Nearly half of the people in the center have studied or worked abroad, and all the graduate students and some of the students of the center go abroad for exchanges in March every year, and even more than 300 of them are foreigners, so disaster escape training is too normal for them.

Early the next morning, everyone returned to the center to continue their work from the campus of the University of Science and Technology on the Clear Water Bay Peninsula in Hong Kong, the universities where the University of Hong Kong, CUHK, PolyU and other universities that will award degrees to them in the future, as well as the temporary resettlement site of the new factory in Baoan.

Wang, director of the Institute of Automation Systems of the Electric Power Research Institute, noticed that almost no one discussed what happened yesterday, as if they didn't know anything, what to do, and everything was so orderly.

While having breakfast at the Linhai Hotel, the staff member of the Department of Systems Engineering, who was in charge of receiving them, handed out a schedule for today. The main person in charge of the counterpart unit and more than 30 researchers, some of whom have to go to the research institute within the real room to receive continuing education, and several of whom have to prepare materials to accept inquiries from the entrusted R&D units about the use of research funds.

Those who were also guest lecturers at several universities in Hong Kong and the University of Hong Kong had classes in the morning, and the group meetings had to be postponed.

Anton Institute of Technology is the earliest domestic research institution to establish a cooperative relationship with the NB Institute, and Director Li of the Institute of Automation of the College of Engineering is more familiar with this place than anyone else, and asked with a smile while walking with the schedule: "Director Wang, should we go to the real rooms of the Department of Systems Engineering, or go to the network center?" ”

The first time I came to the NB room, it was also the first time I had dealt with the NB room. Director Wang is extremely unfamiliar with this place. Curiously asked, "Network Center." Do you have a computer? ”

"It's not."

Director Li pointed to the newly vacated steel structure workshop of NB Electric in front of him, and introduced with a smile on his eyebrows: "There is a special computer application research center in the NB real room for computer applications, and the research center is headquartered in Hong Kong.

The network center was newly built this year, connected to the Internet, and is open to the Faculty of Basic Studies, the Faculty of Systems Engineering, and the Faculty of Technology Application. It is convenient for researchers to consult foreign materials and does not belong to the computer application research center. It's the first in China, do you want to open your eyes together? ”

This decision was a rare occurrence, and a professor from Z University couldn't help but ask, "Really?" ”

"What are you lying to?"

Director Li sighed with emotion: "In order to accomplish this, Zhang Gong stayed in the United States for more than a month, and invited academicians, experts and professors from the American Academy of Sciences, the Academy of Engineering, the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Stanford University, and the University of California, Berkeley to help lobby. The United States agreed, but it still had to apply to the British government in Hong Kong and coordinate with the communications department, which was not easy. ”

The Chinese Academy of Sciences and the two domestic colleges and universities have been engaged for so long, but they have not been able to accept them until now. It's not that easy to think about.

Director Wang thought so, looked at a young engineer passing by, and said, "I haven't dealt with anything before. This time it was an eye-opener, the starting point is so high, the conditions are so good, and it is fully in line with international standards, and it has pulled us down eight streets, and I can't accept it! ”

People have to die more than people, and goods have to be thrown away.

Compared with the NB real room smashed out with hundreds of millions of dollars, the so-called real room in his school is simply trembling to the extreme, Professor Z Dakang sighed: "It's easy to do things with money, and you can't do anything without money." I visited the previous few real rooms yesterday, which investment is tens of millions, tens of thousands of computers can be seen everywhere, using the world's most first-class software, simulation, simulation, a lot of work can be completed in the real room, what is the efficiency?

You may not believe it, but if the computing task is heavy, people can apply for supercomputers, and even apply for funding to entrust software companies to help them develop a set of application software. ”

Director Li was already surprised, and immediately laughed and said: "Zhang Gong is rich and wealthy, and he is particularly willing to invest in research and development. Over the years, our School of Engineering has followed suit, especially the Department of Computer Science. ”

Ansoft is now the largest and most profitable software company in China.

