Traveling through the sword to engage in military industry.

Chapter 148 Dawn Opens

After seeing the Renzhong Dam and the 50KW roller hydroelectric generator, Li Jixiang was greatly shocked and inspired.

It’s as if a new world has been opened up in the brain, the original inherent concepts have collapsed, and new thinking has begun to be reconstructed.

Li Jixiang originally had a very solid foundation in the basics of hydraulic machinery, but his thinking was rigidified in the inherent mode of his previous learning. For example, in mechanical design and dam design, he relied too much on "classic" design, and did not innovate according to local conditions like Ren Zhong.

And adapt according to different situations.

For example, according to the traditional concept, the design, construction and use period of a dam are all designed to be 70 to 100 years. Naturally, only reinforced concrete can be used to build a qualified dam. However, for Ren Zhong, there are not so many rules and regulations.

Even if there are no conditions for reinforced concrete, a dam that can be used for several years or even decades can be built with pure earth piles. The lifespan may be shorter, but in the current situation, the first issue to be resolved is whether or not there is one.

Another issue is safety. If a small river like the Nangou River collapses, even if a ten-meter-high earth dam collapses, at most it will only cause a few thousand cubic meters of river water, which will not have any impact on the downstream.

Moreover, the shape of the hydroelectric generator that Ren Zhong came up with was simply incredible, completely subverting the design concept of traditional hydroelectric generator machinery. However, it was useful and practical, and it simply solved the problem of small-scale power supply.

Small designs solve big problems. After opening up his mind through these two things, Li Jixiang sees a broader application prospect than Ren Zhong.

After all, Ren Zhong is only considering how to provide the Eighth Route Army with as many logistical support resources as possible, and has not considered too many issues related to people's livelihood. However, Li Jixiang, living in this era, understands the country's poverty and weakness much more deeply than Ren Zhong!
Back in the cave, Li Jixiang was filled with thoughts, and he immediately began to write furiously, starting a new hydraulic machinery development plan for the Liming Research Institute and even the country.

Research and planning of hydroelectric generators.

Research and planning on dam construction methods.

Research and planning for the development of hydropower transmission and distribution.

It turned out that Li Jixiang had been obsessed with the research and development of the current leading hydro-turbine generator unit with a capacity of 3 kilowatts proposed by Ren Zhong, but Li Jixiang decisively postponed its execution. Even if such a hydro-turbine generator unit could be built at present, the supporting dam could not be built in a short time!

After all, such a hydroelectric station would require millions of tons of earthwork, and it would take at least several years to repair! What is the current situation? There is simply no such time to waste.

Secondly, even if the dam is built, the related power transmission and distribution equipment and lines cannot be built, not to mention the power consumption of 3 kilowatts of installed capacity, even the entire border area cannot afford it! It is too early to achieve the level of electrification in the whole country. Now we must focus on winning this war of national independence.

All research should be centered around serving current needs.

Therefore, Li Jixiang decided to focus on the short-term and quick results and develop the water flow generator that is most needed at the moment. From the current actual situation, the miniaturized water flow generator currently used by Ren Zhong is the easiest to use for bases and border areas. Even if it is a small river with a low water volume of less than 1 meter per second, a small dam several meters or more than ten meters high can be built to form a drop of water flow, which can drive this generator. Although the power is not large, from a few kilowatts to 50 kilowatts is almost the limit. However, this water flow generator can be used everywhere and is easy to move. This is the biggest advantage. It is suitable for powering local small-scale mechanical processing equipment, such as small machine tools, without relying on fuel and coal, and is pollution-free and low in detectability.

This made it possible to supply electricity to the vast base areas across the country. It was much more practical than knocking down the enemy's artillery towers and snatching diesel generators!

For this series of water flow generators, Li Jixiang decided to realize serialization and standardization, and the key point was to overcome the independent manufacturing of the motor core. Ren Zhong provided the sample. Li Jixiang felt that the conditions were now in place to accomplish this task. Except that permanent magnets were difficult to make, the electromagnets and silicon steel sheets already had the external conditions for research and development.

For those above 50 kW to 500 kW, we can study the design principles of the 3-kW mixed-flow turbine generator provided by Ren Zhong.

However, Li Jixiang will not limit himself to this, but will carry out a smaller design based on this.

The initial goal is to achieve 50KW, 100KW, 300KW, and 500KW series models. Among them, the most promising application scenario for the 500KW model is on the Yan River next to the Liming Research Institute.

Li Jixiang also observed the point for building the dam. If a 20-meter-high dam was built in the middle of the narrow place that Ren Zhong liked, it would be possible to build a 500-kilowatt mixed-flow hydropower station here based on the water flow of the Yanhe River.

The Yanhe River has sufficient water to drive this power station to operate at full capacity for a long time. With this hydropower station, the Liming Institute will not lack electricity supply at least in the foreseeable future.

Next, steelmaking can even consider using electricity to ensure more stable steel production.

Both aspects are important, so Li Jixiang decided to conduct research on both aspects.

With the arrival of Li Jixiang, Ren Zhong finally took the first step in the construction of the Liming Research Institute and opened up the first research and development center - the Hydraulic Machinery Research Center (Hydraulic Machinery Research Center). Li Jixiang was the first director of the Hydraulic Machinery Research Center. Next, he would work hard for his team. Li Jixiang immediately began to send telegrams to recruit acquaintances.

The second person to arrive was Professor Fang Guangqi, an optical expert from the temporary capital. With his arrival, the second R&D center, the Optical Research Center, was established. Professor Fang Guangqi served as the first director of the Optical Research Center. The first topic that Ren Zhong gave him was not the eight major items, but the optical sight of the mortar and the 4x sight used on the sniper rifle.

Fang Guangqi certainly knew the importance of these two things, and gladly accepted them as two trial projects to carry out research and small-scale production.

Afterwards, the talents discovered in the temporary capital began to arrive one after another, and they reported back some real situations of the Dawn Research Institute, especially the library resources here. Ren Zhong provided thousands of cutting-edge foreign science and technology books that they had never been able to access before. Basically, they were authoritative textbooks from the 1940s and 1950s. For the professors who went north, these books were as precious as their lifeblood, and they were overjoyed to have them!

The professors who had come here and seen mountains everywhere and were used to the bustling and lively life of big cities and felt a little lost, completely changed after receiving the complete version of the information, reference books and even some physical research materials provided by Ren Zhong. They started their 007 research career as if they had been injected with chicken blood!

After this information was passed back, the professors who were originally hesitant made up their minds to start their journey north to serve the country through science and technology.

Because here, Ren Zhong even went so far as to establish a research institute like an independent kingdom, which is completely separated from the border area management. In addition to Ren Zhong being the highest person in charge, the directors of the established research centers are responsible for academic and project autonomy!
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