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“Here, coal is burned to heat water.”
Coal power plant introduced by contacting Korea Electric Power Corporation in order to understand the power generation method.
The head of the power plant said, pointing to the gigantic machine.
“And steam is generated from the heated water, which turns turbines and uses them to generate electricity.”
“It converts thermal energy into kinetic energy and that kinetic energy back into electricity. Is that correct?”
“you’re right.”
What I knew so far.
“Then what about nuclear power?”
Isn’t it something that makes electricity with the infinite power of nuclear power?
If that’s the case, it wouldn’t be that a power plant using magical power was not without possibility.
Then the manager said with a calm expression.
“It is the same.”
“···Yes?”
“Nuclear power plants eventually boil water using fission reactions and use the steam to turn turbines.”
what.
Only the energy source used is different, but the principle is the same?
“What about wind power?”
“It uses the kinetic energy of the wind to turn a turbine.”
“Hydraulic?”
“Using the kinetic energy of water to power a turbine.”
“The sun! Solar heat is different, right?”
“Similarly, it collects solar heat in one place and boils water for a turbine……”
They’re all ride-on turbines!
“Solar generators on cars and places like that don’t boil water.”
“It uses the photoelectric effect of metal, so the principle is a little different, but the efficiency is not good. If it had been so efficient in the first place, there would be no way the coal plant could continue to run.”
That’s right.
“The basic principle is the same from the generator to the engine that goes into the car. It burns or explodes to create energy, and that energy turns something.”
Then, in the end, it means to use the skeleton to turn the turbine…
“Actually, I’m thinking of an eco-friendly energy generation business right now.”
Then the manager said with a surprised expression.
“Really? how?”
“In a nutshell, you use a skeleton to spin a turbine. Of course, I’ll have to think about how to do it now. So I want to try an experiment, can you help me?”
If a coal power plant is a private company, it may sound crazy to ask for help because a competitor is researching a better power generation method, but it doesn’t matter as all coal power plants are 100% owned by KEPCO, a public corporation.
Anyway, the power generation business has no choice but to work with KEPCO, and if a better power plant is created, all the employees here will just move there.
Wouldn’t it be better to work at a clean power plant than at a coal power plant where all the employees are fuming with fumes?
Sure enough, the manager nodded his head willingly.
“I can help. But maybe the skeleton doesn’t just turn the turbines, but replaces all the people’s work, right?”
“Of course not. Skeletons produce, people manage. This is the basic policy of Seron.”
“Then that’s it. come this way I will guide you to the lab.”
The manager walks towards the laboratory like that.
The manager said with a smile on his face.
“By the way, if you are a skeleton with infinite power, you can run a turbine for almost free, right? It’s scary how far this theory will develop. haha.”
It’s infinite power.
This is probably the skeleton people think of.
Of course, it’s hard to explain, so let’s move on.
A small laboratory attached to the coal power plant that we had walked so far.
“Come in.”
*
A gigantic skeleton presses hard on the pedals of a bicycle made of bones, and the research turbine connected to the bicycle spins.
“It comes out about 50kW.”
At the researcher’s words, the manager looked at me and said.
“Not bad. If there are many skeletons like this, it might be effective.”
Not bad.
Even if it’s bad, it can’t be this bad.
“If it’s 50kW, isn’t it roughly 7,500 won?”
“It will be like that.”
I checked and thought about the magic that went into the skeleton.
‘It consumes a lot more than I thought.’
In order to run a heavy turbine, a considerable amount of output is required, so the horsepower consumption required for maintenance is also large.
If you calculate this by the unit price of horsepower purchased recently…
“It’s a loss.”
It is also overwhelmingly detrimental.
Even a rough calculation, the cost of purchasing horsepower alone was at a level that was several dozen times higher.
As expected, there is no answer with only physical energy using the skeleton.
“Well······.”
I pondered for a moment, then opened my eyes and said.
“How about that? To make the turbine itself into a skeleton.”
After all, the reason for using a turbine is something.
This is to generate electricity by turning the rods connected to the turbine as efficiently as possible.
Then, instead of turning the turbine, you just need to turn the rod well.
“Five! Is that even possible?”
“I’m going to try it.”
I said, summoning a pile of bones from subspace.
“Let’s do it, Skeleton Turbine.”
*
“500 kW! great!”
As the skeleton turbine turned automatically, the manager applauded and said:
“It’s 10 times more efficient than before!”
okay.
right.
Obviously, if you make and roll a skeleton turbine, the efficiency will definitely go up.
It consumes much less power if the skeleton goes round and round alone than to roll a heavy piece of metal with the power of the skeleton.
The problem is that even this isn’t enough.
“Even so, it’s a loss.”
Although it has improved, it is still far below the cost level.
I thought for a while and said.
“Let’s try another way.”
After that, I experimented with literally all kinds of skeleton turbines, such as seeing a skeleton turbine built around a rod gurgling and creating centrifugal force, or even seeing bridges in all directions.
