The last time Su Cheng saw this chief engineer, he felt that he was really old, trembling when someone was around him to support him, and his eyes were cloudy like fish. Su Cheng thought at the time, is there really no one in Shanghai Petrochemical?

Now look at it, hey, the old man has a lot of hands and can tear a piece of meat raw. His back was straight, taller than Sioux City. Although he was skinny and skinny, his chest was still very broad. The end is coming, and this is the best skeleton to transform skeletons and zombies.

Old man Shen didn't get Su Cheng's answer immediately, he was unhappy, he slapped his apprentice's shoulder fiercely, and said with a full heart: "Don't laugh, I specially watched, the temperature of the protective bed can rise to 250 degrees, and it's no problem to use our catalyst." ”

The apprentice grinned in pain, panting for breath and not daring to make a sound.

Su Cheng thought to himself, the old man has saved up all his strength, and he has used it here. He smiled and said, "Casali's equipment, we did ask for the ability to use domestic catalysts. But we don't decide what catalyst to use until the equipment is installed. ”

In the production process of large chemical industry, catalysts are no less important than chemical equipment. Whether it is a 10,000-ton tank, a 100,000-ton tank, or a million-ton tank, it is still a chemical reaction, and the raw materials fuse with each other to produce methanol, ethylene, etc., which are required by the factory......

The faster the reaction, the higher the yield. With the advancement of technology, the yield of the same 4-meter large jar is not the same.

China's catalyst technology is not bad. The development of chemical equipment depends on the rise of the overall level of the industry, and the catalyst does not have such a high requirement.

As far as methanol catalysts are concerned, imported catalysts can exert catalytic activity for a long time at about 230 degrees, while domestic catalysts often require more than 250 degrees. The temperature difference of the protective bed, on the one hand, increases the difficulty of the equipment, on the other hand, reduces the life of the catalyst, and in the end, which catalyst is more economical to use needs to be calculated.

Chief Engineer Shen, who is accustomed to the planned economy, does not think so. said: "You are still lying to my old man, what are you still considering, you are the chairman, don't you have the final say?

His apprentice is also in his forties, and he is a middle-level and high-level cadre in the factory, and when he saw the old man's hard tone, he hurriedly mixed in: "The meaning of the chief engineer." It is hoped that Dahua Chemical Company will consider more domestic catalysts. Our performance is no worse than foreign products. The price is much cheaper. ”

Shen Shan punched his apprentice in the shoulder socket and said, "I don't know what I mean, I still want you to talk more?" Even if the price of domestic catalysts and foreign catalysts is the same. We should also use domestic catalysts, and we can't use commodity economy, so we won't talk about patriotism, right?"

Sioux smiled. "Of course I want to use domestic catalysts, otherwise I will not specifically ask Swiss manufacturers to do equipment transformation of domestic catalysts." However, it is necessary to consider which domestic factory catalyst to use. ”

The old man was happy and said, "So, you agree to use a domestic catalyst?"

"In principle, yes. ”

"We are the leader of the petrochemical system in the country, ranking among the best in the country, not to mention the catalyst, you have to use it. Definitely have to use ours. "Old man Shen is in charge, pressing step by step.

Su Cheng's eyes flashed, but he saw through the old man pretending to be crazy and stupid. This guy is obviously a healthy person, but he wants his apprentice to support him to win sympathy. If you want to talk about the commodity economy, his commodity is much more thorough than others, for an order. Dare to use any trick, quite the mental state of later generations of salesmen. Of course, these tricks he used were often done by factory directors in the era of planned economy, in that era when spending state money to earn state money. It is a kind of ability to mess around and get orders, and many superiors are annoyed. Just threw the order out casually.

Knowing that Dahua's methanol project could use domestic catalysts, the genes of the Shenshan planned economy era were activated.

Once 120,000 tons of methanol is put into production, many catalysts are used every year. Don't look at its small dosage, it can't stand the "big" of the big chemical industry, and 1/10,000 of 120,000 tons is also a lot of money.

Su Cheng had never seen the catalyst of Shanghai Petrochemical, and said noncommittally: "When we test it, we will invite the catalyst supplier to test it, Chief Engineer Shen doesn't need to worry, we will definitely notify you then." ”

"When the test run, when will it be, I tell you, you choose our catalyst for Sinopec now, we will immediately test it according to your equipment, if it can't be used, we will modify it immediately, and never delay your production, which is simpler and more practical than the bidding and bidding set. Shen Shan patted his apprentice's chest and promised.

Su Cheng smiled incomprehensibly and said, "Is your catalyst modification speed so fast?"

