Release that Witch Chapter 1179: Three-cylinder magic cube power
Anna made two laps around prototype, saying exactly what they felt first.
"Really ... small."
"But there is an indescribable beauty," Celine groaned, "especially the dense pipes around it are like tentacles."
Roland can't help laughing, the two people's observation angles are completely different, but the conclusions they draw are particularly apt, which can be described as the characteristics of the new machine concisely.
Compared to the first cast iron steam engine made by Anna, the volume of principle prototype has been reduced by more than ten times. There are reasons for the great leap in processing technology, but the main reason is that the boiler is omitted.
At present, Neverwinter City's steam engine has developed to the fourth generation, but the boiler part has not changed much. -- Whether it is coke, firewood, or heavy oil, a huge combustion chamber and steam generator are inevitable. Now, what replaces it is only a rectangular steel box that is one meter long, half a meter wide, and less than twenty centimeters thick.
This box is also the core of the entire system.
Although in simple terms, magic cube and water are put into a container to achieve the fusion of combustion and evaporation, but it is not the first time to meet the strict sealing requirements or the high-pressure resistant pipe casing. Border Town can reach. In other words, even if the relics of Radiation Race can be obtained at that time, it is estimated that the role they can play is no different from others.
One end of the steel box is inlaid with three ceremonial magic cube side by side, as a source of machine power, and a bottom layer of lead is used to block excess rays. More than ten heat pipes are neatly arranged on the top of the smooth shell. After passing through the secondary water tank and the cooling condenser, it returns from the bottom. Its "heating-supplying-cooling" cycle process is completely closed without exchange with the outside world. Reliable enough, in theory, no need to add a new thermal conductive medium to scrap.
Of course, this size is not the limit of the new steam engine.
Water is just the easiest and cheapest heat-conducting medium. If you replace it with another more efficient medium, such as a liquid alkali metal, the volume can be made smaller at the same power.
Only the principle prototype mainly verifies the feasibility of the solution. Roland finally resisted the impulse of one step. After all, in the event of an overheating leakage accident, if the alkali metal in the vapor state is mixed with water vapor, I am afraid that the entire laboratory will be blown to the sky.
The pipe protruding from the heating box can continuously transfer the heat generated by magic cube until the secondary water tank boiling, the next process is the same as ordinary steam engine, using Neverwinter City's mature technology.
The most appreciated part of Celine is the condenser tubes -- evenly distributed on both sides of the body. In order to obtain a sufficiently large heat dissipation area, each of the pipes is twisted and twisted. Nothing against it.
If the active steam engines are all stupid and black, this principle prototype can be described as small and exquisite, especially the silver-white core box and the brown-red heat-conducting copper tubes that reflect the human face. Its color and brightness are much more dazzling than its predecessors. Even a layman who knows nothing about industry can discern its level at a glance.
Only from a technical point of view, it is enough to bear the title of art.
"So ... let's get started?" Roland looked at them.
Anna nodded and stretched takes action on the joystick. "Come together."
Celine hesitated, and finally lowered main tentacle, and gently put it on the hands of King and Queen.
"magic cube steam engine principle prototype test, three, two, one, start --"
With the countdown of Roland, the joystick kā chā was pulled to its maximum limit, and the linkage mechanism simultaneously pressed three magic cube switches. The new generation of the landmark power source began its first operation.
However, the scene was silent and nothing seemed to happen.
"Uh ... have failed?" Looking at the unresponsive machine, Celine hesitantly said.
"No, let it burn for a while." Roland replied calmly.
Almost two minutes later, the core box trembled slightly. A "light" on the pipe also emits a soft yellow light --. It is a pressure gauge made of Matchstick People relics. It shows that the pressure in the pipe is increasing. Changed.
The heat transfer process was obviously much slower. After waiting for another five minutes, the secondary water tank finally steamed out and pushed the piston to run slowly.
As the temperature in the tube gradually increases, the speed of the steam engine flywheel is also getting faster and faster. At the same time, it also drives the water pump -- of the condensation system. The main role of the latter is to increase the speed of fluid circulation in the tube and reduce the temperature of the heat transfer medium Retract the core box. At this point, the new machine has completed a complete cycle and officially entered the operating state.
"It seems to be working well," Anna released a long breath, with a slight smile on his face, "It just starts a bit slower."
"This is also a common problem with steam engine," Roland nodded. Heat transfer takes time. Even if it is replaced with a more efficient heat medium, it is not as good as an internal combustion engine that can move if it catches fire. In addition, since theoretically at least three water tanks are required to maintain circulation, no matter how small its volume is, it is much larger than an internal combustion engine. In addition, ceremonial magic cube consumes uranium chips too quickly, which causes the principle of prototype to have almost no practical value.
But any industrial product comes this way.
As long as Celine can solve the problem of persistence, its distinct advantages cannot be ignored. --'s mature technology allows it to be put into production quickly, and it is light enough to be placed on most vehicles, and it will not increase the fuel burden while popularizing and many more. Even if the durability problem cannot be improved for a while, ships built on the basis of new power sources can save a lot of space for fuel storage, thereby loading more cargo or weapon.
After half an hour, the operating speed of the steam engine reached its limit, the entire body was shaking, and the snoring sound at the exhaust port became a sharp howling. Obviously, the core box composed of three magic cubes has a little excess power for this steam engine. Roland pulls the lever back to the first gear, which is equivalent to closing the two magic cubes before allowing the prototype to stabilize again.
This is followed by a lengthy reliability test.
This step will last for about a week, and it is also the most vulnerable part of the expose problem. After all, the principle of the new machine is extremely simple. It is not difficult to make it move. The hard thing is to run it for a long time and stably.
It was an extremely tedious thing to stand in front of the steam engine, which was constantly banging, but for Roland it became a means of decompression. Sitting in the yard with Anna, chatting and paying attention to the dynamics of prototype while chatting, just like the time when the two first met, relaxed and peaceful.
I don't know when, Celine quietly left the laboratory, he and only Anna left in the yard.
The latter rested his head on his shoulder, and the noise of the machine seemed to be very far away.
"If it succeeds, can we be one step closer to your world?"
"Yeah, it will shorten a lot of -- at a glance. You know that the world has not implemented similar technology yet."
"Are you talking about a four-wheeler that can be controlled by one person?"
"Okay, if you like, I can design a simple one for you to try first."
"Okay!" Anna's voice jumped a lot, "Yes, what name do you plan to give this machine?"
"Must you have a name?" Roland laughed.
"Of course." Her expression was extremely serious.
"Well then, HeiTech One and magic cube Power, which one do you choose?"
"Where is it black ... Really, I choose the latter one. But how does this name distinguish between different models?"
"Simple, a ceremonial magic cube represents a cylinder, and the principle prototype is called a three-cylinder magic cube power, how about it?"
"I always find it strange."
"Don't care about those details ..."
The laughter of the two is mixed with the sound of the machine, forming a long-lasting melody in the yard.