"We want to combine research with the anti-gravity aircraft group?"
"But we are studying SMES batteries. Even though we have made a lot of progress, it is still too early to fully use them..."
"Who said there was a merger? Academician Wang Hao? That's okay."
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"Gong Duan, are you kidding me? Are you going to combine it with the superconducting battery pack?"
"Are we really planning to develop an aircraft? But, will the battery pack work?"
"Of course, I'm not questioning Academician Wang Hao, but it's too..."
“I don’t understand it at all!”
Whether it is the anti-gravity aircraft research group or the SMES battery research group, they were a little confused when they heard the news that they were going to merge their research. They really couldn't figure out why they wanted to do this.
The main content of the two research groups can be said to be future technology, but neither has completed the research, let alone mature the technology.
The design of some aircraft really requires research on various technologies together.
For example, fighter jets.
The design of a fighter jet needs to consider various technologies, especially engine performance, which must be considered.
However, SMES batteries are different from aircraft engines.
Aviation engine technology has matured internationally, and the most advanced ones have even begun to develop fifth and sixth generations. China also has complete aviation engine technology.
SMES batteries are different. They don't have mature SMES battery technology yet.
The anti-gravity aircraft research team has just started research. They have not perfected the anti-gravity aircraft design system. They only have some technologies under development, such as lateral anti-gravity technology, relatively mature electric thrusters, and also include the balance and automatic systems that are being improved.
control system, etc.
In short, there is a huge difference between anti-gravity aircraft and fighter jets.
People from both research groups couldn't imagine working together on research and development.
After Wang Hao decided to merge the two research groups together, he immediately summoned the core technical staff and held the first meeting.
The leaders of the two groups, Liu Mingkun and Duan Qingbai, came to the conference room early, and they started talking with surprise and confusion.
Liu Mingkun asked with curiosity, "Has your aircraft design been completed?"
"That's really not the case."
Duan Qingbai hurriedly waved his hand and said, "It's done, it's too far off. Last time we just did the suspension test of the anti-gravity device, and the suspension was not stable yet."
"Isn't it a takeoff test?" Liu Mingkun asked with some confusion. After he finished speaking, he realized that he had asked a very stupid question.
take off?
In the absence of sufficient power supply, the anti-gravity device has to be connected to the ground with wires, making it impossible to take off.
Duan Qingbai smiled bitterly and said, "Looking at Academician Wang Hao's posture, it feels like building a fighter jet. He gathered the technical team together and studied together..."
"But it's too different!"
He asked, "How are you doing there? It is said that the progress is very fast."
Liu Mingkun also shook his head, "In terms of research progress, it is indeed very fast. Our new energy storage coil has passed the charge and discharge test, but this is the only technology available."
"That is to say, you have no way to provide usable SMES batteries?"
Liu Mingkun's expression was a little exaggerated. He spread his hands and asked, "Duan Gong, do you think it's possible?"
"...It's really impossible." Duan Qingbai twitched the corner of his mouth.
What technology is SMES battery?
This kind of superconducting battery technology is simply unthinkable.
Even if there is some progress in research, it can be said to be an international top scientific and technological achievement, already at the forefront of human science and technology.
While the two were talking, Wang Hao also walked in from the door.
After listening to it for a few times, he said directly, "Gong Duan, Professor Liu, you don't have to worry, we are not designing fighter jets."
"Academician Wang!"
"coming!"
Duan Qingbai and Liu Mingkun stood up quickly.
Wang Hao waved for them to sit down, and he also sat next to him and said, "I just heard you comparing fighter jet designs. In fact, they are completely different."
"The anti-gravity aircraft we design does not need to consider flexibility or high power issues, nor does it need to consider radar performance or combat modules. Our only purpose is to make the anti-gravity aircraft fly."
"Even if it's just a civilian drone that can take off simply and fly at low speed, that's enough."
Duan Qingbai and Liu Mingkun nodded together.
If you just let the anti-gravity aircraft fly without considering other factors, it is indeed relatively simple. Only considering power and balance is enough.
This is like installing a battery on a drone. When powered, it is enough to make the drone fly.
Think about it…
It seems really easy...ah!
Power, how to solve it?
Duan Qingbai and Liu Mingkun couldn't help but twitch their lips. Even if the research and development goal sounds the simplest, SMES batteries, which are superconducting batteries, must be used.
The reason is simple, only superconducting batteries can continuously provide high power supply.
