Chapter 2411
After listening to Yu Feng's words, Lu Zhanpeng did not feel that the other party's actions were stingy, because what Yu Feng said was indeed true. It can be said that each of these machines brought over from the old time and space is a priceless treasure, and the industrial sector has also been Try every possible means to extend the service life of these machines, and even store most of them, leaving them to be reactivated after the industrial capacity develops to a certain level in the future, so that these machines can be fully utilized.
If the lifespan of such a precious machine is greatly damaged due to improper use, it will be a great loss to the advanced civilization represented by the Haihan Kingdom and the time travellers. Yu Feng was willing to lend his machine for testing, which was already a great honor to Lu Zhanpeng.
However, Lu Zhanpeng also heard something else from Yu Feng, and simply asked directly: "Are you planning to build your own engine?"
Yu Feng nodded and said: "I have such an idea, but there are still many technical difficulties in implementing it. First of all, you have to improve the quality of your oil. Otherwise, even if you can build an engine, the fuel will still be useless." Use.”
Lu Zhanpeng said: "The quality of the gasoline and diesel produced now is not ideal, mainly due to mass production quality. If it is only used for scientific research and the demand is not large, then the quality can be improved, but the processing procedures are more complicated. The cost is just higher.”
Lu Zhanpeng sounded relaxed, but of course the actual situation was not that simple. Most of the production process problems can be solved in the laboratory, but the production capacity and cost certainly cannot meet the requirements of industrial production, and it is difficult for these laboratory solutions to be directly applied to actual production.
The local oil refining technology used by the Hainan Petrochemical Department currently pollutes the environment extremely seriously. The Executive Committee does not want this heavy industry to be built on Hainan Island, so most of the oil refining equipment is built near the oil production areas on Taiwan Island. , which can also save the trouble of long-distance sea transportation of crude oil.
But this also brings a big trouble to this industry, because the research institutions of the chemical industry are basically located in Sanya Tiandu Industrial Zone. Some of the results obtained from research here must be put into practical application in Taiwan. Implementation, and then making adjustments based on production feedback. This time and again, the efficiency of the process from research to application is reduced to an impossible level.
With the current local oil refining technology, Haihan can actually extract gasoline, kerosene, diesel, lubricating oil, paint materials, chemical raw materials, heavy oil and other products from crude oil, and the remaining residue can also be used to make asphalt. However, the quality of mass production of some of the most valuable fuels has always been unsatisfactory, and it will take a long time to improve the production process. If not, it is estimated that the executive committee would have already put the production of fuel engines on the agenda.
Yu Feng said: "Listen to what you said, why do I feel that there is more than a few differences? Please explain it carefully."
Lu Zhanpeng had no choice but to explain to him: "At present, our crude oil refining rate is less than 60% of what it was in the old time. The diesel I brought just now is of the quality that the refinery usually produces. Although you may look down on it, But the output of this thing is only about 80 liters a day. If you want to achieve the quality of diesel in the old time and space, you can only transport it back to Sanya for finishing, and the cost may increase several times.”
Yu Feng said: "Then it seems that only by moving all your research departments to Taiwan's oil production areas can we achieve technological breakthroughs as soon as possible!"
Lu Zhanpeng shrugged and said: "That's the crux of the matter. No one wants to leave their comfort zone in Sanya and go to the mountains of Taiwan to do scientific research. If it were you, would you be willing to stay there for two or three years?"
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"This..." Yu Feng heard Lu Zhanpeng tell the key point so frankly, and he couldn't refute it at the moment. Ask yourself, if it were him, he would also be unable to let go of his family, career and life circle in Sanya and plunge into the mountainous areas of Taiwan where the living environment is poor to live and work for a long time.
For Haihan today, this is already a stubborn disease that is becoming increasingly apparent, and this situation is not limited to the petrochemical industry. Almost every position that requires long-term overseas employment is facing similar problems. After all, everyone abandoned their lives in the old time and space to participate in the time-travel operation, mostly to realize their dream of becoming a master here. Few people are willing to repeat the hard days of the first two years of time-travel. In the initial stages of overseas colonies, the environment was often difficult, and if you contracted a disease such as malaria and pneumonia locally, there was no place to get treatment.
