Master of Thermodynamics

Chapter 202: Light of civilization

While the audience was still in a sluggish state, the black uniforms stuffed iron boxes into the entrance of the conveyor belt. At the exit on the other side, the boxes with steel ingots slid off the conveyor belt.

After the steel ingot from the box was taken out, the black uniform immediately brushed a grease-like thing on the surface of the box and sent it to the entrance of the conveyor belt.

The steelmaking furnace "spits" the steel ingots at a rate of 2 seconds per block, and stopped after more than 2 minutes. At this time, several stacks of steel ingots have been piled on the concrete floor, which is more than 100.

"Turn off the magic steelmaking furnace..."

"Weigh the steel ingots and count the total weight..."

Following the orders, the black uniforms became busy again.

Soon, the statistical results came out, a total of 112 steel ingots with a total weight of 22 tons.

The audience was in an uproar again. For half an hour, 22 tons of steel were placed on the earth, which is not obvious at all, but in another world, it is very remarkable.

Under normal circumstances, it takes at least one full day for a steel plant to smelt the same weight of steel.

In other words, in the same time, using the magic steelmaking method can smelt dozens of furnaces, and the output of steel will also increase dozens of times.

If the work is started for 300 days a year and smelted for 16 hours a day, the total output of steel will reach 210,000 tons.

Is the annual output of steel in a human kingdom 210,000 tons?

No!

In other words, the steelmaking furnace in front of us can match the steel output of a kingdom.

Therefore, this is simply a revolutionary breakthrough.

In fact, the entire magic steelmaking method is also divided into two steps.

The first step is the magic decomposition method, and its final product is molten iron.

To turn it into molten steel, a certain amount of carbon must be added.

Under normal circumstances, during the steelmaking stage, carbon atoms penetrate into the molten iron to fuse into iron-carbon alloys, which takes a considerable amount of time.

But now that there is a precedent for the magic decomposition method, and the efficiency is still so high, the original ironmaking process of several hours can be completed in just a few minutes, and Renault will naturally think of another problem.

Can magic power be used to shorten the steelmaking process?

of course can!

The rune magician took out the second magic black technology-rune [smelting].

However, like [Decomposition], it consumes mana spar and also needs to be transformed into a magic stone version.

This time the magician did not encounter too many obstacles, and the rune group [Smelting] was born smoothly.

It can also be seen from this name that the function of the rune group [fusion] is to forcibly knead different elements, and the speed is incredible, the original long iron-carbon fusion process was abruptly shortened to less than 10 minutes.

This is the second step of the magic steelmaking method: the magic smelting method.

Unlike the conventional steelmaking method, the two steps can be integrated in the same process, that is, concentrated in one container. At different stages, only need to switch to different rune formations, without separate smelting.

This greatly saves the number of equipment and also reduces the time consumed between different processes. There is no need to wait for the molten iron to cool, transfer the billet, and then send it to the steelmaking furnace for smelting.

This is exactly what Renault is pursuing: in one step!

In addition, the magic steelmaking method has an extremely powerful advantage.

Please note that I am talking about "extremely" awesome, not general.

It is the "heat recovery device" that makes a crowd of rune magicians cheer, makes Lord Lord smile, and makes all the audience confused.

What does the heat recovery device do?

Of course it is to recover heat!

To be precise, three parts of energy are recovered.

The first part is the heat emitted by the furnace body.

Most of the heat will be completely absorbed by it and converted into thermal energy, which will be transmitted to the inside of the steelmaking furnace. In the end, there will be very little heat dissipation, and the temperature of the furnace body is only a little higher than normal temperature.

It was for this reason that the magician stood close to the steel furnace, which made McGregor puzzled.

The second part is the heat of the high-temperature exhaust gas.

The temperature of the exhaust gas discharged from the steelmaking furnace exceeds 2000 degrees. If they are allowed to be discharged, it will cause a lot of waste, but with the "heat recovery device", the heat of the exhaust gas is also used.

Impurities in the exhaust gas, such as phosphorus, sulfur, potassium and other elements, will also be cooled into a solid element, and finally collected, it can be regarded as a by-product of magic energy steelmaking.

The third part is the heat of molten steel.

The high-temperature molten steel released from the bottom of the steelmaking furnace will also be cooled by the "heat recovery device", which is why the "steel ingot is tapped directly".

What kind of magic black technology is such an awesome device?

It is the rune group [Heat Demon Conversion]!

