FWF Chapter 360
Chapter 360
Chapter 360-Eight Hundred Ton Hydrogen Oxygen Rocket Engine
Soon, the design came to their rocket engine laboratory of Tiangong Technology.
“Lao Sun, how is the development of our new rocket engine?” After arriving at the laboratory, Wang Bin immediately found Lao Sun who was busy and asked him.
“Mr. Wang! You are here. The research and development of the new rocket engine is proceeding in an orderly manner. Moreover, thanks to the technology information provided by Mr. Wang, plus the achievements of our Tiangong Technology in materials, so No major problems were encountered.
But you also know, Mr. Wang, because our company’s large computers are supercomputing and have not been built until now, and the existing computers in the company are no longer able to meet our company’s calculations, so in terms of data calculations, Still a little slow.
However, when our company’s supercomputer manufacturing is completed, there will be no problems in this regard. “Lao Sun replied.
As for the rocket engine, there are various technology materials provided by Wang Bin, so in terms of engine research and development, Tiangong Technology is making very fast progress. The 500-ton rocket engine has been successfully developed before, and it was launched before. The main propulsion of the Tiangong-4 rocket core stage is the rocket engine, which uses the 500-ton rocket engine of Tiangong Technology.
And now, the rocket engine they are developing, the thrust is naturally greater, reaching 800 tons, and the fuel used is still hydrogen-oxygen fuel. If this rocket engine can also be developed successfully this time, Then Lao Sun and the others will challenge the higher thrust rocket engines, that is, the 1,000-ton and 1,500-ton rocket engines.
Of course, regardless of whether it is Wang Bin or Sun Lao, they are full of confidence, and they do not think that the 800-ton and above engines developed by them will fail.
Later, Sun Lao took Wang Bin to check the progress of each project in the Rocket Engine Laboratory, and finally came to the R&D working group of the 800-ton rocket engine.
However, when Wang Bin came to the 800-ton rocket research and development team, he found that in the middle of this laboratory, there was a behemoth that he had never seen before.
That’s right, this behemoth is the prototype of the 800-ton rocket engine developed by the 800-ton rocket engine R&D team of Tiangong Technology, or a model engine that is more appropriate.
However, although this 800-ton rocket engine is only a prototype model, the internal structure of this engine, and even in many materials, are exactly the same as the real rocket engine. It can definitely be launched on a real rocket.
But the model is a model after all, although there are a lot of materials. They are exactly the same as the real engine, but there are still many materials that are not the materials on the real engine, because many of the materials inside the rocket engine are very expensive. If used on the engine model, it is definitely a waste.
Therefore, although this engine can also ignite and even work, its working time, due to the limitation of internal materials, can only last for more than ten seconds. Once the time exceeds ten seconds, many internal parts of the engine Will be melted by the high temperature and pressure generated by the rocket engine.
“Mr. Wang! This engine is a model prototype of a new 800-ton rocket engine manufactured in the laboratory, and it is also a one-to-one model of a rocket engine. The internal or external structure is the same as the real one. The engine is exactly the same.
And our purpose of manufacturing this model engine is to verify whether the basic design data of our engine is correct. If everything goes well, then we will start to manufacture a real 800-ton rocket engine. At the same time, we will also begin to design rockets with larger tonnage and higher carrying capacity. “Lao Sun said.
Wang Bin nodded and looked at this rocket engine carefully.
He discovered that this 800-ton rocket engine was quite different from the 800-ton rocket engine he had previously provided to Sun and the others.
The first is the nozzle of the engine. Although in terms of size, this engine is the same as the technology engine he provided. However, in terms of the thickness of the nozzle material, the material of this engine is much thinner. The materials on a large part of the engine itself are thinner than the technology data he provided before, so the tonnage of the engine itself is definitely much lighter than the data he provided.
Secondly, outside the nozzle of this engine, Wang Bin can clearly see that there are many coils made of superconducting materials wound on it, and on these coils, there are many devices that Wang Bin does not recognize. And structure.
However, although Sun Lao and others did not tell Wang Bin about the function of these coils, Wang Bin also guessed in his heart that the function of these coils is to effectively protect the nozzle of the rocket engine so that the internal temperature can reach higher. At the same time, the running time of the engine is longer with the same material.
In addition, Wang Bin also found that many structures on the engine were not directly copied from the technology provided by Wang Bin, but were combined with the technology they had mastered. This made Wang Bin very happy.
“Lao Sun! Since the prototype of this rocket engine has been manufactured, it must be possible to manufacture a real prototype!” Wang Bin asked.
“Yes, our R&D personnel have already calculated the various data of this rocket, and are now preparing to manufacture the first real prototype. If all goes well, it will take less than a month for our engine to be the first A prototype machine can be manufactured.” Sun Lao said.
“Very good!” Wang Bin nodded.
Then they were in the laboratory. After watching for a while, Sun Lao and Wang Bin came to the new concept engine research and development area. There are a total of three laboratories, namely the pulse detonation engine laboratory and the atomic engine experiment. Room and ion engine laboratory.
As for the nuclear-powered rocket engine laboratory, it is not here, but on the third underground floor of their Tiangong Technology Rocket Engine Laboratory, and various safety facilities in the research and development area are in place, and security guards are there 24 hours a day.
At the same time, in the entire Tiangong Technology and the laboratory, few people know the existence of this project. Except for Wang Bin himself and Sun Lao, the entire Tiangong Technology only has military representatives from the military who know the existence of this project. .
After all, this project is very important for both Tiangong Technology itself and for the government. As long as their nuclear-powered engine, Tiangong Technology can achieve a breakthrough, then the cost of rocket launch will be Decrease again, even reaching the level of 10,000 yuan per ton.
And in terms of carrying capacity, as long as nuclear rockets are developed, it will be very easy to send hundreds or thousands of tons into space.