Now, what is needed is to see how the domestic steam power system can meet the power requirements of the new aircraft carriers of Thailand and Pakistan? And why was the republic able to go against the norm and provide power systems for aircraft carriers abroad?

After thinking about it carefully, you will find a problem, among the large marine steam turbines in the entire republic, there is only one steam turbine that can meet the demand, that is, it is equipped with the 453 steam turbine used by the 051 destroyer, and the performance of that thing is very good, and it is precisely because of it that the 051 destroyer can be pushed to the limit speed of 36 knots.

And to talk about this type of steam turbine, we must talk about its Soviet prototype TB-8 steam turbine, this thing has a power of 36,000 horsepower, after being improved in the Soviet era, there is a TB-12 steam turbine, reaching 45,000 horsepower.

The TB-12 steam turbine was not of much use, and it was only used on all Soviet aircraft carriers, from the early Moskva-class helicopter carriers, to the later Kiev-class, and then to the Kuznetsov-class aircraft carriers.

And the Republic copied this TB-8 steam turbine, the domestic code name is the 453 steam turbine, this thing satisfied the Type 051A destroyers built in the seventies and eighties, in fact, in the eighties there were all kinds of rhetoric, demanding to stop the 453 steam turbine production line.

In the eighties, the Republic began to march to gas turbines again, and the 051S destroyer project at that time took the Sino-British cooperation route, which also led to the Spey Airlines refueling plan in the early eighties.

Back in the early 80s, various domestic calls for the 453 steam turbine production line to be stopped, and the 453 steam turbine production line was shut down until 1985.

Commander Liu inspected the Dalian shipyard at that time, and finally made the decision to keep the Type 453 steam turbine production line for various reasons, the main consideration at that time was that if the future destroyers did not use steam turbines, then this production line would be interrupted, and the entire shipbuilding industry chain would be affected.

This also derives a mainstream theory about the reason for the construction of the Type 051B, that is, the main consideration of the Chinese Navy to start the construction of this steam turbine-powered destroyer is to ensure the production capacity and subsequent development of the Type 453 steam turbine.

Is this statement correct, in fact, it still has a certain amount of truth in careful calculation, after all, the 453 steam turbine is used in too many places, and the nuclear submarine of the republic at that time also needed the steam turbine very much, and in the whole republic, the 453 type is also the only nuclear submarine power system that can meet the needs of use in terms of power.

On the other hand, at that time, Commander Liu, as a staunch aircraft carrier faction, naturally had to pave the way for the development of aircraft carriers throughout his life, since the Soviet Union could improve the TB-12 for the Soviet aircraft carrier on the basis of the TB-8, then the Republic 453 gas turbine, which was also an imitation of the TB-8, could also be derived from the steam turbine for the aircraft carrier.

Aircraft carriers and nuclear submarines need to use this steam turbine, even if the road of the world's aircraft carrier development may be interspersed with gas turbines, but in the final stage of nuclear-powered aircraft carriers, steam turbines still have to be of great use, so it is very necessary to retain the 453 steam turbine production line, which is related to the two major powers of the navy of the great powers.

However, from the 80s to the entire 90s, not only did the aircraft carriers of the Republic not move, but the nuclear submarines were also only built in a few real ways, and this was certainly not enough to maintain the production line of the 453 steam turbine.

As a result, there was the 051B destroyer with a steam turbine, which was a very experimental destroyer, which was used not only to test various weapon systems, but also to test the newly improved Type 453B steam turbine, which was even better than the Soviet TB-12.

Indeed, the 051b/c two types of warships use steam turbines, and there is a reason why China cannot provide gas turbines that meet the requirements, but why not try the power system for future nuclear submarines and aircraft carriers to see if the 453b steam turbine is good enough and reliable.

The previous one walked like this, but now at this level, with the emergence of Southwest Science and Industry, the QC-160 gas turbine based on the CG-2000 gas turbine has been established, and the emergence of this thing can be finalized in 95 years, which is enough to meet the needs of the Navy to develop a new generation of 052B destroyers, and it not only wants to replace 051B/C, but even to replace the introduction of four modern-class destroyers.

The 051 series destroyers of this plane may be about to break down, and it seems unrealistic to have a test ship to test the 453B steam turbine like the previous one.

Although the final results of the previous plane showed that the 453B steam turbine was completely unproblematic, there was no test ship on this side to verify the reliability of the power system.

So, now well, if we win this order for the power system of Thailand and Brazil's light aircraft carriers, won't there be a reliable test object?

Powered by two new 453B steam turbines, it can reach 94,000 horsepower, which is enough for a 20,000-ton aircraft carrier to run at 30 knots or even 31 knots.

As for whether someone will cut it off, it's too simple.

First of all, the steam turbine used on the Yankee's Nimitz aircraft carrier is 60,000 horsepower, and two are 120,000 horsepower, which is obviously overpowered, not to mention the French de Gaulle, 76,000 horsepower, it may be used on this light aircraft carrier, it should also be able to reach a speed of 27 or 28 knots, but this is obviously a table of insufficient thrust in modern aircraft carriers.

What's more, the above are two nuclear-powered aircraft carriers, although they use steam turbines, but there is no supporting production line for marine heavy oil boilers, and that thing can only be provided by the current republic, and all of them are a complete set of power systems, with huge advantages in all aspects.

Therefore, now the republic's 453B steam turbine and the Soviet Union's TB-12 steam turbine can meet the demand, and now the republic's participation in the modernization of the navies of Thailand and Pakistan is obviously more likely to get the power system this time, and neither the Soviet Union nor Ukraine after the disintegration of Ukraine have much possibility to get this light aircraft carrier power system order.

I believe that as long as there are two aircraft carrier orders from Thailand and Brazil, it is completely enough to verify the excellent performance of the 453B steam turbine, so that the 051B/C series is really completely free of any need to continue to save Zài, and break the 051 series of science and technology trees as soon as possible, and concentrate on the 052 series, which is good for the navy, good for the country, and good for Southwest Science and Industry.

Thinking of this, Yang Hui felt that he had to have a mission, and he must find a way to get the power systems of the two light aircraft carriers this time

"What, with the 453B capital, it is possible for us to take down the power system of these two light aircraft carriers? Mr. Yang, don't make fun of me! ”

Rub, when did you become that kind of boring person?

"Absolutely nothing! This light aircraft carrier has a displacement of 20,000 tons, and the power system must be conventional power, and this thing must reach 90,000 horsepower to meet the needs, and now we are the only ones in the world who have the ability to provide a suitable power system. Don't think that I don't know that your 453B has entered the Eighth Five-Year Plan, and the design index of 94,000 horsepower is definitely the most suitable aircraft carrier power system this time. (To be continued.) )