Chapter 270 Expectations for navigation
Dayuling at the Dayuling Canal Hub Station.
Located at the junction of Dayu County, Ganzhou Province and Xiongzhou in Lingnan, it is the Zhenshui watershed between the Zhangshui and the Pearl River water system of the Ganjiang River system. The Dayuling Canal Hub Station is planned to be built here to achieve connection between the Ganjiang River and the Beijiang River water system. It is planned to be open to navigation by 2030.
However, the canal channel between the upper reaches of the Zhangshui River in the Ganjiang River system and the upper reaches of the Zhenshui River in the Pearl River system has been upgraded and renovated. It can currently accommodate 2,000 tons of inland transport ships to arrive. The current distance between the upper reaches of the two rivers is about 7.3 kilometers.
Therefore, even if the No. 3001 airship needs to avoid the construction site of Dayuling Hub Station, its flight distance is only about 11.6 kilometers.
If the airship weighs 2,750 tons and flies 11.6 kilometers, the charging standard will cost about 6,380 yuan.
However, the airship pulled the experimental ship No. 1 across Dayuling, and the charge was only 1,595 yuan. Obviously, this standard is lower than the 0.2 yuan per ton per kilometer of ordinary freight, and only 0.05 yuan per ton per kilometer.
Why is this happening?
The reason is that this airship is a special version. The solar panels on it are very large. In sunny weather during the day, power generation can not only be self-sustained, but also charge the battery pack it carries.
When its battery pack is fully charged, it can ensure that the airship can fly for 60 hours at full capacity, which is about two and a half days.
As long as you do not encounter cloudy weather for several consecutive days, you generally do not need to drop to a special airport for battery replacement.
In fact, even on cloudy days with thick cloud thickness, the photovoltaic panel still has at least 10% to 20% of the power generation power, while the upper half of Blue Whale 3001's silicon carbide photovoltaic panel can be filled with all the batteries carried by the airship within 5 hours.
If you encounter a cloudy day, the photovoltaic panel has only 10% of the power generation power, and you can still replenish about 20% of the battery capacity every day.
In other words, the energy consumption cost of the Blue Whale 3001 airship is only about 30% of the fully battery-swap type.
The energy consumption cost is about 0.005 yuan per ton per kilometer. In addition to labor costs, airship depreciation costs, supporting facilities depreciation costs, and other expenses, the cost per ton per kilometer is about 0.037 yuan.
In fact, after continuous improvement of technology, there are more and more airships, and the fees shared by various aspects will become less and less.
And airships are very similar to ships, that is, the larger the airship, the more transportation costs per unit of cargo will decrease.
For example, the overall cost of Blue Whale Type 1 is 0.103 yuan per ton per kilometer.
The estimated cost of Blue Whale Type 2 is 0.076 yuan per ton per kilometer.
The Blue Whale Type 3 is 0.037 per ton per kilometer.
This is also the reason why Blue Whale 3001 is used to test gondola services, because the unit cost during operation of this model is relatively small, which is profitable.
After all, any transportation company wants the transportation cost to be as low as possible.
According to the current charging standard, the gross profit will be about 26% after one trip. You can earn more than 400 yuan per trip, and you can travel in half an hour.
Considering the increased difficulty of operation at night and the need for shift changes for staff, you can fly about 20 times a day, earning more than 8,000 yuan a day.
If you can run for 350 days a year, you can earn about 3 million.
This has deducted all kinds of costs.
However, since it is an internal test at this stage, there are not so many new transport ships that can be transported, and the operating cost is definitely not cost-effective.
For example, the airship and crane experimental ship came to the upper reaches of the Beijiang River and could only be carried back to Dayu County without a load.
If there is a new type of transport ship in Beijiang that needs to enter the Ganjiang River or the Yangtze River at this time, the airship can go back along the way, instead of returning empty-handed.
Of course, this kind of gondola service is not as simple as imagined.
First of all, in order to ensure safety, during the gondola, people cannot be left on the transport ship. The driver must get out and take a bus from Dayu County to Xiongzhou.
Because there is a possibility of delay in the road, considering that the highway may be traffic jam or accidents occur, there is a possibility of delay, after the airship hulls the transport ship, it cannot be put down and leaves directly. Instead, it is necessary to build a water service station nearby and hire a group of specialized water diversion personnel.
