03-16-2018, 06:44 PM
-_-_-_-_-: Supervisor: Rachel Snow :-_-_-_-_-
While this sort of operation has been undergone in various different forms, perhaps it's time to put together a formal report regarding what exactly is happening.
The project at hand this time, is retrofitting the power systems if one Nephilim class vessel with both a Ingenuus Core, as well as converting a cloaking device, and jumpdrive to accept the centralized core's power instead of relying on auxiliary generators.
Before I begin the report, on a more personal note, I've heard rumors about the client. Someone who perhaps.. Well. For the sake of relevance, let's begin.
A question that we've been asked multiple times when undergoing reconstruction operations like this, is why that we need to tear apart a majority of the electronics. To some people, power is power. As long as you stay at a proper voltage, and feed something it's required current, you should be all set, right? - This is a correct question. Mostly. In traditional methods of energy generation, one doesn't really need to worry about the hertz-rate given that a generator is turning at a constant rate. However with the Ingenuus power cells, sadly, this topic usually overseen is one of the greater challenges of adapting standardized equipment into dealing with the cores.
The housing and fixture surrounding each Ingenuus core do a wonderful job at giving a mechanical interface into something which was never meant to have a mechanical interface. While being artificial to some sense, being able to properly draw out energy took a little more work than one may expect. Voltage and current regulation have been accomplished to a satisfactory degree. The energy conduits of the Nephilim are being replaced simply to guarantee that if there is a problem, that the vessel will be able to handle it, and not have a lot of it's wires melt inside of the walls. Given that both a cloaking, and jumpdrive generators will be attached, the limiters we place to keep the core running at a maximum of the vessels maximum, instead of something higher, will need to be removed and set to a different level than usual. But again, simply replacing the conduits (cooled by power from the core, obviously.) with something both superconducting, and a higher gauge, everything should be fine in that regard.
A big part of the overhaul as well, would be energy bleedoff. If there are problems, if there is too much energy, how do you get rid of it without causing damage. One can put in resistors, but you only want the vessel to get so hot. There's been a method that I've been working on to put that excess energy to good use, but perhaps that's a project for another time. I don't think the client would appreciate his vessel being an Ingenuus experiment. - An option is to simply start shunting power into the cloaking generator or weapons. Although I suppose that's less so a hardware issue, and a software one. We'll have the Professor consulted about what he wants to do about that. We're confident enough that that issue will never come up unless tampering, or gunfire breaks something it shouldn't.
At any rate. Back to the previous subject. The one thing which costs the most, is the installation of something called a 'Normalization Block' - No, it's not a very creative name, but the functionality is essential. An Ingenuus core is not guaranteed to output at a specific hertz rate. While one may suspect that the core is DC, and not AC, but in reality there are many, many 'pulses' which are captured. These pulses (perhaps thankfully) don't take very much electrical work, to convert to AC energy. However the speed of the pulses are not always consistent with the current and voltage of the remainder of the core housing. It's a concept which doesn't make much sense with conventional energy generation using turbines, but then again.. This is something beyond us still. We've merely learned to tame these things.
*Subject A - Energy 'pulses' are not collected uniformly, but in a pattern spiraling around the core itself.
These blocks are able to convert a varying hertz rate, into a set output. The math and engineering behind them is sadly something I cannot talk about much, but the principal behind requires the use of a full bridge rectifier, and storage banks. There's obviously more to that, as converting back to DC won't do much good, especially at these current levels, but that's all I'm allowed to note down in a report it appears.
Once the grid is normalized with these blocks, the remainder of the vessel more or less can be left as is. The old conduit and electronics would work just fine.
However, it's interesting to note that these normalization blocks don't work for the engines, shields, or either of the two special generators we're dealing with. The draw would be too much, resulting in destroyed equipment. Thus these must be modified explicitly to work under direct power from the core fixture. How this is accomplished, is gone about in multiple ways. Capacitor buffer banks, modification to how the generators consume power, thankfully engines are straightforward enough. Most of this, again, is sadly proprietary. I'm sure anyone smart enough to poke around will figure out the gist of some of it, though.
Now regarding the cloaking device.. While it's certainly possible to replace current components to work with the normalized energy output, the client has expressed some interest in linking the cloaking device directly to the core. If anything, it'd certainly be less of a load on the conversion energy grid. Although we'll have to look at our options and compare costs once again. I'll get to that over the following week or so.
At any rate. I'll close the report for the day. I think I've covered enough topics to be satisfactory. If the client has any specific questions, I'll answer them myself.
