Xinghai Group is developing a vacuum tube maglev train, and domestic institutions are also developing the same type of maglev train.
If Xinghai Group succeeds in its development, the efforts of other institutions will be in vain.
Xinghai Group's starting point is too high, requiring a minimum speed of 2,000 kilometers per hour, and the ideal operating speed can reach 4,000 to 5,000 kilometers per hour.
The outside world has known for a long time that Xinghai Group is developing a vacuum tube maglev train. After all, a dozen kilometers of vacuum tubes have been built, leading from the Xinghai Group headquarters base to Yangfu Industrial Park.
However, after so many years, no information has been disseminated. It seems that an unfinished project has been built. The outside world thinks that Xinghai Group has failed in its development and has given up on the project.
The public believes that it doesn't matter if it fails. Now that the high-speed railway has been successfully operated, Xinghai Group has made great contributions to the country in terms of railway transportation.
You can't rely on Xinghai Group for everything, right?
That's what the people think.
Mu Yang came to the vacuum tube maglev train laboratory and saw the scientific researchers busy.
The prototype consists of three trains, each of which is much wider than a common high-speed train, but the length is not much different.
From the outside, the train does not have glass windows. This is because the vacuum pipes are closed and opaque, and there is no view of the outside world at all.
When running at high speed, if there is a glass window, the shadow seen will give passengers a sense of fear.
Although there are no glass windows, the 360-degree camera outside the vacuum tube can capture images of the outside world in real time and display them on the train's screen.
"Chairman, you are here."
"Well, come here and take a look. Come and walk with me." Mu Yang saw Vice President of Technology Zhang Nan coming over to greet him. When he came down, he told him that he wanted to inspect the progress of sample development.
"Okay." Zhang Nan, who is in his forties, said respectfully, introducing the project status to Mu Yang as he walked.
Mu Yang walked into the train and saw rows of seats. Each row had a total of 7 seats. The standard number of passengers in each car was about 150.
If it is a first-class seat, the seat will be wider and the space will be longer. The standard number of passengers in each carriage is about 90 people.
The internal width of the power train is about 3 meters, while the internal width of this vacuum tube maglev train is 4.5 meters.
The reason why trains are designed to be so wide is that wide-body vehicles are more stable and less likely to roll over.
Of course, the inner diameter of the vacuum pipe is required to be larger.
Therefore, a width of 4.5 meters is enough. If it is wider, the pipe width must be wider.
Unlike trains, there are seat belts on the seats, and passengers are required to wear seat belts while the train is in motion.
Of course, if an accident does occur and a head-on collision occurs at high speed, the car will definitely be destroyed and everyone will be killed. It will be difficult for the passengers to survive.
If it is a side collision or scratch, or derailment, the hazard will be much lower. However, this situation is extremely difficult to happen. Unlike the wheels of the vacuum tube maglev train, which are mounted on the track, there are three directions under the frame.
The wheels in three directions are stuck on the horizontal track like a U-shaped combination. During operation, the pulleys will not touch the track and are at a certain distance from the track.
The pulleys of the vacuum tube maglev train only play a safety guiding role when traveling at high speeds, not sliding. Only when traveling at low speeds do the wheels contact the guide rails and play the role of normal wheel load and sliding.
"We require various testing instruments to be installed on the entire section of the track for 24-hour real-time testing. If a certain section fails, the system will prompt.
In a vacuum environment, the requirements for the internal environment of the vacuum pipeline are very strict, and the cleanliness level must reach Class 1,000." Zhang Nan said.
Muyang listened carefully. The cleanliness level of Class 1,000 was not high for most production clean workshops. It was probably sufficient for the installation of hydraulic machinery or standard pneumatic machinery and equipment, and could also install high-quality micro bearings.
The higher level is Class 100, Class 10, or even Class 1. The Class 1 clean workshop can be used as a microelectronics technology industrial production workshop.
For vacuum tube maglev trains, as long as there are no large particles in the train, it will be fine, because at high speeds, a collision with an egg on the train may cause serious damage to the vehicle. This is the same as the collision of an airplane with flying objects.
What's more, the operating speed of vacuum tube maglev trains is many times faster than the flight speed of airplanes.
Each train has an independent power system, and the overall structure is made of lightweight materials to make it as lightweight as possible while ensuring structural strength.
Mu Yang looked at the train and then examined the vacuum system and maglev system. These two are the core.
Under Zhang Nan's command, the train entered a closed space, opened the vacuum system, and extracted air.