Every year, NB Electric's orders alone are hundreds of millions, which not only makes Andong Institute of Technology profitable, but also relies on the technical advantages of NB Real Room to make its computer department one of the top ten departments in China.

Thinking that the Automation System Research Institute would also cooperate with NB Electric to jointly invest in the establishment of a power grid automation control company, Director Wang smiled and said: "Director Li, you are ahead of us in this regard, and we must also pay close attention." ”

Either people don't do it, or they have hundreds of millions of orders, and the entire power grid is their market, so they don't need to ask for people at all.

Anton Institute of Technology is in the front, and the Institute of Automation Systems of the Academy of Electric Power Sciences will definitely come from behind, and Professor Kang, who is entrusted by the leaders of the Z University, said half-jokingly: "Director Wang, you and Director Li eat meat, why do you have to leave us some soup?" The next project is broken down, you two can't eat alone, otherwise I won't be able to explain to the school leaders when I go back. ”

The Three Gorges Power Transmission and Transformation Project is an important part of the Three Gorges Project, which undertakes the important task of transmitting hydropower from the Three Gorges and is also a huge system project.

According to the instructions of the central government, the entire project will start construction in 97 years, and the total investment of the project is likely to exceed 40 billion yuan!

It is necessary to build 4 DC transmission projects and 88 AC transmission and transformation projects, with a new substation capacity of 22.75 million kVA and 6,519km transmission lines. With the Three Gorges Power Station as the center, it will transmit electricity to the power grids in East China, Central China and South China, covering nine provinces and two cities, with a total area of 1.82 million square kilometers and benefiting more than 670 million people.

Once the project is completed and put into operation, it will be essential to promote the interconnection of the national power grid, optimize the national energy layout, and promote the development of hydropower in the western region; To promote the optimal allocation of resources, reduce the pressure on coal supply and transportation, and alleviate the energy tension in Central China, East China, South China and other regions; For the reduction of sulfur dioxide and carbon emissions, promote the realization of national energy conservation and emission reduction goals, and promote the coordinated development of economy, society and ecological environment;

For strengthening independent innovation. Promote the localization of China's power transmission and transformation technology and equipment to a new level. In order to speed up the construction of UHV as the backbone of the grid. A strong national power grid with coordinated development of power grids at all levels, and a scientific and reasonable comprehensive energy transportation system will be built...... all have a very important role.

The preliminary research and design scheme of the project, which will affect the pattern of the national power grid, will be completed in the Xiangjiang Real Yàn Center of the NB Real Room, and whoever participates in the preliminary research and design in the next four years will be able to benefit from the construction in four years.

The Faculty of Technology Application and the Faculty of Systems Engineering are only responsible for the core equipment and core systems. And these two are almost impossible for domestic research institutions and colleges to do, and no one will be stupid to fight. How to divide the remaining piece of the big cake depends on the relationship with the power sector and their respective R&D capabilities.

The R&D capabilities of the largest automation research institute. Director Wang knew it well, and smiled casually: "Professor Kang, didn't it all announce it at the conference yesterday, and after the list of specific R&D projects is sorted out, the bidding will be carried out in accordance with the way of the NB real room, and everyone will have a chance." ”

At the same time, experts and professors from several other companies are visiting the real yàn room of the power system simulation center, the mechanical properties laboratory of split conductors and the tower test station of the real center.

The equipment is not only the world's first-class, but a large part of it is actually NB electrical manufacturing.

They are all experts in the field of domestic power science research, and NB Electric obviously will not miss this opportunity to sell. An NB instrument businessman said: "This comprehensive cable fault detection instrument. It can test the high-resistance flashover fault, high-low-resistance grounding, short circuit and cable disconnection, poor contact and other faults of the cable, and can accurately determine the precise location of the fault point if equipped with an acoustic pointing instrument. It is especially suitable for testing power cables and communication cables of various types and different levels of voltage......"

