Chapter 096 Speech on the Aircraft Carrier
The R&D plan for the 'electromagnetic catapult' submitted by Ross to the military is very detailed.
It includes the most important 'energy-type linear motors' and 'high-power energy storage motors' for electromagnetic catapults. As for the electromagnetic acceleration runway of the catapult fighter, this is not the point, the military scientific research personnel in China have been studying the electromagnetic catapult for 20 years, and they can design it themselves, and Ross only mentioned some key points.
Energy linear motors are a high-end technology, and there is a company in the world that is able to produce 'Kollmorgen' linear motors.
And Huaxia also studied this technology many years ago. Academician Ma of the Military Engineering University has made a breakthrough in the design of this technology, won the national first-class scientific and technological achievement award, and is working with the Xiangdian Group in Huaxia to study the task of designing the 'energy-based linear motor'.
Ross's design drawings and technical parameters are simply a relief in the snow for Xiangdian Group and Academician Ma.
Ross's theoretical knowledge and technical parameters will make Academician Ma suddenly open his mind, and the manufacture of large-scale 'energy-based linear motors' is no longer a problem for Huaxia. Ross's design data can save them more than ten years of detours.
As for the 'high-power energy storage motor', it is not a problem for Ross, but an enlarged and improved version of his own heating rod, coupled with the use of 'electromagnetic devices' for density compression, can increase the power storage capacity of the motor by thousands of times.
These two key equipment, once successfully manufactured, can be used to carry out electromagnetic ejection experiments using the 'arc reactor'.
As for how long Huaxia will be able to master electromagnetic catapult technology, all this depends on the efforts of the pilots and the scientific and technological personnel on the aircraft carrier, and Ross cannot help.
Lieutenant General Zhang was overjoyed by the key technology of the 'electromagnetic catapult' provided by Ross, and he sent these materials to Academician Ma of the Naval Engineering College through a computer or fax in the shortest possible time.
After Academician Ma, who was over eighty years old, got these technical materials, he was so happy that he suffered a myocardial infarction and was sent to the emergency room, and after being rescued, he woke up.
Academician Ma was so excited that he told Lieutenant General Zhang and the national top level that Huaxia already had the ability to manufacture an 'electromagnetic catapult'. And in the shortest possible time, we can catch up with the footsteps of the United States.
The manufacture of electromagnetic catapults takes time and cannot be achieved overnight. Ross had no choice but to help the aircraft carrier with the new power system first.
After two days of hard work, the engineers on board the aircraft carrier finally connected the various lines of the aircraft carrier with the cables of the reactor.
In front of the new reactor, a large number of naval officers and men looked at this big guy excitedly, and when they heard that this big guy was made using the world's most advanced 'cold fusion' technology, the officers and men were excited.
Vice Admiral Zhang warmly invited Ross to give the navy a general knowledge of reactors in order to improve their understanding of this high-tech product.
Ross pushed but couldn't, so he had to start talking.
"Friends of the Navy, let me briefly introduce the role and performance of this 'arc reactor'."
"Our reactor, built using the most advanced 'cold fusion' technology, is capable of delivering 35 billion joules of energy per second."
In other words, mechanically calculated, the energy required to propel a 100-kilogram object under water at a depth of more than 10 meters may reach 30,000 to 40,000 joules. According to the calculation of the aircraft carrier weighing 60,000 tons, if the energy required to move one meter per second, our aircraft carrier may need to have an energy of 18 billion to 24 billion joules. ”
"And this large arc reactor produces 35 billion joules of energy in one second. It can be said that the arc reactor alone can provide nuclear power to medium-sized aircraft carriers, and even easily meet the nuclear power requirements of large aircraft carriers of 100,000 tons. As for the rest of the power requirements on board the carrier, that's just a piece of cake. ”
Ross's words immediately made the navy excited, what does a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier mean, it means a shotgun for a gun, it means a single load of nuclear fuel, and it can cruise infinitely.
In the navy, there was an excited guy who shouted and jumped: "That brother, so to speak, from now on, can our aircraft carrier be transformed into a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier?" ”
Ross smiled and shook his head: "If you don't calculate the cost, as long as an aircraft carrier is equipped with two 'arc reactors', one for use and one for backup, it is not a problem for a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier." But well! This is without calculating the cost. ”
"The raw material used in our 'arc reactor' is palladium as a catalyst, and of course most of the reaction material is heavy water. Palladium is a scarce precious metal, it is extracted from palladium, its reserves are less than gold and less than rare earths, mining and extracting are very difficult. In general, the world's annual palladium production is only 180 to 200 tons. The yield of pure palladium has to be reduced.
Palladium is used for automobiles, palladium is also used for missiles and aerospace, and if an aircraft carrier also uses palladium as a reactor, even if an aircraft carrier only needs two kilograms of palladium a day. It's also a bit unrealistic. Because 40 percent of palladium production is in the United States and South Africa, they know that if we use these elements to power aircraft carriers, they will definitely sanction us. ”
Ross's words were like a basin of cold water, dousing the enthusiasm of the officers and men of the Navy, who had just been expecting a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, and in the blink of an eye, this hope was dashed.
Rose smiled again, "Everyone, don't be frustrated. France has developed a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier. Our country's national strength and nuclear technology methods are incomparable with those of France. The point is that there are some problems with the materials of the reactors of nuclear-powered aircraft carriers. However, this problem will be solved soon. Our 'Uta' has the ability to make a super steel, and its strength, combined with high-temperature resistant asbestos and ceramics, can be developed into ceramic metal, which can solve the problem of the reactor. Our country is capable of creating nuclear-powered aircraft carriers. ”
"Although our 'arc reactor' cannot meet the nuclear power requirements of aircraft carriers, it is definitely not a problem to meet the electromagnetic ejection. It just takes time. ”
Rose's words immediately stirred up the disappointed navy again, and they gave Rose a warm applause to the great genius.
Ross doesn't want to talk about it anymore, just give these navy people a beating of chicken blood, and they won't understand it anymore, it's a waste of words.
Ross immediately dismissed the navy and began to work on software testing and functional testing for the power system connection between the reactor and the carrier.
In fact, the best technology for building aircraft carrier reactors is 'thermal fusion technology', and if you master controlled thermal fusion, it is almost equivalent to changing the whole world.
Thermonuclear fusion, which can use seawater as fuel, if the aircraft carrier is equipped with this kind of reactor, infinite seawater is infinite fuel, and the aircraft carrier will have permanent power.
In the Marvel world, the reactor used by the huge space carrier is 'thermonuclear fusion', and the giant only needs to absorb seawater to have a huge amount of energy.
However, 'thermal fusion' is still too far away for the modern world, unless a complex and advanced nanotechnology is developed to complete a revolutionary breakthrough in materials engineering, thermonuclear fusion is just a dream of mankind.
It took several hours for Ross to finally fully connect the aircraft carrier's power system with the reactor.
After Ross started the reactor's control software, with a bang, the reactor only turned on 5% of the power, which met the ordinary electricity demand of the entire aircraft carrier.
Throughout the aircraft carrier, the excited shouts of the navy sounded.
After Ross wrote down the methods of controlling the reactor into instructions and operating instructions, he handed everything over to Lieutenant General Zhang.
Before the 'electromagnetic catapult' was developed, Ross staying on the aircraft carrier would not play much role, and after Lieutenant General Zhang shook hands and thanked Ross, he personally escorted Ross to board the military plane and escorted Ross to fly to the Yuta Company thousands of kilometers away.