Engineer Cheol-woo Lee (16)
“Chief Seo. Mr. Cheol-woo, shall we return?”
“Um…. It’s hard for a genius to get out of when he feels a wall, honestly I think it’s difficult.”
“Well, what will happen next year’s expo presentation topic? Is the ITE engine a failure after all?”
“If it’s not finished, it’ll be difficult to release it at the expo. If it comes out, people around the world will be shocked… It’s unfortunate.”
“Ha, really. If it had been done properly, I’d have seen the dazed eyes of scientists all over the world. Too bad.”
“therefore.”
“Then the ITE engine has gone through the water, what are they talking about from the top?”
“Well, from the top line, it seems that the X-380 or the existing hybrid engine will be adopted as the LKC.”
With the help of Cheol-woo, Hyeon-seong perfected the hybrid engine LKC, and the X-380 was still in the development stage.
“Development of the X-380 will still take half a year to be completed, but is that on the list of topics?”
“Anyway, they’re showing off a test model.”
“Hmm… I see. Ha, that’s too bad ITE engine. Let’s see… Now it’s December, so we have to decide by this month?”
“Yes, at the end of the month.”
Tokyo Automobile Expo will be held from March 20, 2014. Prior to that, by the end of 2013, various data should be organized and submitted to the International Exhibition Organization.
“Hmm…. Seriously, I keep thinking about it. Even if only the ITE engine was completed, it could have surpassed Toyo Motors at once.”
“Ugh, what are you doing thinking about it?”
“No, what was the cause of the real ITE engine not working?”
“If I knew that, would I be doing this now? I couldn’t even find Mr. Cheol-woo.”
“You must have thought about it, though.”
“hmm…….”
“Yes, yes. What is it?”
“Actually, the fundamentals are wrong? Raising the thermal efficiency means, um…… It’s not like this AA system, so what to say… I don’t really know.”
“A shortcut?”
“Yes. The AA system feels a bit like an expedient, should I say energy recycling? Fundamentally, it doesn’t prevent energy loss from combustion. As the intake and exhaust strokes are eliminated, energy is saved. .”
“That’s right. Does that mean there has to be something in the compression and detonation process?”
“I don’t know that much. I just thought it might be. Don’t think too deeply.”
“why?”
“Because there is no answer.”
“…”
“Ugh, Mr. Cheol-woo, try a little more. Just because you failed once, why don’t you run away like that?”
“Don’t say that, Mr. Cheolwoo. You’re probably 23 now. You’re young enough. You’re not mentally mature. What did you do when you were 23?”
“I studied.”
“Tsk.”
“So will you come or not?”
“Cheolwoo teacher?”
“yes.”
“I vote for coming.”
“I vote for not coming.”
“Shall we bet?”
“great.”
“How about 100 million?”
“……Are you kidding me?”
While Team Leader Seo and Researcher Jung were playing around, the door to the lab opened.
“Who are you at this hour?”
“Researcher Jeong. You know that 100 million is still valid, right? That’s until the ITE engine is completed.”
“…!”
“Mr. Cheolwoo! I’ve been waiting for you!”
Cheol-woo returned to the lab.
* * *
‘best? yeah let’s do our best And if it doesn’t work, let’s admit it.’
I thought so.
I did my best, but it’s beyond my ability to fail. that’s something i can’t do However, giving up without even trying your best.
Just a coward and a loser.
“Let’s start developing the ITE engine again. Let’s properly find the cause.”
“Oh, I knew you’d come back.”
Researcher Jung said.
“Lie, didn’t you bet a while ago?”
“Yes? What bet?”
“……. It’s okay. More than that, Mr. Cheol-woo. I’ve thought about it a little.”
“Thinking? What do you think?”
“Why can’t I find the cause?”
“What do you think?”
“I wonder if the fundamental problem is wrong. That’s why it’s not an AA system, hmm… Do I have to say something more fundamental to explode energy?”
“It basically explodes energy. What does that mean?”
“I wonder if efficiency should be raised in the compression and explosion process as well.”
Compression and explosion, I didn’t even think about that.
Automatic compression, and explosion under pressure. Is there anything else left to do?
“Hmm… Let’s think about it. Let’s start by disassembling everything. I’ll have to think about it one by one from the beginning.”
“decomposition…….”
Researcher Jeong said with a bad expression.
“Why? You did it countless times when you were a student, right?”
“No, this…. The number of parts is more than twice that of a normal engine. How difficult it is to assemble.”
“100 million. Just because I wasn’t there doesn’t mean the debt will disappear.”
“Oh, no. I’ll take it apart right away! Wait a minute!”
After all, the power of 100 million was amazing.
While Researcher Jung was disassembling, I started looking at the ITE engine’s system as a whole.
‘Well, the AA system is definitely fine. and… … . There is no problem with charging the battery using the crankshaft.’
I looked at it step by step.
However, no matter how much I looked, I couldn’t find the problem part.
