Warship of Great Power

"There will never be any problems with our powerful warships! The Type 45 destroyer is the pride of our Royal Navy!" Benjamin said angrily: "There must be no problems, absolutely not!"

He was practically roaring, roaring at everyone.

The people from Rolls-Royce lowered their heads and said nothing. They waited until Benjamin finished his rant, and then looked at them: "What exactly is the power problem of the Type 45 destroyer? Is it a mid-stage warm-up, as the Easterners analyzed? Something wrong with the energy recovery system?”

Hearing his question, Conrad raised his head: "Of course it's impossible. How can there be problems with the products produced by our Rolls-Royce company? I can guarantee that there will be no problems!"

"I don't think so either. Orientals are gesticulating there just to influence our thinking and lead us on the wrong track!" Benjamin said.

"Is this a problem with our BAE company?" Another person present was annoyed: "I can also guarantee that there is no problem with our ship-wide integrated power system! There is no problem with the system on the Queen-class aircraft carrier, and on the Type 45 destroyer How could there be a problem? It’s obviously a problem with the gas turbine, but you still don’t admit it!”

"Weston, I didn't say it was your BAE company's problem, why are you so excited?" Conrad said.

"It's not a problem with the power generation system or the power grid system, so what else could it be?" Weston said.

Conrad spread his hands: "I don't know, maybe it was an accidental failure?"

"What kind of accidental failure? If the temperature exceeds 25 degrees Celsius, your system will fail. This has been verified. The reason is your unreliable system purchased from the United States! Do you dare to test it on the bench? one time?"

Conrad shook his head: "No need to test, our gas turbine is fine! I will use the reputation of our Rolls-Royce company as a guarantee!"

Benjamin frowned: "Now is not the time to discuss these, we must let the outside world know that there is no problem with our Type 45 destroyer!"

At this moment, everyone was stunned. What was this Benjamin thinking? Now is not the time to solve the problem? When will that be? He actually cares more about appearance than solving problems?

However, from his standpoint, it is understandable. After all, the Type 45 destroyer is the most advanced destroyer of the British Navy. If there is a problem with this destroyer, will the British Navy still have a future?

We must tell the whole world that there is no problem with their warships, there is no problem at all!

"I think we can send a batch of flashlights to the Brave. If there is a power outage, they can wait patiently in the cabin."

"In addition to flashlights, there should also be some candles. After all, flashlights also need to be charged."

"Well, these must be resolved as soon as possible. Send a helicopter over to transport them!"

Weston looked at everyone present in surprise, "What are you doing?" At this time, we are actually discussing how to hold a candlelight dinner on a warship?

You guys are really romantic, haven't you ever thought that warships were used for fighting in the past? This is not a lighting problem. If all power supply is lost, the warship will be a living target!

"By the way, I will coordinate with the United States to bring us one or two Aegis warships as much as possible. Don't worry about the air defense mission. However, the Type 45 destroyer must be on site. It is related to the dignity of our Royal Navy!"

The meeting ended like this. When he walked out of the conference room, Weston felt a little dim in front of his eyes. Their navy had become like this. Shouldn't they stay at home? Going out is simply making people laugh!

Back at BAE Company, Weston looked at the second ship of the Type 45 destroyer that was continuing to be built on the slipway. His mood was even more complicated. There was already a big problem with the first ship. Shouldn't we find the cause of the failure? There will still be problems with the No. 2 ship that continues to be built in this way.

At this moment, someone came over in a hurry: "Weston, Weston, we got a good thing!"

"what?"

"Come and take a look."

So, in the laboratory, Weston saw a cabinet the size of a suitcase.

"This is the power grid equipment on the Jubail-class warship that was obtained at a great cost from Goudahu's shipyard. There are many such things on their warships."

Weston looked over: "What's in this box? Open it and take a look."

There are only a few components inside, two coils, two resistors, two capacitors, and two high-power thyristors. The result is also very simple, and the components can be identified at a glance, but the way these components are combined...

"These devices cannot be used in AC circuits." Weston is a technical expert. He can recognize it at a glance. A thyristor is connected to one branch, and the two sides are connected in reverse. This means that the AC current will pass through it anyway. If it doesn’t come, it will be an absolute disconnection for the alternating current!

For DC power, it will become a reliable solid state circuit breaker!

A common circuit breaker is an air switch. If a short circuit occurs in the circuit, the air switch can trip quickly to avoid burning the circuit. This device has a simple principle, high reliability, and low cost, but it has some shortcomings: current limiting effect. Poor, high maintenance cost, short life.

Therefore, if you want the circuits on the warship to work stably, you must use more advanced circuit breakers. This is the most advanced method in front of you!

As long as the circuit is short-circuited, it can be sensed immediately, and then the coil in the circuit can maintain a constant current, the capacitor current gradually increases, and the current in the triac gradually decreases to zero, thus disconnecting.