These water diverters can drive the boat to the water service station and wait for the owner to come and receive it.
If it is a relatively large-scale inland transport enterprise, you can learn from the practices of the Hailufeng Logistics Department and reserve some drivers on both sides. Once the boat arrives, the driver here will take over directly, so that the driver does not need to run back and forth.
However, this model is limited to relatively large-scale advantageous enterprises, and there is no way to do this for individually operated transport ships.
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At this time, Dayu County, the southeast bank of Youluokou Reservoir.
The mountains to the southeast of Youxian Village are a small branch of Dayuling: Youluoling.
Does of survey personnel from engineering survey teams began to conduct comprehensive surveys based on the mountain terrain. "Captain, huh... take a break!" A young young man who had just graduated, holding a ponytail tree, gasping for breath.
"Haha, Xiao Wang, your health is not good!" The captain of the survey team smiled and shook his head.
"Gulugulu..." After taking a big sip of salt soda, Xiao Wang was embarrassed. Although he insisted on fitness in college, his muscles not only did not allow him to withstand the mountain climbing and wading for more than ten days in a row, but instead greatly reduced his endurance.
The middle-aged captain with a small belly is actually like a person who is not doing anything.
The team leader smiled and patted Xiao Wang on the shoulder: "Xiao Wang, we are doing field surveys, and it is inevitable to climb mountains and wading in the future. You need to practice your endurance more. It's okay here in Nanling. If you are sent to Hengduan Mountains, Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, and Snowy Plateau in the future, your body will not be able to withstand it."
"Huhu...I know." Xiao Wang was also severely taught a lesson by reality at this time.
The team leader arranged for others to start setting up position equipment, rangefinder, etc. "Capital Gao, look at the airship."
The Blue Whale No. 3001, which was hidden in the sky, flew over their heads quickly.
"This thing is so big."
"I heard that you can get more than 2,000 tons at a time."
"Half an hour didn't fly over Xiongzhou with a boat hanging?"
"I wonder if I can sit on someone?"
"It shouldn't be."
"Why can't it?"
"This is a hydrogen airship. When a few million cubic meters of hydrogen explodes, it's so powerful."
"Can't helium be used?"
"Helium is expensive!"
Captain Li clapped his palms: "Okay, let's start doing things!"
Everyone put away his chatting thoughts and started to work hard as they go.
Their job is to explore a relatively reasonable cable car route for Hailufeng Company.
That's right, it's the cable car route.
Because from Youxian Village in Youluokou Reservoir to Shuinanba Village in the upper reaches of the Beijiang River, this is a large area of mountainous land, the canal hub station is not the closest location of the two rivers, and the mountain between these two villages is the closest section.
This mountain is also the exclusive route for airships and gondolas.
If the driver of the transport ship wants to go from Youxian Village to Shuinanba Village, he needs to go around a large circle through the highway, with the distance of about 57 kilometers, and the mountain roads are rugged, the fastest will be about one hour and ten minutes.
Obviously this is not in line with timeliness.
After all, the whole process of airships is only more than twenty minutes from lifting, flying, and unloading.
If the ship fails to leave the canal service station in time, it may cause congestion.
The straight line distance from Youxian Village to Shuinanba Village is only about 11 kilometers. Therefore, the logistics department of Hailufeng Company plans to build a cable car route dedicated to transporting drivers and tourists in this mountainous area.
As for why you don’t build highways or tunnels, the answer is naturally to consider the cost issue.
A tunnel with a length of 11 kilometers, or a winding mountain road with a winding dozens of kilometers, is too expensive and is easily affected by local geology.
Using Hailufeng Company's own technology and materials, a mountain cable car route is not only relatively low in cost, but also not too slow.
High-strength lightweight materials can maintain the cable car running speed at about 36 kilometers per hour. According to the estimates of the engineering exploration team, the total length of this cable car line is about 13 kilometers, which only takes about 21 minutes to cross the mountains from Youxian Village to Shuinanba Village.
Although the construction cost of a smaller ordinary winding road is about 200 million to 300 million for more than ten kilometers, there are several problems with winding roads.
