Chapter 93 Steam Core and "Heavy Water"
In the library that was transformed into a temporary laboratory, Purficott was "dissecting" a maid doll.
A maid doll that has been shut down is lying on its back on a huge experimental table. Her maid uniform has been taken off and neatly placed aside. The partition on her abdomen has also been opened and exposed. Inside are precision gears and a steam core.
These maid dolls are also powered by steam, but Purficott’s sophisticated design allows them to move freely without strong power. Combat models such as Befa can also Explode strong fighting power when needed.
However, due to the use of miniaturized steam cores, the output of these maid puppets is also limited, and they are unable to output more powerful power.
After all, there is only so much space in the abdominal cavity of a maid doll. Purficott has streamlined their internal structure as much as possible, but it is still difficult to stuff a more powerful steam core.
The so-called steam core is actually a specially modified miniature steam engine.
They are small and exquisite. They were originally miniature powerhouses built by watchmakers for some precision parts or instruments. Some noble families have steam clocks driven by this power, which need to be turned on more often than in the past. Wind-up desk clocks are relatively more convenient.
This steam core adopts a special design that integrates a series of parts such as the furnace, cylinder and runner. It is directly integrated into a whole and is easy to install and use. It is a kind of steam core that has been used in Langton for a long time. A very practical small power mechanism.
The steam core used by Perfectcott for the maid has been optimized and improved by herself. She specially added an exhaust gas collection device to it, which can collect the smoke generated by burning coal in the furnace. Collect it and also recover the waste heat.
The advantage of this is that the maid doll will not emit black smoke and emit unpleasant smells when working. Although the fuel she uses for the maid doll is anthracite coal, this does not mean that there is no soot and other Gas is discharged.
Through the exhaust gas collection device, this impact can be effectively reduced and reduced.
As for waste heat recovery, it is mainly to improve energy utilization efficiency and allow the steam core to output greater power.
After all, this thing is too small. Even if Purficott spent a lot of effort to improve it, the power it can output is only less than 0.3 horsepower.
For such a small thing, it can output 0.3 horsepower, which is not too small. Especially Purficott needs to consider that it is installed on the maid doll, and it also needs to make compromises in performance for noise reduction. .
Otherwise, she can completely remove the restrictions on this thing, allowing it to output up to ten horsepower like the same type of steam core on the Steam Knight Armor.
But if that happens, the maid doll's stomach will sound like someone is playing an inflatable drill, and the operation of the internal precision parts will be greatly affected.
After all, with high power output, the steam core will inevitably produce noise and vibration when operating.
But now, with an additive that can double the evaporation and expansion volume of water, Perfectcott estimates that he should be able to increase the output power of the steam core to one horsepower while maintaining the original silent effect. .
After all, this is a part of the maid doll, not the steam knight armor. It focuses more on silence than output. Although he said this, Purficott also made additional calculations to see what level of power output he could achieve if he also used new technology on the Steam Knight Armor.
As for the calculation results...Perficott is already considering whether to build mechas and large robots.
Influenced by the doomsday game he played back then, Purficott actually still has a longing for large robots.
In fact, it is not that there are no such large robots in Langton City, but most of them do not have good control programs, or they are simply controlled by humans.
Even Purficott needs to rely on the knowledge provided by Cuiyulu to write a sufficiently intelligent program. No matter how talented others are, if they can't even reach a miniaturized difference engine, they should not have any illusions. I can solve this problem myself.
This is not something that can be done by recording information with a roller like a music box. It will only make the gears ultimately used to record commands incredibly complicated.
Especially when you need to record more than one command, you may need a recording wheel for each different command.
As for Purficott’s alchemy doll? Sorry, they use digital commands, and rely on the micro-difference engine to act as a functional unit for interpreting and executing instructions. Their intelligence is not low at all, and they can store up to a dozen instructions at the same time.
Of course, in order to avoid a crash caused by too much calculation, Perficott set an upper limit for the maid puppet to store a maximum of nine instructions.
Mechanical logic is an integrated instruction set. After receiving the command, the maid puppet only needs to interpret and operate it. After finding the corresponding instruction in the instruction set, it can drive the maid puppet to execute the instruction. implement.
The instruction set on these ordinary maid dolls is simplified, so they can only do some simple maid tasks.
As for Befa beside Purficott, she is the only individual equipped with the complete original set of mechanical logic instructions. That is why her intelligence is so high. She can not only fight, but also speak and think. , or looks like he is thinking.
“If you use additives, the pressure of the steam core will be significantly increased. It’s okay for the maid. After all, I have limited the output of the steam core. But if you want to use it on the steam knight, you still need to Strengthen the cylinder of the steam core." Purficott took apart the steam core in his hand, and after doing a simple inspection and maintenance, he tried to fill the water tank with water with additives.
This kind of water Purficott plans to name "heavy water". Of course it is not the heavy water used in the nuclear industry in the original world. That is a deuterium oxide compound, which is added to the one in Purficott's hands. The "heavy water" of additives is a completely different matter.
If you have to make an analogy, this "heavy water" is probably similar to the high-density and stable liquid that appeared in the animated movie "Steam Boy" where Perfection traveled through the original world and can be used to create ultra-high-pressure steam.
Of course, compared to the incredible thing in the anime where three steam balls can drive a steam city, Purficott's technology is still far behind.
Although in her opinion, if more jade records can be opened, it may be possible to create a power source that is not weaker than the steam ball.
(End of this chapter)