Chapter 284: SKYACTIV (3)

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Soon Jin Xiaoqiang completed the invention of the lock-up clutch, the most critical of this transmission, but the verification process still needs to wait until he participates in the Shanghai Auto Show before he can conduct large-scale experiments.

And when Peter. Rihil, and his team, after seeing the drawings of the new engine designed by Jin Xiaoqiang, as well as the explanation of the principle, as well as the new transmission, Peter had to admire Jin Xiaoqiang's genius.

You must know that not to mention making a new engine now, even if it requires an engineer to make several successful changes to an engine, it requires a lot of creativity.

These are often not completed by a single project, maybe a team of engineers, months of research, to come up with a certain plan, but geniuses are geniuses, the reason why they are called geniuses, is because they have the ability to complete a project without team fighting, but on their own, and Jin Xiaoqiang is just such a genius.

Peter looked at the design drawings of this set of engines, as well as the theory, and sighed again and again.

"Youngster, can you really guarantee that this engine can achieve a compression ratio of 14:1?"

"Well, this is just my theoretical inference so far, whether it can be feasible or not still needs to wait for the test and demonstration of experiments, but I believe that it should not be a big problem."

Jin Xiaoqiang said to Peter with a little modesty, Peter listened to Jin Xiaoqiang's words, and his blue eyes were constantly turning, not because he was playing any ghost idea, but because he was excited in his heart.

What is the concept that the air compression ratio can reach 14:1? Or in the absence of a turbocharger? Isn't that a big killer?

If you match this engine with a turbo, then what's the deal?

But he didn't know that Jin Xiaoqiang hadn't thought about adding a turbine to this engine, and the reason for not installing a turbo was very simple, that is, the size of this engine was too big.

Because he changed the length and path of the engine's exhaust pipe, this engine is much larger than other 4-cylinder engines, and the original Mazda also had this problem.

Even because the engine nose was too large, they had to reduce the path of the engine exhaust pipe on the first Mazda3 to use the original 4-1 path, so that they could barely fit the nose into the Mazda3's chassis cover, but then their compression ratio was reduced to 13:1.

The K series model designed by Peter is really good, but it seems that the front of which car is not particularly large, I don't know if the nose of this engine can be installed at that time!

However, Peter didn't think about this problem at all, what he was thinking now was that if the shape of the K series model he designed, coupled with the engine designed by Jin Xiaoqiang, then this car will definitely be a famous car in history in the future, and he Peter will be at that time. Rihill's name will surely resound throughout Europe again.

He wants to see when the time comes, which media else dares to say that he chose to come to Huayang Power in the first place, which was a fool's decision?

You must know that he resigned from Volkswagen and came to Huayang Power, but he was sung down by many European media, although Huayang Power is also well-known in the industry, but after all, it can't be compared with world-renowned manufacturers like Volkswagen, not to mention Volkswagen, even if it is Hyundai, companies like Kia, they can't compare.

What the media said at that time was hard to hear, but Peter had been holding his breath in his heart!

Now with the artifact-class engine designed by Jin Xiaoqiang for his K-series, Peter believes he will soon be able to return to the altar of European automobiles.

Jin Xiaoqiang came to Peter, not only to show him the engine drawings, he also had other things to tell Peter, you must know that this time he plans to move the Skyactiv technology over, this Skyactiv technology is not only the engine and transmission, but also the body and chassis of the car!

"Peter, I think the shape of this car you designed is impeccable, but in terms of bodywork, can we still work on it?"

"Junior, what do you mean?"

Peter asked Jin Xiaoqiang with his big blue eyes.

"That's right, Peter, you also know that the current trend of automobiles is to make a fuss about energy conservation and emission reduction, and you have also seen the design of my engine, which is around this concept, so can our body also make some fuss in this regard?" …,

Jin Xiaoqiang mentioned it very implicitly.

"Well, I see, you mean to reduce the weight of the body, right?"

Peter is also a master of car design, Jin Xiaoqiang used such words, he immediately understood what Jin Xiaoqiang meant.

"That's right, at present, our body design is no problem, the rest is the problem of weight reduction, the strength of our Huayang special steel, you know, and aluminum alloy materials have also begun to be applied in a large area of the body, your model, I think we should also try it?"

"Haha, young general, even if you don't tell me, I'm also thinking about this problem, you see this is a schematic diagram I draw, I plan to use a cage design on the body, you see here the front frame, and the frame subframe part, I plan to use high-strength steel, so that in the cockpit here will form a cage-type high-strength frame to protect the safety of the driver, and in the front frame I will also set up a three-layer collapse structure, so that when the car collides, it will make the engine sink automatically, No danger to the cockpit......"

As soon as this issue was mentioned, Peter began to gush, he took out a design drawing, and showed it to Jin Xiaoqiang, these drawings are all drawing the frame structure of the body, and in different parts, different colors are used to mark them, showing where to use different materials and so on.

"Yes, yes, yes."

Jin Xiaoqiang listened to Peter's explanation while looking at the drawings, he was very satisfied with Peter's consideration, originally he thought that Peter didn't expect this, but now it seems that he is completely overhearted, he is also a world-class design master, how could he not think of the problem he considered.

"In this way, I dare to guarantee that the rigidity of this car will be increased by 30% compared with before, but the weight of the body will be reduced by 10%, so that it can not only ensure the safety of the body, but also reduce the fuel consumption brought by the car itself."

Peter's answer made Jin Xiaoqiang feel very satisfied, and he couldn't be more satisfied.

