Wu Weiwei, an 84-year-old native of Jiangshan, Quzhou, has a legendary retirement life: he is a scientific research enthusiast and owns three patented inventions. After retiring from the position of director of Jiangshan Second Light Research Institute 24 years ago, he began to develop vertical three-dimensional garages. The research and development was successful, but it had no market prospect and lost more than one million yuan. 1997, Wu Weiwei turned to the research of hydrogen production from water, which is still persistent. To this end, he has spent 3 million yuan on research.
Wu Weiwei said in an interview with reporters: "I have a dream that the hydrogen developed in my lifetime can become an economical and applicable clean energy source, so that cars can run with water and catalysts." Millions of R&D funds come from the support of Wu Jiwei's daughter Wu Xingfen. "He has no other hobbies except scientific research. I think it is filial to let my father do what he likes. It doesn't matter if he spends some money to make the old man happy. " The successful businesswoman said. Wu Weiwei lives in a four-story villa in Jiangshan City. This villa was also bought for him by his daughter. He lives there with his wife Yan Shuiyue. The house is very big, but Wu Weiwei's activity space is limited to the study and bedroom. "I will study design here, and I will write it down in time if I have inspiration in the middle of the night, so the bed is also full of books, pens and paper." At 6 o'clock in the morning, the biological clock formed in more than 20 years woke Wu Weiwei up. The old man sat on the bed and leafed through the mechanical design drawings drawn the day before. He often starts to improve his water to make clean hydrogen energy as soon as he opens his eyes every day.
After simply drinking some porridge, Wu Weiwei read professional books on chemical engineering in his study, and the bookcase was filled with books on hydrogen production. "Some foundations still need to be learned from books. These books have been with me all my life. " 1997, Wu Weiwei, who has retired at home, turned his attention to the hydrogen production project from water. "In fact, there were already projects to produce hydrogen energy at that time, but all of them were hydrogen production by water gas. This kind of hydrogen will produce carbon dioxide to pollute the air after burning. My research direction is to produce pure hydrogen through the reaction of water and catalyst, and water is produced after pure hydrogen is burned, which can not only eliminate pollution but also recycle hydrogen production. " Wu Weiwei said. At 8 o'clock in the morning, her daughter Wu Xingfen arranged for the driver to take the old man to the factory. Two years ago, the old man bought some large equipment and then assembled a set of hydrogen production equipment. Obviously, home can't be used as a laboratory. Wu Xingfen runs an aluminum product factory in Hecun Town, Jiangshan City. She set up two separate rooms as experimental workshops in Wu Weiwei. Wu Weiwei is old, and his physical strength and energy are limited. Wu Xingfen hired two assistants for his father. Nevertheless, Wu Weiwei still insists on working in the laboratory for more than five hours every day. Qianjiang evening news reporter saw in the laboratory that Wu Jiwei was testing instruments and debugging steam valves. "At present, my laboratory can produce 100 liters of hydrogen every day. The existing technical level in the laboratory should be that 9 kg of water can produce 1 kg of hydrogen. " "I know I am old, and I think my body should be able to bear it in three years, so I strive to complete my ideal of turning water into hydrogen as energy in three years, and I hope my assistants can continue my invention. In the past 20 years, the hard work of research and development is not counted. I spent about 3 million on equipment, materials and chemical catalysts. I hope my efforts will not be in vain. " Wu Weiwei said. He also designed a suspended three-dimensional garage, which lost more than one million yuan 1934. Wu Weiwei was born in Jiangshan City. Because of his rich family, Wu Weiwei has the opportunity to study.
1960, 26-year-old Wu Weiwei graduated from Jiangxi Institute of Mechanical Engineering, majoring in mechanical engineering. At school, Wu Weiwei studied mechanical manufacturing and mechanical drawing, and became fascinated with scientific and technological inventions. After graduation, Wu Weiwei worked as a factory director and technician in some machinery factories in Nanchang, Jiangxi and Jiangshan, Zhejiang. Before retiring, Wu Weiwei was the director of Jiangshan Second Light Industry Research Institute. Wu Jiwei loves invention and is quite famous in Jiangshan business circles. Long Mao, the former LAM Raymond Machinery Factory in Jiangshan County, still remembers that Wu Weiwei helped their factory design and manufacture lathe instruments, which improved the economic benefits of the factory; Yang Sen, the original factory director of clear lake Sack Factory in Jiangshan County, also remembers that Wu Weiwei designed and invented the high-pressure valve for the factory, which brought the factory back to life; Zhou Jinzhong, former deputy director of the Second Light Industry Bureau of Jiangshan County and director of Jiangshan Plastic Factory, thinks that Wu Weiwei is "an inventor". Wu, who loves scientific research, won three invention patents and was selected in the book Patent Inventors in China. 1996, retired Wu Weiwei and his old colleagues in Jiangxi studied the vertical cycle three-dimensional garage and set up a company. "I sensitively predict that cars will become the means of transportation for China people, and three-dimensional garages will do a lot." 1997, Wu and his partner developed a circulating three-dimensional garage, but because there were not many cars and parking spaces in those years, the two three-dimensional garages developed were effective, but there was no market prospect. Wu lost more than one million yuan in his life savings. "I don't regret. Now it seems that I have not failed, but I have not persisted, so I will persist this time. "
Daughter said that supporting parents' hobbies is also filial piety. Wu Weiwei has a monthly pension of several thousand yuan, and his life is ok, but it is obviously impossible to maintain huge scientific research funds. Wu Weiwei is fully funded by her daughter. Wu Xingfen, in her forties, is a successful businesswoman in Jiangshan. Her real estate, house leasing, modern agriculture and manufacturing all have good income. Wu Xingfen can feel his father's obsession with scientific research from an early age. "He always runs between factories and looks very focused when painting at home. I can feel that he is really happy when he is doing scientific research and invention, so his children should support his happiness. " 1997, when Wu Weiwei put forward the idea of turning water into hydrogen energy, no one in the family actually opposed it. Wu Weiwei's wife Yan Shuiyue said with a smile, "Everyone in the family knows that he is stubborn. If he decides to oppose him, he will be very depressed. In this life, he has almost no other hobbies except scientific research. He never does housework and doesn't even want to go out for a walk. If he is not allowed to engage in scientific research, he does not know how to live. " Although 84-year-old Wu Weiwei doesn't like sports, he is still alert and insightful. In the daughter's view, this is because of her father's investment in scientific research and invention. "Since scientific research can make my father happy and healthy, and it is also an active and healthy project, why not support him within my financial ability? Supporting my father's hobby is a kind of filial piety in my eyes. He is happy, so am I. Regardless of whether his scientific research is successful or not, I think this money is well spent. "