Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 1511, The Internal Combustion Engine and Breaking Down Petroleum

"It's very good, we must continue to carry forward, continue to explore, and continue to innovate!"

After listening to He Wenyuan's report, Liu Jin also gave a positive evaluation, and his money was finally not in vain.

From now on, when writing the history of technological development, it is estimated that the names of Ming scientists and inventors will be written in the future, so that they will not be evaluated as having no contribution to modern science like later generations.

nonsense~
The dignified descendants of Yan and Huang are the most outstanding nation in the world. As long as they are not closed to the outside world and not arrogant, they will always be the top of the world's powerful races.

With just a little guidance from myself, Daming's technological development has been changing with each passing day, and has achieved rapid development. Liu Jin believes that it will not take too long to use the starting lamp, which is hard to say.

"Yes~"

When Huang Chong, He Wenyuan and the others heard this, they nodded and took down Liu Jin's words.

The education circle of the Ming Dynasty was originally dominated by traditional Confucianism, and there was no room for any other schools and theories to survive. The main reason why the new learning was able to rise and develop rapidly was because the new learning focused on applying what was learned.

It means what you have learned and what you have researched, and it will eventually be used in life and production. Whether it is the content taught in basic elementary schools, middle schools, or colleges and universities, everything revolves around This point comes.

It can be seen from the arrangement of the teaching content that the new students may not be able to write poems or stereotyped essays, and they may not be able to recite too many Tang poems and Song lyrics or the Four Books and Five Classics.

But they learn a lot, basic mathematics, addition, subtraction, multiplication and division are the most basic, simple three-dimensional geometry, basic unit conversion, etc., all of these are very useful.

In addition, knowledge of geography, history, etc., are all basic, enabling students to understand the world from childhood to adulthood, know where they are in the world, know the dynasty they are in now, and know their own history. .

The teaching philosophy is based on practicality. Although you can't take the imperial examinations to get fame and become an official, the newly learned students have mastered a lot of practical knowledge, which can be applied in various fields casually, which is very popular.

When it comes to colleges and universities, they focus on the integration of theory and practice, and focus on exploration, research and innovation, so as to use knowledge to serve life and production, and many important inventions appeared, which promoted the development of Ming Dynasty.

"I came here today mainly because I have two tasks for you."

"Please contact Daming Royal Institute of Technology, Beijing Institute of Mechanical Engineering, and Imperial University. The four universities will join forces to help me research two things."

Liu Jin explained the purpose of coming to Imperial College today.

"Grand Liu, please give me instructions~"

Hearing Liu Jin's words, several people immediately regained their spirits.

Generally, the things Liu Jin confessed to research are very important things, and they are also a good opportunity to make a name for himself.

Like steam engines, steam trains and steam ships, when they first came out, they were directly received and rewarded by the emperor, and the main person in charge was directly awarded the title of title. This is absolutely the highest honor.

You must know that even for traditional scholars, it is not easy for them to obtain a knighthood. Only an extremely talented minister who has made a lot of great contributions can be knighted. Like Liu Jian, the chief minister of the cabinet, he won Knighted, but not hereditary.

It can be seen from this that it is definitely not easy to obtain a title in Daming. Apart from military merits, there are too few, too few other titles.

The appearance of the steam train brought extraordinary significance to Daming. The whole team was received by the emperor, and some people were awarded titles. This was tantamount to a great encouragement to the craftsmen and researchers of Daming.

"One is to study internal combustion engines~"

"One is to study the separation of oil~"

"internal combustion engine?"

"What is an internal combustion engine?"

"This oil seems to be fire oil, can it be separated?"

He Wenyuan, Xie Geng, and Ding Zhixiang, three professors, hurriedly asked about the two new terms Liu Jin mentioned.

Huang Chong is the principal, but he is not in charge of scientific research. The three professors are mainly responsible for scientific research, so they are very sensitive to these things.

"The power we use now is mainly the steam engine. The steam engine relies on the steam after the water is boiled to push the piston to provide power. We can call it a steam engine."

Liu Jin also quickly explained.

"However, the energy loss of this steam engine is relatively serious, because the water needs to be heated and converted into steam, and the steam then drives the piston to rotate to drive the machine."

"And as our research on the steam engine continues to deepen, we find that it is difficult to improve the power of the steam engine after it reaches a certain level."