"Well, I think it's very good, so let's design it like this! Peter, I'm going to Shanghai in a few days to participate in the Shanghai Auto Show, and the research and development plan for this K series will be handed over to you. ”

After listening to Peter's explanation, Jin Xiaoqiang nodded with satisfaction, and then said to Peter.

"Don't worry! I'll leave it to me, to be honest, I'm already a little eager to see what this engine you designed will look like after it is produced, and whether he can achieve a compression ratio of 14 to 1! ”

Peter said to Jin Xiaoqiang with a grin.

"Haha, don't worry! It's definitely no problem, and even if it can't be done, it won't be bad there. ”

Jin Xiaoqiang is very confident in this, after all, those are the results of the hard work of Mazda's engineers.

"By the way, the rest of the chassis design of the youngster?"

Peter looked at Jin Xiaoqiang with some embarrassment and asked, he is a master of car shape design, but in terms of chassis, this is really not his strong point, but Jin Xiaoqiang is an all-round genius.

You must know that the Yidong site he designed, even now in Europe, is still talked about by many consumers, so the chassis of this car, in Peter's opinion, can only feel at ease when it is handed over to Jin Xiaoqiang.

"I'll wait for me to come back from Shanghai, and then design it, do you think it's okay."

Jin Xiaoqiang said to Peter with a smile, to be honest, he himself wanted to design it all in one go, but time really didn't allow it.

"Well, well! I'll wait until you come back from Shanghai. ”

Peter nodded and said to Jin Xiaoqiang.

Jin Xiaoqiang had just come out of Peter's laboratory and was called away by Binxinwei, who has become the backbone of the lithium battery research institute since joining Huayang Power.

And soon led a group of apprentices and other engineers to make the cathode material of lithium battery, so it didn't take long for him to become the director of the battery research institute in Huayang Power.

Now he is leading the staff of the lithium battery research institute to attack the anode material of the lithium battery.

In fact, Jin Xiaoqiang is also very concerned about the research and development progress of lithium batteries, after all, this project is related to the development of their hybrid vehicle projects in the future. …,

"How's it going, Engineer Bin, how is your lithium battery R&D going?"

After coming out of Peter's laboratory building, he happened to meet Bin Xinwei who was passing by, Jin Xiaoqiang asked him casually, but he didn't expect to be pulled back to their laboratory building by Bin Xin with a smile to see the results.

"Haha, Mr. Jin, you came at the right time, you see, we have done the cathode part of the lithium battery, which uses lithium cobalt oxide as the cathode material, this is the use of lithium manganese oxide as the cathode material, and the performance of these two materials is not bad......"

Bin Xin smiled and pointed to a few materials to introduce Jin Xiaoqiang, Jin Xiaoqiang actually only knows a little about lithium batteries, and he really doesn't know a lot about batteries.

However, Bin Xinwei is quite satisfied with the results of the team he has led at present, and it is not easy to find an owner like Huayang Power in terms of the domestic scientific research environment.

The boss is very generous, willing to invest, and in terms of experimental projects, he will not command indiscriminately, which is simply a rare thing for those of them who specialize in scientific research.

Jin Xiaoqiang has full authority over him, and he can be said to have monopoly power in the laboratory, which greatly accelerates the progress of their scientific research.

You must know that although the cathode of the lithium battery they are currently researching is not a big problem in terms of the scientific research scope of the world's lithium battery research, he is quite satisfied with being able to make such a breakthrough in such a short period of time.

"Oh! What about the anode material! ”

Jin Xiaoqiang asked casually again.

"Well, that's what we're having a headache with right now."

Bin Xinwei naturally followed Jin Xiaoqiang's words and said.

"What? Is it difficult to get this anode material? ”

Jin Xiaoqiang asked.

"Hey! In fact, it is not particularly difficult, for now, the anode materials used in the world's mainstream lithium batteries are activated carbon, or graphite and so on. These materials are non-toxic and inexpensive, so they are still very popular within a certain range. However, these materials are also suitable for small lithium batteries, such as mobile phone batteries. But if we want to make an electric car, it will be larger with other batteries, but in this way, materials like graphite are not enough. We are also looking for new and very good materials. We have tried many other materials to make anode materials for large lithium batteries, such as ferroalloys, tin composite oxides, lithium excessive metal nitrides, etc., and the results are not ideal. ”

Bin Xin shook his head slightly, and then explained to Jin Xiaoqiang, obviously he was not very satisfied with the current situation.

"At present, the most suitable material we have tried is lithium and titanium composite oxide, but the cost of this material is too high and it is not suitable for large-scale promotion."

Bin Xinwei continued, this is a good news that Jin Xiaoqiang heard, but when he heard that the cost was high, he also frowned.

"Engineer Bing, didn't you say that you had tried to use silicon oxide as a material for the anode before? Why didn't you continue the research? ”

Jin Xiaoqiang suddenly remembered what Bin Xinwei had said to him, so he asked him to arrive.

"Well, theoretically speaking, silicon oxide is indeed a material that is very suitable for lithium battery anode materials, you must know that from a pure theoretical point of view, the capacity of silicon constant flow in Li22Si5 can be 4200 mA / per gram, which is quite a powerful data, but the defects of this material are also quite obvious, that is, when lithium intercalation and delithiumization, this material will expand and deform, and the microstructure will change, so that the electrode fracture and loss will easily occur when lithium intercalation and delithiumization. We have been studying this problem, but we have not been able to overcome it for a long time! ”

Bin Xin replied with a slight frown, but as soon as his words fell, Jin Xiaoqiang over there felt a flash of inspiration in his mind.

Don't you have that kind of carbon-based nanocells in your hands? Isn't that kind of substance an artifact that can quietly change the properties of a substance? )