Chapter 47 Atomic Engine (6)

Zhao Zhongyao suddenly thought of the novelty of the atomic engine, and even he himself was surprised. I don't know how I came up with this concept.

"That's right, so I can continue my work on atomic energy, and I must work on the atomic engine. ”

Because Zhao Zhongyao could not study the atomic bomb, he was very depressed for a while. Now that I have this novel idea, I am naturally very happy again.

But ideas are just ideas, and it takes a lot of effort to turn them into reality.

Although Zhao Zhongyao is a person who came from the 21st century, there is no advanced machinery like an atomic engine in that world.

In that world, the way people used nuclear energy was to build large nuclear power plants. Of course, some developed countries can also use nuclear reactors to generate power, which can be used to make aircraft carriers and nuclear submarines.

No matter how it is used, it is necessary to build a large uranium atomic reactor to provide heat energy, and then convert the heat energy into kinetic energy through a guò steam engine.

Zhao Zhongyao thought that if he wanted to build an atomic engine, he would first have to build a miniature atomic reactor. Let the tiny engine convert the thermal energy of the atomic reactor into kinetic energy.

To make a miniature atomic reactor, enriched uranium is also required, but it does not need to be very pure, generally 30% purity is sufficient.

However, even if you want to purify uranium with a purity of 30%, it will take a lot of time and money!

Of course, natural uranium can also be used as fuel, but heavy water must be used as a deceleration relief. And heavy water is very rare in nature. It is only 1/10,000 of ordinary water. Extracting heavy water from ordinary water is also a laborious and time-consuming task.

If Zhao Zhongyao wants to build a miniature reactor, the first thing to solve is how to get some uranium ore with high purity of natural uranium.

If the purity of this uranium ore is high enough, assuming that it has reached 30% purity, there is no need for heavy water to be used as a deceleration, and ordinary water can be used as a deceleration.

"Before, the uranium ore content we found on Mushroom Island was very high! I don't know if there is 30%!" Zhao Zhongyao thought of the piece of uranium ore they had taken back from Mushroom Island before.

At that time, I just tested it casually, and I felt that the purity was quite high, but I haven't seriously tested it! I might as well test it again! If the concentration is high enough, it is possible to directly use this uranium ore as fuel for miniature atomic reactors.

Thinking of this, Zhao Zhongyao went to the real room again, and he used a special radioactivity detector to test that piece of uranium ore.

"Ah, the purity is really high! There is 28%! This means that on Mushroom Island, there must be a large amount of uranium ore with a purity of more than 30%.

If that were the case, the uranium ore could be used directly as fuel for the microreactors. ”

Zhao Zhongyao's test results made him very happy, and he felt that the heavens seemed to be helping him as well! If this high-concentration uranium ore vein had not been discovered, it would have been impossible to study his atomic engine!

Now that he has such a high concentration of primitive uranium, it means that he can directly use it as the 'fuel' in the atomic reactor, the core component of the atomic engine he developed.

Zhao Zhongyao's atomic engine works like this: he thinks it is possible to put a piece of high-concentration uranium ore in a closed container that can shield it from radiation. Then fill the container with some ordinary water.

Uranium ore emits neutron rays in the water. These neutron rays can hit the hydrogen atoms in the water, causing the hydrogen atoms to detach from the oxygen atoms, which is equivalent to ionizing ordinary water and then producing hydrogen and oxygen.

After that, a duct is used to feed the collected hydrogen into the cylinders of the engine, and the pistons of the cylinders are pushed to do work, so that the atomic engine begins to work.

Of course, if it is a jet engine, you can also put this duct deep into the duct of the jet engine and let the hydrogen burn in the duct.

Because the atomic engine uses hydrogen as fuel, the temperature generated in the cylinder is much higher than that of ordinary gasoline. So the output power is also a lot.

Another great feature of this engine is that it does not exhaust gases, because after the combustion of hydrogen, the material produced is ordinary water, which can also flow back into the atomic reactor and continue to be used.

If there is exhaust gas, it is also some excess oxygen after the cylinder is burned. This oxygen is discharged into the atmosphere through the exhaust pipes of the engine.

Everyone knows that oxygen is a very useful substance for the human body and is the basis for the survival of all things. In this way, the exhaust gas of the atomic engine not only does not pollute the atmosphere, but on the contrary, it can also increase the oxygen content of the atmosphere, which is conducive to human life and health.

After Zhao Zhongyao thought about the principle and style of the atomic engine he was going to make, he started to draw the drawings of the engine.

Since he has previously designed uranium ore detectors and uranium atomic laser therapy instruments. Now when I design this atomic engine, I can quickly draw what I imagined.

It didn't take him a week at all, only three days, to draw the drawings of the atomic engine.

After designing the drawings, Zhao Zhongyao first showed them to Chen Yuan and Cheng Fei.

At this time, Chen Yuan and Cheng Fei were still designing a model of their new airliner! The fuselage had just been drawn, and the wings had not yet been painted!

Now it was very strange to suddenly see Zhao Zhongyao come to their office with a drawing.

"Mr. Zhao, is there something wrong!" Chen Yuan looked at Zhao Zhongyao and asked with a smile.

"It's nothing, just bring me the drawings of the atomic engine I designed and show you both. ”

Zhao Zhongyao said as he put the drawings he had designed in front of Chen Yuan.

Cheng Fei heard this and walked over curiously.

"Mr. Zhao, you are so fast! Why did you design the drawings of the new engine in just three days!"

Chen Yuan thought that Zhao Zhongyao had only designed three days, and he was very puzzled by this first. "Well, I've always been a person who pays attention to quick solutions. If I want to do something, I'll do it as fast as I can. ”

Zhao Zhongyao listened to Chen Yuan's words, and he also boasted about himself first.

"Hey, Mr. Zhao, your engine model is not much different from an ordinary aircraft engine! You don't just compare a traditional aircraft engine to a gourd, and if you draw it, it will become your masterpiece. ”

Just as Chen Yuan and Zhao Zhongyao were talking, Cheng Fei first looked at the new aircraft engine model designed by Zhao Zhongyao curiously, and felt that there was not much creativity, that is, he just redrew the original graphics.

"Yes! Mr. Zhao, where is the advanced of your new aircraft engine? No matter how I look at it, it is the same as the original!"

Chen Yuan listened to Cheng Fei's words, and he also looked down and carefully looked at the drawing model of the new aircraft engine designed by Zhao Zhongyao.