Many people are not always saying that civil technology can't compete, how could military technology surpass? The electromagnetic catapult obviously benefits from the vigorous development of new energy technology. Every year, private and state-owned enterprises invest billions of dollars in technological R&D, which determines that energy storage technology is leading by a large margin. We must always believe in our nation, we are stronger than anyone else.
The best example of civil technology promoting military development is the development of new energy, which has helped the Fujian aircraft carrier's electromagnetic storage. Because the rapid development of power equipment in domestic new energy vehicles and high-speed rail, with companies like Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited (CATL), BYD, and China High-Speed Rail having high R&D and investment, it has accelerated the development of energy storage technology. With the technical reserves of super capacitors, we have achieved a breakthrough, resulting in mature electromagnetic catapult technology.
The electromagnetic catapult is based on the Lorentz force principle, theoretically simple, but the difficulty lies in how to release electrical energy instantaneously. In practice, there are currently two routes: one is the flywheel energy storage used by the United States, and the other is the super capacitor used by China. Facts speak louder than words; it has now been proven that the super capacitor route is correct, while the flywheel energy storage is an existence of wrong technological tree.
Super Capacitor Technology Has Surpassed Flywheel Technology
The American approach was very good before the development of energy storage technology, belonging to the advanced science and technology at that time. It uses nuclear power generation for flywheel energy storage, producing alternating current to store energy in the flywheel, and the catapult releases the flywheel's energy instantly, generating a large amount of electricity. However, there have been two problems throughout, which are also the reasons why it cannot launch the F-35, namely low efficiency in AC conversion and heat dissipation issues. The American flywheel technology actually requires two conversions, which unnecessarily consumes energy, and friction inevitably generates a lot of heat. To dissipate heat, the Ford-class carrier can only use a high-pressure fine water cooling structure. With these two problems combined, it often causes incidents. The actual energy utilization rate is only 40%, so until now, it still cannot launch the F-35, nor can it launch the F-35.
Our super capacitor technology has benefited from the continuous development of civilian technology, and the mature application in high-speed rail has already achieved miniaturization and decentralization. It is not only simpler than the United States' dozens of flywheel energy storage structures, but also more reliable. The Fujian ship converts electric energy into mechanical energy, while the Ford-class carrier converts electric energy into mechanical energy (energy storage) and then back to electric energy and mechanical energy again. Obviously, our energy conversion path is simpler, with lower loss and higher utilization efficiency. The actual utilization rate of the United States is only 40%, while ours is as high as 90%. The complex system of the United States, with various nodes overlapping, has a higher probability of failure. Facts prove that in terms of design ideas, the Americans have chosen the wrong technological tree. They either cut open the deck, remove the existing system, wait for the development of civilian technology, or directly invest tens of billions of dollars to make up for the civilian shortcomings, or they must endure the lifelong accompanying high failure rate of the catapult.
Certainly, I support Trump's suggestion. Since the United States does not have the ability to handle electromagnetic catapults, it should accept its technological shortcomings, remove the electromagnetic catapult, and restore steam catapults. After all, it is better than the current state of being neither alive nor dead.
Sometimes, actively contracting is also a skill. Like the Biden administration, who knows they don't have the ability but still want to maintain global dominance, it's like the Ford-class carrier, which finally ends up with frequent failures, dragging itself down, and being discarded by history without mercy.
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