solids, liquids and gases on the planet, but also for the extraction of elemental energy from water in our X galaxy. I remember that there was an element called 'red' in the oceans of many planets, and this element was found in the oceans of many planets in the X galaxy. This element contains an energetic burst of energy. Later, they were studied and used as an energy source. This 'red' element is extracted from seawater, and then synthesized and refined with other elements to generate a new type of energy called 'red core'. This 'red core' energy source has also been identified as a medium-grade energy source, which is a very good energy source. ”
"However, I haven't found this element called 'red' in your earth's oceans, maybe it's not used in galaxies, and it's understandable that there is no one." Voice assistant said.
"So that's the case, so have you noticed that there are those elements on the earth that can synthesize medium-level energy, even low-level energy is good?" Sun Feng asked curiously. If he has even low-level energy for the development of smart factories in the deep sea, his golden finger function will be greatly improved!
"I'm sorry host, I may disappoint you a little, I haven't found any more valuable energy sources on Earth, even if it's the nuclear energy of your earth, it's not even a low-level energy source." The voice assistant hit Sun Feng very ruthlessly.
"Well, the earth is so bad." Sun Feng was a little helpless, if he had primary energy use, he would definitely develop faster.
"To be honest, host, your solar system and the Milky Way are a bit low-level, whether it is the evolution of life or the development of science and technology, if there are really aliens invading the earth, it is estimated that your earth humans will either be enslaved or exterminated." Voice assistant said.
"Okay, you're talking too far, the aliens are coming, we still have superhumans, it's my business, I'd better think about how to build this sharp research institute." Sun Feng said. He's not a savior, and besides, he hasn't seen any aliens yet, well, except for his own golden finger, he knows that this universe is not just human.
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