I Became a Genius Engineer

Energy Developer Cheolwoo Lee (1)

I told Researcher Jung what I was thinking.

“……. What kind of nonsense are you talking about? Flying around wearing a nanosuit? Is it bulletproof?”

Then, Researcher Jeong started treating me as a strange person.

“No, what are those strange eyes?”

“No…… Because it’s saying something strange, it’s looking at it with strange eyes. Did you even see Iron Man yesterday?”

“…”

“Look, aren’t you saying that they make it after seeing a fantasy movie or something?”

“No, it seems possible. This time, it is possible enough to use boron iron, boungeun, and boungeum, which are by-products created while making Soromin.”

Although the problem lies elsewhere.

“Yes. Let’s say you can make it. Fuel behind it? Is there any fuel to run it? I heard it’s flying? You need energy to propel it. How are you going to get it?”

Researcher Jeong also talked about whether he had eaten jjambab, pinpointing the key points.

“……That, we will have to study in the future.”

“Eh, look. There’s no way. Arc reactors are only possible in real movies.”

“No, who said they would make an arc reactor? You can just make other efficient energy.”

“Even if you make energy with good efficiency, it’s a suit after all, right? After all, you have to carry that energy source.

“Hmm…. The nanosuit has bone reinforcement, so it doesn’t matter if it’s a little heavy.”

“Then are you going to carry the resource box?”

“Ah, that’s right. They say it’s made. I don’t trust people that much… I’m Lee Chul-woo.”

I didn’t want to even say this, but what kind of work have I done so far? Didn’t you make the impossible possible?

“Eh, no matter how many teachers there are, there’s no real way. I’d like to say that it’s okay, but no matter how much I think about it, there’s no way. Rather, I don’t know if I just make a nanosuit with bulletproof function.”

“Do you want to bet? 100 million like before. No, wait a minute. Did I get 100 million?”

“…”

Researcher Jung didn’t say anything, as if he had stabbed a painful spot.

“Don’t say no, let’s find a way together. It could be.”

“Ha… I don’t think it will really work.”

He shook his head, but had a look that he couldn’t help it.

“First of all, is there anything that is attracting attention as a next-generation energy source?”

Today’s energy sources are petrol from oil, diesel, and fossil fuels such as coal and natural gas.

Oh, I forgot one. nuclear power.

“It’s a next-generation energy source… isn’t it nuclear power? More precisely, it’s not nuclear fission, it’s fusion.”

I didn’t want to be able to make an arc reactor, so I looked for it.

There are two types of nuclear power generation, one well known is nuclear fission power generation.

It splits heavy unstable atoms, notably uranium and plutonium, into naturally stable substances.

Mass loss occurs when fission occurs, and energy is released as much as the mass is lost.

‘Einstein was a real genius.’

The mass-energy equivalence principle ‘E=mc²’, which can convert mass into energy, is applied here.

The problem was that radiation came out when it split.

Nuclear fusion, as opposed to nuclear fission, is the loss of mass that occurs when small atoms come together. That lost mass creates energy.

For example, nuclear fusion… … . It is the sun.

A celestial body that emits its own light, i.e. a star. Star.

They all continue to glow due to nuclear fusion.

However, for nuclear fusion power generation, extremely high pressure and high temperature are required. Then a chain reaction takes place… … .

“It’s impossible to do nuclear power. Even if we use the newly invented materials, we can’t make it big enough for people to carry around.”

There is no way to do nuclear fusion, and there are many problems with fission. If you carry a nuclear fission power plant on your body and have an accident, the whole area will be contaminated with radioactivity.

I can’t make it that small.

“So, is there a next-generation energy source? Solar? That’s too inefficient. Umm…”

“It doesn’t help. You were in the car engine lab, right? You must have knowledge about fuels, too.”

“Um… it’s been too long. There’s something. Ah!”

“What is it?”

“Methane Hydrate.”

“Methane hydrate? What is it?”

“Hmm, have you ever heard of it before? Burning ice that has about 600 million tons buried in the waters surrounding Dokdo.”

“Ah… since you say that, I think you’ve heard of it.”

“That methane hydrate is methane gas? It is synthesized with water molecules and remains in a solid state. They say that 1 m³ of methane hydrate contains about 170 to 200 m³ of methane gas.”

“Almost 200 times?”

“Yes. That’s right. But…”

“The problem is that it’s inefficient. The methane itself.”

Methane itself is problematic. First, it was also the main cause of global warming. It doesn’t even convert to energy.

“Yes. It should be considered that there is little commercial value. Well, it may be possible for the teacher to research how… but even if it is researched, it is questionable whether it will show that level of energy efficiency.”

“hmm…….”

After a while, I think I’ve seen it somewhere before.

“Isn’t it difficult?”

“Wait a minute. I just remembered something.”

I turned on my computer and did a search.

‘It was said that it showed a new possibility to deal with crude oil… … . found!’

「Methane gas, see the possibility of a new material to replace crude oil.」

It was a thesis researched by Dr. Park Kyung-ho of the Center for Catalytic Molecular Activation (CCHF).

