When it comes to boiling boilers, many people feel that they are very backward in the first reaction. After all, old-fashioned trains used steam boilers in the past. Did Chinese aircraft carriers also rely on steam boilers to boil water when they started?

When it comes to boiling boilers, many people feel that they are very backward in the first reaction. After all, old-fashioned trains used steam boilers in the past. Does the Chinese aircraft carrier also rely on the steam boiler to boil water when it starts? my country's aircraft carrier is currently a conventional-powered aircraft carrier. Will its performance be much worse than nuclear power? The real answer to is not certain.

Why doesn’t my country use nuclear-powered aircraft carriers? The main problem with is that the technology is not mature enough, because the construction of nuclear power reactors is very complicated. If the reactor cannot be completely guaranteed to be safe, it is better not to use it for the time being.

Although conventional steam-powered aircraft carriers have obvious shortcomings, they also have good advantages. They are currently suitable for use in my country.

nuclear-powered aircraft carriers are said to be able to be used continuously for 50 years without replacement. In fact, they can only support about 13 to 15 years and must be maintained and repaired, not theoretically for half a century.

Even if it is a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, there are boilers. Therefore, it is not that the boiler is behind, but that it depends on the source of the continuous supply of power to the boiler and how long it can continue to work. The biggest advantage of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier is its long-lasting battery life and the nuclear start time is very fast. After the nuclear reactor is started, boil the water in the boiler and start the aircraft carrier, but it is not like a car that can be used to step on the accelerator, and it also takes several hours to start.

is just a much shorter start time than conventional-powered aircraft carriers. The most eye-catching advantage is its endurance. Nuclear-powered aircraft carriers can circle the earth for hundreds of times, but conventional-powered aircraft carriers can only have a endurance of more than 10,000 kilometers. The endurance is huge, and the gap is very large. This is also the proud advantage of the most advanced nuclear-powered aircraft carrier in the world.

The huge aircraft carrier uses huge and cumbersome parts. It is impossible to operate and use for a long time without maintenance or repair for decades, and normal consumption and wear will occur. In this case, if the overall safety of the aircraft carrier cannot be fully guaranteed, it is more convenient for maintenance and repair of conventional-powered aircraft carriers, which are safer and more convenient.

Nowadays, the energy used by aircraft carriers is only nuclear power and conventional power. It takes at least ten hours for my country's aircraft carrier to start boiling water to make the machine run. This makes many people feel very worried because in the context of modern warfare, the faster start-up state can be put into war and can seize the opportunity to win. If the enemy can react faster than our side, it is easy to fall into a passive situation.

However, with the cooperation of my country's advanced radar and various regional early warning systems, there is no need to wait until the situation is urgent before it is temporarily activated. You can enter the prepared state based on the situation and needs in advance, and there will be no problems that military fans are worried about.

And based on military fans' analysis of the current status of my country's conventional-powered aircraft carriers, it is determined that my country's two conventional-powered aircraft carriers almost never shut down their engines, but are in operation. They consume hundreds of tons of heavy oil fuel every day. This strength is beyond the reach of many countries. After all, the fuel consumed every day is a huge amount of money.

This also highlights my country's economic strength from the side. Only a strong national strength can use and develop better aircraft carriers. At present, my country's aircraft carriers have to participate in drills and duty and almost never shut down the engine. The pipelines on the aircraft carrier are several kilometers long. This long start process is also a process of allowing power to flow through all pipelines. Therefore, not shutting down the engine means maintaining the possibility of responding to any emergencies at any time. Unless the aircraft carrier is in charge of the maintenance stage, it is another matter.

So even if our aircraft carrier is conventional power, it will not give the enemy who secretly spy on our country's enemies, and will not leave a blank time for starting up to let the other party take action first.

Since my country's nuclear-powered aircraft carrier technology is not mature enough, why must it be steam power instead of electric power, or gas turbine ?

This is still related to safety and overall technological maturity. Steam power is a very mature and safe technology and is also the most suitable technology that can be used in my country. If electric power is used, the current electricity that can support such a large ton of navigation in the aircraft carrier cannot achieve stable and safe parallelism for the time being.

In addition, charging is also a problem. Once extreme weather occurs at sea, replenishing power is also a huge test. In addition, gas turbines also have safety hazards. natural gas and other fuels are supplied as power. Unlike steam turbine , after years of use and practice, many problems have been filtered. As the core of combat at sea, aircraft carriers cannot fail. Therefore, in order to ensure this stability and smoothness, the most confident method is adopted for the power of aircraft carriers.

Although there is no news from my country that it is publicly developing a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, with the successful development of my country's Linglong nuclear reactor, I believe that my country will definitely have a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier in the future, because it can break through the bottleneck of nuclear-power technology to truly achieve freedom of maritime attack and defense. This will also be the direction of our navy's efforts.

Looking forward to the emergence of my country's nuclear-powered aircraft carrier as soon as possible!