Even though Director Zhang didn't really believe that Lu Zhou could solve this problem, when he thought about the series of miracles that Lu Zhou had created, he couldn't help but feel a little hopeful.
There was no other way, they were the ones that screwed up. Maybe because of this loop heat pipe problem, the entire launch plan would have to be delayed.
This was too big of a problem. Not only would the people responsible be criticized, but they would also feel bad about it. Even if it was a dead horse, as long as it was still breathing, they had to try!
Therefore, after Director Zhang heard that Lu Zhou had a solution, he immediately called Academician Yuan Huanmin, the chief engineer of the China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation. He then told his assistant to arrange accommodation for the two of them.
On the way to the hotel, Director Zhang, who was sitting in the front passenger seat, put on his seatbelt. He couldn't help but turn around and speak to Lu Zhou.
"Lu, Professor Lu, what kind of solution did you come up with? Can you tell us? Let's find a few experts to discuss it and see if it's possible — "
Lu Zhou shook his head and said, "I can't tell you the specifics right now. It involves a new material that we're still in the research and development stage … Also, it's hard to say if it will work or not. We'll only know after we try it. So don't have too much hope, I can only say that I'll try my best. "
When Director Zhang heard that Lu Zhou planned on giving them a new material that was still in the research and development stage, he was touched and worried.
He was touched by Lu Zhou's generosity, but he was worried …
Was there a need to ask?
Taking out something that was still lying in the laboratory and using it, anyone would feel uneasy.
Director Zhang looked at Lu Zhou with a bitter face and spoke.
"… This new material, is it reliable?"
Yang Xu, who was sitting in the back, coughed and said, "Don't ask, whether it's reliable or not … We can't answer you right now."
Seeing how Lu Zhou didn't want to give up, Director Zhang finally shut his mouth.
Lu Zhou didn't bother with him. He leaned against the back of the chair and closed his eyes to rest while perfecting the solution in his mind.
In fact, the plan he came up with was not very complicated, but he still needed some time to prepare the materials.
After arriving at the hotel, Lu Zhou went straight back to his room. He then called the Jinling Institute for Advanced Study and asked Brother Qian to prepare the materials he needed.
The material he needed was the N-1 material that the Institute of Computational Materials had just solved!
In addition to having high mechanical properties such as tensile and compressive strength, N-1 carbon nanotubes also showed considerable potential in thermal conductivity.
As for how he came up with this idea, Lu Zhou mainly thought of Debris No.3.
When he first took it apart, the messy pipes inside were smeared with a layer of graphite that had its structure destroyed.
Lu Zhou was sure that part of the graphite came from carbon-based chips.
As for the other part, he made many guesses, one of which was the heat dissipation coating.
Considering the thermal conductivity test done on the N-1 material some time ago, the horizontal thermal conductivity was as high as 2000w/m · k! It was an order of magnitude higher than copper and aluminum alloys!
If this material was applied to the connection of the loop heat pipe and the heating components, it might be possible to solve the problem of insufficient thermal conductivity of the loop heat pipe.
Of course, even though Lu Zhou had an idea to solve the problem, some things still needed to be improved.
For example, directly using N-1 carbon nanotubes was definitely not possible. In order to make the N-1 material and aluminum copper alloy perfectly combine, a layer of copper element had to be plated on the outside of the N-1 material.
The related process was actually very simple. It was the chemical plating method that was often used on carbon-based powders.
Which was to first sensitize the surface of the plated material with stannous chloride, then activate it with palladium chloride, and finally, use formaldehyde as a reducing agent and soluble copper salt for chemical plating. There were a lot of similar articles on the Internet.
While Lu Zhou was talking about the work, the people at the China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation were all excited.
Chief designer Professor Lu personally came to Tianjin Space City to inspect the Moon Palace core module!
The Moon Palace that had its entire heat dissipation system could still be saved!
After hearing that Lu Zhou had thought of a solution, the China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation's Fifth Hospital was like grasping at straws. All sorts of delicious food and drinks were arranged for the two of them, and they even arranged for fun things to do.
Yang Xu was a little embarrassed by Lu Zhou's warm hospitality. During dinner, he found an opportunity to ask Lu Zhou about it.
"The method you mentioned … Will it work?"
Lu Zhou thought for a bit and nodded.
"It should work."
Yang Xu: "Should work?"
Lu Zhou glanced at him.
"No sh * t, I haven't tried it before, how would I know?"
Yang Xu couldn't help but say, "That thing is a space station …"
Lu Zhou: "I know."
Yang Xu: "It's going to cost at least a few hundred million yuan."
Lu Zhou: "Not just that, we have to add a zero."
"… What if we screw it up?"
Lu Zhou gave him a look.
"I know what I'm doing."
Seeing how Lu Zhou was determined, Yang Xu knew that there was no point in trying to persuade him. Therefore, he shook his head and focused on eating.
At first, he was a little worried that if he couldn't solve this problem in the end, this matter would be difficult to resolve. However, after thinking about it, he realized that the person sitting across from him was the chief designer of the Lunar Orbit Committee. He suddenly realized that his worries were unnecessary.
After dinner, Lu Zhou called Wang Peng and planned on going out.
However, the people from the China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation happened to come to the hotel.
The two people leading the group were Academician Yuan and Vice President Zheng. Lu Zhou met the two of them at a meeting in Beijing.
Lu Zhou waved his hand and was about to say a few words when Academician Yuan, who was walking over, spoke first.
"Do you really have a way?!"
Lu Zhou was stunned by how excited the old man was. He nodded and said, "I can't say 100%, but it's worth a try."
When Zheng Xiangdong heard that Lu Zhou wasn't 100% confident, he immediately became nervous. He raised his voice and said, "Don't mess around! We can still fix it, if we can't even fix it, who's going to take responsibility? "
Faced with this somewhat aggressive tone, Lu Zhou glanced at Vice President Zheng with a faint smile and joked.
"Then, who do you think should take responsibility?"
Zheng Xiangdong was just about to say something, but he suddenly swallowed the words that were about to come out of his mouth and said with an embarrassed smile.
"This, of course, has nothing to do with you. Our company will take responsibility, there's no way we'll blame it on you."
He suddenly remembered that this guy wasn't the chief consultant of the moon landing project anymore, he was the chief engineer of the Lunar Orbit Committee!
Compared to his previous title, this title had real power.
If they really wanted to pursue responsibility, it was hard to say who would be the one to blame …
As he thought of this, he broke out in a cold sweat.
Lu Zhou looked at Vice President Zheng, who suddenly admitted defeat. He didn't say anything and just spoke casually.
Instead, he said, "The launch schedule was sent to the council last month. I don't plan on delaying it unless it's absolutely necessary. My request may seem a bit unreasonable to you, but it's the only way to fix the design error of the Moon Palace's heat dissipation system. "
"If you're worried that I'll break your toy and an accident happens, I'll compensate you for the cost."
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