Chapter 130 Resources! New way of generating electricity (first update)
[Record]: Random first-level resources have been generated near the main shelter "Underground Shelter", please enter the new function to view
"The first-level resource card actually opened a new function?"
Sumo looked at the new function slowly emerging above the game panel in shock.
When I first saw the game panel, there were only five functional options: attributes, chat, trade, manufacturing, and items.
But now, in the last column, new categories of options finally appear.
resource!
Unlike other small functions like the Monster Manual, the resource function is located directly above the game panel, on an equal footing with the other five options!
This also represents the importance of resource options in the game panel settings.
"Could it be said that in the future development trend, everyone must focus on resources..."
"What is the purpose of the alien race... coming?"
Kobolds... lion-men... and rat-men that I have never seen before, and even other fantasy creatures that others have mentioned in the world chat.
The arrival of these creatures definitely does not come with the same purpose of survival as humans.
Brutal ethnic wars, regular experiences of natural disasters in the wasteland, what is it on this land that attracts these fantasy creatures to come and die one after another?
It is never Somo's style to worry about things unfounded.
If the sky falls, there will naturally be tall people to hold it up.
After shaking his head and recording these things in a private message that were not things that should be considered at this stage, Sumo suddenly had a thought and completely let go of his worries about the future.
The idea turns into an illusory finger, pointing at the resource function.
A panel that is different from other game functions pops up.
This panel is very strange. It does not describe the amount of resources in simple words. Instead, it is a topographic map that can be swiped with your finger.
The terrain map is flat and currently not very large, just in line with the 7.5 kilometers stated on the game panel.
On the terrain map, Sumo saw the changes in the terrain, and the resource function also thoughtfully marked the resources within the current refuge.
"Well, this yellow thing should refer to the sulfur mine?"
Under the ground near the underground shelter, there was another yellow mark. As Somo clicked on it, the terrain map suddenly changed into a 3D mode.
At this moment, the full picture of the sulfur mine was revealed, and at the same time, an attribute panel appeared next to it.
[Sulfur Ore (Level 2)]
[Ore vein status]: It has been mined extensively, and there is still a small amount of remaining ore.
[Mining value]: half a star (peak: one and a half stars)
[Special Ability]: None (unlocked with two stars)
[Mining Difficulty]: Very low
[Remaining reserves]: twenty-six tons
Click the function to switch the perspective, and Somo has a great time playing between plane and 3D.
The sulfur ore was originally a square cube stored underground, but after mining, it has turned into an extremely irregular shape.
I don’t know what disaster happened next, but the sulfur mine is now compressed into a triangle.
The further down you go, the more sulfur ore reserves there are.
"Hey, what are the resources I just added to the random resource card?"
After searching around, Sumo couldn't find what good things had been added to the earthquake just now.
However, in the upper right corner, Sumo saw a small trumpet-shaped thing.
Click in, and after three to five seconds, with surprise, Somo returned directly to the initial interface, cut the plane to 3D and pulled down.
Sure enough, under the center of the underground shelter, a mysterious substance that seemed to be flowing slowly appeared.
These substances appear to be invisible and colorless, with only a little bit of yellowish color mixed in them. And because of the flow, Somo missed this place when he first checked it.
"What a strange feeling. Is this water? Or gas?"
At the same time as the thought was generated, the big hand of the mind grabbed this wonderful substance and pinched it back and forth, and at the same time, a message appeared.
[Geothermal resources (high temperature and high pressure steam)-Level 1]
[Ore vein status]: Complete, not yet mined, in full bloom.
[Mining Value]: Two Stars (Peak: Two Stars)
[Special Ability]: I'm going to split (when the reserves exceed 50%, the mineral vein will restore 0.2% of the mineral reserves every natural day, and if the mineral reserves fall below 50%, the ability disappears)
[Mining Difficulty]: High
[Remaining reserves]: 500 tons
"Geothermal resources? Or high-temperature and high-pressure steam? Why does it sound so familiar?"
With this frequently heard term in his mouth, Sumo tried hard to recall where he had seen this thing before.
Douyin? Bilibili? Hupu?
When recalling something, Somo likes to recall it from the very beginning, searching for the first memory point to bring out the rest of the memory.
"It seems, thank you for the invitation? Yes! It's Zhihu!"
When I thought of Zhihu, gradually, pieces of information began to connect in Sumo's mind, and the flow of information came out like a blowout.
When I saw the words "geothermal resources" at that time, it was not in the context of an exclusive issue, but rather in the context of an issue that everyone was already arguing about. Someone put forward this argument.
Sumo remembers the issues at that time very vaguely, but he vaguely remembers that they were discussing the principles of nuclear power plants.
Nuclear power plants generate electricity using nuclear energy.
The core equipment is a nuclear reactor, which heats water to produce steam and converts nuclear fission energy into thermal energy.
The steam pressure drives the steam turbine to rotate, converting thermal energy into mechanical energy, and then the steam turbine drives the generator to rotate, converting the mechanical energy into electrical energy.
Therefore, such "burning the boiler" behavior will naturally not be accepted by some "majority" netizens.
At that time, some people were arguing that Tangtang Nuclear Power Plant would use such a "low" method to generate electricity? Isn't this funny?