This is the most difficult part.
Wang Hao did not continue to explain, but waited for others to arrive in the conference room before announcing the official start of the meeting.
The meeting begins.
Wang Hao asked the two team leaders to introduce the technologies they mastered.
The first person to stand up was Liu Mingkun. He said seriously, "We already have usable energy storage coil technology, which can charge and discharge the energy storage coil normally under human control."
"We have gone through several rounds of testing on this technology, including high-power transmission testing."
"But for the time being, it can only be controlled manually, and many factors, including monitoring, power adjustment, etc., cannot yet be automated."
To put it simply, they have mastered the energy storage coil technology at the core of the battery, but the accompanying control system has not yet been completed, let alone manufacturing a complete superconducting battery.
After that, Duan Qingbai also stood up and talked about the technology he had mastered. He mainly talked about the test he had just completed.
After the heads of the two research groups finished talking about the technology, Wang Hao started to speak, "I know that many of you are wondering why our two groups should work together on research."
"In fact, everyone should know that the research on SMES batteries is prepared for anti-gravity aircraft."
This is a fact.
However, most people do not associate the two research groups together.
Many people believe that the SMES battery research group's main focus is SMES power storage technology, rather than the actual development of superconducting batteries. However, they did not expect that the SMES power storage technology was quickly completed, and the research on SMES batteries was officially launched.
In addition, anti-gravity flight supported by SMES battery power sounds a bit too sci-fi.
Even though everyone believes that anti-gravity technology represents the core technology of aviation in the future, it is the ‘future’ after all. Realizing the aviation application of anti-gravity technology will only be possible after a lot of related research has matured.
It is too early to talk about developing anti-gravity aircraft.
For example, the SMES battery has not been developed yet, and there is no talk of power for the aircraft?
Wang Hao continued, "The main reason why I decided to put the two research groups together is because we already have energy storage coil charging and discharging technology."
"that's enough!"
"Many people may think that we can't make usable SMES batteries yet, but we don't need to do that."
Wang Hao said seriously, "We don't need to make a perfect SMES battery, and anti-gravity aircraft don't need a perfect SMES battery."
He stood up and walked to the whiteboard, drew a schematic diagram of the anti-gravity device, and then said seriously, "Look at this schematic diagram. This is the anti-gravity device. The dotted line drawn next to it is the horizontal anti-gravity cover."
area."
"What can you find from this picture?"
People in the conference room were stunned. They didn't understand what Wang Hao was going to say.
Liang Jingye thought about it and said, "Except for the central position, there is not enough space to place batteries in other areas?"
"That's right!"
Wang Hao gave a thumbs up to Liang Jingye, "Xiao Liang is right, superconducting batteries are also very heavy. With current technology, even if they are reduced, they will still reach several tons, or even more than ten tons."
"Most of the weight is concentrated on the energy storage coil, and the coolant will also take up some of it."
A large number of superconducting metal materials are stacked to form several large coils, which are of course very heavy.
Wang Hao continued, "So we don't need to consider making a complete battery and then connecting it to the anti-gravity device. Instead, we need to embed the battery into the anti-gravity device."
He said and drew a circle with his pen.
"There is a gap in the middle of the superconducting material of the anti-gravity device. The largest gap in this circle is more than one meter away, and the space is enough to place a small energy storage coil."
"Then we can fill the first circle with energy storage coils, which can also play a balancing role."
"In addition, please pay attention to the outer circle, which is more than half a meter away."
"We can make the peripheral space into a cooling box and fill it with highly compressed liquid nitrogen."
"The critical temperature of materials used in anti-gravity is around 100K, and the critical temperature of materials used in energy storage coils is less than 150K."
"Did you find it?"
"We can completely combine the cooling devices used to support the anti-gravity field and the energy storage coil to form a system."
Wang Hao began to explain carefully.
What he explained was the core design, mainly anti-gravity and superconducting batteries. They all use superconducting technology, but the superconducting materials used are different.
The critical temperature of the superconducting material used in the energy storage coil is 46K higher than the material used in anti-gravity technology.
Both need to be cooled during operation, so they can share a cooling system.
First, let the coolant enter the anti-gravity system, discharge it and then enter the energy storage coil system, so that the two can be effectively combined.
Of course, the energy storage coil cannot share the same system with anti-gravity for a long time, because the energy storage coil needs to be charged.
