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Chapter 279: The Alliance's Perseverance and the Dawn of a Breakthrough

The Global Agricultural Machinery Innovation Alliance has been persevering in the difficult situation of deep-sea agricultural machinery preliminary research, and is constantly looking for the dawn of breakthroughs.

Wang Dashan actively travels between countries, communicating and negotiating with more scientific research institutions and enterprises, hoping to inject new vitality into the research and development of deep-sea agricultural machinery.

During a visit to Russia, he had in-depth exchanges with one of Russia's top materials research institutions.

In the Russian materials research laboratory, Wang Dashan said sincerely: "Professor, our alliance has encountered a material bottleneck in the research and development of deep-sea agricultural machinery. I heard that your organization has made outstanding achievements in the research of special materials. I hope to get your help."

Russian professor Ivanov looked at the information in his hand and said, "Director Wang, the deep-sea environment has extremely high requirements for materials. We are currently studying a new type of ceramic-based composite material that has excellent compressive and corrosion resistance and may be used in deep-sea agricultural machinery. However, the manufacturing process of this material is very complicated and the cost is high, so it needs further optimization."

Wang Dashan's eyes lit up: "Professor, if we can solve the material problem, the cost can be gradually reduced in subsequent large-scale production. Our alliance has many companies and scientific research forces, and we can jointly participate in the optimization of materials and the improvement of production processes."

After returning to the alliance headquarters, Wang Dashan immediately organized a special materials seminar and invited a team of experts from Russia and materials experts within the alliance to discuss the issue together.

Wang, a materials expert at Guangming Factory, looked at the samples of the new ceramic-based composite material and said, "The performance of this material is indeed excellent, but from the current manufacturing process, the production cycle is too long to meet our needs. We can try to introduce some new manufacturing technologies, such as 3D printing technology, to see if we can improve production efficiency."

Russian experts agree: "3D printing technology has great potential in the manufacture of complex structural materials, but we need to conduct a lot of experiments and optimization of printing parameters and material formulations."

In terms of energy research and development, the alliance reached a cooperation intention with an international marine energy company.

The company has extensive experience in utilizing ocean tidal energy and temperature difference energy.

At the cooperation negotiation meeting, Brown, president of Ocean Energy, said: "Although we mainly study the utilization of energy in shallow waters and offshore, some of the technical principles can be used for deep-sea energy research and development. For example, the energy conversion and storage technology in our tidal power generation device can be improved and applied to deep-sea hydrothermal energy systems."

Hans from Germany asked: "Mr. Brown, but the deep sea environment is very different from the shallow sea. How can we ensure that these technologies can adapt to the high pressure, low temperature and complex geological conditions in the deep sea?"

Brown replied: "We will form a joint research and development team to conduct in-depth research on the impact of the deep-sea environment on the energy system and carry out targeted transformation and innovation of existing technologies. At the same time, we will also conduct field tests in the deep sea to continuously optimize the performance of the energy system."

In the research and development of planting and breeding technologies, the Alliance cooperates with some international marine biological research centers to jointly carry out research and development of deep-sea biological resources.

In the laboratory of the Marine Biological Research Center, marine biologist Mary told the alliance team: "We have discovered some deep-sea microorganisms that have special metabolic functions and can survive in extreme environments. These microorganisms may become an important resource for deep-sea agriculture, such as for water purification or as a nutritional supplement for farmed organisms."

Professor Zhao from China said excitedly: "Dr. Mary, if these microorganisms can be applied to the aquaculture system, it will not only improve the survival ability of the aquaculture organisms, but also realize ecological cycle aquaculture. We can further study how to cultivate these microorganisms on a large scale and how to combine them with mechanical aquaculture equipment."

As the cooperation among all parties deepens, some signs of breakthroughs begin to emerge.

In material research and development, after many experiments and optimizations, samples of new ceramic-based composite materials were successfully manufactured using 3D printing technology. Their performance met the expected requirements and production efficiency was significantly improved.

Xiao Li from Guangming Factory held the sample and said excitedly: "Director Wang, we finally succeeded! This material can withstand the high pressure of the deep sea and has good corrosion resistance. With it, the structural design of deep-sea agricultural machinery has a solid foundation."

In terms of energy research and development, the joint research and development team has developed a new deep-sea energy conversion and storage system, which improves the stability and sustainability of energy supply by using the complementary approach of tidal energy and hydrothermal energy.

Hans excitedly reported at the test site: "Chairman, the new energy system operates well in the simulated deep-sea environment. The energy conversion efficiency has reached the expected target and can provide reliable energy support for deep-sea agricultural machinery."

In terms of planting and breeding technology, several fish and algae varieties suitable for deep-sea breeding have been successfully bred, and a breeding system based on microbial ecological cycles has been established, achieving precise feeding, automatic monitoring and efficient harvesting.

Professor Zhao proudly said at the breeding base: "We have made a major breakthrough in deep-sea breeding technology, which not only improves the yield and quality of breeding, but also protects the deep-sea ecological environment. These achievements will provide strong technical support for the application of deep-sea agricultural machinery."