Great warships

Chapter 361 Enduring Guarantee: Refractory Bricks

Both Chetri and Kidambi felt chills for a while. They did not expect that this would be the case here: there is no suitable dock, and repairs must be made in the simplest way!
You can guarantee the quality of it?

They began to whisper in their hearts.

"Please believe in the capabilities of our Red Star Shipyard. We will definitely be able to refit the aircraft carrier. We are ordering the relevant materials. After the aircraft carrier is washed ashore, we can officially start maintenance."

"Yes, our abilities are much stronger than yours." Nicholas said from the side.

Of course he could see the dissatisfaction in these people's hearts, but these people have no other choice, do they still want to drive back to A Sanguo for repairs?Of course it won't work, they just plan to earn money for repairs.

Nikolai and Kvyat sang together, so Chetri and Kidambi, who came to inquire about their crimes, had no choice but to leave angrily.

After the two left, Qin Tao came out again with Xu Zhengyang and Zaitsev.

"It's really a good place there." Qin Tao said with a smile: "Director Kvyat, I guess you must have some beautiful female secretaries."

Kvyat blushed: "Boss Qin, you really know how to joke, I don't do that kind of thing."

"Then you often drink in it?"

For Lao Maozi, the liking of wine may be better than communicating with women in life.

Now Kvyat nodded: "Yeah, that was in the past. In recent years, I haven't been in the mood to drink at all. Ah San's urging is too urgent, Qin, please fulfill our agreement as soon as possible. "

"No problem." Qin Tao nodded: "When I go back, I will arrange these things. Nicholas, my friend, I still have something to talk to you about."

Kvyat left wisely, and Nicholas looked at his old friend with a smile: "Qin, what else do you have in mind?"

"I may still need a batch of Yak-38 and AL-21 engines." Qin Tao said, "There should be another batch at the Northern Fleet. Can you contact me?"

Now that it's here, let me mention it.

"Of course no problem." Nicholas nodded: "They saw that we sold the Yak-38, and they were very envious. They only have one Baku at present, and they don't need much, so they bought half of it from there. It’s okay to come back, I’ll call you now and ask.”

Nicholas called on the spot, but when he heard the news from over there, his face changed: "What, your Baku bombed the boiler? Oh, you are really unlucky. The fire last year, this year The boiler is fried again, it seems that it needs to be repaired."

Hearing Nicholas' words, Qin Tao also secretly laughed in his heart.

Unlike the previous warships, the Baku is the latest heavy-duty aircraft-carrying cruiser that entered service in 87. It has only been six or seven years so far. For a warship, it is in the best golden age. age period.

Therefore, the Damao Navy has always wanted to use the Baku as its main warship. After all, the current Kuznetsov has not yet been equipped with carrier-based aircraft and has no combat capabilities.

It's a pity that the fortune is bad and the fate is bad. There are quite a lot of problems with this warship. Since it was put into service, it has not been very peaceful. In the past two years, there have been frequent breakdowns. There was a fire last year, but fortunately nothing major happened. Fires are common for aircraft carriers.What about this year?Boiler fried this year!
A boiler explosion is definitely a major accident for a warship, and this time the Baku was even more miserable. It is said that the high-temperature steam cooked dozens of poor sailors on the spot.

"Nicolas, we can provide boilers, but we can't let them know. For us, even if we make less money, we can't let the news leak out." Qin Tao reminded.

Nicola nodded.

The boiler of the Baku exploded, and the next step must be repaired, so the boiler must be replaced.

This will be a huge expense, because the boiler factory in St. Petersburg simply does not have the ability to continue to produce boilers, and a huge amount of money has to be invested in production.

Qin Tao, on the other hand, can provide a brand new boiler.

However, it cannot be said that Ah San will definitely be unhappy if it reaches Ah San's ears.

For the Pacific Fleet, it has to prioritize its own interests.

Qin Tao's reminder is entirely for the benefit of Nicholas.