‘Why does the engine make that noise when the RPM goes up? Obviously, something must be wrong.’
I looked at the fuel valve in case the fuel side was the problem.
‘Well, gasoline goes in normally. Enough oil.’
This time, we looked at the surrounding systems.
‘Coolant, oil, timing belt… … . Everything is normal here too.’
Same as before.
No matter how much I looked, I couldn’t find where the problem was.
‘Is this really a fundamental problem? ‘
This time, we looked at the cylinder, piston, and connecting rod, which are the fundamentals of the engine.
‘If fuel is continuously supplied to the cylinder, the connecting rod automatically rotates due to the explosion… … .’
Again, this part was normal.
‘Ha, I don’t know what the problem is.’
Could it be that I am obsessed with some stereotype? Or, as Suh said, is something fundamentally wrong?
It’s the root, what is the root?
“Chief Seo. I suddenly have a question, what is the root?”
“Basic? It depends on what it is.”
“It’s the foundation of the engine.”
“If it’s the root of the engine… then it must be the system, right?”
“system?”
An unexpected answer came. Speaking of the root of an engine, I thought it would be a mechanical device.
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“Yes. Administrative engine system. A 4-stroke engine, which is a typical gasoline engine, isn’t that the basis of an engine?”
The ITE engine is a two-stroke engine.
The reason for making it that way is simple, since the stroke is reduced, of course the energy consumption will also be reduced.
‘hmm… … . for a moment.’
For a moment, a question popped into my mind.
‘Why did I naturally think that a two-stroke engine would consume less energy?’
In a way, it’s obvious, but in another sense, it wasn’t obvious.
Does reducing the process unconditionally increase efficiency?
Of course, most of the things that reduce the process improve efficiency.
For example, if you write in one stroke instead of writing one stroke at a time, you will write faster. But if you write like that, it will be bad handwriting.
Conversely, if you write each stroke with sincerity, it will become a master calligraphy.
‘Appreciate the process.’
Suddenly, Minseok’s words came to mind.
procedure.
It is an undeniable fact that results matter. However, the process is just as important.
‘Did the 2nd administrative agency consider the process important?’
no.
It simply reduced the process to increase energy efficiency. There was no deep consideration of the intake and exhaust of the process.
‘Then can I put the intake and exhaust strokes back in?’
no.
Nor was it. Then, there is no difference from the existing gasoline engine.
‘then… … . Rather, increasing the new administration?’
came to a conclusion
Rather, how to manage energy more efficiently by increasing administration.
It was simply such an idea to change the fuel injection in the PULL-IN method and keep the power down.
Save energy by reducing administration.
It may not have been.
‘Let’s change our thinking to use energy more efficiently by increasing administration.’
Only use it more efficiently!
Efficiency only!
* * *
Looking at the calendar, it was December 25th, Christmas.
I didn’t even go home and stayed in Hyeon-seong’s lab for almost a month. I didn’t wash my hair, and I was immersed in research while washing my hair.
efficiency! I only thought about efficiency, so I didn’t care about anything.
“Mr. Cheol-woo. It’s Christmas, so why don’t you go home and get some rest today.”
“No. I think I can do a little more.”
I ignored the suggestion of the team leader.
In the meantime, there has been progress in research. First of all, as team leader Seo predicted, the ITE engine was fundamentally wrong.
It was not possible to increase the thermal efficiency with expedient methods such as the AA system.
So, I researched completely new ideas and designs, and the outline has come out to some extent. But one piece was still missing.
‘Here’s just this, I think it’ll work perfectly if I solve it… … . I can’t find the ratio.’
The method I came up with is 5 administrative agencies. One more process was added in intake, compression, explosion, and exhaust.
Suction, compression, explosion, circulation, exhaust.
circulatory system has entered.
It was not to exhaust the energy immediately after the explosion, but to circulate the energy once more to increase reusability.
And the explosion phase was also touched upon.
Instead of a general compression explosion, a catalyst was added to the intake process to create a more intense explosion.
Only then could the energy for circulation be obtained.
The catalyst up to the explosion stage proceeded smoothly. However, the problem was the mixing formula of the filter into which the circulation system would go.
It could be reused only when particulate matter, carbon monoxide, and hydrocarbons from the exhaust gas were precisely removed and nitrogen oxides were left behind as pure energy.
‘Well, I guess I could just make a porous monolith wall, which would completely remove the carbon particulates, but then the catalyst coating would come off.’
The trouble went deep.
‘no? No, change your mind, think! Change your existing thoughts and stereotypes.’
This time I started thinking differently.
‘It’s not a matter of restraint, what if we change the structure?’
Not in the form of a normal filter… … . Yes, just like free vector gear, you change your mind.
It came to mind at that moment.
A 5-stroke gasoline engine with a completely new engine structure.
And the composition of the perfect filter to enter the circulation stroke, which is the core of the 5-stroke gasoline engine.