doomsday survival

Chapter 376
The steam engine has a wide range of uses and can completely replace electricity to provide power.However, Shi Jian is a person who lives in an electric society and is more inclined to use electricity.

If a thermal power station is built, of course the power problem can be solved, but Shi Jian knows nothing about thermal power stations, let alone large-scale generating sets, so this can only exist in his beautiful fantasy.

Although there is no thermal power generator set, Shi Jian has several generators. What he needs to do is to modify these diesel generators and change the power system of the generators from a diesel internal combustion engine to a steam engine.

But when Shi Jian put forward this point of view, he was opposed by Feng Kuang.

"Shi Jian, do you think this is meaningful? The steam engine itself can provide power, but you turn it into electricity to drive the motor. How much useless work do you have to do?" Feng Kuang began to give Shi Jian Firmly do the math.

Shi Jian also knew that what Feng Kuang said was reasonable, but he also had his own thoughts: "Old Feng, what you said is indeed reasonable. But you must also know that most of the machines we can recover now rely on electricity to carry out For those who are working, instead of modifying them one by one, it is better to only modify the generator, and one part is in place."

Feng Kuang was not persuaded by Shi Jian's two simple words, and persuaded: "That's not the case, those motors have been around for such a long time, to be honest, it's a blessing that they can be used, who knows when It suddenly broke? Listen to me, let’s modify it, let’s build a steampunk era!”

Shi Jian replied unceremoniously: "Steampunk only exists in fantasy novels. Our social development tells us that it is inevitable that electricity will replace steam. And taking a step back, even if those electric motors appear Problem, we have refitted, now what we need is to resume production quickly."

After a pause, Shi Jian continued: "Old Feng, I understand your point of view, but I just don't want to do anything more. But we really can't wait now, and we don't have so much time to modify the machinery a little bit. And the most important A question you may not have thought of is that electricity can be transmitted to any place at any time, but the steam engine is restricted by the installation location, we can’t build a steam engine in every place, can we?”

Hearing this, Feng Kuang realized that he only cared about the life of the electric motor, but ignored the shortcomings of the steam engine.But Feng Kuang still said stubbornly: "Forget it, I can't talk to you. Besides, I'm a chemistry guy, so you don't need to discuss this matter with me. You can figure it out yourself."

Seeing Feng Kuang suddenly acting like a rascal, Shi Jian couldn't help saying "old boy" to himself, and then said: "How can I not discuss this matter with you, besides, I still have to rely on your help when I find you?"

"Tch, how can I help, I didn't study mechanical design." Feng Kuang teased.

"It still needs you, a top student majoring in chemistry, to be able to solve it." Shi Jian first held Feng Kuang high, and then handed him an extremely difficult task: "Old Feng, can you make insulating paint? "

Feng Kuang shook his head non-stop when he heard this, and said, "This is really beyond the scope of my ability. The insulating paint is really not something that our small cottage workshop can produce, and there is too much lack of industrial chain. "

Shi Jian was disappointed when he heard the words. Originally, in his idea, he used the cupola to smelt copper, and then produced enameled wires by himself. This would solve the problem of generators and motor coils, and let the power supply the Chang'an tribe continuously.

But now Feng Kuang's words have shattered all his hopes. Maybe one day, as Feng Kuang said, he will no longer use electricity, but use steam engines in an all-round way.

Seeing Shi Jian's disappointed expression, Feng Kuang couldn't bear it, and patted him on the shoulder to comfort him: "Don't be disappointed, the road is taken step by step, and food is eaten at one bite. Now our focus is on development. Basic industry, wait until next year, we will start to develop the chemical industry, and sooner or later we will produce insulating paint for you."

Shi Jian had to admit that what Feng Kuang said was very reasonable. At present, due to conditions and demands, the focus of industry is on smelting and mechanical processing. The chemical industry only produces explosives, and some such as chemical fertilizers and soaps. Additional products.

"Okay, when these basic industries are on the right track, next year we must give priority to the development of chemical industry. Now I can see it." Shi Jian's spirit regained his strength, "If we want to restore the industrial level of the old era, all aspects must be Balanced development is indispensable.”

Shi Jian's ambition to rebuild human civilization was not overwhelmed by this small difficulty. After finalizing the focus of the next step of development with Fengkuang, he began to devote himself to modifying the generator.

The Chang'an tribe now has a large number of generators available, which can basically meet the needs of work and life.Shi Jian also didn't want to dismantle those intact generators and then refit them, but instead focused on those scrapped generators.

The faulty parts of these scrapped generators are varied. Some have faults in the engine, some have problems with the generator, and some have both.

Shi Jian disassembled all these generators. After some judgment, he found two intact generators, and then modified them.

In fact, whether it is a diesel generator or a thermal generator, they all use heat energy to convert mechanical energy, and then convert mechanical energy to electrical energy. In principle, they are all common, but the power to provide mechanical energy is different.

The engine and the generator of the diesel generator are closely connected, and the high speed of the diesel engine is used to drive the rotor of the generator to drive the coil to generate electricity.

But the steam engine is different. The volume of the steam engine is too large for the generator, and some gears must be used to drive the rotor of the generator so that it can reach the speed that can generate electricity.

In order to achieve this goal, Shi Jian made careful calculations and finally built a very large gear combination, which was finally able to make the rotor of the generator reach the specified speed and let the generator successfully generate electricity.

Feng Kuang also participated in the modification. His contribution was the lubricating grease between the gears, and the raw material was vaseline in the warehouse of the chemical factory, which was thickened to make the lubricating grease.

After the generator is refitted, all the fuel is no longer used for power generation, but only for the car.

But soon, another problem was placed in front of Shi Jian-fuel!
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