Chapter 760: Defects in Methanol Fuel
Director Wan is very interested in methanol fuel vehicles, after all, this is related to whether methanol fuel can be widely promoted in the future, because of the rapid economic growth in recent years, China has changed from the original crude oil net exporter, to the current crude oil net importer.
Moreover, as the economy continues to grow rapidly, the gap in China's crude oil imports is increasing every year, especially after the Americans attacked Iraq and controlled oil production in the Middle East.
The above research has also shown that if China's annual crude oil imports continue to maintain the current high growth trend, and the high asking price, it will seriously restrict the domestic economic development and bring very serious inflation to the country.
Therefore, there is a lot of interest in alternative fuels now, and they all want to find a suitable fuel to solve the problem of high oil prices now.
At present, it seems that in China, there is such a technical ability, it seems that there is only such a company as Huayang Power, after all, methanol gasoline has long existed, but then it declined for various reasons, and his shortcomings are obvious for consumers in the automobile market.
Jin Xiaoqiang took Director Wan and his entourage directly to their special vehicle research institute, which was originally here to study special vehicles such as battle armor or supercars, but now because many models have been finalized and listed, and the subsequent updated models are not in a hurry to launch, so this research institute is idle after busy with the research of supercars.
At that time, Jin Xiaoqiang felt that he couldn't go on like this, so he simply moved the research on methanol-fueled vehicles to this institute. In fact, they have been researching methanol-fueled vehicles for a long time, and since Jin Xiaoqiang founded Huayang Power four years ago, he has considered the problem of high oil prices in the future. At that time, he pondered what kind of model was the most suitable for the development of the domestic situation.
In Jin Xiaoqiang's memory, 2009 and 2010. In 2011, it was the most serious period for domestic auto consumers to suffer from oil prices.
In those years, because of the country's automobile support plan, the market share of automobiles has soared, and many consumers who have never thought about buying a car have moved their minds to buy a car because of the country's preferential policies.
But when the big guys bought the car, they found out that the car was cheaper. However, the price of oil has followed the expansion of the market share of automobiles, and it has risen like a head, and as long as it rises, it will basically not fall.
Many people scolded Celestial Petroleum and Petrochemical because of this, and during that time, Celestial Petroleum and Celestial Petrochemical frequently broke out into some scandals. As a result, many consumers are very distrustful of the Celestial Empire Petroleum and Petrochemicals, believing that they are parasites, a group of cysts adsorbed to the people.
In fact, in Jin Xiaoqiang's view, the high oil prices in later generations are certainly related to the corruption and incompetence of the Celestial Empire Petroleum and Petrochemical. However, it also has a considerable relationship with international factors.
On the one hand, the international currency in almost the most important oil-producing area in the world controlled by the Americans has been completely bound to petrodollars, and the Americans are desperately printing money in order to export inflation abroad and alleviate the domestic economic pressure, so that although the international economic situation is sluggish, oil prices will not fall at all.
And our Celestial Empire is already the world's largest crude oil importer, and there is a lack of crude oil import channels, so it can only be slaughtered, so that the rise in domestic oil prices is inevitable, coupled with the domestic inflation trend, it is also the main reason for the rise in oil prices, and it can even be said that the two complement each other.
However, as for whether oil prices will not rise so high, Jin Xiaoqiang believes that there is still some moisture in it, and this moisture is, of course, the 'three public expenditures' of oil and petrochemical. …,
Since the rise in oil prices is an inevitable trend, if people want to ensure the quality of life at the same time, but also be able to keep their pockets, when buying a car, they will inevitably face several choices, one is to buy a small displacement scooter, one is to buy a hybrid vehicle, and the other is an alternative fuel new energy vehicle.
Buy a small displacement scooter, the general displacement is about 1.0L, the power will definitely be relatively weak, such a model is also relatively small, not everyone can accept it, especially our people have a good face, so although there is a market for such a car, many people will choose such a car only in desperation.
The choice of hybrid car, in the future for a period of time, the price of the battery system of the hybrid car, will not be too low, although the state may give a considerable part of the subsidy, but the hybrid car because of the high-tech gimmick, the price will definitely not be too low, after all, if the price is too low, not only other peers will be unhappy because of market pressure, even the oil giants will not agree.
And the third type is the so-called alternative fuel new fuel vehicles, such as natural gas, ethanol gasoline, and methanol gasoline.