However, the process of releasing heat from the energy storage coil mainly lies in the discharge process. The discharge process requires the continuous flow and supply of a lot of coolant, so the charging system can be built separately.
To put it simply, the two ends of the energy storage coil system can be closed and charged on the ground.
After the entire system is running and enters the discharge mode, the two ends can be connected again to share the same cooling system with the anti-gravity device.
This would allow the anti-gravity device to be combined with the SMES battery.
After Wang Hao finished explaining everything, the conference room fell into a brief silence.
Everyone who looked at the design content on the whiteboard was very shocked. They had never thought about this joint design issue at all.
Now embedding superconducting batteries into anti-gravity devices is an absolutely exquisite design that completely combines the two systems.
They no longer have any doubts about joint research and development, but are very much looking forward to the joint research and development work.
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Everyone in the two research groups is very motivated.
They could see that Wang Hao really hoped to develop an anti-gravity aircraft, and he also showed full confidence.
Since Academician Wang Hao is so confident, what else do they need to consider too much?
The biggest difficulties now are the overall design and the electronic system.
Whether it is superconducting battery quench monitoring, power regulation, or aircraft balance and automatic control systems, they can all be classified as 'electronic systems'.
Soft technologies have become key.
In terms of the overall design of the aircraft, they also need to demonstrate the driving force issue, as well as other technologies, including electric thruster issues, single-rotating fan design, circular orbiting landing gear, etc.
Through a series of demonstration meetings, Wang Hao quickly determined the main design plan. The aircraft will use a design of eight electric thrusters, four of which can achieve multi-directional twisting. On the one hand, it is to assist balance.
The system, on the other hand, also serves as a driver for horizontal advancement.
The other four electric thrusters are only responsible for lift-off, landing and balancing the system.
After determining the main design plan, several technical groups began to coordinate and cooperate to conduct detailed technical research work.
What the research team must do every day is to hold demonstration meetings——
Liu Mingkun: "The independent charging system of the energy storage coil can open a special pipe above to charge independently and maintain the cooling system."
Duan Qingbai: "The four electric thrusters under the main cabin can increase the direction of rotation, but the background control will be more complicated."
Liang Jingye: "During the flight, we can appropriately lower the cooling temperature to ensure the safety of the power output process."
Hao Jun: "We can still add a single fan design. When flying to a certain height, the balanced electric thruster can be turned off, which will make the aircraft more flexible."
"..."
Continuous research and continuous demonstration.
It can be said that the design of anti-gravity aircraft is progressing every day. Once a design plan is finalized, the design of each part of the aircraft is constantly being improved.
soon.
A month has passed.
The meeting on this day determined the design of the main compartment, and decided to build an independent raised main compartment above the center of the anti-gravity device.
This can ensure that the pilot controlled by the main cabin will not be affected by lateral anti-gravity and cause health problems.
After the design of the main cabin is completed and the design of the entire aircraft is completed, the perfect composition can be completed on the computer.
Luo Yongjun of the aircraft team is responsible for the overall composition. After each design plan is determined, he will compose the picture according to the plan and record all the contents.
After completing the design and composition of the main cabin, you can reduce the composition of other parts and complete the external composition of the aircraft.
Luo Yongjun put all the parts together and added a layer of gray skin on the outside to cover up the complex equipment inside, thus completing the concept drawing of the aircraft.
After completing the last step, Luo Yongjun kept staring at the concept map on the screen without moving his eyes. He didn't even hear the person next to him shouting.
Duan Qingbai shouted dissatisfied, "Luo Yongjun, what are you doing? Haven't you finished it? Print it!"
"Oh okay, I know."
Luo Yongjun panicked and quickly printed the picture.
Duan Qingbai walked behind him and saw the concept map on the screen. He couldn't help but shouted in surprise, "Isn't this a UFO?"
This shout made several people in the office stunned.
They all came over to see it immediately.
The concept map on the screen has a raised prototype main compartment, and below it is the main disk. Because there are various devices in the center of the disk, and there is also a channel to enter the main compartment, the center looks bulging.
At the end of both sides of the disk, there are only superconducting lines of the anti-gravity system and no other devices, so it looks a little thin.
The circular landing gear takes up the most space when the disc is lowered, and the passage to the main compartment also protrudes.
So overall...
Duan Qingbai opened his mouth half-opened, pointed at the screen, and exclaimed in surprise again, "This is a UFO!"