Chapter 523: Icebreaking capacity, 10 meters!

Wang Bu'an was indeed not happy.
He was indeed a little disappointed.
Not to people. Rather, he is not satisfied with the arrangement in front of him.
There are still too many people.
Too high-profile is not a good thing!
At this time, it really shouldn't be so high-profile.
You know, he is now being sanctioned globally. He and all the companies under his name are on the list.
If it is to let others know, he has created a Rock 700 engine...
I'm afraid the killer is really going to keep coming.
However, Guan Hongru disagrees.
In China's territory, who would dare to treat Wang Bu'an?
Now that the bald eagle can't take care of itself, who else can do to China?
We are not jealous either.
On this planet, it is a little bit jealous of the bald eagle.
Other countries or regions, to be honest, we really don't care much. Unless the opponent is behind the bald eagle. Backed by a bald eagle.
The last time a warship from Great Britain broke into the South China Sea, we were onlookers by our 16 warships. Each one is bigger and stronger than it. As a result, the opponent immediately ran away like a frightened rabbit. For fear of being beaten by a large crowd. Sixteen hit one, ask if you are afraid?
The performance of the Rock 700 engine is so powerful, of course many people want to watch it for the first time.
They are mainly technicians from various R&D departments.
They all wanted to learn from Wang Bu'an.
"come in!"
"Come on!"
The transport convoy moved slowly into the dry dock.
This is a shipyard dedicated to testing. Many test equipment are newly installed.
130,000 horsepower is definitely not what ordinary machinery can withstand. To be honest, even a one-meter thick steel bar can be easily broken.
First of all, the fixation of the engine itself is a very important issue.
It needs to be installed on a floating bamboo raft.
All around the bamboo raft is water. There are no fixtures.
This can effectively reduce vibration.
What are the benefits of reducing vibration? Of course it is to reduce the noise and avoid being spotted by the enemy's sonar in advance.
This is also one of the benefits of all-electric propulsion. Can greatly reduce noise.
But how do you test the power of the engine?
Very complicated.
Really, very complicated.
The power of the Rock 700 is too large to be directly tested, only indirect measurement.
Many instruments and equipment need to be re-adjusted.
Fortunately, Guan Hongru has enough personnel, enough equipment, and enough funds.
This dock has become a special test site.
The Rock 700 is definitely not the last test sample.
There will definitely be Rock 800, Rock 900 and the like in the future.
It took three full days for all the test equipment to be installed and debugged.
Open the valve.
Water injection.
The sea water poured in frantically.
The dry dock was soon submerged by the surging water.
The Panshi 700 engine was installed on the bamboo raft, far away from all around. Can't go up to the sky, can't go down to the ground.
Combined with the Rock 700 engine, it is a super large generator.
The generator has many copper alloy cable connections.
Ready to test.
Various instruments are in standby state.
"start up."
"start up!"
"start up!"
Rock 700 erupted.
The power soared rapidly. There was a deep roar.
Compared with the Panshi 600, the noise of the Panshi 700 has indeed increased.
If no special measures are taken, the enemy's sonar is estimated to be three hundred nautical miles away, and it will be able to detect movement.
A large amount of sea water is decomposed into hydrogen, which is then burnt violently. The water level inside the dock unexpectedly dropped slightly.
If the valve is closed, it is estimated that the seawater in the dock will soon be completely decomposed.
It has too much power. There is also a lot of seawater that needs to be decomposed.
It's nuclear power!
Even more powerful than normal nuclear power.
Nuclear power is still dangerous!
Nuclear power reactions are still huge.
However, the entire Panshi 700 power system is the size of a container!
50000……
60000……
70 thousand...
Power output rose steadily.
The power increase of gas turbines is relatively slow.
Sometimes, it takes more than two hours to prepare to reach the maximum power.
However, it only took a few minutes for the Rock 700 to increase its power output to more than 80,000 kilowatts. Reached 80% of the maximum power.
Ten minutes later, the Panshi 700 reached the rated power, which is 100,000 kilowatts.
However, this is not the full potential of the Panshi 700.
It is entirely possible to upgrade to a higher level.
However, for this test, the power must be limited within the rated range.
The rest is stability and reliability.
It needs to run continuously for one week.
This is the minimum test requirement.
In fact, there are Rock 150, Rock 500, and the Pearl of Rock 600 in front, so the Rock 700 is of course rest assured.
However, a week of stable operation is necessary. After all, this is a big guy worth tens of millions. And those who are going to install it are all first-class guys. The displacement is at least 50,000 tons. This level is basically aircraft carriers, battleships, cruisers, landing ships, and integrated supply ships. Destroyers, frigates and the like are completely unnecessary.
Like a 10,000-ton destroyer, two Rock 600 engines are enough. Can provide 60,000 horsepower.
