Updated: 2012-09-16

"Duke, what do you think about the issue of nuclear energy conversion to freshwater that Prince Aleva just raised?" Cai Siqiang reached out and poked Duke in a daze and asked.

"No problem, we can use nuclear energy to convert seawater into fresh water." Duke was startled and reacted. He did not forget Aleva's question and answered simply.

"For Lotus Recipe, this is just one of the application directions. I was inspired by the problem of Prince Alva just now and was considering the huge water vapor treatment problem of the Lotus Recipe nuclear power plant. Now we can completely consider that after the initial treatment of seawater, the heat generated by nuclear power will be converted into water vapor, and then condensed into fresh water that can be directly consumed."

"I don't think it's technically difficult in the process. It's entirely possible to convert the lotus pile into a desalination system."

Duke is not a silence. Relatively speaking, due to the unique design of the Lotus Drill, it is easier to use nuclear energy to turn seawater into freshwater than power generation, because the core design of the Lotus Drill completely separates the power generation steam circuit from the nuclear radiation, and you only need to condense the steam and recover it to obtain freshwater.

Of course, it is not to say that simply condense these steams into drinkable fresh water. There are many things that need to be changed in the middle. For example, in the original design, for the sake of power generation efficiency, the water vapor needs to be continuously pressurized to make its temperature reach an extremely high state. This will inevitably evaporate some other useless and even harmful substances in the seawater. For power generation, this does not matter. Anyway, the huge steam turbine unit needs strong steam flow drive.

However, for drinking water, condensate with too much impurities cannot be discharged directly. Necessary filtration and other treatment measures must be carried out to remove these substances that are harmful to the human body.

It can be said that there are more things to deal with to get real drinking water. Of course, seawater desalination is not just for obtaining drinking water, but also for irrigation water for plant growth. For Gulf countries, most of the land is desertified land, with insufficient rainfall in the territory and no freshwater rivers. Not to mention planting crops, even greening water is very tight.

If Duke can use lotus piles to create these two fresh water efficiently and at low cost, it will definitely be a big business. Not only the Gulf countries, but also the North China region of our country is in urgent need. Although we have large rivers with huge runoff, the Yangtze River and the Yellow River cannot stop the greater demand. The frequent flow of the Yellow River now is the best proof of extreme water shortage.

The famous South-to-North Water Diversion Project intercepts the water sources in the Yangtze River Basin at a huge cost, which now causes frequent droughts in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River. Now the rivers and lakes in the lower reaches are often dry. Although there is no direct evidence, these have only begun to occur frequently after the Three Gorges Project and the South-to-North Water Diversion Project. Such droughts occur frequently, but the severity of drought is always claimed to be once in a century!

If Duke's seawater desalination cost is lower than the freshwater cost of South-to-North Water Diversion, it will not only add a stable source of freshwater to the thirsty North China, but also may also bring changes to the current harsh climate improvement.

"If your company intends to explore nuclear energy to desalinate seawater, our United Arab Emirates is willing to work with your company to complete this great project that benefits mankind." Prince Aleva said. This sounds like supporting Duke's research, but the commercially sensitive Cai Siqiang found that Prince Aleva was not simple in his mind and seemed to intend to use Duke's lotus heap to enter the field of nuclear energy desalination seawater.

The rich people in the Gulf countries always hold large amounts of petrodollars in their hands and rarely find investment channels that rely on value-addedness. For them, the dollars in their hands can maintain their value and offset inflation. As long as the investment has a stable yield, it is a good business for them.

They have seen the elegance and safety of lotus piles. With the low cost of nuclear power operation for a long time, if a safe lotus pile can be used for seawater desalination, then this is obviously a very good business. Alva comes from a country with extremely water scarcity. He is very clear about this data. There are at least forty or fifty countries in the world that are very water scarcity, and the population is more than one billion. As the population on the earth gradually increases and people's water demand expands, the global freshwater resources will become larger and larger. Some researchers believe that by 2025, the global water scarcity population may even exceed 3 billion.

Faced with such a huge potential market, this business is more than just good for Aleva. If you can get a hand in such a big business, the future benefits you can get from every dollar you invest now will be extremely considerable. For those like Aleva who are rich on petrodollars, they have to plan ahead for the future days when oil is exhausted.

The freshwater project in front of him now is a direction for investment layout. The industry's investment in the early stage is huge, and it is undoubtedly a capital-intensive project. It is precisely because of Alva and others. In the long run, it can absorb a large amount of domestic surplus petroleum dollars and obtain stable and considerable returns from it. In the short term, it can also effectively solve the major problems of freshwater supply in China. Therefore, for Alva and others, this is a great thing that can kill one stone.

Duke is not as sensitive as Cai Siqiang. In this regard, he has at most a general impression that there are many water-scarce countries in the world, and he has no idea about the commercial value behind it. Now he is mainly considering that he can take the opportunity to deal with seawater to solve the nuclear fuel refining problem that Bilime needs.

Therefore, Duke agrees with Prince Aleva's willingness to invest in this thing. Although this industry has broad prospects, it is also a capital-intensive project. For large-scale development, the funds required are extremely large. Even if Duke is confident that its company is now fully cash flow, it can only be built in installments.

And those people with big headscarves in front of them don’t have dozens or tens of billions of dollars in their hands, so considering that they can’t live without investors from all walks of life, Duke continued Prince Aleva’s words: “We really welcome to work with all investors to solve the problem of seawater desalination. As for specific business cooperation, you can talk to Mr. Cai, who is by my side.”

This kid's mind is not slow now. Cai Siqiang next to him was surprised to see Duke attracting investment as well. He was relieved that Duke finally had a little business acumen this time.

To be honest, Cai Siqiang is not very familiar with the industry with the idea of ​​seawater desalination proposed by Aleva. If he knew that the UAE would spend tens of billions of dollars on this every year, Cai Siqiang would immediately have a "kind and friendly" negotiation with Aleva. But now, Cai Siqiang just nodded at Aleva with reservedly and signaled everyone to come down and continue the conversation.

However, after Cai Siqiang came down and asked someone to study it, he soon realized that a new huge business opportunity had emerged. On the one hand, he asked Duke to come up with a feasible plan and R&D plan, and on the other hand, he flew to the bay and began substantive cooperation negotiations with Prince Aleva and others.

According to what Cai Siqiang said to everyone in private, "We don't have oil, but after we have the ability to turn seawater into freshwater, it is equivalent to having the ability to convert seawater into oil. So in the future we will be the world's largest 'oil manufacturer'!"

(Thanks to book friend "liovaqu" for his support, and thanks to brothers for their enthusiastic support!)
Chapter completed!