Section XV - Energy issues

"Let's start with energy." Xiao Zishan turned his head to the energy group, "Energy is the key to everything. As long as we have electricity, we will be able to use anything from modern machines to computers - equipment that surpasses the ancients. What does the energy group think about our power supply problem? ”

As a temporary worker, he has been working in a subordinate company of a power group for five years, and belongs to the kind of people who do the most work, get the least money, have no credit, and have no credit.

"According to the situation we are facing, it is more appropriate to adopt a power strategy based on hydropower, supplemented by thermal power and wind power.

"There are many benefits of hydropower, which I will not explain here, but the biggest benefit for our team is that it does not need to be refueled, it can be built at one time, and it can be used almost indefinitely.

"At present, small hydropower equipment in rural areas is quite simple, the installation difficulty is low, and the project investment is also very small. Electricity generation uses aqueducts, which can be operated with a head of 5-6 meters. This kind of equipment jishu is very mature, small and micro units have achieved serial standardized manufacturing in China, easy maintenance, and low price.

"At the same time, we need thermal power. The prime mover of thermal power can be used in a variety of ways, and the diesel generator is easy to use, does not need to be erected, and is not limited by the environment, and will be used as the main means of power generation in the early days of our landing. ”

At this time, someone raised his hand: "Diesel will run out one day, what will I do then?" ”

"It's easier to find alternatives to diesel engines, and I remember using peanut oil." The energy group was spoken.

"Hehe, I don't know if you use peanut oil, but the diesel engine can be changed to a gas engine." Chang Kaishen thought for a moment, "When I was in the countryside, I saw that many small power stations used gas engines, so it shouldn't be difficult. ”

"I think we'll be able to make diesel later." Xiao Zishan said, "Go on." ”

"Haode," he continued, "based on the attitude of not putting all your eggs in one basket, small and medium-power diesel generators, small hydroelectric and small wind turbines are all needed. In addition, we need to bring some medium-power hydropower units, etc., and later have enough engineering capacity to expand the units. As for wind turbines, although the power is too small and the power generation is unstable, they are simple to set up and are more suitable for backup power supply for living quarters, independent bases and systems. ”

He smiled: "Of course, electricity is not so simple, and it also involves a series of problems such as transmission and distribution, and transformer. It will take quite a while to get the specific jihua. ”

The next topic is still answered by the energy group, namely the substitution of petroleum products. They don't just need generators, they also need motorcycles, cars and small boats. Neither gasoline nor diesel can be stored for a long time, and if you can't be self-sufficient in fuel, there is no need to carry too much of these things.

"Hehe, I don't dare to agree with the words of the moderator of the meeting," the energy team then stood up to speak, and it was Luo Duo who posted a lot of lengthy posts about energy during the online discussion, "but it is said that the moderator is a liberal arts student, which is understandable." ”

Xiao Zishan's face turned red, and his biggest grievance was that "liberal arts student" had become a contemptuous evaluation. He endured his grief and pretended to be calm.

"Actually, what we want to talk about is still a prime mover issue." Luo Duo obviously didn't feel the host's resentment, "Whether it's a boat, a car, or a motorcycle, you can all use non-petroleum fuels to drive, so the problem of substitutes for oil is not a problem that we urgently solve."

"Basically, the prime mover that uses petroleum-based fuel can be converted into a gas engine to drive it, and of course there will be a certain loss of power. However, at the end of World War II, the Germans had installed gas generators on armored transport vehicles and tanks, so the power was acceptable. The gas generator is very simple and practical, and the difficulty of implementing it is very low.

"And then let's not forget about the steam engine. How many years have gasoline engines and diesel engines been around? The steam engine was the engine of the Industrial Revolution. ”

"Is there a place to buy a steam engine now? Don't say you're going to ask us to build it. "Someone in the Technic has spoken.

"You guys are mechanical, it's not easy to make a steam engine? That's a product of the 19th century! Rodo asked rhetorically, "Our prime mover cannot always run on reserves, and one day it will be exhausted." ”

"I really haven't done a steam engine before," Ma Qianzhuo stood up after a short exchange of heads in the mechanical group, "Everyone understands the principle of the steam engine, and there are a lot of ready-made design materials, and we are confident that we can build it." The boiler is the main difficulty, depending on what kind of material our materials can go, it depends on the level of the metallurgical department. ”

"At present, the metallurgical sector is also included in the industrial group." Xiao Zishan explained, "I remember that there are professionals in this area. ”

"Yes, we have a metallurgical college student." Saying that, a few people hahadaxiao got up, and a young boy smiled embarrassedly.

