Chapter 557: Challenging the Limit

Looking at these carnival crowds, although Zhang Lan did not have the same excited carnival as them, the agitated emotions in her heart were no less than theirs, and the tears of joy accompanied by excitement had already left down her cheeks and wet the clothes on her chest: a R&D team of hundreds of people, more than five years of continuous efforts, more than one billion dollars of R&D expenses, only input but no output for five consecutive years, if it weren't for the company's strong financial support and the support of my parents before, It is simply impossible for the ceramic engine of your own company to come to this point!

Thank you, Dad; Thank you, Mom; Thank you, Sister Little Chenxi; Thank you, Sister Alice, Zhang Lan lowered her head and silently read everyone's name in her heart: Thank you for your support, encouragement and trust in me, thank you. Now, with this engine, Alice Group can proudly announce to the world that Alice Group is the world's undisputed leader in the field of high-performance new material engines.

"How long will this engine last?" Suddenly thinking of the most critical issue of the engine: the service life of the engine, Zhang Lan quickly wiped the tears on his face, took Xie Fei's hand and asked, "Can the service life be compared with the traditional metal engine?" ”

Hearing Zhang Lan ask, Zhang Zongjun was also sensitively aware of the importance of this question, staring at Xie Fei nervously, waiting for his answer: Everyone knows that the service life of this cross-engine directly determines the future of this engine! Under the premise of such excellent performance, whether this engine can really go to the market in the end, its service life is the most decisive factor!

What Zhang Zongjun knows is that before this, the most common service life of ceramic engines was 200 hours. \\\ Even if the technology of this engine is advanced, if the service life is too short, it is more symbolic than practical. There is not much commercial promotion value.

"According to the use of motorcycles by ordinary people," Xie Fei pushed his eyes, "if you use it for an average of two to three hours a day." According to our calculations, as long as the engine is serviced on time, this engine is guaranteed to last for 12 years without any problems! ”

"In other words, there is almost no difference in the service life of this engine and a traditional metal engine?" Zhang Lan's excited voice began to tremble a little - this is complete nonsense, cars will be scrapped after ten years of use, and there are really not many cars that have been used for more than ten years. Do you expect to die like a taxi?

"That's exactly what you can say. \\\" Xie Fei nodded, as the chief designer of this ceramic engine, he also couldn't suppress the excitement in his heart, he had no doubt that he could be called "the father of practical ceramic engines" by virtue of his achievements in ceramic engines! ”

That's it! Zhang Lan patted her chest gently, as if a big stone had fallen on her heart: this means. This engine is already a real engine with practical value. The largest boulder in the path of ceramic engine application. I've been moved away by myself!

It seems that if this engine is not tossed to death, Xie Fei and Xie Engineer will not give up. Pointing to the engine that was still running on the ground. Xie Fei commanded the engineers, "Continue to increase the throttle." Let's see how far the ground limit of this engine can be, and whether it can reach the theoretical limit of our design. "Talking to himself." Maybe we can exceed the limits of our design? ”

Zhang Lan, who heard Xie Feidi's words, was shocked: Look at what this guy means, it seems that he is planning to scrap this engine without tossing it! Let's hope these guys built a few engines. It's not just that. \///\\ Otherwise, after this engine is scrapped, what will happen to the following test work?

Thinking so, Zhang Lan looked around, huh? On a corner shelf in the laboratory, Zhang Lan saw four things that were exactly the same as the ceramic engine being tested. Seeing this, Zhang Lan was completely relieved: Yes, these guys also know how to make a few spare ones.

Although Zhang Lan felt a little frightened about the upcoming test, he was also looking forward to it, where is the limit of this engine?

Everyone knows that theory is one thing, but in fact it is another, and there are many examples of machines that actually outperform theoretical data when the manufacturing process is good; There are no examples where the manufacturing process is a little worse, and the actual performance of the machine is far from the theoretical data!

Obviously, this question is also a question of concern to all the researchers present: where exactly is the limit of this engine? Is it possible to reach the theoretical 20,000 rpm? Or could it be more?

