Chapter 333: The so-called seniority
"The conversion of raw gas into product ammonia is the main contradiction in the ammonia synthesis process, while the production of toxic substances such as methanol and formaldehyde is a secondary contradiction. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info The secondary contradiction may be transformed into the main contradiction under certain conditions, which is the substandard syngas produced in production. If we can take steps to recover the useful gases in the exhaust gases, we can turn the disadvantages into the advantages and thus ...... What kind of thing is this meow!"
Feng Xiaochen threw away a project application far away, with a disgusting expression on his face. Wu Shican sighed, stepped forward to pick up the application, handed it to Hu Yuehong, a staff member of the Planning Department next to him, and said: "Xiaohu, you write a few comments, don't be too drastic in wording, although you want to return it, don't make people feel that they can't hang their faces." ”
"Old Wu, you are too kind, such garbage, do you still need to care about their face?" Feng Xiaochen said angrily. The project report, entitled "Research on the Treatment of Three Wastes in the Synthetic Ammonia Process Based on Two Contradictory Views", was handed over by Wu Shican, the deputy director of the Organization Department of the University of Technology. But the problem is that what the Heavy Equipment Office wants is the process technology of large fertilizer equipment, so what do you want to talk about Marxism-Leninism for a long time?
Wu Shican smiled bitterly: "Xiao Feng, after all, we are a coordination body, and it is not good to offend people too much." This Xiao Quanliang has a good interpersonal relationship in the industry, several well-known professors have greeted me, and I also decided to return his application after I was hard-headed, if I don't say a few words, I'm afraid it will be difficult to meet in the future. ”
"Such a person still has a big professor to help him speak?" Feng Xiaochen said in surprise, "These professors are not afraid that they will be affected by him?"
Wu Shican said: "What can I do, I heard that Xiao Quanliang may be promoted to the head of the organization of the University of Technology, those middle-level cadres of the University of Technology have to pat him on the back, and the professor is also staying in the school, so he can't help but eat the fireworks of the world, right?"
Feng Xiaochen looked at Wu Shican and asked cautiously, "Old Wu, you don't want to eat fireworks in the world, do you?"
"I was originally a cannibal of fireworks, do you think I am an immortal?" Wu Shican reprimanded, and then sighed: "Xiao Feng, don't worry, since I have done this job, I will definitely not trade the interests of the country." However, you also have to be considerate of my hardships, because the chemical industry is such a large circle, all of them are old acquaintances from the past, can I not give any face at all? I have already offended many people by politely blocking people back in this way. Alas, I had known that this was the result, and I might have better stay in the Chemical Design Institute. ”
This last sentence was a complaint against Feng Xiaochen. When Wu Shican left the Chemical Design Institute and came to the Heavy Equipment Office, Luo Xiangfei and Feng Xiaochen personally came to invite him, and more directly, it was Feng Xiaochen's agitation method that provoked him. People are good at a big expert, and they abandoned their profession and went to the reequipment office to do these administrative affairs, not to mention, and offended so many industry peers for the reequipment office, even if he complained a few words, Feng Xiaochen had to accept it, right?
Feng Xiaochen grinned and said, "Old Wu, don't complain. Think about it, wouldn't you feel sad that if you hadn't been here to check and replaced by someone who is not as principled as you, and let go of all these smoky applications and wasted the country's precious scientific research funds?"
"That's right. Wu Shican continued to sigh, "If you offend people, you can offend people, it's better than letting the country suffer losses." Besides, this bid is not only a matter of fire, but also a lot of things that make people feel happy. For example, the new process idea of using ruthenium-based catalyst is very creative, and if it can be done, it is tantamount to a revolution in the ammonia synthesis process. The most commendable thing is that the person who proposed this plan is actually just a young lecturer, just 30 years old, which is really terrifying!"
"Director Wu, you are talking about the applicant named Wang Hongtai from the Department of Chemical Engineering of Pujiang Jiaotong University, I have heard that you have praised him several times. Hu Yuehong said with a smile.
"That's right, that's it, it's him!" Wu Shican's face was flushed with joy, and he said to Feng Xiaochen: "Xiao Feng, you may not know much that the use of accelerators for ruthenium catalysts can greatly increase the activity of the catalyst, so as to avoid the frequent catalyst poisoning caused by hydrogen in the reaction process, the synthesis system can achieve a high conversion rate under low pressure conditions, and the manufacturing difficulty of synthetic ammonia equipment will be greatly reduced, and a lot of energy can be saved."
