The first thousand three hundred and sixty-seventh chapters sit tight and support, I'm going to sail
On the command bridge of the Lady, Dong Qingjun stood with a serious face, looking at the Yangtze River in front of the cabin, and issuing instructions from time to time to adjust the navigation and speed.
Although he was only the captain of a traditional sailboat before, he has learned how to control a steamship in a surprise attack in the past few days, so the command is quite decent!
Since his sailing order was given, his order was conveyed to the engine room and other compartments through the ship's internal pipeline sound transmission system.
In the boiler room at the front, many strong workers were adding coal to the coal-fired boiler shovel after shovel to ensure the temperature of the coal-fired boiler.
Produced in the Annan Guangning Coal Mine, after the highest quality anthracite is ignited, the huge heat emitted boils the water in the boiler, and continuously increases the pressure of the steam, turning the water into extremely high pressure and extremely hot temperatures.
High-pressure and high-temperature water vapor enters the cylinder of the steam engine through a specially developed and produced steam transmission pipe, and drives the piston to reciprocate, while the connecting rod of the piston passes through the solar planetary traditional system to
The power is transmitted to the power transmission shaft, and then through a series of complex transmission and transmission structures, the power is smoothly output to the two huge paddle wheels on both sides of the ship's side, and drives the paddle wheels to start rotating.
Although this set of ship-based steam engines is still very primitive in Li Xuan's eyes, it is undeniable that it is still the most advanced technology in the Tang Empire and even in the contemporary world, and is a true flower of industry.
And all the parts that make up this set of shipboard steam engine equipment, from coal-fired boilers to pipes, cylinders, transmission systems, transmission systems, and even two paddle wheels, every subsystem and every part in it, even
It’s just a screw, it’s the crystallization of the most advanced technology of our time!
Today, this most cutting-edge technological product in the Tang Empire is sending out surging power, pushing the 150-ton Lady forward!
There were no sails raised, only the chimneys that kept emitting white smoke. The Lady relied purely on the power of the steam engine to move forward. As for the sail system, although it will be used later, during the test, it was only used as a precaution. According to
The plan is that the Lady will rely purely on steam power and then complete a trial voyage of about ten kilometers.
Basically, it’s just a lap on the Yangtze River!
After all, it's just a test, and it won't go too far. Even if the test takes a long time, it will only take a few more laps. Even so, there are several auxiliary ships following behind, including tugboats and rescue ships!
On the Lady, more than a dozen researchers from the Royal Institute of Technology and assistants several times their number were located in various places on the ship. They were not only the ones responsible for operating the steam engine, but they were also responsible for observing and recording numerous data.
people.
While they were recording, they were also reporting on the situation!
Xu Quan was looking at the turbine of the huge steam engine in front of him, which was driving the huge transmission shaft. At the same time, he was constantly listening to the data fed back by the many researchers under him.
Judging from the current situation, the situation is still very optimistic. Although there were many minor problems before the official departure, he temporarily led people to solve them one by one. Now there are no problems with the coal-fired boilers.
The ventilation problem has also been solved, and the pipes transmitting high-pressure steam have withstood the huge pressure without bursting.
The drive shaft that had deviations in installation accuracy before was now normal after minor adjustments.
Looking at the huge ship-based steam engine running smoothly in front of him, he finally breathed a sigh of relief!
In the end, no major problems occurred.
What's more important is that some minor problems that occurred in the early stages of this test basically had nothing to do with the steam engine itself. They were all problems with the surrounding systems, or simply installation problems. As for the steam engine itself,
In fact, nothing went wrong at all.
Before this test machine was put on the ship for testing, they had already tested it several times in the laboratory, and it had been able to operate continuously without failure for several days. The steam engine itself had no problems, but testing in the laboratory and in the
When used on a ship, it is naturally a completely different concept.
In the laboratory, just start the steam engine, and you don't have to worry about it so much. But on the ship, you need to drive the paddle wheel to push the ship, and there are many problems in this design.
For example, how to avoid vibration problems during installation is a headache for many researchers.
This vibration problem is not only the vibration of the steam engine itself, but also the vibration of the ship's hull. The mutual influence and transmission cause great trouble to the steam engine and transmission system, which require extremely high precision.
This vibration will cause some parts of the structure to deviate by a few millimeters, which may cause a major accident!
This series of problems does not exist in the laboratory, but during the test on the ship, these problems, large and small, were exposed one after another.