The air is extracted very quickly, and it only takes a minute or two to reach the required level. It is then connected to the vacuum pipe, and the outer door is closed after the train enters the vacuum pipe.
In the control center, Mu Yang saw the actual situation and data of the vacuum tube maglev train.
When there is no power, the train's sliding wheels are in contact with the guide rails, which also ensures that the train can slide on the guide rails even if there is a sudden power failure.
Because it is a vacuum environment, the weight of the train is very light, and the force generated by contact with the guide rail at high speed is not large.
After powering on, the train floats up and the distance between the three-way wheels and the guide rails remains consistent.
The energy consumption of the vacuum tube maglev train is mainly electrical energy. Based on the calculation of three trains traveling for one hour, it is estimated that 100,000 kilowatt-hours of electricity are needed.
If the industrial electricity cost is one yuan per kilowatt hour, that would be one hundred thousand yuan.
After hearing the energy consumption test results, Mu Yang was quite satisfied.
The three trains can carry 450 people and can travel more than 2,000 kilometers per hour. If the per-kilometer charge is one yuan per person, that is 900,000 yuan.
Under normal circumstances, a group of 10 trains can carry up to 1,500 people. When fully loaded, the hourly operating income is about 3 million yuan.
The ticket price of the vacuum tube maglev train is definitely more expensive than the air ticket price, otherwise it would not be competitive.
It seems that the profit margin is very large.
However, the construction cost of vacuum pipelines is not low. The construction cost of double channels per kilometer requires 300 to 400 million yuan.
The construction of a thousand kilometers of dual corridors, plus trains and stations, requires a total investment of about 500 billion yuan.
If only one set of trains is in operation every hour and operates for 10 hours a day with full passengers, the revenue will be approximately 60 million yuan, which is more than 20 billion yuan a year.
In order to make better use of track resources and ensure the safety between trains, there must be at least 5 minutes of driving distance between the two trains to ensure the safety of the two trains.
If calculated based on the 6-minute interval between trains, that is to say, the maximum annual revenue is 220 billion yuan.
The above is an ideal situation. The track may need maintenance and it is impossible for every train to be full. According to a 50% load rate, it would be good to generate 100 billion yuan in revenue every year, of which 24 billion yuan is energy consumption cost.
Subtracting management fees and other comprehensive costs, it is estimated that there will be a gross profit of 70 billion yuan.
Based on this calculation, it will take about seven to eight years to recover the investment cost.
But if the pricing is higher and the actual load rate reaches more than 80%, the investment cost can be recovered in two to three years.
After this calculation, the vacuum tube maglev train project still has great investment potential.
Xinghai Group can earn about 100 billion yuan in technical fees and train gross profit from this 500 billion yuan investment.
Train operation also requires the technical guidance of Xinghai Group, which can earn more than one billion yuan in revenue every year.
For most people, the ticket price is not much different from the full price of the ticket, but the time is very short, so it is acceptable.
From now on, you can reach BJ to Shanghai, or Shanghai to Chengcheng, within an hour.
Therefore, it is beneficial to people, businesses and the country.
After observing the prototype of the vacuum tube maglev train, Mu Yang asked the project team members to work steadily. If everything goes well, it can be tested on the test track after the year.
If there are no major problems in the test, give it half a year to optimize, then build a set of ten trains, and apply to the relevant departments for acceptance.
If the acceptance is passed, then apply for the construction of hundreds of kilometers of test road sections for trial operation.
During the trial operation track construction period, Xinghai Group will continue to optimize this technology.
The above process is long and many procedures must be followed, all for the sake of safety.
Xinghai Group must ensure that no accident occurs during the trial operation phase, otherwise the project may not be able to proceed.
If the vacuum tube maglev train can be popularized, it will be a great change in the transportation industry. Civil aviation will soon be eliminated, and it will also promote the development of the tourism industry.
Just like the high-speed high-speed rail, it attracts many foreign tourists to Huaguo.
A few years ago, when Xinghai Group began to develop a vacuum tube maglev train, it aroused doubts from people in many industries around the world and felt that it was impossible to succeed. Even if it succeeded, how to ensure safety was the biggest problem.
There are three major problems in vacuum tube maglev trains: power system, vacuum system and maglev system.
The vacuum system mainly involves technical problems such as how to maintain the vacuum state of the vacuum pipeline, how to build the platform, and how to move the vehicle in and out of the vacuum pipeline. These have all been solved by Xinghai Group.
Magnetic levitation already exists, but it is not stable enough. This is a problem for Xinghai Group.
The three major problems have been solved, and now it’s time to test.
