Chapter 821 Power Problems
The first problem is that this transformation plan consumes a lot of resources. The Casablanca-class escort aircraft carrier is born with a slow speed. The Casablanca-class escort aircraft carrier is born with a maximum speed of only 18 knots. Miss Dignity is born with a maximum speed of 25 knots. This is a huge gap. Miss Dignity’s power system transformation does not require so much resources. In fact, Miss Dignity’s power system can continue to optimize the power system this time. However, Fatty Gao and Miss Dignity believe that this is not very meaningful. Miss Dignity’s power system will eventually be greatly modified. This is of little significance to optimization. A major transformation directly solves Miss Dignity’s power problem. The problem of Miss Dignity’s power is the opinion of Miss Dignity and Fatty Gao. Not only Miss Dignity, but even Colorado thinks that this is the way to solve their power system problems in the future.
During this period when Brother Niu had not returned, Gao Fatty carefully studied the transformation plan of the Casablanca-class escort aircraft carrier. In fact, the power transformation of the aircraft carrier is relatively simple. The power of the aircraft carrier is all steam power. Of course, the power used by large warships is also steam power. However, during the transformation process, large high-speed diesel engines can be added to form the steam-diesel combined power. In addition, some work on fuel can be done to basically solve the power problem. Of course, this is just about the general purpose. The specific transformation is much more complicated. It can be said that every commander is a genius. These things must be understood by the commander. Unlike the transformation power system scheme of these battleships, the aircraft carrier is much simpler. The aircraft carrier can only use steam power. Since there is no need for joint power, the aircraft carrier power system is much simpler.
In fact, until Fatty Gao traveled, the world's aircraft carriers used steam power before. There are two core factors here. One is the catapult system, because the catapult system has been steam catapulted for a long time. Of course, this is not the main reason. Fat Gao traveled through time and was engaged in electromagnetic catapulting. Electromagnetic catapulting does not require steam, but many large aircraft carriers still use steam power, which involves another key factor, because if it is nuclear powered, it can only be steam power.
The core of steam power is to boil water from the boiler and use water vapor to drive the steam turbine. In this way, the power and the power system will come. Compared with other powers, steam power can be used for nuclear power. This is an advantage that other power systems do not have. Nuclear power is to use the heat emitted from the nuclear reaction to boil water instead of fuel. This is very similar to the difference between nuclear power plants and thermal power plants. The thermal power plants rely on coal or other petroleum combustion to heat water vapor to drive the steam turbine to generate electricity. The nuclear power plants replace these fuels with nuclear reactors. This is also the reason why nuclear power plants always compare with thermal power plants, because the power generation principle of these two power plants is the same.
Of course, the aircraft carriers in this world have not yet reached nuclear-powered aircraft carriers, but catapults have appeared in this world. Although most catapults are not steam catapults, historical warship-level aircraft carriers must consider this aspect, because no one knows whether jet carrier-based aircraft can be used. Jet carrier-based aircraft must be released with steam catapults, so it is relatively simple to transform the power system of Miss Dignity.
In this case, Fatty Gao felt that the transformation was nothing more than two points. One was to improve the efficiency of the boiler and the other was the problem of the steam turbine. The easiest way to transform such a transformation was to increase the number. This is why the Hood battlecruiser had such high speed at the beginning. Only the number of boilers was completely possible. However, obviously, for the hull, the space for transformation was not very large, this method was not good, so this required the optimization of the power system. For Fatty Gao, this was just a blind eye to Fatty Gao, which was only a very professional part of Fatty Gao. As an outsider, it would be good that Fatty Gao could figure out the principle.
It can be said that this is the most unqualified thing about Fatty Gao as a commander. The commanders of this world all have such abilities. Fatty Gao comes from another world. In Fatty Gao, such problems are extremely professional and are completed by the team. Fatty Gao is completely unimaginable for a commander in this world to solve the power problem. Although Fatty Gao has improved greatly over the years, it is still the same. This time, Fatty Gao is worse than Fatty Gao to study than Fatty Gao. Even in the next transformation process, the power problem is mainly solved by the girls of various historical warships. Fatty Gao at most provides some suggestions. All commanders who know Fatty Gao, including Brother Niu, find it incredible. In their opinion, this is a necessary quality as a commander. Fatty Gao does not have such quality at all. What makes them curious is that Fatty Gao can become a commander in such a state. This is very magical in this world.
During the process of research by Fatty Gao and his ship girl, Brother Niu took his commander's wife back to the headquarters of the Elizabeth Association. Brother Niu is quite powerful and excellent in this regard. This is not what Fatty Gao said, but the Queen does not say. You should know that the initial maximum speed of the two sisters of the United Power is only 20 knots. After several transformations by Brother Niu, especially after a major transformation, the power system of the two sisters of the United Power is almost the same. The power system developed by Brother Niu himself has extremely huge potential. It can be said that if it weren't for the initial speed of the two sisters of the United Power that were too low, this power system could have been used forever.
It is precisely because of the high-powered Fatty Brother Niu that he asked Brother Niu to help with the transformation of Miss Dignity this time. In Fatty Brother Gao’s opinion, Miss Dignity, who does not need such a complex power system, should be solved easily. But what Gao didn’t expect was that Brother Niu poured a basin of cold water. Brother Niu said that it is because of the relatively simple transformation that is more difficult. Complex power systems can increase the efficiency of the power system in various ways. Because Miss Dignity only uses steam power, there is very little room for play. Brother Niu only has a strong ability to integrate power. If the efficiency of the power system is increased, Brother Niu is not that powerful.
Chapter completed!