At that time, Jin Xiaoqiang chose hybrid vehicles and alternative fuel vehicles as a breakthrough, and hybrid vehicles are high-end technology-intensive and capital-intensive industries, which are definitely king.
The other alternative fuel new energy vehicles are relatively low-end, after all, these alternative fuel vehicles have already appeared.
Gas vehicles have long existed, and there are now, but in the future, it is not only difficult to refuel, but also difficult to refuel, and this kind of car is put in the back box of an atmospheric tank, once a rear-end accident occurs, it is equivalent to carrying a bomb, so many areas are now and will not release this model in the future, and the policy is not very easy to pass.
Ethanol gasoline models are easy to do, but this ethanol fuel has to be abandoned in the end because of the problem of competing with the people.
In this way, the rest is methanol fuel, so Jin Xiaoqiang directly chose methanol fuel models as a breakthrough at that time.
Methanol fuel was once very popular in the United States, but then gradually declined, and the same is true in Japan, now it is only used in some buses and large trucks, but it is not widely used, that is because people are not short of oil, and secondly, they do not need to build an oil pipeline specifically for methanol, but in the Celestial Empire, Jin Xiaoqiang believes that this is promising.
"The first problem to face when using methanol fuel is to corrode the engine, methanol generally does not corrode other metals except lead, but in the case of electricity, it will produce electrical corrosion, corroding the electromagnetic brush in the pump, and the fuel gauge in the mailbox induction, so as early as the beginning of the design, we have made a closed protection measure for these two parts. The second point is the problem of methanol ignition point, if you use methanol fuel, you will face difficulties in winter, etc., we have also studied in this regard, if you use a 15% ratio mixed with gasoline, the effect of methanol fuel will achieve the best combustion situation, and in the summer, this mixing ratio will be higher. In this way, we have made a rough calculation, according to the current and next few years of methanol price trend calculation, the average 100 kilometers, the use of methanol fuel car, on 100 kilometers, will save 32 yuan compared with pure gasoline vehicles, of course, this is for the oil and other sectors, on the premise of leaving enough profit margins......
Jin Xiaoqiang's explanation was very intimate, and even he helped the oil department to budget for the formula ratio, which made Director Wan feel very comfortable, and looked at Huayang Power, is this really a company for the sake of the people. …,
When I think of other large car companies in other countries, I don't have the ability to fart, and when I come to the National Development and Reform Commission to ask for policies, I am justified one by one, and when I think of those companies, Director Wan is angry.
"Xiaojin, you focus on telling me about the emulsification problem caused by this methanol fuel, as well as the solution to the methanol problem in the discharge!"
Director Wan asked directly, and when Jin Xiaoqiang heard this, he couldn't help but feel a little surprised, yo! This Director Wan is quite knowledgeable, not the kind of leader who likes to command blindly without knowing anything?
Look at Liu Yonghao again, people are also standing aside, looking at themselves with a smile, obviously they must have done a lot of homework before they came, and then think about it, they were in front of Liu Yonghao in the capital before, but the methanol fuel was blown out of the sky, in fact, can people not know the advantages and disadvantages of this methanol fuel?
Otherwise, there would not have been a project of ethanol gasoline and not methanol gasoline back then, right? The most fatal flaws of methanol gasoline are really in these two points, which are the two points that ordinary consumers are most difficult to accept and most resistant to methanol fuel.
One is the corrosion of the engine, and the other is the problem of methanol gasoline being toxic.
The reason why most people say that this methanol gasoline corrodes the engine is like this, in fact, methanol has a corrosive effect on lead, and it is not corrosive to other metals at other times.
But if your car was a gasoline car before, then after using it for a period of time, because of the high temperature and age problems, there will definitely be some colloidal objects in the oil circuit of the car, and methanol will dissolve these substances, which is a benefit, but also a disadvantage, because the swelling of methanol will easily block the fuel injection hole.
Moreover, methanol itself has the property of absorbing water, and once it comes into contact with water and gasoline at high temperatures, it will produce an emulsification reaction. This kind of emulsion oil will directly lead to problems such as poor combustion inside the engine, engine shaking, and lack of power, which is what ordinary people understand as corrosive engines, but in fact, the real situation has nothing to do with corroded engines. (To be continued) RQ