The power compartment of the Forrestal-class aircraft carrier is located at the lowest level of the front of the aircraft carrier, accounting for about half of the length of the hull. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 The info has a total of six cabins, four of which are the main engine compartments, with a total of eight steam boilers, four steam turbines, four diesel generators, eight turbine generators.

Eight steam boilers provide heat for the entire ship, including steam for the steam catapults.

The four steam turbines can generate 280,000 horsepower of kinetic energy, drive four 20-ton all-copper propellers through a transmission shaft tens of meters long, and propel the aircraft carrier forward at a maximum speed of 30 knots.

Of the eight turbine generators, four are housed in smaller compartments. They are all powered by steam, and there are four diesel generators that are backup power. These 12 generators provide abundant power for the aircraft carrier and ensure the normal operation of the ship's electrical equipment.

The group first went to the engine room, where there was a wall full of circular instruments, and the crew looked at these instruments behind a table on the opposite side of the wall, and kept in touch with the island by phone, controlling the energy supply of the aircraft carrier.

Behind the engine room is the place where the steam boiler is placed, which is actually a kettle, which uses high-pressure steam to drive all the power systems on the aircraft carrier to operate. Of course, this aircraft carrier does not burn coal, but burns fuel, but compared to the heavy fighters on the upper deck, the steam boiler is not the most fuel-guzzling, so most of the fuel on the ship is still prepared for fighters.

In fact, whether it is a nuclear power or a steam boiler, in the end, the water is boiled and the high-pressure steam is converted into kinetic energy, and the mode is the same. The steam boiler is more energetic but the endurance is a short board, and it cannot be able to sail at high speed all the time, and nuclear power can provide a stable heat source, and it can allow the aircraft carrier to move forward at high speed all the time.

Chen Xu and a group of people looked around the power cabin, and even put their heads into the furnace of the steam boiler to check the structure inside.

"How does the fire usually light up in such a large boiler? Is it like a car? Chen Weiguo crawled his head out of the hearth and spat on the ground, and the temperature inside was terrible.

"Light it with a lighter! Don't think that the ignition device of a gas boiler is very clever, it is lit with a lighter with an oilcloth tied to an iron pole, and then inserted into the furnace, and the fuel spray inside is ignited. Chen Xu smiled and looked at the eldest brother plucking his nostrils hard, and said with a smile

"This boiler doesn't look very high-tech! Many factories in China are using furnaces of this structure, and I thought that the Americans' aircraft carriers were such a miraculous power system! Chen Weiguo patted the dust on his body and said disdainfully.

"Look down on others, this is the technology of the Yankees in the fifties, and this steam boiler can't be replaced in the innermost part of the aircraft carrier, so it can only be used like this all the time. Later, the newly built aircraft carriers have long been nuclear-powered, and cruisers and destroyers use large gas turbines, which are small in size and high in power, and we can't compare with others in these technologies. Chen Xu walked to a diesel generator, and found that this was just an old-fashioned generator, and the performance was already very backward, and he remembered to carry out modernization and maintenance, and he didn't know how to get such a huge guy out, so it was estimated that he would have to open a big hole in the hull on the side and replace these old power parts.

However, such a technical difficulty is great, there is no such experience in building ships in China, not to mention that next to the power compartment is the underwater protective compartment, and the protective compartments on both sides of the hull account for about 40% of the hull width, and it is not certain whether a hole can be filled.

In the end, even if the new steam power system is replaced, whether it can be matched with other equipment on board is also a big problem.

With the cautiousness of the Navy, after technical demonstration, eighty percent will choose to continue to use these old equipment. Although the steam power system is very complex and takes up a lot of space in the ship, it is mature and has a long life, and it is very safe and reliable, and it can burn any oil. As a traditional steel machinery and equipment, its most important feature is that it has a long life, as long as the consumable parts can be replaced in time, such a boiler is possible for seventy or eighty years.

