Chapter 777
Whether the industrial capacity in the North can support the construction of two floating city modules at the same time is a question that does not need to be answered.
Perficote originally planned to build only one floating city module, and it was necessary to increase the industrial capacity of the North first. It can be imagined that the more things that need to be built suddenly will be doubled, which will put a lot of pressure on the industrial capacity of the North.
Of course, after Perficote launched an automated production model, the several automation and mining industries she has deployed can already provide the minimum industrial capacity needs for the construction of a floating city module.
This is why when Sandriyong brought people over, he could see the floating city construction site that had already taken shape, rather than a piece of white land with nothing.
But even so, according to the calculations of Perficote and Sandriyon, in order to meet the construction needs of the two floating city modules, it is still necessary to expand at least twice the size based on the existing industrial and mining capacity to barely meet the construction needs. "The main reason is that the gap between steel and coal is too big. We need to increase the annual output of at least 100,000 tons of steel." Sandriyon said regretfully as he looked at the results calculated by the two.
Obviously, she felt that such a gap was too difficult to satisfy.
This is a very amazing number. You should know that before the outbreak of the Industrial Revolution, the entire Victorian Empire's steel production was only 17,000 tons.
It was not until the steam engines began to become popular and the empire entered the steam era and began the first industrial revolution, and steel production ushered in a leap forward growth.
But even so, 100,000 tons of steel is a very amazing number.
The total steel production in the North is only about 230,000 tons, which is the result of Perficote's order to expand the steel industry.
On this basis, we must continue to expand to achieve an annual output of at least 350,000 tons of steel to meet the needs of Perficote to build two floating city modules.
Such a large gap cannot be made up for.
Not other words, 100,000 tons of steel requires at least 200,000 tons of iron ore and 60,000 tons of coal to be smelted. This is based on the fact that Perficote uses a brand new smelting technology to smel iron ore more efficiently and save coal.
"There are enough iron ore and coal mine reserves in the north, but we need to build at least two iron ore with an annual output of 100,000 tons of iron ore and a coal mine with a 100,000 tons of raw coal, and then we need a steel plant with an annual processing capacity of 100,000 tons." Perficot was not so regretful. She just thought for a little while and took out a map, which carefully painted the distribution of various mineral resources in the north.
Sandriyon saw Perficote take out this, curiously came up, looked at the various resource points marked on the map and the proven reserves, and asked Perficote: "What? Are you planning to open a new mine?"
This is not bad. After all, if you cannot meet, you cannot meet. Opening a few new mines to increase production is also a solution.
It's just that there is another problem with doing this, that is time. "It will take at least one year to open a new iron ore to make its annual output of 100,000 tons, not to mention that you also need to build a steel plant that can produce 100,000 tons of steel per year. The construction of supporting facilities alone will take at least one year!" Sandriyong is not a layman who knows nothing. She simply listed the time it takes to complete this round of expansion, and was not optimistic about it at all.
However, Perficote just shook his head and said, "Why must we limit ourselves to an iron ore or steel plant with an annual output of 10,000 tons? If we lower the standard, we will turn into ten iron ore with an annual output of 10,000 tons and ten steel plants with an annual output of 10,000 tons?"
"This is much simpler, and it will be able to meet your requirements in about three months." Sandriyon conducted the calculation again and came to a slightly optimistic conclusion.
There is a problem to do this: "But if you do this, the construction of supporting facilities will need to grow exponentially, especially the construction of railways.
And you can't ignore one problem, that is, where do workers come from? You won't really use your puppets as workers, right?"
"No, of course, you won't use all puppets, as it would be too inefficient, and the maintenance and loss of puppets are too great. I plan to use a large robot." Perficott took out another drawing, which was drawn with a brand new design of a large mining robot.
It looks like a giant spider with a huge metal forelimb for digging ore and a huge belly for loading ore, and eight mechanical feet for traveling.
It looks like some kind of weird steel monster, but in the eyes of alchemists like Sandriyong and Perficote, it is full of the beauty of industrial design.
"This robot looks good, but it only takes a lot of coal to drive them, right? It also requires a lot of steel to make it, especially if you have designed a matching mobile steelmaking furnace." Sandriyon looked at the supporting design that Perficote took out and couldn't help but smash it.
It was not that she was deliberately picking things, but that the things that Perficote took out really needed to meet the conditions she mentioned in order to achieve the expected results.
Perficote naturally understood why Sandriyon said this. She nodded and pointed to several places on the resource distribution map and said, "These places not only have rich iron ore resources underground, but also have large coal mine veins next to them.
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Just just need to arrange mobile blast furnaces in several key locations and then use mining robots to mine ore, they can continuously provide the resources needed for the construction of floating cities, and I can even process crude steel directly into parts. "Perficote marked several key nodes on the map, then pulled several lines, and finally gathered at Chernobyl.
Then, in Sandri's unsurprising gaze, Perficote connected Chernobyl with their current location.
"You have already planned all this? "Sandriyon looked at Perficote, with a complexity that was expected but still admired. "It's not a question, I just habitually planned everything before putting it into practice. "Perficote spread his hands and said calmly, "After all, I have started construction here, so it's impossible that I have no preparation at all, right?" ”
"It's your style, so what should I do? Go back to Chenoberg to supervise the production of another module? Or stay here and stare at this?" Sandriyon felt that he was probably choosing one of the two construction sites.
(This chapter ends)