Catastrophe - Chapter 1354 steam machinery

Ning Zhe thought that all the people engaged in scientific research should have a cold personality and have no interest in things other than experiments.

But it wasn't until the drug farm began to evacuate that he discovered that these people were also lustful.

Faced with the felling of trees that have been planted for many years, and the slaughter of animals that have been cultivated for a long time, everyone's faces are filled with unconcealed sadness, and some people cry.

For the scientists of the drug farm, this is their home. Every brick in the base, every water supply pipeline and circuit, they have worked hard to build.

In today's troubled times, it is rare to have such a shelter with sufficient supplies and a comfortable environment in a refugee area.

With the maintenance of the law enforcement team, the evacuation of the drug farm was carried out in an orderly manner.

When the group took the elevator to another large cave, Ning Zhe once again saw the large machine that dragged them into the oasis.

There are four such machines in total, each with a height of more than six meters and a diameter of almost ten meters, almost occupying the underground airport of this old world military base. People standing next to this machine appear extremely insignificant.

At this moment, the hatches of these machines have been opened, and the personnel of the drug farm are wearing exoskeletons to transport important materials to the interior.

Standing beside Professor Yan, Ning Zhe looked at the large machines in front of him in shock and asked, "Professor, what is the loading capacity of this machine?"

"Let's go, I'll take you to take a look inside."

Seeing that Ning Zhe and the others were all curious about the machine in front of him, Professor Yan stepped forward: "This kind of machine is made from the materials we used to excavate the ruins. It looks huge, but it's actually not as big as you think. Sturdy, the load can reach 100 tons, and it can accommodate about 80 members. Because of its high self-weight, this machine can resist the large storm in the sea of ​​death. The unique design of the chassis support arm and crawler can also make it immune into quicksand.”

Ning Zhe followed Professor Yan into the inside of the machine, and found that it was not decorated, many gears and clockwork were so brightly exposed, looking very mechanical, and at the same time he couldn't help asking: "Professor, according to me As you know, the reason why the chaebols can't build large machines is that they are limited by engine technology. Even the manufacture of tanks needs to find some old world engines to repair, and your machine is so big, the engine is developed by yourself Yes, or was it found at this military base?"

"Even if you can find the engine, you still don't have enough fuel. As far as I know, the drug farm does not produce fuel, right?" Hu Yihan looked at the inside of the machine like a moving fortress, and also looked at Professor Yan: "According to this Judging from the tonnage of the guy, I'm afraid it will consume a gas station for 100 kilometers, right?"

"follow me."

When Professor Yan heard the question from the two of them, he walked to the front corridor, then passed several guarded intersections, and climbed down another ladder.

Everyone circled around for a long time, and finally stood outside the door of a room. Although Ning Zhe was about to faint, he could roughly tell that their current position should be the core part of this machine. And the door in front of it is also the strongest looking door inside this machine.

After Professor Yan entered the password on the panel next to him and performed fingerprint and face authentication, he pushed open the door in front of him: "Please come inside, this is what you are curious about!"

Ning Zhe originally thought that after entering the room in front, he would see some incredible technology, but after walking in, he was greatly disappointed by the results inside.

This room is full of machinery he has never seen before, with vertical and horizontal metal pipes and gears above the head, and a large circle of brass barrels placed horizontally around the room. A large number of exposed hydraulic transmission mechanisms and pipelines are exposed. The gaps in the walls are connected by rivets, and there is a different kind of mechanical feeling in the rudimentary.

Ning Zhe observed around and found that there was no big deal here. He looked at Professor Yan speechlessly: "Professor, are you guarding so closely here just to protect this boiler room?"

"Where we are now is the interior of the engine. Of course, you can also understand it as a boiler room. Our machinery uses steam engine power. This entire vehicle is a building that converts steam energy into mechanical power. reciprocating power machinery.”

Ning Zhe frowned: "Steam power?"

"Yes, we use a steam engine to replace the internal combustion engine normally required by the machine. The steam engine is simple in structure. It only needs a boiler that boils water to generate high-pressure steam, and uses steam expansion to push the piston to do work. This boiler can use wood, coal, oil or Natural gas, and even combustible waste as a heat source.”

Professor Yan nodded and said: "In today's era, fuel is too scarce, and engine technology has always been an unsolved problem. Even if some scientific research institutions have drawings of the old world, the constraints of technology make it impossible for them to make products suitable for this It is a kind of large-scale machinery that can drive the engine of petroleum energy, and the steam engine can solve this problem.

Because of its simple structure, the steam engine does not need very sophisticated components. The only problem is that it cannot be made too small. It can only be made into such a large machine. Most of the parts of our steam machine are used to transmit steam. generated power.

In addition to being too bulky, the operation of the steam equipment is also different from that of ordinary machines. This kind of steam equipment needs to rely on a cumbersome mechanical structure to transmit instructions, which requires a large number of metal parts. On the one hand, it will increase the weight, and on the other hand, it is easy to Because metal fatigue causes errors, and mechanical energy transmission is lossy, there will be a lot of manpower stationed at the end of many machines. Our equipment requires the cooperation of at least 20 people to activate, but the core part is the use of mechanical structure calculation. The difference engine is used to perform the operation. "

Ning Zhe asked, "What is a difference engine?"

Professor Yan responded in a concise tone as possible: "You can understand it as a computer composed of mechanical rather than electronic components~www.novelbuddy.com~ It can only perform simple calculations, and cannot perform complex programming, although it is not as good as a computer. Convenient, yet extremely simple in structure, allowing us to circumvent the weakness of material shortages."

Hu Yihan frowned and said, "Steam machinery, this technology seems to have not been promoted in the Federation."

"Indeed not, because in this era, not only the technology of internal combustion engines is faulty, but also the technology of steam engines. The steam engine we use has been transformed and is the only technology. The chaebols are not interested in this technology, and the steam engine The power provided is also difficult to use on the chariot. The chaebols don’t need to spend hours to start the chariot of the steam boiler. They don’t care about the resources. The most important thing is that the slow action of the steam chariot cannot be achieved. the needs of modern warfare."

Professor Yan used an image metaphor: "The chaebols, as the overlords of this world, don't want to let their teams burn the boilers to fight."

Ning Zhe didn't think this statement was ridiculous, but asked seriously: "Professor, you also don't have coal resources here. How do you provide fuel for this machine?"