Chapter 521: Competing in the same field
For Bernice's clamour, Qin Hai just laughed. Facts speak louder than words, and if you want to defeat the arrogance of these arrogant European big companies, you can only speak with your own products, and all other explanations are superfluous.
With a spirit of unforgiveness, Bernice then harassed Henlock, Besborough and others, repeatedly emphasizing that there is no so-called super filter membrane in this world, and the so-called super filter membrane is just a lie made up by the Chinese. Besborough had nothing to say about this, and Henlock constantly reassured Bernice, emphasizing that he had always believed in the Warren Group, so he would agree to try the products of the Daqin Group, purely to meet Prince Flandin's request.
Bernice's objection had no effect, and Flandin firmly said that he had to look at the table of China's super filter membrane to determine whether to choose, this request was reasonable, and Henlock could not refute it, so he could only wait for the Chinese to ship the super filter membrane over.
Two days later, a large truck carrying a 1,000-square-meter super filter membrane produced by Daqin Group came to Le Havre, along with Xia Yangjie, the CEO of Pujiang Haijie Company, and Yu Lihong, the chief engineer.
"Lao Xia, Yu Gong, hard work."
Qin Hai stepped forward and shook hands with Xia Yangjie and Yu Lihong, who were in the dust.
"It's not hard, there are just a few of us on a special plane, and we sit too comfortably." Yu Lihong replied with a smile.
A filter membrane is a film less than 1 micron thick that bursts almost with a light blow. In order to improve the strength of the filter membrane, the practice is to add a layer of porous fabric on both sides of the filter membrane to protect the filter membrane in the middle. Yu Lihong brought the filter membrane like this, the two layers of fabric add up to about 5 mm, like a thick chemical fiber cloth.
When folded, the 1,000-square-meter filter membrane is only a few cubic meters in size. It can be transported by ordinary air consignment. However, there are only two flights from China to France, Beijing and Pujiang, and Jintang is a small place, so there are no international flights at all, so the goods can only be transported to Pujiang first, and then wait for the flight to France. This would have taken two days. When Flandin heard about this, he immediately ordered his subordinates to charter a special plane to fly directly from Jintang to Paris, thus saving the time of transshipment. Such a large plane transports only a few cubic meters of materials and a few Chinese engineers such as Xia Yangjie and Yu Lihong, which is really a luxury.
Yu Lihong has also had the experience of going abroad several times in the past, but it is the first time to go abroad on a special plane, so it is no wonder that he will say that he is not working hard at all.
Hearing that China's super filter membranes had arrived, Gemmer immediately contacted Henlock to begin testing. Bernice as a representative of the Warren Group. I was also notified to take the filter membrane of Warren Group to the real YÀN site to compare the advantages and disadvantages of each product on the spot.
The test method for the filter membrane is very simple, that is, use a large container and divide the upper and lower parts with the filter membrane. The sewage is injected from above and then penetrates into the lower layer through a guò filter membrane. If the membrane is effective, then the water quality in the lower layer should be able to achieve the desired filtration effect. Based on the amount of water filtered per hour, the filtration efficiency of the filter membrane can be evaluated.
As soon as he arrived at the real yàn venue, Bernice regretted it a little. The performance of Warren's filter membranes. Bernice knew very well that the filtration was impeccable. However, the infiltration flux is far from meeting the requirements of the cleaning project. Regardless of the outcome of this test, Warren will not be selected as the supplier of the filter membrane, and it can be said that it is a worthless race for Warren.
If it's just worthless, that's it. The key question is if Daqin's filtration membranes can really meet the targets they claim. Then Warren Company has become the foil of Daqin Group, and it is a foil as a loser. This is a great shame for the Warren company.
However, now, Bernice can't help but withdraw. If the Chinese provide a super filter membrane and Warren does not even have the courage to participate in the comparison, then how will the media comment? Without the comparison of Warren, no matter how bad the Chinese's products are, they will be noticed because they are the only products, and Warren will still lose face.
The only hope now is that the Chinese product table is not good, and the Warren company's products have the upper hand, leaving the Chinese with nothing to say, and at the same time making Henlock, Gemmer, Flandin and others die. However, looking at the expressions of Qin Hai and the others who were determined to win, Bernice really lacked confidence in this result.
"Mr. Bernice, can we begin?" A real yàn officer from the French Ministry of Ecology walked up to Bernis's side and asked him.
