Chapter 651 Clockwork?
The person who proposed this plan was a scholar named Leonardo, and Horn was not impressed.
The first time he knew this name was because he was almost accidentally injured in the "Lightning Slime" incident.
Horn only remembered that the scholar was an engineer and that he came with teachers and students from King's University on the River Islet.
Standing on the stage, Leonardo looked to be in his thirties, covering the Mediterranean Sea on his forehead with a wide-brimmed hat, and was talking.
He came to the reporting stage on the recommendation of the Director of the Department of Industry. He was a little stuttered at first, but when he talked about something he was familiar with, he became fluent in an instant.
"...According to the characteristics of orichalcum, people usually think that the best way to use orichalcum alone is to use mana to string it, that is, to pour mana into it to soften it before stringing it.
With human strength, it is almost impossible to wind it unless you are at the level of a titled knight.
But after a month of research, I noticed one thing. Just because orichalcum can be wound with mana, it doesn’t mean that it can only be wound with mana. Isn’t it possible to directly use the water power of the dam to wind it?
I have to mention that people in the windmill land have used windmills as mills for a long time, and water-powered mills can be seen everywhere in Hotam County, Thousand Valleys.
But these mills all have one characteristic in common: they are used in fixed locations but cannot be transported. ”
Speaking of this, Leonardo smiled crookedly when he saw the many high-level bosses who were intrigued by him.
"According to my calculations on the small clockwork, 30 pounds of orichalcum clockwork can lift 170 pounds of water 10 meters in 10 seconds. Except for Shengsun, I am afraid no one has the magic power to do this.
But if the huge water power of the Neo River's height difference is used, this flood-like power can be sealed in the clockwork.
From tightening to loosening 30 pounds of orichalcum, it takes about an hour if a flywheel is used, but it can lift 40,000 pounds of water or 1,600 pounds of iron ore.
After it is exhausted, we directly disassemble it and replace it with another new orichalcum spring, which can continuously provide power, even comparable to star-cast gears. ”
Hearing this, Horn couldn't help but his eyes lit up.
If the star-cast gear can compete with electric motors to a certain extent because of its theoretical efficiency of 95%, this clockwork machine is now the benchmark steam engine in a practical sense.
Because the steam engine converts thermal energy into mechanical energy, a large amount of coal was lost. Until 1840, the maximum efficiency of the steam engine was only 8%.
But the clockwork machine is a pure mechanical energy conversion. According to Horn's calculation, the efficiency of the holy gun in firing lead is about 65%.
If possible, of course Horn would like to follow the old steam engine route of his hometown. This is a track he is familiar with, but the problem is that the water vapor in this world cannot push the piston.
Normally speaking, the essence of a steam engine is that coal heats the cylinder. After boiling, the water vapor expands and pushes the piston, and it borrows this force.
But the water vapor in this world lies flat and disappears when the pressure is high. The mass of the front and rear of the cylinder is obviously inconsistent, which is the phenomenon of void penetration.
It's okay to push a thin iron cover, but it's difficult to lift 100 pounds, let alone 1 horsepower.
The efficiency of the peat-driven steam engine prototype created by Shilov was even less than 0.5%, and more than 99% of the heat energy was wasted.
Although the Star Cast Gear is good, it can only be concentrated on Qiumu Island and cannot achieve a scale effect. This has been a headache for Horn. He is even considering whether it can be industrialized on one island.
According to Leonardo's idea, the clockwork machine can effectively fill this gap.
But soon, Horne discovered a loophole. The advantage of a clockwork is that it does not need to experience the energy loss of converting thermal energy into kinetic energy, but the disadvantage is that the energy in coal can always be locked. Can you do that with a clockwork?
As expected, it didn't take long for Haimoting to stand up and ask with an unhappy face: "What about the locking device? After winding the clockwork, the clockwork is in a state of being activated at any time. Can you stop time and then set the clockwork again?" Transport? ”
Leonardo stared at her with his head raised: "The locking device of the clockwork gun must be made of high-pressure steel to ensure that the weight of the weapon does not exceed the standard.
But the clockwork engine is not a weapon. Wouldn't it be better to just stack the material and lock it? The high-quality mineral veins in North Mound County are all in your hands. Are you short of iron? ”
The noisy engineer who had followed Seamountain was silent for a moment. Yes, now they owned not only the mines in Mayo Town, but the mines in the entire North Mound County.
There are not only many mines there, but also many rivers, so mine drainage is a big problem, but the clockwork machine can solve this problem.
They looked at each other and realized that they had forgotten this.
Since they all have a background in making clockwork guns, their thinking inertia is all about the path from magic energy to potential energy to kinetic energy.
Who would have thought that the water power of the dam could be directly used to wind a large clockwork.
Not only these engineers, but also Horn himself was surprised.
Looking back, he himself even ignored this extremely simple problem.
Originally, they only had one county or even one island, so metal resources were in short supply and they had to use them sparingly.
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But things are different now. On the one hand, the emergence of alchemical reaction vessels has greatly reduced the losses in the alchemical process. On the other hand, with Horn taking over the entire Thousand River Valley, he can mobilize more than ten times more metal resources than in the past.
Moreover, North Mound County is actively mining iron ore for the war, and the mineral output is higher than in the past few years.
The Kingdom of Leia blocked rivers and roads, the Pope implemented excommunication, and the iron ore in North Mound County could not be sold, causing the price of steel to plummet.
In order to ensure the interests of the mine owners and the steel guild, Horn even had to "waste" more.
In this way, wouldn’t it be possible to try designs that were theoretically feasible but not feasible under certain conditions in the past?
At this moment, countless ideas popped into Horn's mind that were previously impossible to implement due to various resources and conditions.
For example, a clockwork-driven chariot, a clockwork-driven locomotive, a clockwork-driven forging press and a blower, or even a clockwork cannon...
The most important thing is that he can finally change from intensive industry to discrete industry, saving not a little bit of transportation expenses.
There are so many people in this huge Papal State, why didn’t they react until now?
Are many monks and monks also falling into misunderstandings, or is it because he has too much authority that the monks dare not express their opinions?
What happened to the Papal State? Is this a problem with the system? Horn couldn't help but fell into thought.
No matter which one it is, the fact that this engineer can break through this barrier and even design a dam turbine to wind the clockwork in one go is enough to arouse Horn's interest.
"Put together his files and information and put them in my office tomorrow morning." Turning his head, Horn ordered Rene beside him.
"Okay, Your Majesty." René nodded immediately.
(End of chapter)