Catastrophe - Chapter 1355 billion turrets, billion stars

Latest website: The question raised by Ning Zhe is also what Hu Yihan and others are curious about.

According to Professor Yan, in order for their machine to start, the steam engine must be burned. Although Ning Zhe has never seen a steam engine, judging from the size of the machine, Professor Yan's steam engine must be larger than the size of the steam engine. Ordinary steam engines are bigger.

In the drug farm, the mountain and underground are hollowed out, and the oasis outside is also limited in size. It does not look like a place with any mineral deposits, so where does the fuel to start the steam engine come from? Solve the mystery.

"Our machinery is driven mainly by steam and solar thermal power generation. At the top of the machinery, there is a miniature molten salt tower power station. In short, it is based on the principle of solar thermal power generation. The heat and electricity' power generation method uses heliostats to reflect sunlight to the surface of the heat absorber located at the top of the solar tower, forming a high temperature of more than 800 degrees Celsius, and generating steam with a temperature of more than 500 degrees Celsius through the heat transfer medium to drive the steam turbine. To generate electricity, so that it can generate electricity during the day, and use the motor to drive the operation of some basic settings.”

As Professor Yan spoke, he led a few people through the engine room and pushed open a door in front: "This is our fuel room, which is the main energy source that powers the steam engine."

Ning Zhe thought that the temperature in the fuel chamber should be very high, but he felt a cold air blowing towards him.

This room is very big, but the temperature is definitely below zero. The door is a conveyor belt driven by manpower. There are two workers in winter clothes who are using foot-operated machinery to make the conveyor belt run, and the two people behind are wearing exoskeletons. , is transporting fuel to the conveyor belt.

Ren Jiao was stunned: "Professor, is the fuel here for you ice?"

Hu Yihan interjected: "Is this supposed to be fuel? Didn't the professor just say that the working principle of a steam engine requires that water be converted into steam. After freezing them into ice, it may be more convenient to carry them around."

"No, these ices are our fuels. They are all combustible ices, which are natural gas hydrates, which are ice-like crystalline substances formed by natural gas and water under high pressure and low temperature conditions. Combustion, also known as solid gas and gas ice.

Although Lingnan is a desert, there is actually a large amount of this combustible ice in the deep permafrost of the land. After burning, only a small amount of carbon dioxide and water are generated. The pollution is far less than that of coal and oil, and the reserves are huge. The water is purified and can also be consumed by the steam engine. "

Professor Yan took out a small piece of combustible ice, led a few people out of the fuel room, ignited it easily with a lighter, pointed to the burning ice and said, "This kind of combustible ice has little pollution, almost no residue after burning, and 1 cubic meter is combustible. Ice can be converted into 164 cubic meters of natural gas and 0.8 cubic meters of water, and our drug farm is very mature in the exploitation and utilization of this combustible ice. It only needs to heat up and decompress the solid natural gas hydrate to release it. A lot of methane gas."

Ning Zhe quickly grasped the value of it: "If we can use this technology, doesn't that mean that we can overtake on a curve and get rid of the energy constraints of the chaebol?"

Professor Chen responded: "This is exactly what we are doing now, but the reserves of combustible ice we have discovered so far are far from reaching the level of large-scale use, and wanting to use this raw material means that all our Technology has to be replaced, chariots also need to be transformed, and even the entire technology tree has to be tilted towards steam civilization, after all, it is the era of internal combustion engines, and if we want to develop this technology, we are starting from scratch.”

At the same time, a faint voice came from the microphone in the fuel room: "Attention to all units, we are ready to start up, please take your place, go to your workplace, and check the safety of all components and cabins. ."

The mechanics in the rest cabin received the order and quickly rushed to the fuel room. Professor Yan and others were invited out as idlers.

Everyone walks inside the steam fortress, and the people in each cabin are working in an orderly manner under the control of the microphone. Professor Yan also explained: "The steam machinery is generally too large, and the difference engine cannot be fully controlled, so the core control area is All people will use a microphone to give instructions to the control workers at the end of the machine, allowing them to manually control the piston to change the direction of the steam, so that the machine can respond accordingly."

Ning Zhe followed Professor Yan, and quickly went to the rest cabin, and continued to chat with Professor Yan: "Professor, why didn't you install weapons in your steam fortress, is it technically restricted?"

"Of course not. It is not a problem to transform this steam fortress into a weapon with our technical means. However, when we were developing the steam fortress, the drug farm had not yet been attacked, so it had no operational requirements. Steam weapons Well, it's nothing more than a big ship and a huge gun, and it's just a lot of steam."

Professor Yan knew what Ning Zhe wanted to ask, and without waiting for him to continue speaking, he explained: "I have already told you before that steam machines can only be made very large due to technical reasons, since the machine itself is enough. Huge, naturally should also be accompanied by large-caliber guns.

The so-called multi-riveting steaming just refers to many turrets, relying on rapid fire and the number of artillery to make up for the lack of guided weapons.

Riveting refers to the armor splicing process. With our existing technology, it is impossible to cast huge and complex metal structures at one time. We can only use rivets, iron plates, pistons, frames, force arms, and hydraulic pressure to create large mechanical monsters. Use some force Principles like arm movement, steam jets, spring reciprocation, etc. make it work.

Steaming refers to the use of steam as power. According to the chaebol’s mastery of steam technology, it often takes several hours for them to start the steam boiler and let the machinery run. However, we have broken the technical constraints of this, using the combination of electricity and gas, and it will be completed within five minutes. can do it.

Gang refers to rigid suspension. Steam machines using rigid suspension devices move very slowly, but the firepower configuration is also richer. Steam tanks can have a size advantage that cannot be matched by internal combustion engine tanks, and can even install five turrets, including row rockets. launcher.

Today's times are changing rapidly~www.novelbuddy.com~ A small chip, like being enchanted, can perform too many incredible functions. If we can combine steam machinery with chip technology, think about it. It feels terrifying. "

Ning Zhe was fascinated by what Professor Yan said.

Nano technology!

Steam Machines!

These two things are the research and development direction of drug farms.

At this moment, Ning Zhe felt that he had really dug a treasure.

If the giant weapon system and the miniature weapon system will exist in his hands at the same time, and carry out coordinated operations, there will be big effects, small and small benefits, and his army will definitely be disadvantaged.

The steam fortress started, and the black smoke and steam from the exhaust pipe could be seen along the window, which was also mixed with incompletely burned sparks.

In Ning Zhe's view, that dazzling blaze is a hundred billion turrets and a hundred billion stars!