If Xinghai Group announces that it has successfully developed a prototype car, it will definitely cause a sensation around the world, that’s for sure.
Mu Yang is not in a hurry to announce. He still wants to keep a low profile and it is best to wait until the relevant departments come to review before announcing.
a few days later,
After some thought, Mu Yang finally agreed to Jiangzhe University granting him the title of honorary president.
This is because the school leaders have come to communicate with him many times. Mu Yang is a professor at Jiangzhe University and donates hundreds of millions of yuan every year. Jiangzhe University has risen a lot in the international university rankings because of him. He is famous because of him and is already the soul of Jiangzhe University.
He is a character, recognized by teachers and students, and now he just needs a title.
This type of honorary principal is usually a nominal principal who does not participate in actual management and only uses the "celebrity effect" to expand the school's popularity.
Conferring the title of Honorary President to Mu Yang is worthy of the name and is also an honor for Jiangzhe University.
As soon as he agreed, all the school leaders and department heads were overjoyed. Before the ceremony was held, Jiangzhe University announced the good news that day, and red banners were hung everywhere on the campus.
“Warm congratulations to Mr. Mu Yang on his appointment as the honorary president of Jiangzhe University!”
“It is our school’s honor and pride for Mr. Mu Yang to serve as the honorary principal of our school. Warm congratulations!”
In addition, Jiangzhe University's campus website carried out overwhelming publicity, listing all of Mu Yang's outstanding achievements.
[Mu Yang, professor of Jiangzhe University, doctoral supervisor, academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Chinese Academy of Sciences, chairman of Xinghai Group, the world's top 500 company, the world's top mathematician, physicist, materials scientist, entrepreneur, philanthropist, Nobel Prize in Physics
Winner, the three highest awards in mathematics are the Abel Prize, Fields Medal and Wolf Medal winner. He has solved Fermat's conjecture, four-color conjecture, Goldbach's conjecture and many other mathematical conjectures. He is the richest man in the world.
Won 3 special prizes of the National Technological Invention Award, 5 first prizes, 6 second prizes, 5 first prizes of the National Science and Technology Progress Award, 2 first prizes of the Jun team Science and Technology Progress Award, and 15 first prizes of the Jiangnan Province Science and Technology Award
, 256 national invention patents and 355 utility model patents
items, Jiangnan Province Science and Technology Highest Achievement Award, Huaguo Young Scientist Award, Huaguo’s Ten Outstanding Youths, Ten Thousand Talents Plan Leading Talent, National Model Worker, Huaguo XXX Military Technology Major Contribution Award, published 259 SCI papers, with a total impact factor of 3096.39
point.
Expert in many industries, founder of electron beam lithography, metal 3D additive and other industries, leading the world's scientific and technological development with dozens of technologies, the most influential scientist in the 21st century...]
Jiangzhe University has listed Mu Yang's important achievements and honors in thousands of words.
In the school history museum, there is a personal honor column for Mu Yang, which is dedicated to recording his growth process.
On campus, there is a celebrity portrait of Mu Yang, which was erected a few years ago.
Many students know about some of Muyang's major honors, but they don't know the details. After the school listed them, they were so dazzling that they blinded everyone.
Doctors from those schools, as long as they have one of Mu Yang's honors, they can brag about it for the rest of their lives.
In the past few years, Jiangzhe University has firmly ranked third in the national university rankings, and has a tendency to surpass the first two.
In the past two years, the admission score of Jiangsu and Zhejiang University has been only a few points lower than the admission score of Qingbi. Some majors, such as the three core majors of robotics and aerospace technology set up by Muyang, are now approved in advance. You must first pass the interview and then take the college entrance examination.
The score requirement is to be in the top 100 in the province. If you are not in the top 30 in the province, you will not dare to sign up. The competition is very fierce. This is a major that is sure to get into the Xinghai Group. The starting salary for undergraduates after graduation is the level of an engineer in the Xinghai Group, and various resources are available.
Now that Mu Yang himself is willing to accept the honorary presidentship of Jiangzhe University, it is equivalent to having an additional social responsibility, and he may increase his support for Jiangzhe University.
Major universities knew the news and expressed congratulations to Jiangzhe University.
After all, Mu Yang is not an ordinary person. One person's scientific research results are as important as many doctoral supervisors, and they have brought great international influence to Jiangzhe University.
The teachers and students in Qingbei are a little bitter. It is a pity that Mu Yang is not in the imperial capital. Otherwise, there would be no chance for Jiangzhe University.
Chapter completed!