As expected, it didn't take long before a big boss posted a theory below, and proposed a power generation method that has been successfully explored, which is geothermal resource power generation to support his statement.
After entering the 21st century, as the exploitation of coal and oil has become more and more popular, and when technology has hit a bottleneck and has been unable to advance to "controllable nuclear fusion", how to utilize new recyclable resources has become the focus of exploration.
Among all resources, geothermal resources have naturally entered everyone's attention, and because of their high energy efficiency, they have been gradually promoted and developed rapidly.
In some areas with abundant geothermal resources, they have been fully utilized for heating. Although the effect is not satisfactory, the advantage is the low cost.
As for geothermal power generation, thermal energy must first be converted into kinetic energy, and then the kinetic energy must be converted into electrical energy.
There are three main types of geothermal resources used for power generation, namely hydrothermal resources, geopressure resources, and hot dry rock resources. The latter two have not made progress even before the crossing. Only the first type of hydrothermal resources has derived a series of
Complete tech tree.
Underground hot water power generation must first separate steam and water, and the water must be drained so that the steam can enter the steam turbine to do work. This system is called a flash evaporation system.
Among them, geothermal steam power generation is the simplest because geothermal steam is both a heat carrier and a working fluid, so this step is omitted.
The famous Yangpajing Geothermal Power Station in Tibet has been in operation for more than 40 years, with more than 6,000 hours of operation per year and an average annual power generation of more than 120 million degrees.
This fully proves the superiority of this resource.
"Geothermal resources are great, but it's too difficult to exploit them for power generation at this stage!" I watched the naughty water vapor scurrying back and forth in the hands of my mind, and a feeling of helplessness came over me.
Somo's heart.
The deeper the underground, the higher the temperature naturally, but the burial depth of the "heat source" is directly related to the development cost.
The key to utilizing geothermal technology is drilling wells and water injection, and drilling costs are an important constraint.
In addition to the high technical requirements for drilling depth, topography also has important constraints on the selection of well sites.
With the help of the system, reaching this geothermal steam place about five kilometers underground is not a problem, but the cost of survival points is not affordable at this stage.
Of course, most people have no idea how much it costs to drill a 5-kilometer well.
China has drilled more than 5,000 wells, currently only in the northern part of Tarim, and the cost of a well is calculated in hundreds of millions of yuan.
And this is due to the cost when there are thousands of meters of salt rock formations in the area. If this generally thousands of meters of "butter-soft salt rock" is replaced by hard rock, the cost will be several times higher.
Walking to the generator set, Sumo tried to call out the generator's attributes. This time, it turned out that the generator set had a new upgrade direction.
【Diesel generators】
Efficiency: 300kw (full load 300 degrees/h)
Fuel consumption: 230 grams per kilowatt hour (full load 82L/h)
Description: A diesel generator produced by Siemens Group in Wuxi, Jiangsu Province. The circuit function is intact and it can be used normally with almost negligible loss.
Upgrade direction one: replace the core components of the generator, enhance the power supply efficiency of the generator, reduce the power consumption of the generator, and need survival points (1680)
Upgrade direction two: Change the working method of the generator to biomass power generation, enhance conversion efficiency, reduce path loss, and require survival points (6500)
Upgrade direction three: Open up a five-kilometer underground shaft, change the working method of the generator, change it to a geothermal resource generator set, greatly improve the efficiency of the generator, and need survival points (36800)
"Good guy, I'm stupid. With 36,000 survival points, I will upgrade the geothermal power generation? Can't I upgrade to a more advanced psionic energy generator?"
It was the first time that the survival points given by the system exceeded four digits and reached five digits, and the first number in front was still 3, which made Sumo stunned for a while.
With so many survival points, even if you save up for a year without spending anything, you probably won’t be able to save so much.
"Oh, it would be great if this machine shaft could also add materials and reduce the price!"
"Um?"
While sighing, a bold idea suddenly appeared in Sumo's mind.
According to the difficulty of upgrading, these expenses must have been spent on well drilling, but Sumo remembered the expense of opening an escape passage.
When making something out of nothing, the cost of the system will be terrible, but when digging holes, this cost will be reduced without limit.
After trying to open the material list in the third upgrade direction, Sumo took a look and said: "Happy"!
Among the required materials, iron ore requires 5,000 units, and each unit costs 3 survival points. Copper ore requires 2,000 units, and each unit costs 5 survival points.
Get rid of these and provide a generator set, which can reduce 500 points, with a maximum limit of 6.
Providing an ordinary drill bit for drilling can reduce 500 points, and providing a diamond drill bit can reduce 2,000 points!
As for improving higher-quality drill bits, as the quality increases, the maximum points will be reduced by 4500.
In the best case scenario, if all these reductions are taken together, the cost of upgrading the generator set will be reduced to 4300 points.
If you can find some things you have never heard of and add them in, the final survival point you need is...
"2000 points! As long as I have 2000 points, I can have a generator that can produce at least 350 kilowatt hours of electricity every day. And because of my special ability, as long as I stop on time or upgrade its level, it is equivalent to..."
"Perpetual motion machine!"
Slowly spitting out three words that only Minke would say, Sumo looked at the resource cards in the storage space with burning eyes.
"iron ore..."
"Copper mine..."
"I still have three more, and I even have hundreds of treasure chests! There is a complete chance that I can open them!"