"Before I came to see it, I thought that this aircraft carrier was quite mysterious, and our country might not be able to build it. Now that I've visited this power cabin, I don't think it's much of a reality, and I think that if we don't want to be ambitious, we can build an aircraft carrier with this old-fashioned steam power system. The eldest brother walked around the power cabin with his hands behind his back, looked up at the dense pipes above his head and said indifferently.

"The aircraft carrier is a whole combat system, power is only a part of it, and there are also marine steel, welding technology, weapon systems, and carrier-based aircraft, all of which we lack. Take the sealed rubber ring of the steam catapult gas tank as an example, we can't get it, and the rubber gas tank will leak without that circle, and this aircraft carrier is full of such technical difficulties, don't look at it as a small problem, as long as it can't solve the combat effectiveness of your ship, it will be discounted. Just like the rubber ring, one less will scrap a catapult, and the impact will be big enough! Tang Yi walked over from the power cabin next door, and when he heard Chen Weiguo's words, he immediately poured cold water on him.

"In the final analysis, there is still no experience in building ships, these technologies have been accumulated by the Americans over time, and we owe too much money in history!" Chen Weiguo also knew that what Tang Yi said was the truth, so he had to shake his head and sigh.

The next few power cabins are all arranged in the same way, Chen Xu took a hasty look at it and came back, heard the lament of the eldest brother, stepped forward to comfort: "Don't worry! After we spend two or three years to figure out the design and layout of this aircraft carrier, we will imitate the construction of a domestic aircraft carrier to test the water, and if the technology meets the requirements, we can launch a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier in the future. Let's not waste money by building a dozen aircraft carriers like the Americans, just build about six of them, one to run around in the Pacific Ocean to maintain a sense of existence, three to cruise in the Indian Ocean, and two to maintain and stand by at home. ”

"Why do you have to put three aircraft carriers in the Indian Ocean? Isn't that putting the cart before the horse! There should be one more aircraft carrier fleet in the Pacific to counter the U.S. aircraft carrier fleet. Tang Yi asked puzzled.

"As I just said, we use aircraft carriers not to swear hegemony, but to protect national security, and it is enough to maintain strategic deterrence with one in the Pacific, while the Indian Ocean not only has Middle Eastern oil, but also mineral resources in Africa. We have been operating in Africa since the founding of the People's Republic of China, and our African black uncles who joined the United Nations helped a lot, and the mineral resources on that continent are what our Chinese family is determined to obtain. Chen Xu explained his point of view, in his eyes, the aircraft carrier fleet is to escort the country's energy supply overseas, not to rob like the US imperialists.

China will not plunder and occupy other countries, but the six aircraft carrier fleets can ensure that the Americans will not dare to rob China.

Moreover, Chen Xu really knows the United States too well, if China builds six aircraft carriers, by the way, it will release false news that it is ready to build a few more. In order to ensure global hegemony, the 11 aircraft carrier battle groups can no longer give them a sense of security, and the number of aircraft carriers may be increased to 20, the number of escort warships and carrier-based fighters will increase dramatically, and the military spending needed by US imperialism will increase exponentially.

In fact, this kind of arms race is meaningless, and when the economic crisis in 08 comes, the more aircraft carriers built by the United States imperialism, the greater the economic pressure, and the higher the probability of being dragged down. The U.S. imperialists used Star Wars to deceive the collapse of the Soviet Union, but when the time came, they themselves were dragged into an arms race, but they may not be able to restrain it.

Because there are still greedy military-industrial groups in the US Empire, in the face of the temptation of the greatest ship-building plans, they will push Congress to implement these plans, and as for the negative effects on the country, it is not a matter for these capitalists to consider, the money can go anywhere in their pockets, and they can go to Europe to live a good life if the United States collapses, and it is not bad to go to South America or Australia to buy a large piece of land and build a castle The local owner is also good.

After looking at the engine room, Chen Xu felt that it was really uncomfortable, so he shouted loudly: "Just take a look, it's stuffy here, let's go to the deck and see the bridge!" (To be continued.) )