On the one hand, it is prone to geological disasters, such as landslides and mudslides in mountainous areas in northern Guangdong, which is a relatively troublesome issue.
On the other hand, the winding mountain road has a negative impact on the local ecology, requiring large-scale mountain logging, and the road will block the exchange of wild animals.
The last thing is that the winding mountain road is obviously a very risky section for vehicles.
The overall risk of cable cars is relatively low, especially after adopting the new technology of Hailufeng Company, the overall cost is also about 200 million to 300 million.
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So after weighing the pros and cons, the logistics department chose the cable car route.
In fact, there is another hidden advantage of the cable car route, that is, the construction time is relatively short. With the increase in the airship capacity of Blue Whale Airship Company, when the preliminary exploration of this project is completed, a Blue Whale Type 1 airship can be transferred from Blue Whale Airship Company to help lift the building materials and equipment to the construction site of the cable car tower, eliminating the trouble of opening temporary roads in the mountains.
You can even assemble the entire tower, lift it to the construction site, and then install it directly.
It can be seen that large-load transport airships have huge uses in all walks of life.
For example, the new mining areas that have been explored on the Snowy Plateau currently have to change their previous development plans due to the innovation of airship technology.
Snowyland, Duolong Copper Mine in GZ County.
Xueyu Hongda Group, which obtained the copper mining rights, is currently holding a meeting to discuss this matter.
Zhang Baijie, manager of Hongda Duolong Copper Mine Branch, held a document and looked at the projection screen: "What do you think?"
On the projection screen, it was the Blue Whale Airship Company currently leased by the Power Construction Group.
Xiao Lan, deputy manager in charge of mineral transportation, licked his chapped lips: "I have consulted the Blue Whale Airship Company these days. They said that if it is rented for the whole year, the Blue Whale Type 1 will be 10 million per year."
"10 million?" Li Xinsi, the head of the mining area, shook his head: "It's not cost-effective. I just read the information and their single quotation is 0.2 yuan per ton per kilometer. We should not need twenty-four hours of transportation, or signing a separate cooperation on weight transportation is more cost-effective."
Another deputy manager also thought it was more cost-effective to use the weight in a single time: "Indeed, Blue Whale Type 1 can pull 200 tons at a time. Our Duolong Copper Mine can also order some daily necessities, engineering equipment, fuel, etc., so that the airship can bring it along the way, and then transport the copper mine back."
Xiao Lan nodded slightly: "This is OK, but it is best to get 150 tons."
"Don't you say that you transport 200 tons at a time?" Li Xinsi looked puzzled.
Xiao Lan immediately explained: "Old Li, you don't know that the altitude of our Duolong Copper Mine is too high, and the thin air will cause the airship to buoyancy to decrease. Therefore, the Blue Whale Type 1 airship can only reach about 150 tons when it reaches the snowy plateau."
"So that's it." Li Xinsi suddenly realized.
General Manager Zhang Baijie asked, "Vice General Xiao, aren't there a bigger airship on the Blue Whale?"
Xiao Lan turned his head and replied, "Yes, Blue Whale Type 2 can pull 500 tons, and Blue Whale Type 3 can pull 2,750 tons. At present, a experimental model of Blue Whale Type 3 has been built and is being tried in southern Jiangxi."
"So powerful?" Li Xinsi was very surprised. He has been in the mining area in the past few years and is not very clear about a lot of news about the mainland.
Zhang Baijie explained: "Blue Whale is a subsidiary of Hailufeng Company, which is a hot emerging high-tech enterprise in China."
"Hailufeng Company? Are they not engaged in agriculture?" Li Xinsi asked with some uncertainty.
After picking up the oxygen tank and sucking a few sips of oxygen, Zhang Baijie said with a smile: "Well, their main business is indeed agriculture."
Li Xinsi sighed: "Awesome! This company feels to take off! With such a large transportation airship, there are many uses in the western part of the country."
Zhang Baijie shook his head: "Haha, don't feel that their company's revenue in 27 years has exceeded 800 billion yuan and its net profit is 201.7 billion yuan, which has already flown in the sky."
"Damn, it's so annoying that people are more than people." Li Xinsi feels that he hasn't returned to the mainland in the past few years, so why has it turned upside down all of a sudden.
