Chapter 705 This concept is still too advanced
The internal combustion engine, a jewel in the history of industry, has completely changed the existence of human history.
It completely crushes the old generation of machinery in terms of efficiency. The thermal efficiency of a steam engine is generally only 5%-8%, but an internal combustion engine can reach more than 20%.
From then on, steam engines gradually withdrew from factories and could only appear in people’s memories in museums, novels, movies, etc.
Historically, the first industrial revolution is generally divided by the steam engine, and electrification is used as the symbol of the second industrial revolution. The internal combustion engine is also one of the most important nodes of the second industrial revolution.
Hughes dreamed of making this thing, but drawing the schematic of an internal combustion engine was not difficult; the difficult part was finding the right fuel for the engine.
Hughes tried to build a prototype of an internal combustion engine. This slightly bulky machine used gas as fuel and was a reciprocating piston single-bar internal combustion engine. Its thermal efficiency was much higher than that of a steam engine, which was already a huge improvement.
At that time, Hughes was full of joy, thinking that the car was waving at him, and the next step was to find oil.
But this search took a long time.
No trace of oil has been found in Gem Bay, Tis, or even in the North.
The people of Xius were paralyzed. Without oil and relying only on gas as fuel, the internal combustion engine would be destroyed by the steam engine.
There is no way. If pollution is used as fuel, the energy density is terribly high. Compared with it, the efficiency of gas is too low.
As for oil, it seems that there is no record of it in the history of this world, or rather, the record points to something else.
"It's black, liquid, can burn, and after processing it can be used as fertilizer to grow crops. Isn't that pollution?"
When Tata answered Xius in this way, he had a bad feeling.
Although both coal and oil are the corpses of animals and plants pressed into the earth, there are actually differences between them.
Coal comes mainly from plants, while oil comes mainly from animals.
This world has good coal reserves, with multiple mines nearby, but no oil has ever been seen. Considering that the territory currently under Castel's actual control is already quite large, this is very wrong.
There couldn't have been only plants in the world before, without animals, right? Where did the animals go?
After discovering that no oil could be found, Hughes was indeed a little disappointed. The chemical engineering system he designed might have to be torn down and rebuilt from scratch. As for the internal combustion engine, it was nothing compared to this. So Hughes casually threw the internal combustion engine plan to Richard.
Richard was busy with the storm generator at the time and had little time, so he outsourced the project. The researchers were not very interested in this project - the steam engine was superior to the internal combustion engine in every way, so why not use the steam engine?
Internal combustion engines don't curse.
The project changed hands several times before it was taken over by Monica. After thinking about it for a while, she felt that the problem was with the gas, which was not a good fuel.
You need to change to something more powerful.
If we talk about what is the most powerful thing, it must be Castell’s specialty, nitroglycerin.
Because of this, Monica asked Gaia for a lot of nitroglycerin, and finally succeeded in building the Monica Type I nitroglycerin machine, also known as the shock blaster, before she became suspicious and reported it to Hughes.
The main advantages of this type of internal combustion engine are its great power and explosive force.
That's really enough, it will burst if you're not careful.
And what about putting this thing on a carriage? Sitting on a pile of explosives that are constantly exploding requires a relatively strong mental quality.
So naturally, no one dared to take on the subsequent implementation of this project.
Originally, the shock bomber was supposed to die in the womb, but then a researcher named Tata showed up who was interested in it.
Using the explosion of nitroglycerin to drive the piston is so powerful that Tata can't resist it.
When the final result was placed in front of Xius, he was silent for a full ten minutes.
How to say it, this car is extremely explosive in every aspect.
"Come on, I'll tell you about this car!"
Monica came over happily, opened the car door, got in, and skillfully inserted her tail into the hole in the seat.
Beatrice hesitated for a moment and looked at the "carriage".
It is somewhat like a smaller version of a steam locomotive, except that it has fewer wheels, only four, and its shape is much rounder.
The car had four doors. There was a joystick in front of where Monica sat, which should be the position of the "coachman". Beatrice thought about it and sat next to her.
After all, she was quite interested in this "carriage".
"What is nitroglycerin?"
"What do you think it is?"
"Hmm, some kind of motor oil?" Beatrice guessed with some curiosity. The Mechanical Temple has many types of holy oils used for maintenance in different situations.
"Almost. It's a heart disease medicine, and it has some other effects." Monica's six hands flew up and down, operating something on the car.
There was a hint of confusion in Beatrice's eyes. What's the similarity between motor oil and heart disease medicine?
As for the "other effects", she didn't care. She thought they were probably the side effects of the medicine, which might be dangerous and even fatal.
"Wait!" Beatrice suddenly realized: "Is our car burning heart disease medicine?"
"Yes, how about it, do you feel more relieved?"
What's so reassuring about heart disease medicine? Beatrice was baffled. Turning her head, she saw Zoe secretly giving a thumbs-up and whispering in Monica's ear, "Yeah, that's it. Don't say anything dangerous to her!"
The corner of Beatrice's eyes twitched. Although the two voices were very low, she was an extraordinary person, so how could she not hear them?
Instead of exposing the two people's "loud conspiracy", Beatrice was attracted by Gaia in the back seat.
She was tying herself to the seat with ropes.
Beatrice: “???”
Hughes knew the shape of modern three-point buckle seat belts, but after learning about Monica's car, he didn't even mention it. Instead, he taught them how to drill holes in the seats and install four-point seat belts and roll cages - which are usually only used in Formula One cars.
"You'd better tie yourself up too. Let me help you."
Gaia felt Beatrice's gaze, reached out, grabbed the strap, and started to weave it through her body.
"Wait, wait, why are you tying me up?" Beatrice looked panicked.
"This car is very powerful. If you get thrown out when it starts moving, you'll probably get bruised all over."
Gaia looked at the diesel locomotive in front of her with a complicated look, and the expression on her face was quite interesting.
"Don't listen to her nonsense. This car is very safe. It just accelerates a little faster."
"How fast?" Beatrice asked subconsciously.
"Do you want to try it?"
(End of this chapter)
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