PNPC LtJG Chandni Kapoor - Thermal systems?
Jess
(( Engineering ))
The Andorian leaned over to have a look and Chandni looked from
the other side, nodding a little.
Zh’raalil: This looks very impressing. And to use the
modifications of the inventory scanner is a great idea.
Perax: Thanks, but that was Chandni’s idea to base it off the
inventory scanner.
Kapoor: What do you think we need to look out for OPS wise?
Zh'raalil: I think another big challenge would be to keep the
energy output stable. The tractor beam would need different energy
output depending on the circumstances, as you know of course, so
it would need to be adjusted constantly.
Kapoor: You are right. Not only are the things we lift different
weights and need different weight distribution but it has to be
steady, especially in case of volatile materials.
Perax: We can place a dial that can scale up and down the output
and add a button to lock the setting for the times when you don’t
want to accidentally bump the dial.
Zh'raalil: Response
Kapoor: How fast can we make the engagement of the beam? Just in
case it does lose its grip it would be good to have a fast
re-engagement to catch it. If that is not possible however we just
know to possibly not carry explosives with it until we know it to
be stable.
Perax: Well, there are a couple options with that. Manually,
re-engaging the beam would take about twenty to forty seconds
depending on the person’s reflexes and aiming accuracy. It would
be even longer if the user grabs the wrong object. We could set up
an automatic target reacquisition, but we would need to add a
basic sensor scan and object identification function. It’s more
complicated than the simple label reader that is in most of the
inventory scanners, but it would get re-engagement down to ten to
fifteen seconds, maybe twenty seconds if the user reaction is
slow.
Chandni nodded ever so slightly, at first being a little lost at
the high amount of time. But then she realized... while she had
only considered turning the beam on again after losing the
connection, Leran had thought about 5 steps ahead including the
time to re-engange, locate, grab and balance again. She found it
fascinating the thought this far ahead. She watched as he adjusted
his sketch adding a dial and what she assumed the way it was going
to work in the corner.
Zh'raalil: Response
Perax: Now, we have to deal with Physics. In keeping with the
Second Law of Thermodynamics, we are going to lose some energy as
heat. Given the amount of energy we are probably going to use, I
think this portable tractor beam will produce considerable heat.
We might be able to recapture some and try to make it perform
work, but we need to also bleed heat away from the device without
burning or making the user uncomfortable.
Chandni nodded slightly, of course it would generate heat.
Everything would sooner or later depending on how much it would be
used and faster when the energy output was larger.
Kapoor: Is there a way to use that heat as energy to go back into
the beam? You know rerouting it back into the circulation.
Zh’raalil: Response
Perax: Feeding the excess heat into the tractor beam would get it
away from the user, but would that have an adverse effect on the
more perishable or volatile cargo that the beam is moving?
The Indian woman considered that and realized she had no idea. She
looked to Zeraa raising her brows.
Kapoor: Would it?
Zh’raalil: response
Perax: We could, um, uh, lower the temperature of the work area
when they are in use too. With many of these being used
simultaneously, that would keep the room from becoming a sauna.
Kapoor: Most of the time one person works alone or two max. The
times that we have several people in there are not the norm,
usually after taking on new cargo only between missions.
Zh’raalil/Perax: response
Kapoor: Would building in a thermal regulation system make the
tool too big?
Zh’raalil/Perax: response
Kapoor: Now I only have basic knowledge in engineering but the
warp core gets incredibly hot with the matter/antimatter reactions
and we have a highly sophisticated thermal regulation system to
keep it cool, so we can get even close. If something of that size
can do it in a way that we can work near the warpcore without
thinking we are on a tropical planet, it should be possible for a
handheld device. Any other device must have something like that as
well, this just uses more power so the thermal system needs to be
more efficient? Am I completely off with that assumption?
Zh’raalil/Perax: response
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