So much so that in the past half month, he has been staying on the Lady, responsible for the installation and construction of the steam engine. Even today, when the trial is approaching, many small problems have been exposed.
Fortunately, all these problems were finally solved one by one. Now the steam engine seemed to be running smoothly, so he could feel relieved.
After such a successful experiment, he will be able to take people to the Navy to solve the problem of the battleship on the steam engine.
The Navy is now also preparing to take a set of experimental products from the Royal Institute of Technology and conduct tests first. Naturally, he is also responsible for this naval warship test project.
Who made him the person in charge of the shipboard steam engine project in the steam engine project?
The steam engine project team is a very large research and development organization. Lin Hui is the team leader and is responsible for the research and development of all steam engine projects. However, his energy is mainly focused on the core structure, and sub-projects are usually handed over to the deputy below.
Team leader and team leader.
Generally speaking, each professor serves as a team leader or team leader, and then leads the R&D personnel to lead the research and development of a subsystem project.
Xu Quan, as one of the deputy team leaders, is mainly responsible for the research and development of the ship-based steam engine sub-project. Naturally, he will come to take charge of this crucial ship-board test in person.
At the same time, he also brought along several of his junior brothers and more than a dozen of his proud disciples, all of whom are geniuses at playing with machines!
Now that he saw that the steam engine on the Lady was running stably, he could finally breathe a sigh of relief. He continued to solve the problem for many days in a row. Until the last moment of the trial, he was still leading the research and development personnel to solve the problem, but at any rate, finally
It's the lady's number that has moved!
After instructing a junior to continue to pay attention and report the abnormality on time, he walked out of the engine room and headed to the bridge. According to his calculations, if no accidents occurred, there should be no problems with this voyage.
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After all, it was just a 20-kilometer trial run, which lasted only a few hours. The test of the steam engine itself was almost non-existent. Before boarding the ship, this steam engine had undergone trouble-free operation for several days.
Trial.
A few hours of continuous operation will not cause any burden at all. The only thing you need to worry about is whether there will be problems with the traditional system and the paddle wheel, as well as some problems caused by installation.
Strictly speaking, these problems are not problems of the steam engine itself. He is only concerned about the ship-based steam engine. As for matching this kind of ship-based steam engine to the ship, that is other people's problem.
When he came to the bridge, he asked Dong Qingjun: "What is the current speed?"
Dong Qingjun said with excitement: "We are sailing downstream now, and the speed is about seven kilometers per hour. Although it is a bit slow, this is without sails!"
"Oh, it seems that the power has not been used yet!" Xu Quan said: "According to our previous calculations, when sailing at full power, if it is sailing downstream like now, it should be able to reach about ten to twelve kilometers.
hour speed!"
Dong Qingjun said: "That's true. We are only sailing at a medium speed now. I will give an order to mention high-speed sailing later. If your calculations are correct, then the speed should be able to reach more than twelve kilometers per hour!"
"In that case, what are you waiting for? I can't wait to see it running. Don't worry about the steam engine not being able to withstand it. Although this steam engine is a prototype, it has been tested many times in the laboratory.
, I believe it can withstand the test!" Xu Quan said: "Captain, give the order to sail at high speed!"
Dong Qingjun was also extremely excited at this time. He glanced at everyone on the bridge and said loudly: "Sit tight and hold on tight, I'm going to jump on the ship!"
Then he shouted loudly: "Send the order, move forward at full speed!"
After Dong Qingjun's order was transmitted to the wheel room and boiler room on the ground floor through the microphone, multiple boiler workers from the boiler room joined in. Together, many people continued to put the best quality anthracite into the boiler, and the fire in the boiler became more and more intense.
, more and more high-pressure steam enters the cylinder through the pipe, constantly pushing the connecting rod in the cylinder to reciprocate, and then drives the huge flywheel to rotate through the solar planetary system.
At the same time, the staff in the wheel room also controlled the transmission to smoothly output the power to the drive shaft and finally to the paddle wheels on both sides of the hull.
More white smoke came out of the chimney on the Lady, and many people could feel the slight vibrations of the ship's hull, and the rumble of the steam engine became louder and louder.
The huge paddle wheels on both sides continued to accelerate and rotate, and then stirred the water on both sides of the Lady, setting off two waves, which in turn pushed the Lady to continue to speed up!