All heat higher than normal temperature can be converted into heat magic energy by [Thermal Demon Conversion]. The higher the temperature, the higher the conversion efficiency.

So, what does this mean?

This means that there is no heat loss!

This also means that thermal energy can be recycled!

This also means that the fuel consumption of steelmaking will be reduced by more than 90%!

Why not 100%?

Because the heat is converted into thermal energy, there will be a certain loss. Every time it is converted, a part of the energy will be lost.

Under normal circumstances, what is the biggest cost of steelmaking?

On the earth, of course it is iron ore.

But in another world, the answer is fuel.

Due to the backward process of ironmaking and steelmaking, fuel consumption is extremely high. In the total cost of steel, fuel accounts for even more than 30%, which is higher than that of iron ore.

Using magic energy steelmaking method, the fuel cost can be compressed to less than 1/10 of the original.

This is only part of it.

Since the heat energy can be recycled, the heat from the previous furnace can be used to heat the next furnace. In order to improve the heat utilization rate, the best way is to keep steelmaking, which is the so-called "continuous steelmaking".

Coupled with the extremely short smelting time of the magic steelmaking method, steel production will explode.

This is not the case in the alien world, the soil turtles are not capable of continuous steelmaking.

When the turtles made 1 furnace of steel, Renault had already made 20 furnaces. When the turtles opened the furnace again, Renault had made another 10 furnaces. By analogy, the steel production rate of the sea tide collar would be more than 30 times that of the soil turtles!

This is still a small magic steelmaking furnace, if it is medium or large?

The productivity will be as high as 100 times, or even 200 times!

The higher the productivity, the lower the unit cost, and the cost of steel can be reduced by more than 30%.

Even if the magic energy steelmaking method needs to consume magic stones, the cost of magic stones is higher, but the final total cost will be reduced by at least 60%.

If the plan of "mass production of magic stones through aquaculture" can be carried out smoothly in the future, the cost of magic stones will also be reduced by more than half, and the cost of steel will also explode.

At that time, the cost of producing the same steel will be at least 80% lower than that of the terrapin steelmaking method.

This is just the cost, what about the quality?

It can be said unceremoniously that there is not much difference between the steel-making method of the terrapin steel and each furnace of steel, and the gambling of betting on the size of the bet.

If it is out of "big", it is qualified steel, if it is out of "small", sorry, scrap steel.

Similarly, even qualified steel, each furnace is different, just like the monster brush equipment, some are green equipment (inferior quality steel), some are blue equipment (ordinary steel), and a very small part are purple equipment (good steel). ).

how about it? Convinced?

Is the "probabilistic steelmaking method" of the people from other worlds touching?

The magic steelmaking method is different. Its quality is extremely stable. What kind of steel you want, such as low-carbon steel or high-carbon steel, you need to add as much carbon powder. The quality is amazingly stable, and there will never be inferior steel. There will be no scrap steel.

Finally, what does it mean for steel with low cost and high quality?

This means that steel plants all over the world will be bankrupted by Renault's run.

This also means that the price of various steel products produced by Haichaoling will be incredibly cheap.

This also means that Renault can easily arm an army of steel!

The first test of the magic steelmaking method lasted less than an hour and ended.

Before the people at the test site left, McGray and Pierce slipped out first.

After walking out of the door of the workshop, McGray glanced at the blast furnace in the distance. He suddenly felt that the figure of the blast furnace was so lonely.

He understands that this blast furnace will never be ignited again.

In the test workshop, many people are still reluctant to leave.

Many people looked right and left around the stopped magic steelmaking furnace, still looking incredible, and some people wandered around more than 100 steel ingots on the ground, immersed in the shock.

Only Renault was always calm. After saying hello to Seth, he took Miss Archon and a group of island guards and left.

It is ironic that these alien turtles live in a strange world full of magic power, and they find it difficult to accept the "magic steelmaking method".

On the contrary, Renault, a traverser who grew up in the world of science and technology, can treat him indifferently. Even as the most orthodox mechanical dog, he has also abandoned the steelmaking method of the science and technology world, and tirelessly pursues "using magic to transform. The world’s approach.

So, what makes this amazing contrast?

Methodology!

This is the biggest difference between a traverser and a native of another world. What is reflected behind this is the profound heritage of a developed civilization.

This kind of foundation quietly flows in Renault's veins and is deeply rooted in his soul. At the right moment, it will burst out incomparably bright sparks.

Every ray of fire is a light of civilization.

Today, Renault illuminates the whole world with this ray of civilization, which represents the "magic steelmaking method"!