After confirming that the steam engine has passed inspection,

Su Lin contacted Uncle Liu and immediately began mass production of the fourth-generation nuclear reactor.

One week later,

Under the escort of Commander Tang's Northern Military District Fleet,

The world's largest steam turbine was escorted to Shipyard 3028.

Ten fourth-generation micro nuclear reactors were also successfully installed.

"Commander Yuan, aren't you just dragging our feet???"

Accompanied by Commander Tang, Su Lin and his entourage arrived at the enclosed dock of 3028.

The main structure is less than half complete, but its shape is already roughly visible.

According to Su Lin's design scale, once the "Mantis Shrimp" aircraft carrier is completed,

Its deck area is the largest of all aircraft carriers currently in use worldwide.

It can accommodate more than 100 fighter jets.

If all of them were replaced with J-20 carrier-based aircraft, their combat capability would be no less than that of the entire air force of a medium-sized country.

"Sigh, who knew that the internal environment of Captain 3028 was so special!"

It's also my fault; I didn't supervise him properly.

Originally, the construction of the aircraft carrier itself was the simplest engineering project.

However, due to Director Fan's questionable actions, too much time was wasted.

Right now, the progress is the slowest.

"It's alright, the propulsion system is resolved now. Tell the workers to work harder and let the Americans see our aircraft carrier!"

This docking experiment is the most crucial moment for a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier.

General Manager Huang also made a special trip from the Qingshan Nuclear Power Plant to Shipyard 3028.

He personally oversaw the installation and deployment of the nuclear reactor.

"Report! Nuclear reactor No. 10 has been deployed and is ready to conduct reaction experiments!"

Staff members wearing white protective suits are inside the nuclear reaction control center, about 50 meters underground.

The current deployment progress was reported.

"Principal Su, shall we begin?"

Large steam turbines from the 031 R&D base will be transported via pipelines and through the evaporator at the nuclear reactor outlet.

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The circulating water has been added.

"Prepare to start up Nuclear Reactor No. 1!"

"receive!!!"

From the monitoring center, you can see the entire situation of the nuclear reactor 50 meters below.

Two operators began fueling reactor number 1.

The white fuel cylinder, under the action of the robotic arm

It was inserted into the reaction chamber of reactor No. 1.

"Report! Fuel cylinder insertion complete!"

Inside the nuclear reactor control center, dozens of staff members are monitoring all the electrical control systems of reactor number 1.

The impact system and the protection system undergo final checks.

"Report! Reaction conditions met. Please issue the activation command!"

General Manager Huang handed the walkie-talkie to Principal Su.

"Principal Su, you are the chief designer of this fourth-generation nuclear reactor."

You must issue the start command!

"Principal Su, if you give the order, this launch will definitely be a complete success!"

"Everyone has been waiting for these few days."

Su Lin, unable to refuse such hospitality, took the walkie-talkie.

"Start nuclear reactor number one!!!"

"Report! Reactor has entered criticality!!!"

"Control rod position is normal!"

"The pressure in the concentrated helium coolant system is normal!"

"Temperature limit normal!!!"

All operating parameters of Nuclear Reactor No. 1 can be observed from the on-site monitoring system.

After a 5-minute response, no alarms or abnormal information have been detected.

"Commander Tang, it's up to you now!"

A huge amount of energy is concentrated in the evaporator.

"Open the circulating water outlet valve!!!"

Engineers from the 031 R&D base issued the order to add water.

Under the action of a high-pressure water pump, purified seawater is injected into the evaporator.

The temperature inside the evaporator began to soar.

"Report! Evaporator pressure 1.8 MPa, temperature 520 degrees Celsius."

"Open the exhaust valve!"

High-temperature, high-pressure steam surges into the large steam turbines produced at the 031 R&D base.

The deafening roar caused the entire monitoring center to tremble slightly.

"Principal Su, is this...is this normal?"

Although previous warships all used steam turbines,

But they all burned coal or oil.

The displacement is not even in the same league.

The displacement of this steam turbine is at least 8 to 10 times that of the previous one.

"Commander Yuan, don't worry, the vibration and temperature values ​​are still far from the alarm threshold!"

As the person in charge of the Qingshan Nuclear Power Plant, General Manager Huang explained from the side,

"Mr. Huang, I'm relieved to hear you say that."

"Principal Su, you can proceed with the load testing now."

Under the influence of high-pressure, high-temperature steam, the massive turbine of the steam turbine began to accelerate rapidly.

What's the current RPM?

"Report! The engine speed is 8000 revolutions per minute!"

"Continue to increase..."

According to design specifications, this steam turbine will reach a maximum speed of 15,000 RPM.

At the same time, it can achieve a discharge capacity of over 120,000 tons.

"Report! The engine speed is 15,000 revolutions per minute!"

"Check the vibration curve and temperature curve."

The engineer displayed the vibration and temperature curves on the large screen.

The curve was very stable, and no alarms occurred!

Time passed minute by minute.

10 minutes later,

"Full-load docking experiment successful!"

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