"Let's come up with a plan in your group first. Please continue. ”

"That's all I can think of for the time being." Luo Duo looked very excited, showing a tired expression.

"Weishenme doesn't consider biodiesel?" Someone asked, "There have been quite a lot of reports on this recently, and many countries have entered the practical stage." ”

"Yes, I remember that there is a kerosene tree in Hainan, and the oil that flows out of the bark can be lit."

"It's just a lamp, it's not real kerosene." Ma Qianzhu talked eloquently there, "Biodiesel is not a simple jishu. Although there are many kinds of oil crops that can be used as raw materials, including Camellia oleifera, stinky tung oil, Coptis chinensis, bamboo tung, etc., but the oil produced can not be directly used for diesel, and a series of modification treatments must be carried out. ”

"By the way, I would like to point out that oil can only be produced when it grows to a DBH of 40-50 cm. According to the current findings, Hainan is only produced in Sanya, Ledong, Dongfang, Changjiang and Baisha, which have more water temperature than Lingao and Danzhou. "Someone from the agriculture group spoke.

"We can boil pine root oil. During World War II, the Japanese did this, and they didn't need any special equipment to make aviation gasoline. ”

"That's right, but it's a pitiful cost-effectiveness. It took almost the whole people mobilization of the Japanese to refine tens of thousands of barrels, and Hainan did not have so many pine roots for us to dig. ”

"Where's the alcohol?" The Biofuels Party continues its efforts.

"It can be replaced, but the calorific value of alcohol is too low, and there is a problem of engine carbon deposit, so it is not an ideal substitute."

"I have one more point of view on the substitution of petroleum products." Someone else stood up, "My name is Zhong Lishi, and I am engaged in the design of oil shale dry distillation equipment. I once designed oil refining equipment for a refinery in Danzhou City, Hainan, for the oil shale.

"The city has abundant reserves of oil shale, and the products from the dry distillation of oil shale can be further refined into various petroleum products. From this point of view, the manufacture of gasoline and diesel is not a problem. ”

"Where is Danzhou?" Someone whispered below.

"It's just west of Lingao. It's close. ”

"That's a pretty good resource."

"Let me briefly introduce that the oil content of Changpo oil shale is 5.1%, which is associated with lignite. The Changpo Mine has two main ore bodies. The thickness is 6 meters and 44.5 meters, respectively. The mining method is mainly open-pit mining.

"We can use Maoming-style furnaces for processing, with a capacity of 50 tons of ore per day per furnace and an oil recovery rate of 60%. Combined with the 5.1% oil content of Changpo oil shale, each furnace can produce 1.5 tons of crude oil per day, which does not include by-products such as gasoline and ammonia.

"This kind of furnace can be built without much resources and manpower, and a small plant with a daily processing capacity of 1,600 tons can be put into operation...... 32 furnaces, 2 gas heating furnaces, 1 ventilator room, 2 scrubbers, 2 cooling towers, and 2 chimneys - these are all ready-made design drawings for me, and it is not difficult to manufacture the equipment. Such a plant can produce 48 tons of crude oil a day, as well as by-products such as gasoline, ammonia, gas and phenol. are very useful.

"The quality of crude oil in oil shale is very good, and it can be refined into high-quality diesel, so I think diesel engines and gasoline engines can operate normally, and there is no need for gas engines."

"1,600 tons per day!" Luo Duo jumped up, "It's not enough for us to carry stones!" ”

"For an oil shale refinery, this is already a very small scale," Zhong Lishi said with an unfathomable smile of a senior intellectual, "In reality, it is transported by train and belt conveyor, and the design output of the oil mill above is not as much as a set of equipment in a shale oil plant in reality." The oil mill I serve has several refining units with this capacity, and they have a capacity of 200 tons per furnace.

"If you feel that the oil yield of Changpo is too low, the oil shale produced in Huangxian and Penglai in Shandong Province is of the best quality, with an oil content of 22%. If we don't have the capacity to extract oil in one or two decades, we can consider taking Shandong down first. ”

The crowd below exchanged words again. A few people from the sports team are looking through a map of China.

"Let's put this in the vision of the energy group and see what kind of level our manufacturing industry can achieve." "Let's continue. He glanced at Xiao Zishan, who nodded.