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Chapter 1202 Diesel engine, explosion
"The pressure of the engine has reached 80 standard atmospheres!"

"The pressure is still increasing, bad! The engine can't withstand such pressure, the cylinder is about to explode! Everyone exit the laboratory immediately! Exit the factory immediately!!"

In a secret factory in the south of the capital, the team members who participated in the experiment panicked. In front of them, an engine was emitting white smoke, and the complex iron body became hot!
The members of the diesel engine research team fled to the outside of the factory in a swarm, and the workers of the gasoline engine research team and other teams in the factory also fled in panic!

The soldiers standing guard in the factory took off the muskets behind them and held them in their hands, thinking that there was an attack.

"Quickly evacuate, I can't predict what will happen!!"

Diesel, the leader of the diesel engine research team, shouted hoarsely at the soldiers who wanted to maintain order.

This time the soldiers also realized the seriousness of the matter, and they escaped from the factory with the fleeing crowd.

boom!
There was a deafening explosion in the factory, and the parts on the cylinder of the diesel engine flew around like shell fragments!Walls, wooden tables, and machines were hit by parts made of steel, all of which were destroyed!

When Diesel heard the explosion, his heart trembled, as if many days of painstaking efforts were ruined.

"What did your diesel engine research team do? How did the engine explode? Our team was discussing the design draft of an aviation engine with the aircraft factory, but you were frightened!" Daimler, the leader of the gasoline engine team, looked displeased. to find Diesel.

"The diesel engine is a compression-ignition engine, and the structural strength should be insufficient. If this problem can be overcome, the diesel engine will be considered a successful development." Diesel is still thinking about the possible reasons for the explosion.

"Won't it cause a fire? There are still a lot of diesel and gasoline in the factory. If a fire occurs, the entire factory and the design manuscripts and materials we put in it may be destroyed." Daimler does not want to continue to blame the other party. Instead, they are full of concerns about the safety of the factory.

This is an extremely secret engine research factory, guarded by special soldiers, who will be searched when entering and leaving to prevent the core technology from leaking.On the walls outside the factory, there are also large characters of "no entry for idlers" painted with paint.

Gasoline engine and diesel engine technologies were all researched here. Later, the gasoline engine group took over the task of the aircraft factory and worked with Feng Ru and others to research more powerful and reliable aero-engines.

Although the technology here is not yet mature, it is pregnant with the results of the second industrial revolution. Once the engine technology is put into production and transportation, the impact will be unimaginable.

"Gasoline and diesel combustion are very difficult to extinguish... We have taken preventive measures, and there should be no secondary explosions and large-scale fires. Just in case, members of our diesel engine research team are willing to go in and check Is it safe?" Diesel said.

Just as Diesel and the diesel engine research team were about to enter the factory to inspect the explosion site, the soldiers guarding the factory stopped them: "You are all special talents ordered by the superiors to be protected, and we are responsible for protecting your safety. You must not be put in danger, and if any one of you is lost, it will be the loss of the Empire."

"If we don't go in, we won't be able to tell whether it's safe inside. How about this, I'll go in with you." Diesel said to the soldiers.

He led a few soldiers into the factory, and there was a puff of black smoke, which made them cover their mouths and noses involuntarily.

The rest of the factory was fine, but the laboratory where the diesel engine was located was in a mess, and black smoke was coming out of it.

"The diesel in the internal combustion engine must have splashed out during the explosion. Fortunately, concrete was used in the laboratory... It's quick to move out the diesel and gasoline in the factory! Then use sand to put out the fire!"

The situation was more serious than what Diesel had guessed at the beginning. Everyone rushed in to remove diesel and gasoline, and then put out the fire.

The factory was emitting black smoke, and the surrounding residents noticed the movement here. Even the public security office in the capital sent people to ask what happened.They breathed a sigh of relief when they learned that the fire was under control.

"It seems that our diesel research team needs to find a remote place to conduct research. We can't return here until we design a reasonable structure. Otherwise, I'm afraid it will affect your team and endanger the residential areas in South City." Diesel Gray He walked out of the factory head-to-head, wiping the smoke stains off his face with a handkerchief.

Members of the diesel engine research group were equally downcast.

They had been working on diesel engines for some time, but they had never been able to determine the structure of a reliable diesel engine that would not collapse under high pressure.

Even Diesel, who proposed designing a compression ignition, was frustrated.

If Chu Yun hadn't told him that the idea of ​​a compression ignition engine was feasible, maybe he would have wondered if he was doing useless work.

"I have thought that diesel engines have high thermal efficiency and do not require a special ignition system. If a reliable engine can be designed, it must have broad application prospects." Daimler came to comfort this comrade who also researched engines.

If an accident occurs during the research, someone must be responsible, and it may also affect the investment in the entire project.Diesel engines are facing difficulties. I wonder if Chu Yun will suspend his research on diesel engines because of this matter.After all, in addition to the diesel engine project, there are many secret projects going on, and they are all striving for as much funds as possible for their projects.

"Maybe not only the structure has problems, but also materials with different structures, especially some parts require special alloys. To be honest, there are too few types of alloys in this era, and it all depends on the Academy of Sciences to speed up the alloy research and development process. I don’t know if I can find an alloy of suitable strength.” Diesel complained.

"I have a deep understanding of this, especially the higher reliability required by aero engines, and the need to improve gasoline. I am having a headache for both car engines and aero engines, and it is likely that some special materials are missing. If more new materials and alloys can be researched, perhaps many seemingly difficult problems will be solved. What we can do now is to ensure that the theory is correct, and submit a proposal to the Academy of Sciences to find new materials according to the needs. See They can use this as a basis to develop new materials," Daimler said.

Advanced industrial products are based on industrial components, and components are based on basic chemistry, materials science, and physics.There is still a long way to go to establish a large industrial system.

(End of this chapter)