Thanks to that, the efficiency improved, but that’s it.
I said with a disappointed look.
“Isn’t it okay to have a Skeleton Power Plant?”
In this way, electricity would have to be made several times more expensive than the unit cost of electricity generation at the power plant.
That is to say, there is no business at all.
“I’m sorry, I’m sorry.”
If possible, a truly perfect eco-friendly energy could be created and the Ceron group could grow tremendously at the same time.
As I stood there with a disappointed expression, the manager approached me cautiously and said,
“Are there any problems?”
“Actually, the energy purchased from people is consumed to operate these guys. It’s not completely infinite power as you might think. But now the problem is…”
I told the manager in detail to see if I could find a breakthrough.
Then the manager nodded and said.
“okay. It’s not infinite power, so the president deserves that kind of expression. The original energy suffers a huge loss in the conversion process.”
“Isn’t there a better way?”
“I don’t know much about skeletons or abilities…”
“Whoa. okay.”
For now, let’s get this done for today.
“Thank you for your cooperation.”
*
Since that day, the regrets about the power plant have not gone away.
I must have eaten raw materials, and now I would not lack anything more if I only had energy.
“Really, if the efficiency only increases several times… Are you too greedy?”
Other energy companies invest an astronomical amount to increase the efficiency by 1%, but I need to increase the efficiency several times, let alone 1%.
“I think there should be just one more groundbreaking thing…….”
Then Kim Deok-bae knocked on the door and said,
“President.”
“Yes. Come on in.”
Kim Deok-bae, who came in like that, handed the documents and said.
“It is the progress of the automobile skeleton automation process of the era.”
Seron signed a full-fledged contract with Daejeon Motors and started laying the skeleton automation line in the new factory.
“The first tuning is almost finished, so it seems that we will have to enter the second process soon.”
After I laid out the skeletons, Sangho Baek and the instructors coordinated the skeleton automation system.
“What is the secondary process?”
“It is the part that mounts the engine.”
“It’s an engine.”
The engine is quite heavy, so it needs to use a bit more horsepower.
“I’ll see you soon… um?”
Wait a minute.
engine?
“By the way, as the manager said while referring to the engine, the power source is burned or exploded to create energy and turn it.”
Why am I so obsessed with skeletons and magic?
I have one more energy source.
It is also an energy source optimized for explosions.
“scam.”
For necromancers, morale is a source of energy.
I use this to move the skeleton and use it for attacks.
The reason why it takes a lot of mana to move a skeleton with a strong output is because the skeleton has a strong morale and requires more mana to control it.
I took a bone out of the subspace and murmured.
“Can I use a scam?”
In general, skeletons are driven by trapping their morale in bones and consuming it to move.
In other words, the total amount of morale in the skeleton is always maintained as long as it is not destroyed.
But the bone spear that I shoot is meant to blow a whole bone and then explode the morale inside that bone to attack.
Although doing so completely destroys the morale contained in the bones, it can unleash a force strong enough to completely destroy the ground in an instant.
“I am the one who compared morale with gunpowder to Woo Do-hyun. Why didn’t you think of this?”
A skeleton turbine is a so-called auto-rotating turbine that simply rotates a rod using the kinetic energy of the skeleton.
Wouldn’t it be possible to maximize efficiency by adding explosive firepower using morale?
I think this makes sense.
I jumped up from my seat and said.
“Chief Kim! Get ready for an experiment!”
*
The mechanical system engineering professor grumbled.
“I didn’t know the day would come when I would participate in the Ceron group experiment.”
At that, Professor Do-Jin Lee said with a smile.
“no?”
“Is it because I don’t know? If I am an awakened person, I am a person who trembles.”
A close friend of Lee Do-jin, a professor of qigong and a believer in science and technology, hated the ability to not even understand the source of its power.
“I really hate people who talk like they’ve been lucky enough to wake up with their own efforts. But even the president is SS-level, and Seron is trying to replace a machine that is a product of science and technology with a skeleton? Terrible, terrible.”
“But without such awakenings, the earth would turn into hell.”
“I know, I know. So I’m not just talking in front of you. Don’t you know that I need an Awakened? It’s just being uncomfortable with things that can’t be interpreted academically. At the same time, I don’t want it to undermine the importance of machines and robots.”
Then Lee Do-jin smiled and said.
“If it’s an inconvenience in that sense, wouldn’t Chairman Han be a little different?”
“Is it different?”
“You know that our department has now changed to Robot Skeleton Engineering, right?”
Then the professor of qigong said with a smile.
“know. I never dreamed that there would be a department related to live and live ability. Even this professor’s four departments.”
“Because I’m not as negative about my abilities as you are. But when I actually started researching skeletons, my thinking changed completely. what is it The power that moves the skeleton and things like that are still unknown, but…”
Lee Do-jin looked at the professor of qigong and said.
“Everything else has a reason.”
“Is there a reason?”
“In this simple movement of a skeleton’s arms stretching and folding, the command system for implementing that movement is located, like a robot. If the robot implements its movements with a computer, the skeleton moves with this command system.”