Ordinary frigate, even a Rock 600 is enough.
There is no need for such a big motivation.
Unless the hull is specially reinforced.
If you want to run at a high speed of 50 knots, power alone is not enough. The entire hull needs to be strengthened.
Obviously, if the entire hull is strengthened, the cost will increase a lot. Therefore, the current standard is 40 knots. Unless there is a special need, the ultimate speed does not need to exceed 45 knots.
During the Panshi 700 test, Wang Bu'an paid attention to his second mission-the icebreaker.
There are three requirements for icebreakers:
First, the motivation must be strong. Preferably nuclear power.
Second, the hull must be absolutely strong.
Third, the self-sustainability needs to be long.
For the first point, motivation. Obviously there is no big problem.
Install four Rock 700 engines.
In this way, there is an output power of 400,000 KW, which is almost 550,000 horsepower.
Such a strong power is enough to enter the Arctic and Antarctic regions.
For the general ice floe area, it is basically in a rolled state. No pressure.
The powerful power output has another advantage, which is drag.
To rescue a ship trapped in the ice, in addition to breaking the ice, it also needs a powerful drag ability.
There needs to be enough power to pull out the trapped ship abruptly.
This simple and rude method can save a lot of time.
The power is so powerful that it can increase the speed of the icebreaker to over 45 knots. Very good for long journeys.
At this speed, it would take more than ten days to travel from the South Pole to the North Pole, day and night.
The distance between the north and south poles is about 10,000 nautical miles. It takes about 200 hours.
The second point is that the design requirement is to be able to crush six meters of hard ice.
Basically, this requirement is already the highest in the world. Other icebreakers are difficult to do.
Xuelong’s ice-breaking capacity is only about 1.2 meters. It can be said to be very weak. But other countries are not very strong.
The nuclear-powered icebreaker "50 Years of Victory" with a displacement of 25,000 tons is the world's strongest icebreaker. Its maximum icebreaking capacity is actually about 2.8 meters. If it is more than 3 meters, it's a bit weak. Obviously, the icebreaking requirement of six meters is already very high.
However, Wang Buan's own request was more than ten meters.
If you want to do it, do the best.
Is six meters enough?
not enough?
Then increase to ten meters.
Anyway, what we have is the hardest alloy, just keep piling up.
A hydraulic press of 50 billion tons can also forge the hardest parts on earth. It is obviously just right to use it to forge the sharpest part of the bow.
The bow must use grade six hard alloy. The dosage is very large.
Just an icebreaker requires more than 10,000 tons of grade 6 hard alloy.
Fortunately, there are hundreds of industrial parks. Otherwise, there is simply no way to provide so many hard alloys. The ten-meter ice-breaking ability is a luxury.
The third one is self-sustainability.
This should not be a big problem.
Previously, I was mainly worried about insufficient fuel. Now, the icebreaker is carrying a Tyrannosaurus helicopter. It itself does not require fuel.
Design two helicopter platforms.
Two helicopters are required.
The other is probably a large cold storage. Responsible for freezing various foods and medicines.
In general, there is no problem with self-sustaining power for about 500 days.
In fact, as long as the self-sustainability exceeds 100 days, UU reading www.uukanshu.com already meets the design requirements.
After all, the situation of not docking for three months is still rare.
With so many ports around the world, there will always be opportunities to dock.
If vegetables or meat have been frozen for 500 days, they probably won’t taste very good.
"This is your design?" Pang Xihua asked in surprise.
"Yes. How?" Wang Buan nodded casually.
"Are you trying to level the South Pole?"
"Ok?"
"With an ice-breaking capacity of ten meters, you can enter Antarctica for hundreds of kilometers."
"is it?"
"of course!"
Pang Xihua slowly took a breath.
This Wang Bu'an, wouldn't it be one day that he would really level all the Antarctic ice sheets?
He can now create an icebreaker with an icebreaking capacity of ten meters.
What about after that? Continue to improve?
Twenty meters?
Fifty meters?
One hundred meters?
In fact, the ice outside Antarctica is not very thick.
In many places, the ice layer does not exceed ten meters. For the average icebreaker, it may be a huge obstacle.
However, if the icebreaking ability really reaches ten meters, the range that can be forced into is much larger. Basically, it can go deep into Antarctica for more than 100 kilometers.
In other words, the walking distance can be shortened by one hundred kilometers. Or the flying distance of the helicopter.
If the ice-breaking ability reaches 100 meters, then...
Haha, basically, icebreakers can break into more than 50% of the area.
The distance to various scientific research stations is getting closer.
Maybe, you will be able to reach the scientific research station after going ashore. It's the same as an ordinary dock.
It's suffering from Antarctica.
Was ruined by Wang Bu'an.