The 441st chapter internal combustion engine came out
With the birth of a pair of daughters, Song Yang felt relieved.
The effect of the incubator is obvious, and both children are growing vigorously.
On August 19, another piece of good news came.
The internal combustion engine was successfully developed!
Song Yangxing hurriedly came to the scientific research institute, where everyone was watching the operation of the steam engine.
When Xu Ling saw Song Yang coming over, she said that this was all thanks to the blessings of the two little princesses.
When I borrowed Song Yang's blessing before, it failed.
This time it was two little princesses who succeeded.
According to Xueling's theory, Song Yang's luck will not work...
When Wang Jinshi saw Song Yang coming, he immediately ran over, nodded and bowed and said to Song Yang:
"My lord, if we can succeed this time, it's only because of your delay!"
His words conflicted with Xu Ling again, but what Wang Jinshi said was the actual situation.
"Oh? How do you say this?" Song Yang asked loudly.
"Chug tug tug!"
The single-cylinder engine is a bit too noisy and makes a lot of noise, so you have to speak loudly.
Looking at the single-cylinder engine running smoothly in front of him, Song Yang felt happy.
It seems that this chug sound is very beautiful and refreshing.
Although it actually doesn’t sound very good…
Even a little deafening.
Wang Jinshi leaned into Song Yang's ear and said loudly: "Your Majesty, our new cylinder uses riveting technology!"
"Oh? Riveting?" Song Yang was stunned and immediately became interested.
In order to understand the cause and effect, he led everyone out of the yard and returned to the house. The noise suddenly became much quieter.
The machine is testing the smoothness and durability and cannot be stopped. Everyone can only go back to the room to talk.
Otherwise, it would be too tiring to yell and scream in the backyard.
"Your Majesty, we heard some time ago that you used riveting technology to build an iron ship at the shipyard, so we went to take a look."
"It's really amazing that an iron ship connected with rivets can float on the water."
"Later we thought that this riveting technology can seal iron ships watertight, and if it is used in internal combustion engines, it might also be able to seal the cylinder tightly."
"So we tried it using riveting technology, and the result was very obvious. The riveted cylinder head did not leak at all. It is much better than the cylinder we welded!"
Wang Jinshi told Song Yang about the use of riveting in internal combustion engines.
The main reason for the previous failures was due to air leakage in the cylinder.
Welded cylinders will always have some tiny air dew spots.
In terms of current technology, welding is not strong enough.
The main reason for this problem is that welding is very difficult to process.
The current welding process requires two types of welding parts to be red-hot, so all the parts to be processed can only be reprocessed.
The cylinder is not small, and it is very heavy. It takes a lot of effort to heat it up and then take it out for welding.
Riveting technology solves this problem, and only the rivets need to be burned.
The main process of the riveting process is very simple, and there are roughly only a few steps: drilling, inserting rivets, supporting the rivets with the top mold, and riveting or hammering with a riveting machine.
R&D personnel applied riveting technology to internal combustion engines. The cylinder head was sealed using riveting technology, truly achieving cylinder sealing.
The internal combustion engine also made breakthrough progress and was successfully launched today.
"I see. I didn't expect that we accidentally discovered the advantages of riveting technology because of shipbuilding, and it can be used in internal combustion engines." Song Yang said with a smile.
"Yes, maybe this is the prince's good fortune." Xu Ling said again.
Girls believe this and always talk about blessings, blessings and destiny.
As a result, Yu Ming is also a bit nagging now.
"Your Majesty, I have observed carefully and this thing is indeed better than a steam engine!"
After the machine ran successfully in the morning, Wang Jinshi squatted there and watched it for a long time.
Looking at the internal combustion engine that was constantly running, Wang Jinshi discovered that although it was a single-cylinder engine, it was very easy to start and could run with just a shake.
Steam engines have a long preheating process.
Moreover, the output power of the internal combustion engine is relatively stable, compact and powerful.
Although the internal combustion engine Wang Jinshi and his team trial-produced was only half a meter square, its output was already greater than the steam forging machine in the steel factory.
In addition, the fuel used by the single-cylinder engine is diesel. With the same amount of diesel, the power provided by the single-cylinder engine is more than twice that of the steam engine!
Jiangzhou has a lot of these oil reserves, and the oil fields are still producing more.
There is no need to worry about using it at all. It is said that when Song Yang developed the oil field, it was just for the use of internal combustion engines.
Song Yang nodded with deep approval and said: "Yes. These major advantages of the internal combustion engine are completely superior to the steam engine. In the days to come, the internal combustion engine will definitely replace the steam engine and become the main power source of industry."
"If you can discover the advantages of the internal combustion engine, you must carry it forward."
Wang Jinshi and others stood up hurriedly and said: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, we will redouble our efforts to complete the internal combustion engine, perfect it and put it into use as soon as possible."
Song Yang pressed his hand and asked everyone to sit down, then looked at everyone with a smile and said: "Everyone, the internal combustion engine has been successfully developed. Thank you for your hard work! Everyone deserves credit for the success of the internal combustion engine, and everyone will be rewarded!"
