Future Technology Powerhouse

Zhang Zhi exited the virtual world. He saw that the time was almost nine o'clock, so he got up and walked out of the office.

Walk to the parking lot, ready to drive to Xingyu Zhigong factory.

Today, two new technologies have been successfully developed in the factory and are ready for experimentation, which will have a great impact on the company in the future.

One is the high-bypass ionization turbofan engine, which is an aeroengine that uses ionization propulsion, and has abandoned the fuel method.

The other item is the scale-down experimental machine of the three-way particle collider.

Zhang Zhi started the flying car, and a flame flashed by. The flying car quickly flew towards the factory.

Zhang Zhi first came to the experimental workshop of the aero-engine.

Seeing Zhang Zhi's arrival, Yan Jiliang and Xiao Wenhuai came out to welcome him.

Zhang Zhi saw that besides the two of them, there was also a short and fat little old man. His face was old, but his eyes were bright.

Mr. Zhang, you are here. Yan Jiliang pointed to the old man and introduced to Zhang Zhi, This is Ye Yuan, a famous aero-engine designer. In order not to delay the development of the engine, he didn't even inject life-extending medicine.

Zhang Zhi stepped forward to shake hands with Ye Yuan and said, The success of our aero-engine depends on your help.

Ye Yuan said modestly: The ionization version of the aeroengine, which is the turbofan part, uses my little experience.

It is not the same as the previous aero-engines at all, and it is the result of a little bit of research by colleagues from the basic part.

Zhang Zhi understands that Ye Yuan is being modest, the aero engine can be successful. With Xiao Wenhuai and Yan Jiliang alone, it is impossible for them to succeed.

It's not that their strength is worse than Ye Yuan's, it's that the division of labor in the industrial society is too detailed. Here in the aviation industry, those who develop blades must not understand the combustion chamber.

Xiao Wenhuai smiled lightly, and he said: Mr. Zhang, let's go inside and take a look at the aero engine. This is a brand new type of aerospace engine. Today we will officially start the test run.

Okay, I also want to see what the highest crystallization of industrial technology looks like.

They walked to the location of the aero-engine. This room is very large, with more than 300 square meters.

On the east side of the room, there is a 4-meter-long, 2.5-meter-out engine.

It is placed in a compartment separated by high-strength glass.

The front is a large fan with a diameter of 2.5 meters, and the back is the compressor and ionizer.

Zhang Zhi walked into the glass wall and saw that the aero-engines were covered with sensors.

Seeing that it presents an industrial aesthetic as a whole, that is, the arc of the fan blades has an industrial aesthetic.

He nodded in satisfaction, and asked Ye Yuan: Gong Ye, please tell me the basic information of this aero-engine.

Ye Yuan looked at the aero-engine with a loving expression. He looked at the aero-engine like he was looking at his own child.

He smiled and said: We named this aero-engine Turbofan A1. Its main structure was designed by me, and the ionizer part was designed by Xiaogong.

Its thrust can reach 750 kilonewtons, you may not understand me when I say that. Now the world's largest aero-engine thrust is 540 kilonewtons. The engine thrust of the Su-30 fighter is 125 kilonewtons.

To put it simply, a passenger plane equipped with four aero-engines can take off a total of more than 1,000 tons without much effort.

Hearing this, Zhang Zhi nodded in satisfaction. He didn't expect the thrust of this engine to be so strong.

Xiao Wenhuai said with emotion from the side: Ionization technology has been proposed a long time ago. There has been no breakthrough before, because of the limitation of material technology.

Previously conceived ionization engines did not have enough electrical energy to convert matter into ions easily and quickly.

When the ionization engine is running, it generates a high temperature of about 5000 degrees Celsius. Ordinary materials simply cannot withstand such high temperatures.

Yan Jiliang reminded from the side: Manager Xiao, let's talk about the key points. Don't miss it. If you continue to talk, one day will not be enough.

Xiao Wenhuai smiled awkwardly, and he continued: This ionized version of the aircraft engine is improved on the basis of the turbofan engine.

We only keep the fan section and the compressor section of the turbofan engine.

At the end of it is the ionizer. It basically works. The compressor delivers the compressed air to the ionization machine.

The high-strength electromagnetic field of the ionization generator generates a high-speed ion flow, which drives the blades to rotate at high speed to generate power.

Zhang Zhi waved his hand and said, I don't need to talk about such details. What is their performance? Without the support of radio network satellites, how far can they drive an aircraft like C919?

Hearing Zhang Zhi ask this question, Ye Yuan responded: Our aero-engine is equipped with enough hydrogen batteries, that is, about one ton of hydrogen batteries, and it can fly from Yanjing to New York by itself.

Zhang Zhi nodded in satisfaction, and said happily: This function is very good, and it has a long-term battery life, so our aero-engine can compete with others.

He looked at Yan Jiliang and asked, Manager Yan, what is the production cost and estimated selling price of our aero-engine?

Zhang Zhi is already prepared to sell the engine cheaply and operate at a loss. The aero engines at the beginning were not well-known, so they could only be sold at a loss.

Manager Yan said happily: The cost of the aero engine is 980,000 yuan, and we are going to sell it for 10 million yuan.

Zhang Zhi asked differently: Is there anyone who buys such an expensive aero-engine? We don't need to lower the price first, we can try the direction of the market.

Manager Yan said happily: This is thanks to Mr. Qu, who was in the design stage of our aero-engine.

She asked the employees of the sales department to bring a model of the aero-engine. Go to major airliner manufacturers to sell our aero engines.

Last year, in order to strengthen the competitiveness of Huaxia Science and Technology and prevent financial risks, the country increased investment in science and technology.

The state issued a document to allow major passenger aircraft manufacturers to increase the proportion of independent intellectual property rights. Reduce technological dependence on foreign technology.

We cooperate with several small civil aviation aircraft manufacturers, we help them improve their aircraft production lines, and they buy our aircraft.

Zhang Zhi said with satisfaction: It's good if we can sell it. As long as one company uses our product, it will dominate the world sooner or later.

Yan Jiliang also said excitedly: Our aero-engine has characteristics that cannot be compared with other aero-engines, and it is not worried about sales.

The first point is our aero-engines, which are made of advanced materials that can withstand extremely high temperatures.

Its service life is not comparable to that of ordinary materials, and the parts of aero-engines basically do not wear out.

We also retuned the internal crystals of the metallic material in order to overcome the torsional stress of the aero-engine.

This makes our aero-engine, which needs no maintenance, can be used all the time.

The second point is that our aero-engines use electricity to supply energy, and the cost of flying the same distance, our aero-engines save a lot of money compared with traditional engines.

Under the influence of accumulation over time, the money for an aero engine came out.

Zhang Zhi has more confidence in his company's aero-engine after listening to Yan Jiliang's statement.