Of course, Nicholas didn't know that Qin Tao still hid a lot of small thoughts.

Since the Baku is broken, it must never be repaired again. If it is repaired, Da Mao will not sell this warship.

Of course, Da Mao has many problems in maintenance, for example, funding is a big problem.However, Qin Tao will never be a helper, he has to stand on the sidelines.

Qin Tao stayed with Lao Maozi for only one day. On the second day, he took a passenger plane and flew directly to Huating.

When Qin Tao came back, the An-225 transport plane also flew back, dragging all the equipment from the defense exhibition back again.

Qin Tao didn't go to the airport to meet him, he had to arrange the next thing.

Mingzhou Shipbuilding Industry Group No. [-] Design Institute.

"Why, you have already started designing?" When Qin Tao came to investigate here, he was surprised to find that the design drawings of the 2.8-ton aircraft carrier he promised to Tuji Kingdom had already started on the computer here. drawn.

He came here, on the one hand, for the boiler, and on the other hand, to assign tasks to the big guy, but he didn't expect that the big guy's movements were so fast!

"Yes, after you discussed the project with Tuji Country the day before yesterday, we got the news that this kind of design task must be completed by us, so we started to work on the preliminary design. We guarantee that in three months Within a month, the design drawings will be completed," Babich said.

"Within three months? What are you going to do so soon?" Qin Tao glanced at Babbage: "Old Mao, this design has a one-year design period."

What, a year?Babbage was a little surprised: "Why did it take so long?"

Since their establishment, their design institute has been continuously designing various aircraft carriers. It has rich experience and computer design has also brought great advantages. They only need to modify some of the original design drawings. , three months is no problem at all.

"This is the first time we have sold out the design drawings. We must be meticulous, patient, and make no mistakes."

"President Qin, this is not the first time, we have sold it before." A designer whispered.

Qin Tao rolled his eyes at him: "If you talk too much, this month's bonus will be gone."

The designer immediately shut up.

Qin Tao reprimanded the disobedient children and continued to chat with Babbage: "Is there any problem in the design of this aircraft carrier?"

"There is no big problem, but the displacement is still a bit small, which is not good for the operation of the aircraft carrier. If it can be enlarged to [-] to [-] tons, then the combat effectiveness will definitely be raised to another level."

"In that case, the cost will soar. Although we only care about the design, we still need to save money for the users. By the way, the deck of the aircraft carrier should be designed to be thinner."

thinner?
Babbage was a little surprised: "Why?"

"It lowers the center of gravity."

For an aircraft carrier, the most important design is the deck, but the deck is definitely not the thickest, because in that case, the center of gravity is too high and it is easy to overturn.

The deck needs the strongest impact resistance, but the deck is not the thickest, so the strength of the deck needs to be the greatest.

In this way, even if Tuji Country has blueprints, it will not be able to produce them. Maybe it will ask Mingzhou Group to continue selling them high-strength steel in the future?

Of course, Qin Tao couldn't say this reason now.

"Okay, we'll listen to you." Although Qin Tao didn't say anything about deducting Babbage's bonus, he still had to listen to Qin Tao.

"By the way, how about the power system?" Qin Tao continued to ask.

"For the power system, we follow the technical parameters of the new boilers we have designed so far. Only four boilers are needed to drive two gas turbines to allow the aircraft carrier to reach a speed of [-] knots."

The Kyiv-class aircraft carrier used eight boilers to drive four steam turbines, and reached a speed of more than 4 knots. However, the Kyiv-class aircraft carrier is an aircraft carrier with a displacement of more than 4.5 tons. When it comes to the Baku, it even reached [-] tons.

But now the model they are designing has a full-load displacement of only 2.8 tons, and the boiler parameters they designed are higher, so half the power is enough.After all, even if these boilers are used to propel an aircraft carrier of [-] to [-] tons, only eight are needed.

"New boiler parameters?" Qin Tao asked curiously.