Zhang Junshan, who accompanied the experts to visit, didn't know what to say, and waited for him to introduce one instrument after another, and distributed a beautifully designed product sample one by one, before pointing to a model in the center of the real yàn room and introducing: "Director Liu, Professor Ding, colleagues, this is a compact line with the same pole and parallel frame that we specially designed for the Kuwait-Saudi Arabia high-voltage power transmission and transformation project. It can greatly save the land occupied corridor, improve the capacity of the transmission system, and solve the contradiction of the tension of the transmission line corridor in the city and special areas. ”

Roads and railways are planned, aircraft routes are scientifically planned, and the same is true for transmission lines.

Looking at the circuit model made by the NB Electrical Industry Design Center, an expert asked curiously: "Dr. Zhang, has this design been applied?" ”

The question is very polite, but the implication is very clear, immature design must not be adopted, otherwise no one can bear the responsibility for the loss.

To their surprise, Zhang Junshan nodded and smiled: "In Kuwait and Vietnam, this design has been widely used, and practice has proved that there is no problem with safety." In order to give you an intuitive impression, we can ask the business staff and engineering and technical personnel of NB Electric to organize you to go to the Gulf or Southeast Asia for field trips. ”

Choosing foreign designs and purchasing equipment from international electrical giants can go abroad to visit and investigate, but I didn't expect that NB Electric and NB Real Yàn Room also have this opportunity.

The interest of the experts suddenly increased, and they judged the model with a word for themselves.

In terms of filling the domestic gap, NB Electric has enough advantages, from high-voltage circuit breakers to high-voltage transformers and other high-voltage electrical appliances that can only be imported before, to the most advanced or even unique composite insulators in the world, to the high-precision power grid automation system, which dazzles power experts.

There are surprises in almost every real room, and many of the high-value research results are actually made by a few engineers and real people. For example, once the 720 steel-core aluminum stranded wire is put into use, it will save hundreds of millions of yuan in the cost of the entire Three Gorges power transmission and distribution project.

The transformer test center with 800 kV DC transformer and 1000 kV AC transformer testing capacity under construction has made experts from the Electric Power Academy of Sciences and Anton Transformer Research Institute secretly frightened.

This represents not only the highest level in China, but also second to none internationally, and so far only the German Eastern Territories and the Swiss NBB have this ability.

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After more than ten days of discussion and research, they represented the research institutes of the Ministry of Water Resources and Electric Power. Experts from the Chinese Academy of Sciences and various research institutes of the Ministry of Education combined the Three Gorges Power Transmission and Transformation Project. Finally, 138 scientific research projects were identified.

These projects will conduct a comprehensive study on the transmission scheme, direct current transmission, system operation stability, control protection, dispatching scheme, power market, environmental protection, and large-capacity transmission technology of the Three Gorges Power System through independent research, cooperative research with the NB Real Estate Office, calculation and analysis, dynamic model test, and independent development. to ensure the smooth implementation of the project.

The NB office is responsible for 48 of them and has signed cooperation agreements with 23 research institutes that have contracted other R&D projects.

Yin Pengjun, Zhan Zhize, Zhang Junshan, Wu Bin, Xi Wenyao and Xiang Hongyi all have their own R&D projects, and it is impossible to devote themselves to them in the next four years. In the face of such a huge system project and so many research projects, it is impossible to do without a special person in charge, so the academic committee of the real room naturally started the idea of the graphite team.

On the morning of October 12, as soon as the charter went to work, President Gao appeared in front of his office with a smile on his face.

I've been busy doing research these days. I didn't ask about the affairs of the center, and the regulations were not clear, so I glanced back at Sun Xiaoguang and Wei Huaming, who were sorting out the numbers, leaned on the threshold and quipped: "The Nobel Prize will be announced tomorrow, Chairman Gao, even if I lose, you and I don't need to be in such a hurry, right?" ”

"Without the Nobel Prize, we would do the same research, and we didn't look for you for this."