"Huhh..." Zhang Baijie took a few more breaths of oxygen before continuing: "Everyone has seen the information. I think the third phase development plan needs to be comprehensively modified based on the emergence of the Blue Whale Airship. What do you think?"
"Mr. Zhang's idea is very reasonable."
"Revisions should indeed be made."
"Even the previous Phase I and Phase II development projects need to be adjusted accordingly. Even if it is on the snowy plateau, Blue Whale Company charges a little higher, and we can accept it."
"Well, Lao Li is right."
"According to the price of power construction for Blue Whale, it is 0.3 yuan per ton per kilometer, plus 0.1 yuan per ton per kilometer for the return empty load, which is almost 0.4 yuan per ton per kilometer. This price is acceptable."
"I have no objection."
The crowd discussed for half an hour and finally confirmed the preliminary cooperation idea.
Some general manager Zhang Baijie, who could not withstand the altitude sickness, also went to the southern part of the Western Regions to recuperate under the company's convoy escorted.
On the other hand, in order to more adapt to the needs of development.
Blue Whale Airship Company also officially moved its headquarters from Shanmei to the vicinity of the capital of Qin Province, which is also next to Weicheng Airport.
After all, Shanmei is not suitable as a base for airship manufacturing. If the headquarters of Blue Whale Airship Company is to be kept local, it will obviously increase the management difficulty of management of Wan Gaofeng and other management teams.
In addition, the helium production capacity in the hinterland of the Guanzhong Plain is relatively large. In the future, if Blue Whale Airship Company wants to develop passenger airships, it must use helium airbags. The construction base of the passenger airship must be set up in Qin Province and supply it close to raw materials to maximize cost savings.
So naturally, Jiang Miao was not the kind of stubborn person. He agreed to Wan Gaofeng's proposal to move the headquarters of Blue Whale Airship Company to Weicheng.
Just just finished the housewarming work, Wan Gaofeng received an invitation from a symposium before he could sit down.
Looking at the invitation to the symposium in hand, Wan Gaofeng's eyes flashed and he said to deputy manager Du He with a smile: "It seems that our opportunity has come."
"Oh?" Du He looked at the invitation letter of the symposium: "Symposium on the renovation of the Yellow River Waterway? So that's it."
Obviously Du He also thought of the key points of this symposium.
Wan Gaofeng smiled slightly: "The airship gondolas project tested by our company in southern Jiangxi has begun to attract the attention of the Yellow River."
Another deputy manager Huang Qinxin also felt that this was a great opportunity: "Indeed, although the navigation conditions of the Yellow River are not very good, they are at least a big river. If it can be transformed into a navigation channel of 1,000 to 3,000 tons, it will be a huge opportunity for the Yellow River."
Du He checked the navigation conditions of various sections of the Yellow River, and his smile was even more difficult to suppress: "Haha, the navigation conditions of various sections of the Yellow River are very poor now, and they are stuck by many hydropower stations, bridges, and Hukou Waterfall. If we use our airship, we can completely avoid building locks and destroying Hukou Waterfall, so we can achieve long-distance navigation."
Huang Qinxin was also reading relevant information: "Indeed, the water depth of the Shanxi-Shaanxi Grand Canyon is actually enough for ships of 2,000 tons to be navigated. As long as some river channels are transformed, the navigation conditions can be greatly improved."
After thinking for a while, Wan Gaofeng looked at Huang Qinxin: "Vice General Huang, please prepare and use the combination of Yellow River navigation and Blue Whale Airship to make a special PPT. I will take it to the symposium in a few days."
"No problem." Huang Qinxin nodded.
Wan Gaofeng mentioned: "By the way, if the information is not comprehensive enough, you can ask the scientific research department of the headquarters for support."
"Okay."
Although Wan Gaofeng attached importance to this symposium, he knew that this was a future matter, so he should quickly complete the second phase of the airship factory in Minqin.
So he did not stay at the new headquarters for too long. The next morning, he took the high-speed train to Minqin in a low-key manner.
The symposium was half a month later, and it was still time to go, and the symposium was held in Qin Province. As long as he completed the planning of the second phase of expansion at Minqin, he could still come back to have a meeting.
(This chapter ends)