In order to test this problem, it is necessary to simulate a realistic driving environment, that is, to simulate the situation where there is air flowing through the engine to cool the engine while driving. \\\\

Xie Fei Xie was triumphant like a general at the moment, crossed his waist, and began to give orders to his soldiers, "Who, who, hurry, open all the windows and let the cold air outside, don't you think it's too hot in the house now?" And who who and who, you hurry up and find a high-power cylindrical industrial ventilation fan, that thing has a large air volume, let's use this thing to simulate the air flow blowing on the engine when the car is driving at high speed. ”

"High-power cylindrical industrial ventilators? Where can I find this thing? The two researchers named by Xie Fei Xie muttered, "It's too late to buy now, right?" ”

It's true, high-power cylindrical industrial ventilation fans can only be found in special workplaces that need this thing, such as Alice Comprehensive Applied Science and Technology Research Institute, which is all engaged in high-tech research, where to find this thing?

"Supplies warehouse?" When everyone was at a loss, Yang Zhi had already taken out his mobile phone and started calling, "I am Yang Zhi, deputy general manager of the group, and I will send one of your spare large cylindrical industrial ventilation fans to Alice Comprehensive Application Technology Research Institute." \\\ Well, send it to the third main research building, yes, hurry up, the sooner the better, I'm waiting for it here! ”,

Hearing her mother's call, Zhang Lan remembered that all kinds of materials in the group are managed by her own mother, although it is not clear how much, but whether she has her own mother is very familiar.

Yang Zhi, one of the bosses, personally spoke, and naturally did not dare to slack off on the side of the material warehouse, just ten minutes of effort, a high-power cylindrical industrial ventilation fan has been sent, looking at this guy, Zhang Lan gasped: just this guy, the diameter of the cylinder alone is more than 90 centimeters, and the diameter of the fan blades inside is also more than 80 centimeters, look at the parameters marked above: the power is 700 watts, and the air volume is 12,200 cubic meters per hour! With such a behemoth, it is estimated that even the cooling method of a simulated car at a speed of 300 km/h is enough!

Seeing this, Xie Fei also gasped, and hurriedly fixed the engine that was ready to be tested first: he was really worried that such a strong wind would blow this precious engine away.

What is such a big thing in the company for? Zhang Lan was a little curious at the moment.

After a series of intense calculations, Xie Feiran has calculated that the maximum wind speed blown out of this large cylindrical industrial ventilation fan can reach 260 kilometers per hour, that is to say, using this large cylindrical industrial ventilation fan, the real working state of this ceramic engine at a speed of up to 260 kilometers per hour can be simulated! The power of this engine is also enough to allow the motorcycle to run at this speed - the only regret is that it can only simulate the conditions in the colder temperatures of the winter now, but not the conditions in the high temperature of summer.

When all the work is done, the high-power cylindrical industrial ventilation fan is connected to the power supply, instantly, the strong air blows on the ceramic engine, between the engine that has been running, less than a minute of effort, the display that shows the working temperature of the engine, has been maintained at 17000 rpm per minute, the working temperature has reached 1250 degrees Celsius ceramic engine, its working temperature has begun to drop significantly, just in a short period of five minutes, Its operating temperature dropped from 1250 degrees Celsius to 1100 degrees Celsius.

Zhang Lan was sweating profusely watching from the side: Damn, there is a cooling method and standing still there, the effect is different!

Now that the theoretical maximum safe speed has been tested, it is natural to start testing the extreme performance of this engine, and now the engine speed has entered the red zone that represents danger, and the analog instrument pointer on the display continues to begin to rise: 17500 rpm, the engine work data is normal; 18000 rpm, the engine work data is normal; At 19,000 rpm, the working data of the engine is still normal!

At this time, the maximum output of the engine has hit an astonishing 58 horsepower!

Seeing this, Zhang Lan's heart began to pound and pound: another 1000 rpm will reach the theoretical maximum speed of the design, can the engine still operate normally in this state? If so, how long? If it can still operate normally at 20,000 revolutions per minute, can the engine speed be further increased?

With this thought, Zhang Lan was not the only one, including Zhang Zongjun and Xie Fei, almost all of them were just staring at the displays in front of them that displayed various data of the engine.

Even Xiao Chenxi and Alice were no exception, staring at this strange thing in front of them with the same curiosity: there had never been such a thing as ceramics on their planet Cybers, and if this new non-metallic engine could prove to be really good, then maybe it might bring them more ideas and solutions to solve the problem!

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