Whether this boiler is working properly, and refractory bricks are crucial.

The internal temperature of ordinary civilian boilers is around 1,500 degrees, while the internal temperature of heavy oil boilers used in warships is as high as 1,800 degrees. Such high temperatures pose serious challenges to thermal insulation materials.

Refractory bricks are built in the furnace walls of the combustion chamber and flue. After passing through the refractory bricks, the temperature must drop to 300 degrees Celsius to be considered normal.

Moreover, this is different from the boiler on land. This is on a warship. It not only has to withstand the internal heat wave, but also withstands the operation of the warship, such as artillery firing, missile launch and strong wind and wave navigation.

Strong vibration and impact. For aircraft carriers, there are also collisions from carrier-based aircraft, etc.

If the refractory bricks inside the boiler collapse under a violent impact, the consequences can be imagined.

"Do we have better refractory bricks?"

"Yes, Professor Yang from our college has successfully developed composite refractory bricks based on new ceramic materials. This material has won the first prize of our navy." Wang Yanwei said: "We are based on this

Only with this material can we have the confidence to increase the steam capacity to 120 tons on a boiler of the same size."

Speaking of this, Wang Yanwei was very excited.

The previous Type 051 destroyer used boilers. The technology introduced from Lao Maozi at that time used aluminum silicate refractory fiber materials. The performance of this material was not good. The refractory temperature was limited, and the fibers were prone to powdering and peeling and moisture absorption.

It absorbs moisture and has a short working life, so refractory bricks need to be replaced every few years, otherwise accidents may occur.

Professor Yang Chun has been researching in this direction for many years and finally developed this new material, successfully solving a big problem.

"Professor Yang has done a great job. It is equivalent to developing a brand new protective goggle for the heart of our warship." Qin Tao said.

"That's right!" Wang Yanwei was very excited.

"In this way, all technical problems will be solved." Qin Tao said: "We don't need to take care of the avionics equipment above. The customer must have purchased various equipment from the West. We only care about the hull."

Babbage nodded there, so we said three months would be fine, but you actually want us to spend a year!

Looking at the dissatisfied Babbage, Qin Tao smiled: "Old Mao, this design is just for practice. All the 20 million design fees will be given to the design office. In the remaining time, you can do whatever you want.

.”

Qin Tao trusted Babic very much and was able to delegate power very much. Here, Babic, a foreigner, was the top leader and could tell the truth.

All the design fees of 20 million US dollars will be transferred to the design office's account, and whatever he wants to do is up to him.

"I heard that Krasnopolski is here too?" Babic asked Qin Tao.

The project on deep-diving lifeboats is public, so when these people come to the East, the news has already spread.

Hearing Babic's question, Qin Tao nodded: "Yes, why, are you interested in meeting him?"

"Yes, I want to ask him to help design a nuclear reactor for aircraft carriers. Since you gave us the design fee, it must be put to use."

Qin Tao smiled.

For Lao Maozi's aircraft carrier designers, nuclear-powered aircraft carriers were also their dream, and they were about to come true. However, with the collapse of the Red Empire, everything came to an abrupt end.

At least the Varyag is still a shell, and the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier has been dismantled to pieces.

The unfulfilled dream of the Red Empire can only be realized in the East. Even if the East has no plans to build an aircraft carrier, it can still be done on paper.

"If you want to design a nuclear reactor for an aircraft carrier, Krasnopolsky alone is not enough. You need at least a team of fifty people," Qin Tao said.

Even with computer-aided design, a nuclear reactor cannot be designed by one person. The news that a college student from a certain country designed a nuclear reactor in his own garage is just a boast by the ignorant media.

"That's true." Babbage frowned.

He just wanted to have funds and draw up a design, but the manpower problem was something he couldn't solve.

"In this way, the contact with Krasnopolsky is up to you. As long as you can fool him... please come here and I will take care of the other helpers. But you have to make sure that as long as he participates in this project, he will

I will stay down-to-earth.”

Babbage nodded: "I am very familiar with him. He is a person with ideals. As long as his ideals can be realized here, he will definitely choose to stay."

"I can promise that the ideal of nuclear-powered aircraft carriers will definitely be realized."

For aircraft carriers, the most suitable power source is of course a nuclear reactor. Once the fuel is refueled, the nuclear raw materials can be replaced at most once during the entire life cycle. Even the latest nuclear reactors can have the same lifespan as the aircraft carrier.