"I started working on catalysts in the 60s. You tell me when it's going to be put into production, and I'll tell you how many times you can modify it. "Chief Engineer Shen is full of confidence.

Su Cheng said: "The production is not yet certain, and if the test is carried out, it will definitely be carried out before the end of this year." ”

"At the end of this year......" Chief Engineer Shen repeated, his face changed slightly, and said, "Isn't that not even 2 months?"

"Mechanized large chemical equipment, all the chips add up to less than 10 kilograms, and the test time is of course fast. ”

Su Cheng took what he said for granted, but Shen Shan and his apprentices did not. The two even considered the possibility of Sioux City deceiving themselves.

The production period of domestic chemical equipment is often delayed by about 2 years. There are bureaucratic reasons, engineering companies, foreign manufacturers, and import-export companies.

Dahua Industrial is different, in order to put into production as soon as possible, the strategy department has already done countless analyses and repeatedly confirmed the factors that affect the progress of the project. In the end, the conclusion was "implementation of drawings" and "arrival of long-term equipment".

The construction of large chemical equipment is similar to urban construction, and different areas should be explored and measured separately, and finally the drawings are formed, and the drawings are not determined, and the project cannot be started. Historically, there have been things that have been waiting for drawings for two years, and the equipment purchased has been miraculous.

Long-term equipment is another bottleneck. For example, in the methanol equipment, the large tank with a diameter of 4 meters is a long-term equipment, and the manufacturer will produce it when the order is placed, not to mention two or three months. If the big jar is not in stock, no matter how complete the parts are, it cannot be installed, which means that the important equipment is not available, and the ordinary parts are not in use. A set of large chemical equipment, dozens or hundreds of long-term equipment, if it cannot be implemented one by one, to the manufacturer to keep confirming, once the delay occurs, it will become a construction site and other equipment......

State-owned enterprises are inefficient and tend to be mainstayed. A large jar didn't arrive, and it might just make a phone call. Without a formal document urging, or even a lawyer's urging, the other party dares to cut the queue in front to make more money, and the better the year, the more so.

Three or five months and half a year have passed, and once there is a transfer within a state-owned enterprise, the delay will be even longer......

Sioux City naturally did not allow such a thing to happen. He mobilized almost all the energy of the group, not only supervising every day, sending staff to the manufacturer to discuss, but also using funds to actively join the queue. If it weren't for the fact that the 120,000-ton methanol plant was more eye-catching, he might have shipped the old equipment dismantled from Brazil first.

This kind of operation mode with analysis, mobilization and action, the degree of modernization has completely surpassed that of petrochemical, and Chief Engineer Shen's cloudy eyes cannot distinguish between what Su Cheng said is true or false. He came to work in the factory in the 50s, and never really broke away from the bureaucracy for large-scale chemical installations. A few years ago, they produced a set of 100,000-ton ethylene equipment, which took 2 years and about 2 years to put into production.

Seeing that Su Cheng's expression did not seem to be fake, Chief Engineer Shen couldn't get it accurately.

Sioux City guessed that 2 months was not enough time for them to do a debugging. He didn't wait for Chief Engineer Shen to break his promise, and said softly: "Wait for December, when we test the car, we will definitely invite Shanghai Petrochemical." ”

"That's it. "Shen Shan is not in a good mood.

Su Cheng was a little sympathetic, but also a little helpless. For a 60-year-old man, the society after the reform and opening up has indeed changed too quickly.

In an era when young people will get lost if they are not careful, it is really hard for the elderly to keep up with the rhythm of society and science.

"If you are interested, in two days, we at Dahua Chemical Company will be interviewed by Kalisa Company, and Shanghai Petrochemical can come to visit. Sioux City offered to invite.

"Interview for a safe boot?"

"Yes. "Once the methanol plant has been installed at Casali, it will conduct a test run to open up the whole process and enter the production state. However, large industrial equipment is not a household appliance, hundreds of operators, must be standardized operation to avoid production accidents. Therefore, the manufacturer needs to train the employees who receive the customer, and the test machine can only be started until all the employees pass the interview, and the project is officially completed until the safe and economical stable operation.

Shen Shan was surprised by the progress of Dahua Chemical Company again, but this time he didn't say anything, turned around slowly, and said, "I must come and see." ”

Sioux City has a lot of confidence in Dahua Chemical's employees, and the results of the group's internal tests are very good. Therefore, he invited not only domestic companies such as Shanghai Petrochemical, but also officials from Formosa Plastics and the central government.

Once the test is passed, it means that there is no obstacle to the investment in the first project of the Haicang plan. It will be a great stimulus for both parties.