I also looked at Wang Hongtai's application after reading it, and then I checked the literature and found that scientists in Japan and Britain have noticed this direction, but they are all just starting out. If we can do this research now, we will be able to compete with them. ”
"This is a good thing!" Feng Xiaochen said. He didn't know much about the technology of ammonia synthesis, but he remembered that many new ammonia synthesis processes in later generations did begin to brew in this era. For various reasons, China has been in a state of following, often waiting for others to develop a process, and then we spend a lot of money to introduce it, which is always one step behind.
If some people see the development direction of the frontier of technology today and can actively explore, even if they cannot develop these technologies first, they can reach a level equal to foreign countries. A revolutionary new process is often underpinned by hundreds of patents, and a day earlier may lead to access some of those patents, giving them the right to speak to other countries.
Feng Xiaochen can't say what kind of prospects this new ruthenium catalyst process has, but since Wu Shican has given it such a high evaluation, it must have some value. This kind of thing is scientific research, sometimes it is venture capital, and the money invested in it may not be able to get a return, but if you don't invest, there will definitely be no return.
The 100 million marks transferred back from the Mingbao Bank this time have been arranged by the Economic Commission to be used for the research and development of large fertilizer equipment, of which eighty percent will be used for the development of new materials and new processes that are urgently needed, and the other two percent will be used as funds for theoretical research to develop those long-term oriented technologies. For example, the new process of synthetic ammonia based on ruthenium catalyst proposed by Wang Hongtai is also a cutting-edge research abroad, and it obviously belongs to the latter 20% of the supported projects.
"Since it is a technology that is also being studied abroad, we can't miss it, and we should give strong support. Old Hu, how much money has this Wang Hongtai applied for, and it is not within the range of what we can afford?" Feng Xiaochen asked Hu Yuehong.
Hearing Feng Xiaochen's question, Hu Yuehong's face was a little strange, he looked at Wu Shican, and then said, "He applied for 80,000 yuan." ”
"80,000 RMB!" Feng Xiaochen picked his ears with his hand and asked, "Lao Hu, I heard you right, he only applied for 80,000 yuan for a new process development?"
Wu Shican said: "Yes, this is also what I plan to discuss with you." I read his application and I felt like I'm in tears. Every expenditure is very economical, some experimental equipment is planned to buy second-hand goods from other people to transform, and there are also fertilizer factories in other provinces to do experiments, and even the accommodation fee is not included, saying that it can be solved by acquaintances. ”
"Damn!" Feng Xiaochen came to a national scolding that only a traveler could understand, and pointed to the application he had just thrown away and said: "This special meow dares to report a budget of 250,000 yuan for the application of treating exhaust gas from a contradictory point of view, and a research topic that may lead to a technological revolution is only reported for 80,000 yuan, what kind of rules is this!"
Wu Shican said: "It's very simple, this Xiao Quanliang is a professor and the deputy director of the Organization Department, he is well-known in the industry and has connections, and he is embarrassed to mention it if he comes out to apply for a project, less than 200,000." And this Wang Hongtai is just a lecturer, an unknown junior, if he didn't only ask for 80,000 yuan in funds, it is estimated that he would be brushed down during the first examination of their school, saying that he is so ambitious. ”
"This is the so-called seniority, right?" Feng Xiaochen said.
"Isn't it? Seniority is inevitable everywhere. Wu Shican said.
Feng Xiaochen thought for a while and said, "Old Wu, do you think Wang Hongtai's application is feasible?"
"Of course it is feasible and very promising. ”
"If you use 80,000 yuan to do it, you can also make hope?"
“…… I'm afraid this is a bit difficult, I guess it's just to complete a theoretical derivation, do a few experiments to verify it, and then it's over. ”
"If we want to make some results, how much will it cost to be able to keep up with the research in Japan and the UK?"
"Keep up with each other?" Wu Shican shook his head with a bitter face, "As far as I know, those companies in Japan and Britain are engaged in the development of new processes, and the investment is at least tens of millions. It's almost impossible for us to keep up with them. ”
"Okay, not to mention that it is neck and neck, at least to the extent that it can be compared, how much does it cost?" Feng Xiaochen could only retreat. Indeed, the development of cutting-edge technologies is piled up with money, and with China's current national strength, wanting to compare scientific research investment with developed countries is tantamount to comparing beggars and dragon kings. However, given the existing conditions, there is still hope for at least keeping up with the international frontier.
Wu Shican thought for a while and said: "If this Wang Hongtai is indeed capable and supports him with one or two million funds, he should be able to make some good results, so that foreign counterparts have to look down on us." ”
"In that case, let's invite Wang Hongtai to the capital, let him talk about his ideas systematically, and you can also touch his bottom to see if he has enough ability. If he is really capable, let's take out 500,000 yuan to support him first, and wait until the results of the first phase are available, and then add other funds, what's the matter?" Feng Xiaochen said.