Even people like Yu Feng and Lu Zhanpeng who have career pursuits prefer to stay in Sanya for development. As a result, industries like petrochemicals that require the construction of research institutions in oil production areas have inevitably become lame, and the speed at which scientific research is transformed into productivity has been far unable to keep up with the needs of development.
Yu Feng coughed twice and took the initiative to change the topic: "Since the quality of this diesel won't be improved for a while, we'd better consider my plan. We can build the engine first and create objective demand. Only in this way can we possibly force the Executive Committee to Invest more resources in the petrochemical industry to improve refining technology and fuel production capacity. ”
Lu Zhanpeng said: "You speak so eloquently, aren't you already secretly starting to do it?"
Yu Feng said sternly: "What does it mean to be sneaky? Is it fair and aboveboard? I have repeatedly confirmed with Changhua that the steel materials to be used have been personally supervised by Qiao Zhiya."
Lu Zhanpeng asked curiously: "Then how far have you come?"
Yu Feng said: "The design plans and drawings are readily available, so it doesn't require any thinking. However, it's hard to say whether the materials I have found so far can be used to build engines, so I sent the material samples to the laboratory. Ask them to inspect it. If the material can pass the test, I plan to use the stored CNC machine tool again, and the main parts can be produced in a few days.”
Lu Zhanpeng said: "Can't you use these steam machine tools in your factory?"
Yu Feng shook his head and said: "Steam machine tools are not powerful enough to process high-precision parts. At most, they can make a relatively high-precision blank, and then slowly polish the size by hand."
The current processing capabilities of these equipments in the machinery factory cannot yet meet the requirements for manufacturing engines, so Yu Feng wants to activate the sealed high-precision machine tools. But compared to the processing technology, the real problem is actually the material.
Many parts inside the engine cannot be made of iron, such as pistons, crankshafts, sealing rings, etc. The materials required to make these parts are not things that Yu Feng's machinery factory can make. He can only ask the industry Ask other departments under the ministry for help.
Although Qiao Zhiya claimed that the materials produced by Changhua could meet the technical requirements put forward by Yu Feng, he did not dare to take the risk of using these materials directly for processing on the equipment. He still sent samples for inspection first, and then processed them if they were qualified.
Lu Zhanpeng immediately thought of another question: "If Changhua can already produce various materials needed for engine production, then why doesn't Qiao Zhiya directly provide them to the Ministry of Industry and let Baikes organize R&D and production officially?" "Cost issues. "Yu Feng explained: "Of course the Ministry of Industry can organize the production of prototypes, but the problem is that the current engine manufacturing technology is still in the exploratory stage, and the materials are not very reliable. The verification machines built in the early stage are probably just trial and error. It can also bear these costs, but since there are private individuals who are willing to eat this crab at their own expense, Baikes would definitely prefer to let private individuals bear the initial research and development costs. Don't forget, all the technologies I master must be with the Ministry of Industry. Sharing. If I made it, it would be equivalent to the Ministry of Industry making it.”
"Then the question is, why do you want to do this before the Ministry of Industry? Even if you build an engine that can be used in practical applications, you can't sell it without the approval of the Ministry of Industry!" Lu Zhanpeng asked.
"According to regulations, it cannot be sold." Yu Feng nodded and said, "But I can make it for my own use! If I make this thing, wouldn't it be better than a steam engine? I can upgrade the equipment of my factory and apply it to other applications. There are a lot of uses in the field, just think about it. But if I want to wait for the Ministry of Industry to build this thing and then buy it, then I have to wait until the year of the monkey."
Yu Feng had already planned for this, but it was still in the preparation stage. He didn't want to reveal his detailed plan too early, so that was enough. In order to prevent Lu Zhanpeng from asking questions, he took the initiative to change the subject: "Didn't you say yesterday that you wanted to bring drawings of something and ask me to give you a quotation?"