While this sort of operation has been undergone in various different forms, perhaps it's time to put together a formal report regarding what exactly is happening.
The project at hand this time, is retrofitting the power systems if one Nephilim class vessel with both a Ingenuus Core, as well as converting a cloaking device, and jumpdrive to accept the centralized core's power instead of relying on auxiliary generators.
Before I begin the report, on a more personal note, I've heard rumors about the client. Someone who perhaps.. Well. For the sake of relevance, let's begin.
A question that we've been asked multiple times when undergoing reconstruction operations like this, is why that we need to tear apart a majority of the electronics. To some people, power is power. As long as you stay at a proper voltage, and feed something it's required current, you should be all set, right? - This is a correct question. Mostly. In traditional methods of energy generation, one doesn't really need to worry about the hertz-rate given that a generator is turning at a constant rate. However with the Ingenuus power cells, sadly, this topic usually overseen is one of the greater challenges of adapting standardized equipment into dealing with the cores.
The housing and fixture surrounding each Ingenuus core do a wonderful job at giving a mechanical interface into something which was never meant to have a mechanical interface. While being artificial to some sense, being able to properly draw out energy took a little more work than one may expect. Voltage and current regulation have been accomplished to a satisfactory degree. The energy conduits of the Nephilim are being replaced simply to guarantee that if there is a problem, that the vessel will be able to handle it, and not have a lot of it's wires melt inside of the walls. Given that both a cloaking, and jumpdrive generators will be attached, the limiters we place to keep the core running at a maximum of the vessels maximum, instead of something higher, will need to be removed and set to a different level than usual. But again, simply replacing the conduits (cooled by power from the core, obviously.) with something both superconducting, and a higher gauge, everything should be fine in that regard.
A big part of the overhaul as well, would be energy bleedoff. If there are problems, if there is too much energy, how do you get rid of it without causing damage. One can put in resistors, but you only want the vessel to get so hot. There's been a method that I've been working on to put that excess energy to good use, but perhaps that's a project for another time. I don't think the client would appreciate his vessel being an Ingenuus experiment. - An option is to simply start shunting power into the cloaking generator or weapons. Although I suppose that's less so a hardware issue, and a software one. We'll have the Professor consulted about what he wants to do about that. We're confident enough that that issue will never come up unless tampering, or gunfire breaks something it shouldn't.
At any rate. Back to the previous subject. The one thing which costs the most, is the installation of something called a 'Normalization Block' - No, it's not a very creative name, but the functionality is essential. An Ingenuus core is not guaranteed to output at a specific hertz rate. While one may suspect that the core is DC, and not AC, but in reality there are many, many 'pulses' which are captured. These pulses (perhaps thankfully) don't take very much electrical work, to convert to AC energy. However the speed of the pulses are not always consistent with the current and voltage of the remainder of the core housing. It's a concept which doesn't make much sense with conventional energy generation using turbines, but then again.. This is something beyond us still. We've merely learned to tame these things.
*Subject A - Energy 'pulses' are not collected uniformly, but in a pattern spiraling around the core itself.
These blocks are able to convert a varying hertz rate, into a set output. The math and engineering behind them is sadly something I cannot talk about much, but the principal behind requires the use of a full bridge rectifier, and storage banks. There's obviously more to that, as converting back to DC won't do much good, especially at these current levels, but that's all I'm allowed to note down in a report it appears.
Once the grid is normalized with these blocks, the remainder of the vessel more or less can be left as is. The old conduit and electronics would work just fine.
However, it's interesting to note that these normalization blocks don't work for the engines, shields, or either of the two special generators we're dealing with. The draw would be too much, resulting in destroyed equipment. Thus these must be modified explicitly to work under direct power from the core fixture. How this is accomplished, is gone about in multiple ways. Capacitor buffer banks, modification to how the generators consume power, thankfully engines are straightforward enough. Most of this, again, is sadly proprietary. I'm sure anyone smart enough to poke around will figure out the gist of some of it, though.
Now regarding the cloaking device.. While it's certainly possible to replace current components to work with the normalized energy output, the client has expressed some interest in linking the cloaking device directly to the core. If anything, it'd certainly be less of a load on the conversion energy grid. Although we'll have to look at our options and compare costs once again. I'll get to that over the following week or so.
At any rate. I'll close the report for the day. I think I've covered enough topics to be satisfactory. If the client has any specific questions, I'll answer them myself.