Its biggest feature is that it allows the short-circuit current to naturally cross zero, works in the most relaxing way, and has a simple structure. However, few manufacturers in the world can produce that high-power thyristor.

"Could it be that the power supply system used by the Orientals is different from ours?" At this moment, Weston seemed to have realized something: all along, our own ship's comprehensive power supply, electromagnetic ejection, etc. were immature, and the Orientals However, the device matured rapidly and was widely used. It turned out that the route taken by the Easterners was different from our own!

"Let me ask, when the Jubail-class destroyer uses multiple generators, do they need to be synchronized?" Weston continued to ask.

"No need, start it at any time, turn it off at any time when you are done using it."

"Damn it, we were deceived. They were shouting about how advanced the medium-voltage AC technology was, while secretly using medium-voltage DC technology!" Weston gritted his teeth: "It's too much, it's too much!"

This DC circuit breaker can already explain the problem: the power supply network in the warship is DC. At the same time, the connection of the generator to the grid can also explain the problem.

The biggest problem with alternating current is grid connection. The currents output by the two generators must be synchronized. If one output peak and one output trough are directly offset, the two currents will directly cancel each other and all become heat, and the grid will burn out in an instant.

As long as the positive and negative poles of DC are connected correctly, there is no need for synchronization at all. It can start and stop at any time!

"Isn't our medium-voltage AC technology also very advanced?" his subordinate asked.

"What's so advanced? Our medium-voltage communication has various faults. The Eastern warships have always been stable. Doesn't that explain the problem? But... we want to switch the technical route, it's not that simple."

They have been studying the medium-voltage communication route for so many years, and it is not easy to suddenly throw it all away and switch to a new track!

So much equipment needs to be re-developed, supporting factories need to be found, and the manufacturers that previously produced parts may even go bankrupt...

Although they don't admit it with their mouths, they know clearly in their hearts that Dongfang's technical route is correct. You can know it by looking at the facts! The most mature ones in the East, the British, and the United States are all facing various problems now, especially the catapults used on American aircraft carriers...

Everyone was deceived by the Easterners. The Easterners used medium-voltage DC with the most correct technical route, and then announced to the world that medium-voltage AC was the direction, so everyone fell into the ditch.

Even if I know it now, I’m afraid I can’t change it!

"Eastern has the most advanced DC transmission technology in the world, so all their equipment is ready-made. If we want to develop it, all the equipment needs to be developed again, and the investment will be astronomical!" Weston said: “We simply don’t have that much money right now, so we might as well find ways to continue to improve medium-voltage communication.”

Even if there is no external reason, they cannot switch tracks, not to mention that now, the Type 45 destroyer is encountering the problem of frequently falling off the brakes.

"Technical routes related to the East need to be strictly sealed. They must not be spread to outsiders."

Weston believed that the failure of the Type 45 destroyer was caused by the wrong technology used in the gas turbine, as the Orientals said. However, Rolls-Royce did not admit it, and Benjamin did not want to pursue it. He only wanted to fool it.

If it is said that the technical route is wrong now, it will be easier for Rolls-Royce to shift the blame and put all the blame on the medium-voltage AC power supply system developed by BAE Company.

Just act like you don’t know what to do!

Of course Weston didn't know that this kind of thing couldn't be hidden at all. Just as they had just judged the eastern technical route, in less than a day, everyone on the other side of the ocean also knew about it.

"Actually, when we were doing research back then, we knew that medium-voltage DC had greater advantages. However, this technical route was too radical, so we chose a safe solution first."

"Yes, it's all because we started research and development too early. If we had done the research later, maybe we would have chosen the medium-voltage DC route!"

Listening to the discussion, Brian looked ugly. What did he mean? What has been studied for more than ten years, no, more than twenty years, has not been matured yet. It took a long time to work on it. Is the technical route wrong?

Now, the catapults on Ford-class aircraft carriers are still having problems. What should we do next? First remove the electromagnetic catapult, replace it with a steam catapult, and then wait for the advanced medium-voltage DC electromagnetic catapult developed in China?

I'm afraid it will take another twenty years! In these years, the U.S. Navy has been unable to use electromagnetic catapults?

How many years behind the Easterners?

They have been very worried recently because of the incident in the Mediterranean. However, this technical route is related to the development of the navy and cannot be ignored.

"We should make two preparations. On the one hand, we should continue to promote the research and development of medium-voltage AC catapults and strive to make them mature. On the other hand, we should also formulate the project research and development of medium-voltage DC electromagnetic catapults, no, the power supply of the entire warship The system must also be switched to medium voltage DC!”

"How many years of research will it take?"

"I hope it will mature by 2020."

2020? Is it possible to spend more than ten years developing a new technology?

Everyone has no hope. Perhaps it would be good to develop it in 2030.

However, if you want to start research now, you have to apply for funding from Congress. Naturally, this application for funding cannot be hidden.