Song Yang was in a great mood and gave generous material rewards to all R&D personnel.
For a moment, everyone's faces showed expressions of joy.
It is Song Yang's usual policy to reward scientific research heavily.
Only by making everyone aware of the importance of technological innovation can society be developed faster.
After the single-cylinder engine was successfully launched, Song Yang immediately asked Wang Jinshi's team to continue developing machinery powered by internal combustion engines.
For this reason, Song Yang dug out more than a dozen sets of drawings, all related to the machinery and improvement plans of the single-cylinder engine.
With these things, I believe the single-cylinder machine can be put into use soon.
"You all take a look at this drawing."
At the meeting the next day, Song Yang took out another drawing and pointed at the things on it and said.
Wang Jinshi looked at it and wondered: "Is this a crawler track? It should be able to walk, but I don't know what the use of the pipe in front is?"
Qi Yuan also took a look, and he seemed to understand a little: "Your Majesty, this is an artillery! People can sit in it! An artillery that can also walk!"
"Artillery? Oh yes! That's really what you said!" Wang Jinshi and others suddenly realized.
Song Yang smiled and said: "Qi Yuan has good eyesight. This is indeed a kind of artillery. I named him Tank."
"Look, this is a layer of steel armor. This is the cab. One person is responsible for driving, and the other is responsible for firing."
"The combination of the two is a movable fort, that is, a tank!"
This picture is a tank drawing from the First World War. Of course, Song Yang also made some changes.
So that the current technology can also be produced.
"Tanks... are really powerful things. They are covered with steel. If you hide inside and fire cannons, you are not afraid of the enemy's arrows and rocks!" Wang Jinshi said with emotion.
Song Yang smiled lightly and said: "That's the truth. You try it. If you can do it, our combat power here will be greatly improved."
"Of course, we are not in a hurry. We will take a look at this thing when we have time. Other machinery related to people's livelihood industry must be obtained first."
Now Daqian's forces can be said to be invincible, and it doesn't matter when the tanks are built.
It's just Song Yang's idea, so he doesn't urge everyone to make tanks first.
The so-called livelihood machinery does exist, and I found it myself the next day.
After hearing about the success of the internal combustion engine, Zhang Mi immediately came to find Qi Yuan and wanted them to conduct research on steam harvesters.
The steam-powered harvester had so many problems that it had to be repaired every three days.
Moreover, the power is insufficient and the output is unstable.
The more I used it, the more useless it became. At one point, Zhang Mi even wanted to give up research on the harvester.
Fortunately, Song Yang often told him that the power problem could be completely solved with the birth of the internal combustion engine, so old man Zhang Mi persisted.
For the power issue, Zhang Mi has repeatedly urged Wang Jinshi and others to speed up the development of internal combustion engines.
It can be said that apart from Song Yang, only old man Zhang Mi is concerned about this matter.
Now that the internal combustion engine is available, Zhang Mi hopes to upgrade the steam engine harvester to an internal combustion engine harvester as soon as possible.
"We have to ask the prince for instructions on this matter first." Qi Yuan did not agree immediately, but ran to ask Song Yang.
Although Song Yang gave priority to the development of industrial machinery for people's livelihood, there are already a lot of such machinery. Textile machines, steam hammers, forging hammers, etc. are all industrial machinery.
And they are all waiting to be upgraded.
"Harvester? Get it! This thing can greatly improve the efficiency of agricultural production. Get a harvester first! Only by liberating the agricultural population can we develop industry!"
As soon as Song Yang heard Qi Yuan's report, he immediately made it right.
Old man Zhang Mi was so happy that he couldn't close his mouth.
With Song Yang's permission, the scientific research institute immediately began installation experiments.
The internal combustion engine that had been successfully tested was used as the power core, replacing the original steam engine.
On August 25, the harvester equipped with an internal combustion engine really started to power.
In terms of power, it is much stronger than the steam engine.
At least the movement speed can be compared to the speed of ordinary walking...
"Not bad, not bad. It has been very successful. However, there is still room for improvement. After all, the original frame is from a steam engine. It is too big and heavy. If it is replaced with a smaller frame, the power of the internal combustion engine can be improved."
Song Yang patted Qi Yuan on the shoulder.
Qi Yuan immediately agreed and took out a small notebook to record it.
He is now the deputy director of the scientific research institute, responsible for coordinating the research, development and management of various technologies.
With Song Yang's guidance, the internal combustion engine version of the steam harvester was quickly completed.
The movement speed and operating efficiency have been greatly improved compared to the steam harvester.
Except for the tires, the overall shape is very close to later generations of harvesters.
"Tires...we still need to find rubber!"
Song Yang looked at the iron tires and tracks of the harvester and sighed.
In order for the harvester to adapt to various field conditions, a movement method using iron wheels and tracks at the same time is adopted.
It is definitely not as efficient as rubber tires.
But the origin of rubber is in South America, so we can only consider this issue after the steel ships are built.