In this way, a large amount of space on a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier can be used to store aviation fuel and ammunition, and even fresh water does not need to be stored. The excess electricity produced by the nuclear reactor can be used to desalinate seawater.

When Krasnopolsky was invited here, he originally planned to design a nuclear submarine reactor. Now, it must first play a role in a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier.

Of course, Krasnopolski can't do it alone. Qin Tao will invite a large number of domestic nuclear reactor designers to join in. In this way, they can learn from each other's strengths and design together, and maybe they can actually make a perfect design.

Woolen cloth.

Of course, this road will be long, maybe ten or twenty years, but Qin Tao believes that this day will eventually come.

Now, just move forward step by step and down to earth.

Qin Tao's feet once again stepped on the ground of Huating Naval Academy.

"In front is the Department of Steam and Gas Power Engineering. Professor Yang is currently the deputy director of this department." Wang Yanwei pointed to a small building in front of him and said.

"Well, if we come here so rashly, I don't know if we will disturb Professor Yang." Qin Tao said.

"Of course not. I have called you in advance. Professor Yang is very happy to know that you are coming."

Finally, the two entered the small building.

After many years, the walls of the small building have begun to be mottled, but they are still neat and tidy. In the laboratory on the first floor, Qin Tao saw Professor Yang with white hair.

"Mr. Qin, welcome. I never thought I would have the chance to see you."

"Professor Yang, what you said makes me ashamed." Qin Tao held the other person's hand: "I'm just an ordinary person."

"Ordinary people? Ordinary people don't have as much ability as you. By the way, are you interested in my research project?"

"Yes, Professor Yang, the refractory brick material looks inconspicuous, but it is actually of great importance. I learned that you have a brand new refractory brick that can significantly improve the performance of our boiler, so I came here to visit. Professor Yang, you

He has done a great service for us!"

Professor Yang pushed up his glasses: "Mr. Qin, it's rare that you are interested in the project I have developed. To be honest, my project has only been successfully developed now, and I am actually very uneasy. After all, our warships have already started to use gas turbines.

.The boiler factory has no orders for even one boiler for warships. I’m still worried whether it will be eliminated in the future.”

Now, among the new generation of domestic warships, frigates use four diesel engines to combine firewood and diesel, and destroyers use gas turbines and diesel engines to alternate firewood. In this way, the boiler is useless. By the way, the refractory bricks of the boiler

, which puts you in an embarrassing situation.

After spending decades of hard work and achieving significant results in this field, only to find that his research results are no longer useful, this gap is unacceptable.

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "Of course not." Qin Tao said: "On 10,000-ton warships, heavy oil boilers are indeed outdated, but on warships with larger displacements, boilers

It is still the most suitable choice. Professor Yang, your research project is very important. Now, the aircraft carrier we are designing for Turkey is expected to use this kind of refractory bricks. Moreover, we have export orders for three boilers, which will also use this kind of refractory bricks.

Plant refractory bricks."

"Really? We still have export orders for boilers?"

Even Wang Yanwei was surprised now.

Qin Tao nodded: "Yes, now that we have developed it, we need to convert it into productivity. However, there is no need to install the boiler alarm system. Next, you will be responsible for contacting our boiler factory.

Produced in accordance with the design drawings, the relevant accounts will be handled by Mingzhou Group."

"Yeah." Wang Yanwei nodded. Although he didn't know why Qin Tao asked to remove the boiler's alarm system, he just had to follow Qin Tao's request and there was no need to ask any questions.

"By the way, what did our old refractory bricks look like?"

Qin Tao looked at the laboratory with curious eyes, so Yang Chun picked up another piece.

From the appearance, the two refractory bricks are similar in color and similar to compressed biscuits, but they are much larger.

"A batch of this original refractory brick will be produced according to the shape of this boiler, and we will export it."

"Yeah, I'll get in touch." Wang Yanwei nodded.

But later, Qin Tao thought of something and shook his head: "No, the quality of our original refractory bricks is still too good. Let's contact a civilian refractory brick factory to produce refractory bricks of corresponding shapes!"

"Civilian use?" Wang Yanwei was a little confused now: "Mr. Qin, civilian refractory bricks are used in land-based boilers and cannot withstand the use environment of our warships."

"I didn't say it would be used on warships," Qin Tao replied.

If it's not on a warship, why should it fit the shape of a warship boiler?

Wang Yanwei was full of doubts, but he still didn't ask.

Since Mr. Qin arranged it like this, it must have deep meaning. No need to ask, I probably won't understand it either.

Only Xu Zhengyang was smiling there.

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