"What are you looking for me to do? Are you going on vacation, and you're going to let me sit in your seat for a few days? ”

Principal Gao greeted a few R&D personnel without any pretensions, turned around and smiled: "Christmas is early." And I'm not going to look for you this year, go. Go to the pantry and say. ”

He didn't come over if he had nothing to do, so he hurriedly put down his briefcase, walked to the end of the corridor and pushed open the pantry door and asked, "What's the matter, so urgent?" ”

President Gao was very stern, stared at his eyes and said: "The Three Gorges Project has attracted worldwide attention, the technology is extremely complex, the quality requirements are high, there is no ready-made system, experience, and model in the world to learn from, and we have undertaken the most difficult 48 projects, and everyone agrees that there needs to be a special person in charge." The same is true for Olympic sports, which involve so many majors, how can a person with insufficient qualifications coordinate? ”

People hate less when they use it, and this is indeed a problem. The charter pondered for a moment and asked in a low voice, "Chairman Gao, who do you think is more appropriate to be in charge of these two projects?" ”

Principal Gao blurted out: "Huang Li'an, Sun Xiaoguang, Wei Huaming, if you can, can you invite Xiao Xie back, as for her studies, I can go to coordinate with HKU or CUHK." ”

What are you kidding, as soon as Huang Li'an and them leave, what will the graphite team do? Not to mention Xie Jingwen, she has just gotten married and is sweet, so this mouth will not be opened anyway.

Looking at his unhappy look, Principal Gao said step by step: "Huang Li'an, Sun Xiaoguang and Wei Huaming have qualifications, experience in being responsible for large-scale projects, and the ability to coordinate multiple teams to work together, and they are all from China and know how to deal with domestic counterparts. Xiao Xie is the same, not only has these conditions, but also presided over the electrical engineering renovation of Leipzig Airport, which is particularly affinity, and it is most appropriate for her to coordinate with the Olympic Organizing Committee on behalf of the real room. ”

They are all veterans of NB Electric, and they are all founders of NB Real Year's Office, and their ability and qualifications are beyond doubt, and the key is that the graphite team is inseparable from them.

Where is the charter willing to release people, and after thinking for a while, he asked again: "Chairman Gao, there is really no suitable candidate besides them?" ”

"Yes, but we have everything at hand, and we know that prospective research is just as important to us as applied research."

"Chairman Gao, you really have a big problem for me."

Principal Gao came prepared, took out a list of researchers from his arms, and said with a smile: "Graphite research has just begun, and the team has been formed for less than a year. Take a good look, they are all very competent, as long as they give them a week to familiarize themselves with the situation, they can take over. As for Xiao Xie, we have already spoken on the phone, she is very interested in this position, it is about whether BJ can fulfill the promise of the Green Olympics and the Science and Technology Olympics, and her lover is also very supportive, just waiting for your words. ”

The charter was completely convinced, shook his head and said with a wry smile: "Chairman Gao, you dug the foot of the wall and actually dug me here!" ”

"If there is a better option, can I come to you?"

"Okay, I'll ask Lao Sun and Lao Wei what they mean, as long as they are willing, then I will release them."

As a result, there was no suspense, and I learned that I could participate in the two largest projects in China at the end of this century, Sun Xiaoguang, Wei Huaming and Huang Li'an, who were far away in the new factory area of Baoan, and I hoped that someone would take over their work now.

Seeing him drooping his head and pretending to be listless, Sun Xiaoguang was happy: "Classmate Zhang, it's not that my brother is not righteous enough, but this opportunity is too rare." If you think about it, the grid automation system is in my hands, and now there is an opportunity to promote it in China, how can I miss it? ”

Wei Huaming echoed: "Engaging in equipment once is my strength, and doing knowledge is your and the poor Confucian's specialty, and people can make the best use of their talents." ”

"We will come back to see you often, by the way, in order to better carry out our work, I will book your yacht for three days, and let my domestic counterparts see the world and experience the corrupt life of capitalists who spend all day drinking and getting drunk and drunk."

I was going to let them devote themselves to their studies to see if they had a chance to win a Nobel Prize in the future, but I didn't expect them to be more interested in doing their jobs.

The charter sighed secretly, held his chin and smiled: "Everyone has their own ambitions, and I respect your choice." When the Three Gorges Project is completed, I will help each of you win an academician of the Academy of Engineering. (To be continued......)