"Oh, yes, yes, I almost forgot about this if you didn't mention it!" Lu Zhanpeng slapped his forehead and quickly took out a stack of drawings from his briefcase and handed them to Yu Feng: "That's it, please help me take a look and do the math. Construction period and cost. ”
Yu Feng took it and looked through it for a while. It turned out that it was a design drawing of a four-wheel load-carrying flatbed truck with steering function. The biggest difference from ordinary load-carrying trucks is that this flatbed truck carries a tank with a volume of about two cubic meters.
Yu Feng understood immediately: "Is this a tanker truck?"
Lu Zhanpeng nodded and said: "That's right. It's still not convenient to transport oil now. Now that your welding machine has been developed, you can make oil tanks. So I plan to get a batch of such oil tank trucks and use livestock What do you think about pulling a car?”
Yu Feng said: "It can be built, but with so many process requirements listed on your drawing, the construction period may be relatively long... How many vehicles do you want to build?"
Lu Zhanpeng said: "How much you want to build depends on your construction period and quotation!"
Yu Feng smiled and shook his head, called his apprentice Yin Dezhi in, handed him the drawings, and asked him to immediately calculate the construction period and production quotation. In fact, he had already roughly calculated a number in his mind, but given such an opportunity, he still wanted to let his apprentice exercise casually.
"There's no need to rush this matter. You can figure it out slowly first. You can give me an answer when we meet at the weekend. I have other things to do later, so I won't delay here." Lu Zhanpeng didn't plan to wait for Yu Feng's apprentice to calculate it. After the results came out, he stood up and left.
"Okay, we will go fishing that weekend, and we will talk slowly then." Yu Feng also stood up and sent Lu Zhanpeng out.
As for Lu Zhanpeng's verbal promise to invite all the employees of the machinery factory to have a big dinner in the city, he did not forget it. However, he would definitely not accompany him in person, so he asked Yu Feng to make arrangements for him and just ask him for the expense later.
The next day, Yu Feng received the material inspection report from the laboratory. Several materials he sent, the conclusions given in the report were not ideal. These things can be used, but their reliability is not very good. If they are used to make engines, the power they can convert and their service life may be worrying.
But such a situation would definitely not make Yu Feng give up. Even if it was just barely usable, Yu Feng still decided to trial-produce a prototype. If the feasibility of manufacturing an engine can be proven from this, he can make further requests to Bai Kesi, such as asking the Ministry of Industry to invest more resources in the research and development of materials. This will definitely be more effective than his own request to the Changhua Industrial Zone and other departments. Much more.
But Yu Feng was not sure how sure he could succeed if he persisted. If the engine he built was unusable, he would have to bear the corresponding research and development costs himself.
Two days later, on the sea near Yalong Bay, Yu Feng and Lu Zhanpeng were fishing together on a boat. Their families and children were also on the boat, grilling some freshly caught sea fish around a small charcoal stove. They meet up every weekend to go fishing. This is a relatively regular family social activity for the two of them. Although the content is a bit boring, the two of them were fishing enthusiasts before traveling through time, so they enjoy it.
"The thing I regret most now is that I only brought these fishing gear here. I should have spent some of my money to buy a fishing boat myself, like the North American gang did, so that I could go fishing in distant places." Lu Zhanpeng He muttered as he put bait on the fishhook.
Next to him, Yu Feng smiled and said, "Are you saying you don't like this broken boat of mine?"
Lu Zhanpeng quickly explained: "Of course not. Your boat is not bad, but after all it is only the craftsmanship of Sanya Shipyard. I am still a little worried about traveling far away."
Yu Feng's boat is a private fishing boat he ordered from the shipyard a few years ago. It is a relatively rare local purely steam-powered boat without sails and masts. The hull is more than 20 meters long. Due to the use of more advanced power and driving systems, fewer crew members are required, and there is more space on the ship for family and friends who go to sea with Yu Feng to move and live.
This boat has a steel frame keel inside, and the hull is much stronger than an ordinary sailboat. There is no problem even if it goes to the sea with bigger waves. However, the real reason for Lu Zhanpeng's criticism is obviously not this, but that the Sanya Shipyard has long been filled with various orders. It is estimated that it will not be able to build privately customized fishing boats in two or three years. Lu Zhanpeng thought that he The wish to get a boat is difficult to realize for a while, and it is inevitable that you will be jealous of your good friend's boat.
(End of chapter)