Sitting at home, Qin Tao, who originally planned to eat the Mediterranean, did not wait for the good news from the Mediterranean. Instead, he waited for the news that the US Navy was going to take the medium-voltage DC route.

"It seems that they know our technical route." Qin Tao said: "It is already very good to have kept a secret for so many years. If they want to build it, let them build it. How about... just publicize it?"

Wu Shengli glanced at Qin Tao: "With such publicity, will it be easier for you to sell warships?"

"Of course, we just want the whole world to see that the most advanced technology is here." Qin Tao said: "This is how the pride and honor of our people must be expressed!"

With so many people in Run, don’t they just think that the West is more advanced? Now let them know that it is wrong to run out, the most advanced technology is all here with us!

"Well, it's time to publicize it. I guess the British will be furious after seeing it."

Wu Shengli was already familiar with Qin Tao and knew what Qin Tao was going to do next.

That afternoon.

"Dear journalists, welcome here." Qin Tao looked at the reporters in the hall: "Today's press conference was held mainly to announce a brand-new technology. In the past, in order to keep it confidential, We have never introduced it correctly. Today, we will give you a correction.”

Click, click!

Before the introduction even started, the cameras below started taking pictures. Xu Zhengyang stood next to Qin Tao and looked at the crowd warily.

There is bulletproof glass in front, and everyone undergoes strict inspection when entering. However, nothing is foolproof. You must always be vigilant. Qin Tao must not have any accidents.

"Everyone should know that the United States has recently begun to promote the development of medium-voltage DC technology. They plan to use medium-voltage DC comprehensive ship-wide power systems as well as medium-voltage DC electromagnetic catapults and electromagnetic arresting cables." Qin Tao didn't plan to say much. He said, just give a brief introduction: "I can tell you that what is currently being used on our warships is this technical route, medium voltage DC!"

The people below were immediately shocked.

"Mr. Qin, you have been promoting medium-pressure exchanges all these years. Are you misleading the West?"

"Of course not." Qin Tao said: "The West began to study integrated power systems in the 1980s. At that time, they launched medium-voltage AC routes. Later, British aircraft carriers and the American DDG-1000 were all using these technical routes and equipment. For the sake of confidentiality, we have claimed that our warships have the same technical route as the West. Just to keep it secret, we have never tried to mislead the West.”

After Qin Tao finished speaking, he looked at everyone present: "We have always been very honest. We never say one thing and do another. Some people have been saying for decades that large aircraft carriers are targets, and small and medium-sized aircraft carriers are targets." That’s the trend, and then we start building large aircraft carriers, one by one, and we will never be like them.”

Of course it is clear who this sentence refers to.

"Not to mention the Star Wars of the 1980s, how some people brought down the Red Empire through strategic deception. We will not do that, saying one thing and doing another." Qin Tao added some more chips.

Anyway, he has been a thorn in the side of the Americans for a long time. Qin Tao is not afraid of offending the Americans. The person who asked the question below still wants to fish in troubled waters, so I will slap your master in the face.

"Mr. Qin, what are the advantages of medium voltage DC over medium voltage AC?"

"Of course the advantage is great. The DC power will not change, so the trouble of synchronization is saved. By the way, this time the Type 45 destroyer restarted frequently at sea. Do you know why? It is because the frequency needs to be coordinated and it must be based on a fixed If the process is matched, it will be out of sync if it is even a microsecond away.”

After talking about the Americans, he went on to ridicule the British. After all, the British are not good birds. Now that we have this opportunity, of course we must take advantage of it.

"After these years of development, our eastern technology is the most advanced and mature. Here, we also welcome other countries to come to us for matching. The Type 45 destroyer frequently fails, and we can help solve it. The American Ford-class aircraft carrier The catapult still breaks down frequently, and we can help solve it. As long as you ask us for help, you will definitely get the best solution! ”

What a joke! Will Americans and British come to the East to solve technical problems? Of course it’s impossible!

It was because it was impossible that Qin Tao was able to speak openly and assume the attitude of a technical expert. If you have any problems, you can come to us for help and we will help solve them!

This will invisibly increase one's own strength.

"Excuse me, can the West develop the same type of system?"

"I don't know this, but I want to say that we can mature our research and development because we have the most advanced transmission technology in the world! UHV, ultra-high voltage transmission, DC transmission, we have absolute say here, our The standard is the world standard!”

Westerners can't do it because they don't have these technological reserves. The most advanced technology in the world is in the east!

Who else doesn’t have national self-confidence and pride? Let you know that we are no worse than foreigners, and our standards are world standards!

Everyone present was shocked.

Is Mr. Qin speaking too domineeringly?

Is it really?

Of course, many reporters went back and quickly looked up information or went to other relevant departments to investigate, and then came to this conclusion: Yes, the Eastern standard is the world standard!