"It's true, but the energy consumption of the steam engine is very large, and the amount of coal required by the steam train is very large, and the power of the steam engine we have produced has never been able to make a breakthrough in leaps and bounds, and it can be used on steam ships It is already the most powerful steam engine."

Xie Geng mainly studies steam engines, and after listening to Liu Jin's words, he also deeply agrees.

"So I thought, can we directly develop a machine that burns directly in the sealed machine cylinder, and relies on the heat generated during combustion to push the piston to work. We can call this machine an internal combustion engine!"

"Combustion directly in the sealed cylinder?"

"This is impossible, how can it burn without fire?"

"And this combustion requires firewood or coal. In a sealed environment, when it burns, how to discharge the remaining ashes, the piston cylinder will soon be worn out by the ashes."

"Yes, yes, and in a sealed environment, the gas will be exhausted very quickly. If there is no gas, it will not be able to burn at all."

"This is impossible, this is impossible~"

When Xie Geng heard this, he immediately shook his head. In this era when the steam engine has only just started for a few years, it seems a bit far-fetched for you to use an internal combustion engine.

"I can't talk too much~"

"This combustion does not necessarily require the use of firewood or coal. It can be burned with whale oil, and there is no ashes, and it is stable and has high energy."

"As for the gas, you can increase the intake pipe. After burning, you can inhale it and there will be gas soon. As for the fire, we have done experiments. In a high-temperature and high-pressure environment, combustion is very simple. Electromagnetic sparks can be used to ignite. , it is very clear to achieve high temperature and high pressure in the piston cylinder."

Ding Zhixiang thought for a while and said, thinking that this internal combustion engine is theoretically possible.

"If it is possible to manufacture such an internal combustion engine and use high-altitude materials for combustion, theoretically speaking, it can easily surpass the steam engine."

He Wenyuan thought for a while and nodded.

"In addition, is the decomposition of oil related to this internal combustion engine?"

"Petroleum is also called fierce fire oil. It burns very quickly, and when it burns, the temperature is very high, and it is very difficult to extinguish."

"Yes, this oil has a certain relationship with the internal combustion engine. Oil is an ideal combustion raw material, but it is not only simple to burn, it is also an extremely important chemical raw material."

"Oil would be a waste if it were simply burned."

"Petroleum or chemical materials?"

Professor Xie Geng asked very puzzled.

"This needs to be studied by you professionals. I just heard that it was proposed. I heard that in Europe, they had records of using oil hundreds of years ago."

Liu Jin looked at the few professors who were staring at him, and suddenly his heart skipped a beat. It seemed that he couldn’t talk too much. Some things could be guided, but he couldn’t say all of them, otherwise it would be easy to expose his identity as a time traveler. Of course Although no one believed in such a mysterious thing as time travel, they still couldn't explain why they knew that internal combustion and oil could be decomposed.

After thinking about it, I can only leave this blame to the Europeans. Anyway, after getting in touch with all over the world, the Ming people also found that Europeans also have amazing performances in mathematics, astronomy, geography, machinery and many other fields. It seems reasonable for them to take the blame.

"So that's the case, I've heard it too. It is said that in ancient Greece, there were people who used this oil to fight wars. They filled the river with oil, and when the opponent's ship came over, they lit the oil. This oil is worthy of the name of fierce fire oil. It can also burn on water."

Xie Geng, He Wenyuan, and Ding Zhixiang suddenly realized. Xie Geng even helped Liu Jin to make things right, talking about the things recorded in some foreign classics he had read.

"Liu Gong, leave this matter to us with confidence. We will definitely invest a lot of manpower and funds in research, and we will definitely satisfy you."

Huang Chong looked at the appearance of the three professors and assured Liu Jin.

"Then I will trouble you. This is not urgent. It doesn't matter if you study it slowly. It is a very complicated and systematic thing. Explore more, summarize more, and take your time."

"On the contrary, we can focus on the research on the decomposition of oil first."

Liu Jin is not very anxious about the internal combustion engine. The steam engine is almost enough now. What is more urgent now is the decomposition of petroleum. If the petroleum can be decomposed, many chemical raw materials derived from petroleum can be obtained in large quantities, the most important of which can be used Manufacture tires.

It is still a bit too extravagant to use natural rubber to make tires, and the price of rubber is getting higher and higher, and the output is always limited. It is inseparable from oil, and its uses are too extensive and too important.

(End of this chapter)