The professor of qigong said with a persuasive expression.
“okay?”
“yes. I thought it was a system devised by the researchers at Seron? But it wasn’t. All the researchers at Seron had to do was receive the command system from Chairman Han, organize it, and put it together. In other words, these commands were purely created by a president, and that was only a few years after he had awakened. I felt there.”
Lee Do-jin said with a smirk.
“President Han said that maybe it is the same fruit as us. The only difference is that we deal with robots and machines, and one president deals with skeletons.”
“Is that enough?”
“I’ll send you the data later, take a look. It’s incredibly vast.”
Then the qigong professor, who was silent, said:
“Let’s check that later and talk about it. By the way, why did a president invite me?”
“Well. What kind of energy experiment was it? If there are any experts in the field of generators or electrical energy, please introduce them, so I recommended you. No matter how much I think about it, around me, you are the best in this area.”
Then the professor of qigong said with a smirk.
“It feels good to be recognized by this professor, right?”
“It was nothing.”
Lee Do-jin, who was driving at that time, said.
“We are almost there, Seron Research Center. I hope you are not making a mistake in front of Chairman Han, are you?”
“I told you, I only tease you. Even the dean is arguing in front of a president, what should I do? Besides, if I had been walking around like this, would I have been killed by the Awoken earlier? don’t worry.”
So, after arriving at the Seron Research Center, Do-Jin Lee and a professor of qigong got out of the car.
Then Han Ji-hyuk came up to me and said with a smile.
“Nice to meet you, professors.”
Then the qigong professor bowed his back and grabbed Han Ji-hyeok’s hand and said,
“Chairman Han! It is an honor to meet you!”
The appearance of grunting in the car was nowhere to be seen, and the professor of qigong went straight into Abu mode.
“To the glory.”
“Of course it is an honor! It was as if my ability was recognized by being invited by President Han. haha.”
Seeing that, Dojin Lee burst out laughing and said.
“haha. I think the professor needs research funds, Chairman.”
“This professor! Do I look like such a snobbish person? Of course, it is true that research funding is always lacking, but do you really need to tell such a story at such an important event?”
Then Han Ji-hyuk nodded and said.
“If this experiment goes well, will the research funds run out?”
“Really? After all, Chairman Han has a big distribution!”
“I heard you are a great guy with turbines and energy.”
“I’m not the best, but I’m proud of being an A grade. haha!”
“good. Then come this way.”
Do-jin Lee and a professor of qigong go after Han Ji-hyeok.
At that time, Lee Do-jin tapped the qigong professor and said.
“you are good?”
“You should do well, you are the chairman of a chaebol. You received a lot of support this time, but not us. I need to get a research grant to look as good as I can.”
“Yes, yes.”
Do-Jin Lee and Professor Do-Jin Lee entered the research center like that.
What they saw in their eyes was the turbine.
A turbine made of bones.
The expression on the professor’s face is slightly distorted.
“A Skeleton Turbine? Now you can even make electricity with your powers?”
“Wait a minute. Let’s listen and talk.”
At that time, Jihyuk Han said, pointing to the skeleton turbine.
“First, let me give you a brief explanation. I was thinking this time buying energy from people. This energy is a resource that can only be obtained from people, and I wonder if there is anything else I can do other than maintain the production of skeletons using this resource. So this is what I came up with.”
When Jihyeok Han hit the skeleton turbine, the skeleton turbine started to rotate while holding the rod at high speed.
“In this way, electricity is produced by turning a skeleton turbine that uses human energy as a power source. But there was a problem. That said, it wasn’t very effective at all. When the skeleton turbine is operated, that amount of energy is consumed, since this cost is already several times the cost of electricity generation. Then an idea came to my mind.”
Han Ji-hyeok took out the bones and said.
“If the rotational speed is insufficient, can’t we increase the propulsion? I do.”
The skeleton turbine stopped rotating when Han Ji-hyeok gestured.
However, upon closer inspection, the side of the Skeleton Turbine had an elongated, rocket-like piece of iron attached to it.
Then Han Ji-hyeok approached and said, inserting a bone through the hole behind the rocket-like metal block.
“Have you seen it? The way I attack by bursting bones.”
“I saw it.”
“It’s just using that explosive power.”
The moment Han Ji-hyuk snapped his finger.
bang!
A huge roar is heard from the rocket’s metal block, followed by explosive power, and at the same time, the skeleton turbine begins to spin at a frightening speed.
“What if I start the skeleton turbine that was originally here?”
Combination of the self-rotating ability of the skeleton turbine in addition to the thrust from the detonation of the bones.
The results were great.
Boom Boom Boom Boom!
A skeleton turbine that rotates at an unprecedented speed.
“It will be like this. Of course, this is just a rough idea to show how it works, and if you make a proper skeleton turbine, the method will be different. That’s why I invited the professors.”
Han Ji-hyuk said with a bright smile.
“How are you, professors? Is this possible?”