Chapter 348 Industrial Upgrading

It has been more than a month since the controllable nuclear fusion power station was officially connected to the grid for power generation.

Zhou Yu inquired in his office about the impact of the controllable nuclear fusion power station on society after it was put into use.

When he asked Xianghua to search for information, he thought of the emergency moment encountered by the State Grid that day.

Theories can predict changes in controlled fusion reactors, but they can't predict accidents.

The reason for this accident is that the technology of controlled nuclear fusion is not yet mature, and the current technology can only restrict the occurrence of controlled nuclear fusion in a certain place.

It is impossible to control all the information about a thermonuclear reaction, only to ensure that the total output of a controllable nuclear reactor is approximately the same for a certain period of time.

It is for this reason that the power of a controlled fusion reactor will increase instantaneously at certain moments.

It is precisely because Xinghuo Technology understands the characteristics of controllable nuclear fusion reactors that they arrange multiple back-ups to prevent the instantaneous generation of huge electrical energy from destroying the national power grid due to unexpected situations.

When the power of the nuclear fusion power station increased instantaneously, the engineers of Xinghuo Technology had a premonition that something was wrong.

They immediately followed the plan and directly and remotely cut off the connection between the geothermal power station and the national grid.

This would have caused fatal damage to the thermoelectric generators of geothermal power plants, but the situation at that time was no longer enough for Xinghuo Technology to think about.

Geothermal power plants are damaged, but fusion power plants fill the energy gap.

If the State Grid transformer and other related facilities are destroyed, even if the State Grid has a backup network, most areas of China will have at least three or four days of power outages.

This can have a fatal impact on the entire country's economy and industry.

In particular, power outages in special departments such as hospitals can have unimaginable consequences.

Zhou Yu is confident, he knows that even in the most urgent moment, the huge amount of electricity generated by the nuclear fusion power station will definitely not destroy the national grid.

There is a special gravitational device in the backyard of a nuclear fusion power station that can guide the Earth's gravitational waves to change after absorbing an extremely large amount of electricity.

The target of gravitational waves is the Moon, the Earth's natural satellite, which accelerates the Moon.

The speed of the moon around the Earth has been weakening for tens of thousands of years, but only slightly.

Even after 100 years of operation, the change in speed is not noticeable.

But the life span of celestial bodies is extremely long, and sooner or later the Moon will come close to the Earth and be attracted by the Earth's gravitational pull.

The Moon will crash into the Earth at an extremely high speed, and the entire Earth will be directly smashed by the Moon and turned into cosmic dust.

This is the biggest foreseeable threat to Earth before the Sun becomes a red giant.

Xinghuo Technology's gravitational equipment can accelerate the moon through gravitational technology.

Even if all the electricity from a fusion power plant is used, the acceleration of the moon is negligible.

The purpose of running this device is not to accelerate the Moon, but to consume the energy that the nuclear reactor continues to produce.

Prevent a huge explosion of a nuclear reactor due to energy accumulation.

Xianghua's projection appeared in front of Zhou Yu, and she said with a smile: "Master, I have searched which industries will be upgraded after the emergence of the nuclear fusion power station."

Zhou Yu waited for Xianghua's demonstration, and he also wanted to see what impact the fusion power plant would have on society after only a month of development.

He knew that in such a short period of time, it was impossible for new industries to develop and mature.

The huge amount of energy generated by nuclear fusion now can only promote the industrial upgrading of old industries.

Xianghua showed what she had searched for, and explained it to Zhou Yu at the same time.

A metal smelter appears in the video, which no longer uses an electric furnace for metal smelting.

Instead, a conductor rod composed of carbon rods and some special materials is connected to many solutions with a variety of colors.

"The energy supply is abundant, and the metal smelter no longer uses electric furnaces for smelting.

They use electrochemical methods to smelt metals, and they use electrochemical methods to smelt metals.

This method can increase the purity of the metal to 99.999999%.

This is already a very pure metal, and this high-purity metal is very versatile in industry.

In the past, it has been monopolized by high-end factories because these factories have power-saving technology.

They can use less electricity to produce purer metals.

But the theoretical basis of electrochemistry is simple, as long as there is enough electrical energy, it can smelt more metals.

Now that the energy supply is abundant, these factories are not afraid of energy consumption at all. ”

Zhou Yu heard Xianghua's explanation, and he knew that the industrial upgrading of electrochemistry benefited from the reduction of electricity prices, and it did not have too high technical content at all.

The biggest manifestation of the integration of nuclear fusion power stations to generate electricity is that the cost of electricity has plummeted.

The National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) began to change the national electricity prices for residential and industrial electricity after the fusion power stations were connected to the grid for power generation.

Residential electricity is used in a tiered system, with electricity consumption of less than 5,000 kWh per year, and the price per kWh is one penny.

The price of industrial electricity is uniform, with a price of two cents per kilowatt hour.

Whether it is an ordinary factory or a high-energy-consuming enterprise, the price of their electricity is the same price.

This is a substantial discount in the past, directly reducing the energy cost of enterprises by more than 8%.

A sharp drop in the official price of electricity will encourage the installation of energy-intensive equipment in smelters.

They will be profitable to produce high-purity metals with this energy-intensive equipment.

Xianghua continued to introduce the upgrading plans of other industries.

"Master, after the fusion power station is connected to the grid for power generation, the industry that has changed the most is the agricultural industry.

In the past, the level of agricultural industrialization in China was very low, and this was due to historical reasons, which led to the vast majority of the land being divided into small pieces.

Now with the development of technology, industrial agriculture is beginning to emerge. ”

Xianghua presents a standard factory for industrial agriculture.

This factory grows crops such as rice, corn, potatoes, cotton, and cash crops.

It cultivates these plants hydroponically, by adjusting the nutrients of the culture medium and the temperature and humidity of the culture chamber.

Industrial agriculture does not use sunlight to allow plants to grow better.

The use of sunlight is the traditional greenhouse cultivation industry.

They use artificial light sources, which are modulated artificial light sources that emit red and blue-violet light that plants love.

It allows chloroplasts to quickly absorb the energy contained in this light.

Crops such as rice and jujube produced in the northeast and northwest regions are more delicious than ordinary places.

It's just that these places can only grow one crop in one season, and the crops have enough sunshine to accumulate more nutrients, and they taste better.

Industrial agriculture uses modern means to let plants shine enough light sources to directly control the growth cycle of plants.

When Zhou Yu saw this, he said with emotion: "Agriculture can be industrialized to industrialize, which is the effect of cheap energy."

With these industrial agriculture, they produce huge quantities of agricultural products. With enough food, society will be more stable. ”