Bernice retracted his confused thoughts, looked up, and saw that the filter sample he had brought with him had been installed and could begin the filtration test. He sighed secretly, nodded, and said, "You can start." ”
Seawater, which contains chemicals and oily decompositions, is injected into the test vessel, where the pressure causes the seawater to penetrate through the guò filter membrane and drip down to the lower layers of the vessel. From the side, the bottom of the filter membrane looks like the eaves of a rainy day, and large droplets of water are constantly generated, and then continue to fall, accumulating in the lower layer.
The real yàn member stepped forward, scooped up a glass of water from the lower layer of the container with a measuring cup, and then started the analysis test next to it, and the results were reported from the real yàn's mouth:
"Surfactant residue, less than 0.5 ......"
"Oil particles, less than 0.1......"
"Salt, Qualified ......"
“……”
A smile appeared on the corner of Bernice's mouth, the filter membrane he brought has withstood the test, and the filtration effect has fully met the expected requirements, and the technical advantages of the Warren Group in the field of filter membranes are not blown.
"Infiltration flux, 0.22 cubic meters per square meter per day."
The last number was reported, and Henlock and the others who were watching from the side sighed softly, the filtration effect is good, but unfortunately the infiltration flux is too low, according to this filtration rate, how long does it take to filter millions of tons of water.
"That's to be expected." Besborough whispered, "That's why I don't think the solution of filtering wastewater with membranes is completely viable." ”
"So, can the filter membrane provided by the Chinese have a higher permeation flux?" Henlock asked.
"According to them, it should be possible, but ......" Besboro dragged out a long speech, and the subtext of it was only for everyone to guess.
"Now that the filter membranes in China have arrived, we will find out if they can achieve the performance they claim," Gemmer said. Let's go over and see the test effect of Chinese filter membranes. ”
Several people left the real yàn site of Warren Company and came to the real yàn site of Chinese filter membranes. Bernice and Claudon also hurried to follow, and in any case, they had to watch from the sidelines, lest their Chinese counterparts rely on cheating to win.
When a group of people came to the side of the real device, Xia Yangjie and Yu Lihong had already assembled the filter membrane. As the chief engineer of the development of this super filter membrane, although Yu Lihong has full confidence in his work, he is inevitably a little nervous at this moment. He checked the package repeatedly, for fear that something might go wrong.
"This is the filter membrane produced by the Chinese? IMHO, this looks like the technical level of Warren 20 years ago. Bernice looked at the filter membrane of the Daqin Group and said with a sneer.
The same filter membrane covered with two layers of fabric, Daqin Group's products are indeed miserable compared to Warren Group's products. The surface of the Warren Group's membranes looks very neat, with smooth fibers and a faint sheen. The surface of Daqin Group's filter membrane is rough and uneven, and even some fiber threads can be seen, which look like a sack piece no matter how you look at it.
Flandin originally had some trust in Qin Hai, but after seeing the filter membranes of both sides, he was also a little discouraged. After all, Warren Group is an old giant enterprise, and its strength is there, Daqin Group, as a rookie, is still far from Warren Company, and from such a small detail, you can see the clues.
"Mr. Bernice, it doesn't seem to depend on the beauty of the surface fabric, does it?" Qin Hai smiled heartlessly and said to Bernice, "The surface fabric is just to protect the filter membrane, even if it looks good, it has no effect at all, what do you say?" ”
Qin Hai's words are also strong words. If the process level of Jintang Chemical Group is higher, he is of course willing to make the filter membrane more beautiful. But the reality is that he doesn't have enough time to improve the surface treatment process, so he can only use this kind of words to hide his gap.
Of course, Bernice also knew that Qin Hai was quibbling, but he couldn't find a reason to refute it, so he could only shrug his shoulders and say, "Maybe what you said is right, then let everyone see the actual effect." ”
"Okay, let's start testing now." Qin Hai saw that Yu Lihong had already completed the inspection, so he issued an order to the real staff.
The same sewage was poured into the real yàn container, and almost at the same time, the sound of rushing water was heard in everyone's ears. Everyone has just come from the Warren Group's real yàn installation, and they are used to the sound of sewage dripping through the filter membrane. At first glance, when you hear this sound of running water, everyone's first reaction is: the filter membrane is leaking, right?
I saw that under the filter membrane, the filtered seawater flowed down like a small waterfall, and the water curtain was dense, obviously penetrating through countless micropores, and it was not a feeling of leakage at all.
Bernice's face suddenly turned white, and at such a permeable rate, his filtration efficiency was more than 100 times that of Warren! (To be continued......)