Now it was Wang Yanwei's turn to speak.

"Mr. Qin, after dismantling the original TB-12 boiler, we have made a lot of improvements." Wang Yanwei said: "Our newly designed boiler can output 120 tons of high-pressure steam per hour. More than the prototype Five tons."

The boilers used by aircraft carriers can produce more than [-] tons of steam per hour. Now, our own boilers have reached a new height.

"What about security?"

Qin Tao is most concerned about safety. After all, the bloody fact that the aircraft carrier with Lao Maozi often explodes the boiler is in front of him!
Their boilers can't do that.

"In terms of safety, we have designed a new boiler detection system to monitor various data at any time. Once there is a problem, it will immediately call the police." Wang Yanwei said: "Of course, the performance of the boiler can not be improved compared to Lao Maozi's. Less, because we have better quality refractory bricks."

Refractory bricks!
Qin Tao also became serious. Back then, he promised Lao Maozi that he would provide a batch of refractory bricks.

For boilers, refractory bricks are essential.

The boiler is divided into two parts, the "pot" and the "furnace". flue composition.

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

For ordinary civil boilers, the internal temperature of the furnace is about [-] degrees, while the internal temperature of heavy oil boilers for warships is as high as [-] degrees. Such a high temperature poses a serious challenge to the insulation materials.

The refractory bricks are built in the furnace wall of the combustion chamber and the flue. After passing through the refractory bricks, the temperature must drop to [-] degrees Celsius to be considered normal.

Moreover, this is different from the boiler on land, which is on a warship. It not only has to withstand the internal heat wave, but also has to withstand the operation of the warship, such as artillery fire, missile launch, and strong wind and waves. Strong vibration and shock.For aircraft carriers, there are also collisions with carrier-based aircraft and so on.

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

"Do we have better refractory bricks?"

"Yes, Professor Yang of our college has successfully developed a composite refractory brick based on a new type of ceramic material. This material has already won the first prize of our navy." Wang Yanwei said: "We are based on this Only by using materials 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 destroyers used boilers. The technology introduced from Lao Maozi at that time used aluminum silicate refractory fiber materials. The performance of this material is not good, the refractory temperature is limited, and the fibers are easy to pulverize, peel off, and absorb moisture. It absorbs moisture and has a short working life, so every few years, it is necessary to replace the refractory bricks, otherwise accidents may occur.

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

"Professor Yang has done a great job. It is equivalent to developing a brand new heart guard 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 worry about the avionics equipment on it. The customer must have purchased various equipment from the West. We only care about the hull."

Babbage nodded there, so we said that three months must be no problem, but you actually want us to spend a year!

Looking at the dissatisfied Babiqi, Qin Tao smiled: "Old Mao, this design is just for practice, the 2000 million design fee is all given to the design office, and you can do whatever you want in the rest of the time. "

Qin Tao trusted Babbage a lot and was able to delegate power very well.Here, Babbage, a foreigner, is the top leader, and he says what he says.

The design fee of 2000 million U.S. dollars will all go to the account of the design office, and he can do whatever he wants.

"I heard that Krasnopolsky is here too?" Babbage asked Qin Tao.

The project about the deep-diving lifeboat is public, so word has spread that these people are coming to the East.

Hearing Babich's question, Qin Tao nodded: "That's right, why, are you interested in meeting him?"

"Yeah, I want to ask him to help design a nuclear reactor for an aircraft carrier. Since you gave us the design fee, it must be useful."

Qin Tao smiled.

For Lao Maozi's aircraft carrier designers, the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier was also their dream, which had already been realized, but with the sudden 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 in sevens and eighties.

The unfulfilled dream of the Red Empire can only be realized by coming to 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, only Krasnopolsky is not enough. At least a team of 50 people is needed." Qin Tao said.

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

"That's true." Babbage frowned.

He just wanted to have funds and make a design drawing, but the problem of manpower was beyond his ability to solve.