I started reading the paper carefully.

“oh……?”

“Why? Found something?”

“Would you like to look here?”

“This is the first time that iridium, a transition metal, has been used to catalyze the boronation of methane gas.”

The part I paid attention to is the catalytic reaction of boronation.

boron… … . Boron, a two-dimensional material of boron.

And a nanosuit to be made using the by-products.

“Oh, this kind of research was going on. Methane gas catalyzes boronation with iridium… It’s worth researching.”

“Yes?”

“Yes, but this research is pure methane gas. It’s far from methane hydrate.”

“Well, I know. But the possibility has been opened. If there is a boronation catalytic reaction… I think something amazing will come out. Researcher.”

“yes.”

“Hey, CCHF, please set up a meeting with Dr. Park Kyung-ho of the Center for Catalytic Molecular Activation Research. Get some methane hydrate. Oh! Methane gas too!”

“……. all right.”

It was worth researching.

A solid is what is created when a gas is compressed. It is said that it can be used by compressing 200 times more than conventional methane.

And it is said that methane can be converted into new energy through boronation catalysis.

I thought that the nanosuit I was thinking of would not be an imaginary thing.

* * *

China’s Foreign Minister Min Wei and Russia’s Foreign Minister Likolai met in secret.

“It’s been a while. Manager Minwei.”

“Nice to meet you, Rikolai.”

They called each other by name in a secret room.

China and Russia have forged a close partnership decades ago, which is still unknown to the outside world.

Russia and China wanted to dominate the world, but they had powerful enemies: the United States and Western powers.

They were secretly working together for a common goal.

“Is the espionage operation against Ukraine going well?”

Director Minwei said.

Russia has been conducting espionage operations against Ukraine for a long time.

Operation ‘NATO injection’ was an operation to get Ukraine into NATO, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

“It’s all right.”

If Ukraine joined NATO, it would have been a huge burden on Russia, but they were all doing this for a reason.

“Oh, that’s great. Thinking of going to war in the name of joining Ukraine to NATO?”

They needed a cause.

“Is the progress going well? I heard you’re having a little trouble with Korea this time.”

“… That’s why I came here myself.”

“Yes. Tell me about your business.”

“We need to speed up our revolution. Can we go faster?”

“Are you trying to speed up the planned invasion of Ukraine in 2022?”

“Yes. That’s right. If we continue like this, we’ll end up sitting still. Before that, we need to start a war and quickly implement our revolution.”

“The energy weaponization strategy is not over yet.”

Energy weaponization they say.

It was safe to say that Europe’s gas came from Russia. And in order to weaponize it, Russia was deliberately building a gas pipeline to Europe.

In case of emergency, cut the gas pipeline and put Europe into an energy emergency.

“We will inject more funds from our side.”

“Okay. I’ll pass it on to your Excellency.”

“Yes. Please tell us that it is our president’s will.”

They kept their business simple and quietly left.

* * *

Dr. Kyungho Park from CCHF came to my lab.

“It is an honor to invite you. I am Park Kyung-ho, director of the Center for Catalytic Molecular Activation.”

“Hello, Dr. Park. Have a seat.”

“all right.”

He sat down with a nervous expression.

“hahahaha, you don’t have to be so nervous.”

Why are you so tense? I was so uncomfortable.

“Still, he is the one who leads our country’s technology. How dare I do it comfortably. As a researcher, I can’t do that.”

“…… Uh, um. Then I’ll tell you quickly. This time I read the thesis. Boronization of methane gas.”

“It’s an honor. You’ve looked at my research.”

“I’m interested in that study.”

“Are you sure?”

“Yes. Did you hear the news this time? Soromin, it’s made of the two-dimensional material of boron.”

“Yes. Of course I’m listening. I’m also subscribed to Lee Cheol-woo’s science collection.”

… … . What kind of useless magazine was published?

burdensome.

“hahahaha, anyway, I got a lot of things as a by-product of that research. In particular, there is a material called boungeum…”

It gave us some information that has not yet been made public.

“Wow…? Is that real? Self-healing, harder than steel and highly elastic? And super thin and light?”

“Yes. That’s right. However, it takes a lot of energy to activate it. And in the process of researching it, I found a thesis on the catalytic reaction of methane gas with boron.”

“Ah, it’s an honor.”

How many times does this person say that he is an honor?

However, his expression was dark.

“Your expression is dark.”

“The research is ongoing, but it actually catalyzed it.”

“Is there a problem?”

“Yes. That’s right…. It is unstable in igniting energy. A certain catalytic reaction must occur, but because of the unstable spectrum phenomenon caused by… (omitted)… it is not yet usable as a fuel.”

“Well, you said it was an unstable spectrum phenomenon, right?”

“yes.”

“Can I see the research results related to that?”

He took some papers out of his briefcase and handed them to me.

“Your preparations are thorough.”

“In case you didn’t know, I thought it was about research, so I brought everything.”

“…”

I saw a document printed with the research results he gave.

“The reason why the unstable spectrum phenomenon occurs is the mixing ratio and method of boron and iridium.”

I could see why this was happening at a glance.