Monster Factory - 1301

First law of thermodynamics:

Heat can be transferred from one object to another, and can also be converted into mechanical energy or other energy, but during the conversion process, the total value of energy remains unchanged.

Plasma cutting knife is also a way of thermodynamic performance.

The energy module that provides power to the plasma cutter must also follow the principle of energy conservation. Its energy storage density is directly related to the working time it drives the plasma cutting knife.

A nuclear reactor, strictly speaking, is also an energy storage device, but its energy density is many times higher than that of an energy module.

It relies on the fuel rods in the core to provide a continuous heat source. These heat sources heat the cooling water of the primary circuit and then boil the working fluid of the secondary circuit to turn it into an ultra-supercritical fluid to drive the gas turbine to generate electricity.

Why did Dianjing design the amorphous torpedo into a thousand-ton-level big guy in the first place?

In order to be able to barely fit into a small nuclear reactor.

The reactor generates electricity. With electricity, it can drive various equipment or weapons.

If the plasma cutter is driven, the reactor can provide almost unlimited power, allowing the plasma cutter to cut the hull wantonly.

So……

Under the principle that plasma uses high-temperature electric arc to melt metal, it is directly used to skip these energy conversion steps, what kind of reactor core, reactor, primary circuit water, secondary circuit water, gas turbines, etc. are skipped.

How about holding a fuel rod barely?

What happens if you hold a fuel rod?

Under normal circumstances, of course, the internal nuclear fuel of the fuel rod gradually heats up and releases some radioactive elements that can penetrate the protection of the zirconium alloy fuel rod.

Without cooling measures, it will gradually rise to a high temperature of more than 3,000 degrees, melting itself while also melting the zirconium alloy protective shell.

Once the internal uranium dioxide fuel block melts, its fission reaction can no longer be interrupted by humans.

The fission knife was an extreme weapon that Ye Qing thought of.

There is no messy energy conversion steps, and a fuel rod is directly redesigned to become a weapon that can continuously release the terrifying heat.

The plasma cutter can release an electric arc as high as 8000 degrees to melt the metal.

A fuel rod, although there is no way to heat the temperature to 8000 degrees.

However, energy is conserved.

There is loss in the energy conversion process. The more conversion steps, the greater the loss.

The heat utilization rate of nuclear power generation is only 33%, and the electricity is converted into a high-temperature arc through the plasma cutting knife, and the energy loss is further increased.

Therefore, the destructive power of the final arc cannot be compared with the destructive power of the thermal energy released by the fuel rod.

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As soon as Ye Qing’s fission knife proposal was put forward, Dianjing exclaimed crazy, and felt very, very appetite for her.

How big is a fuel rod?

The standard fuel block in a nuclear power plant is a cylinder with a diameter of 1 cm and a height of 1 cm. Hundreds of these fuel blocks are packed in a zirconium alloy sleeve with a thickness of 1 mm to form a four-meter-long standard fuel rod.

Then redesign, the fuel rod is designed as a knife, which is filled with hundreds of fuel blocks.

Before cutting, activate the fuel block in the fission knife to ignite, and let it continue to release the terrifying high temperature.

Of course, once the fission knife is activated, there is no way to lower the temperature. If there is no cooling measure, it will melt itself before too long, causing a nuclear leak.

“This is not a problem!” Dian Jing cheered.

It cannot be extinguished after activation, so it will not be extinguished.

After the task of cutting the warship is completed, the unshaped torpedo will take the fission knife off and put it on the submarine. The space of the submarine is large enough, and it is hidden in the sea, and the direct water circulation can continue to cool the fission knife.

When you use it next time, just take it out and install it.

As soon as the design idea of the fission knife was put forward, people from Ye Qing to Dianjing to delicate masters became very enthusiastic, and now there is no intention to deal with the cargo problem on the humpback whale.

Ye Qing directly activated the lord battleship to return to the secret factory behind the Sotu Rainforest, where there are nuclear reactors and massive fuel blocks.

Within less than 20 minutes of returning to the nuclear plant, Dianjing has already begun to design the shape of the fission knife.

First of all, a metal that is more resistant to high temperature and corrosion than zirconium alloy is needed.

Humans use zirconium alloys to make fuel rods. This does not mean that zirconium alloys are the most high-temperature alloys that humans can produce.

However, zirconium alloy has high hardness, high ductility, and corrosion resistance. It can maintain its strength in a long-term high radiation and high corrosion environment.

In addition, its fusion welding performance is also very good, and it can be easily welded into various components, so it is the most suitable material for making fuel rods.

Dian Jing just used holographic glasses to look through the alloy metal catalog in the factory, and suddenly slapped his transparent head with a slap.

What alloy to use, directly use unshaped metal.

For the zirconium alloy fuel rods used in commercial nuclear power plants, once the fuel rods lose the cooling water to cool down, and the reaction is not stopped, the fuel rods will slowly rise to about three thousand degrees. At this temperature, the zirconium alloy will be melted away after a long time.

Amorphous metal is the alloy with the highest known melting point, its melting point is 4622 degrees.

And when it reaches the melting point, it just can’t enter the solid state anymore. When the temperature drops, it can again switch between two of the three forms of metal at will.

The higher the density of the metal, the stronger the radiation blocking ability.

The density of amorphous metal is higher than that of gold. If two hundred standard fuel blocks are encapsulated, the thickness of the amorphous metal only needs to exceed 9 mm, which can completely block the nuclear radiation emitted by the two hundred standard fuel blocks.

Of course, in the cooling and maintenance phase after the task is completed, boron-containing cooling water is also used to absorb the high-energy neutrons slowly accumulated on the fission knife to extend the service life of the fission knife.

In addition, after the fission knife is made of unshaped metal, the fission knife loses the ability to deform freely.

Because there is a lot of radiation inside the fission knife, these radiation will disturb the deformed magnetic field released by the suppressor. If it is rashly deformed, a leak is likely to occur.

Both Ye Qing and Dianjing agreed that as long as the shape is cool, it doesn’t matter if the fission knife changes its shape.

At the same time, Dianjing also plans to prepare a new batch of fuel blocks.

The fuel blocks used in nuclear power plants are all incorporated with moderating materials in the manufacturing process to slow down the rate of fission.

The transistor must be within the safety threshold to minimize the proportion of slowing materials. Let the fuel block fission speed approach the critical point, greatly increasing the fission speed and fission temperature.

Theoretically, the fission knife can heat up to 4000 degrees.

What is the concept of 4000 degrees?

Known as the hard-bone stainless steel in the metal processing industry, the melting point is only between 1400-1500.

The melting point of pure titanium is 1678 degrees, and the melting point of titanium alloys is even lower.

The high temperature of 4000 degrees, the plasma arc temperature of 8000 degrees after it seems that there is no energy storage and boost is high.

But what is the cutting diameter of the plasma arc?

The greater the cutting depth, the smaller its cutting diameter. When cutting 30 mm alloy, its cutting diameter is less than 1 mm.

The fission knife has a cutting diameter of 10 cm. It is used to cut the hull of a ship with a melting point of only 1400 degrees, just as easily as cutting a piece of paper.

Imagine the scene of an indeterminate torpedo slicing the hull with a single knife, and then cutting and slicing inside, Ye Qing felt very touchy.

“By the way, the name of the unshaped torpedo is not appropriate.”

When arriving at the nuclear plant, Ye Qing said to Dianjing: “If you want to maximize the power of the fission knife, you must not expect the appearance of fish.”

“Hmm~ I am going to design it as an indeterminate robot that can transform multiple forms.”

Dianjing thought for a moment, but didn’t think of a suitable name, “Boss, what’s the name?”