"In this way, the contact with Krasnopolsky is up to you, as long as you can fool him... Please come here, the other helpers, I will take care of it. But, you have to make sure that he only needs to participate in this project. It will stay solidly.”

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 a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier will definitely come true."

For an aircraft carrier, the most suitable power is of course a nuclear reactor. Once refueling, in the entire life cycle, it is enough to replace the nuclear material only once at most. Even the latest nuclear reactor can achieve the same life as the aircraft carrier.

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

Inviting Krasnopolsky was originally intended to design a nuclear submarine reactor, but now, it will first play a role on a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier.

Of course, Krasnopolsky can't do it alone. Qin Tao will invite a large number of domestic nuclear reactor designers to join him. In this way, he can learn from each other's strengths and design together. Maybe he can really make a perfect design. Woolen cloth.

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

Now, let's move forward step by step and down-to-earth.

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

"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.

"Well, if we come here so rashly, we don't know if we've disturbed Professor Yang." Qin Tao said.

"Of course not. I have already called 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 mottle, but they are still neat and tidy. In the laboratory on the first floor, Qin Tao saw the white-haired Professor Yang.

"President Qin, welcome. I never expected that I would have a chance to meet you."

"Professor Yang, it makes me ashamed to say that." Qin Tao held the other's hand: "I'm just an ordinary person."

"Ordinary people? Ordinary people are not as capable 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 brand new refractory bricks, which can significantly improve the performance of our boilers. I came here to visit you, Professor Yang. You have done us a great job!"

Professor Yang pushed his glasses: "Mr. Qin, it's rare that you can see the project I developed. To be honest, I have only successfully developed this project now, and I am actually very worried. After all, our warship has already started to use gas turbines. .The boiler factory has no orders for a single boiler for warships. I am still worried that it will be eliminated in the future.”

Now, in the new generation of domestic warships, the frigate uses four diesel engines to combine diesel and diesel engines, and the destroyer uses gas turbines and diesel engines to alternate diesel and fuel. In this way, the boiler is useless.Incidentally, the refractory bricks of the boiler are also in an embarrassing situation.

It took decades of hard work to achieve major results in this field, but it turned out that my research results were no longer needed. This kind of gap would be unacceptable.

"Of course not." Qin Tao said: "Heavy oil boilers are indeed outdated on warships with a [-]-ton class, but boilers are still the most suitable choice for warships with a larger displacement. Professor Yang, your research project It is very important, now, the aircraft carrier we designed for Tuji Country is expected to use this kind of firebrick, and we also have export orders for three boilers, and we will also use this kind of firebrick.”

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

Even Wang Yanwei was surprised now.

Qin Tao nodded: "That's right, since we have developed it, we need to transform it into productivity. However, there is no need to install additional boiler alarm systems. Next, you will be responsible for contacting our boiler factory. According to the design drawings, the relevant accounts will be handled by Mingzhou Group."

"En." Wang Yanwei nodded. Although he didn't know why Qin Tao asked to remove the boiler's alarm system, as long as he followed Qin Tao's request, he didn't need to ask any more questions.

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

Qin Tao looked at the laboratory curiously, so Yang Chun picked up another piece.

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

"This original refractory brick, according to the shape of this boiler, will also produce a batch, and we will export it."

"Well, I'll contact you." Wang Yanwei nodded.

But later, Qin Tao thought of something and shook his head again: "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!"

"For civilian use?" Now Wang Yanwei was a little confused: "Boss Qin, the refractory bricks for civilian use are used in land boilers, and they simply cannot withstand the environment in which our warships are used."

"I didn't say it was used on a warship either." Qin Tao replied.

If it is not on a warship, why should it fit the shape of this warship boiler?
Wang Yanwei was full of doubts, but he still didn't ask.

Since Boss Qin made such an arrangement, it must have a deep meaning.Don't ask, I guess I can't understand it.

Only Xu Zhengyang laughed there.

(End of this chapter)