Kulen on the Mongolian Plateau, although the object of trade changed from the Russian Empire to the red Soviet Russia, it was still a major trading place. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

At this time, on the outskirts of Kulen, in a factory with a chimney, there were bursts of Chinese cheers.

As the factory continued to run for a month, and the equipment was in good order, a group of Chinese engineers opened their wine glasses and had a banquet.

The Chinese engineers are employees of Siemens, and the plant where they work is a power plant.

It's not surprising that Siemens has Chinese employees, and it's not surprising that Cullen built a power plant, but this power plant is something special because it is powered by a set of gas turbines, which drive the rotors of the generators, not coal-fired boilers.

The gas turbine is not a new invention, as early as 1872, the Germans designed the gas turbine, but the design is very immature, and it has always been impossible to operate independently and cannot be practical, in 1905, the gas turbine built by the French began to be able to continuously output power, but the power is too small, and it is also not practical.

It was not until 1920 that the gas turbine manufactured by the German Holzwatt reached a thermal efficiency of 13% and could output 370 kilowatts of power, which pushed the gas turbine to the practical stage, but it could not solve the problem of explosion and was finally abandoned by the technical field.

It was not until the 30s, with the advent of compressors with an efficiency of 85%, a better understanding of fluid mechanics, and the invention of new materials that can withstand high temperatures, that new gas turbines became practical.

In the original history, the Swiss designed and manufactured a 4,000-kilowatt gas turbine for power generation in 39 years, and in the same year, the Germans tested a jet aircraft based on gas turbine technology, which really pushed gas turbine technology to practical use.

As early as many years ago, Siemens set up a project to develop gas turbines, which received 3 million taels of technical input from Yangzi Laboratory, and owned the ownership of the technology, but Siemens has the right to use it and has the right to develop new technologies on the basis of this technology.

It can be said that Siemens is using the funds of Yangzi Laboratory to develop gas turbine technology, and Yangzi Laboratory has achieved scientific and technological achievements with the help of Siemens' technical strength, which is a win-win cooperation model.

The reason for this cooperation was before the invasion of the Russian Empire by Soviet Russia, the Tyumen oil field is an oil and gas field, and the oil and gas are mixed, and at the beginning, in accordance with international practice, the gas was burned directly at the wellhead, and the crude oil was sold, and this waste was, of course, shameful.

So it was only then that an agreement was signed with Grand Duke Nicholas to build an oil and gas pipeline, and after many years of measurement, all the data were mastered, if it were not for the economic crisis, the exclusion of China by the Russian Empire, and the subsequent invasion of Soviet Russia, the pipeline would have been built long ago, and it would definitely not have been delayed until now.

Siemens' technology is a little lagging behind, Yang Chao established the Yang Zi laboratory soon after, Siemens applied for a large amount of research and development funds, before the start of research and development, they wanted to research and development, but thought that the future is unclear, too risky project, gas turbine is one of them, they took five years to develop, and then built this power plant in Kulun for testing.

Now the experiment has been successful.

The 50 million power of this gas turbine is 20 percent more than the 4,000 kilowatt gas turbine that the Swiss are researching to build next year.

The news of the success of the test soon spread to the headquarters of Siemens in Qingdao, and there was a small celebration here, but it was only a member of the project team, because this project is not a great project for Siemens, and they have many R&D projects, and the focus is not on this kind of equipment.

Because at present, whether it is the size of the power or thermal efficiency, are not as good as the steam turbine, Siemens research focus on high-power steam turbines, the Americans have manufactured 165,000 kilowatts of steam turbine units, which makes them feel a lot of pressure, Shanxi thermal power project has begun to negotiate with the Americans, if they can not come up with the same level of equipment, Shanxi thermal power project will be lost.

Therefore, Siemens sent the German team that they thought was the highest level of technology to the steam turbine unit, the gas turbine project turned out to be a water Chinese team in research, of course, although Siemens has discrimination, but to some extent it is also a reality, Siemens' German team is an expert hired from Germany, and the Chinese team is mainly young people, but this stimulates the fighting spirit of these young people, holding their breath to fight with the Germans, but put into application before the steam turbine unit.

"Lao Xu, what are you going to do next?"

The deputy asked Xu Yuanqi, the head of the project team, expectantly.

Xu Yuanqi pretended not to know: "Next, stop the furnace, and notify the gas valve to close together." ”

After Xu Yuanqi finished speaking, he was about to leave the control room.

But the deputy didn't intend to let Xu Yuanqi go, and grabbed him.

"Lao Xu, you make up your mind, the big guys are waiting for you to make up your mind. I've left the words here, if you want to leave, I'll go with you without saying a word. In this bird place, Lao Tzu really can't stay any longer. ”

Xu Yuanqi snorted, he had actually stayed enough, he graduated from the Department of Mechanical Engineering of Tangshan Jiaotong University, and he worked at Siemens as soon as he graduated, and he worked for more than ten years.

But he has always been in the middle of Siemens, he is proficient in machinery and materials, but it is difficult to lead large-scale projects, many people have already poached him, and the bosses of small and medium-sized enterprises in Shanghai take checks and let him fill them out, and he does not go.

He feels that in Siemens he can learn things, can accept the latest theories and technologies, but has never been reused, Siemens is still those Germans have the final say, Germans do not trust the Chinese at all, especially in recent years, with the increase of China's national strength, in various technologies to catch up, the Germans more and more prejudice, firmly believe that in the field of machinery, the Chinese have no talent, in the company intensified the suppression of the development of Chinese employees, how many technical elites have gone in recent years.

"It's time for me to take a vacation, I'll go to Shanghai to find a relationship, and we can do it ourselves. There is no prospect for this thing to be used to generate electricity, I went to see if anyone in Shanghai is interested in marine use, and we will develop marine type. Or locomotives, airships, maybe airplanes can also be developed. ”

Xu Yuanqi said, this thing fools know, it is not enough to generate electricity, but it is enough for ships, more than 6000 horsepower is more than enough to pull the locomotive, and this machine has the characteristics of high speed, which is more suitable for the development of fast passenger transport.

Xu Yuanqi has long considered the development type, which is also the ability he learned at Siemens, after the emergence of a technology, it is always necessary to promote the application and continue to develop.

Thinking of this, Xu Yuanqi couldn't help but feel a little sad, after all, he has been in Siemens for more than ten years, and Siemens' treatment is very generous, but this is not a matter of treatment, this is a matter of dignity, Xu Yuanqi was a fierce patriotic young man when he was in college, and he joined the Fuqiang Party when he was in college, but now he can't help but go.

"But, before I come back, I want you all to do a good job. Don't act rashly, I don't want everyone to lose their future. ”

Xu Yuanqi said.

Deputy Ma Xiongguan didn't care, this kind of bad work is not done, there are many people digging him, although Siemens is uncomfortable, but Siemens' technical strength is really terrifying, the researchers who go out here can be the technical backbone of any factory in Shanghai.

Ma Xiongguan is also the same as Xu Yuanqi, as soon as he graduated, he went to Siemens, the difference is that he graduated from Tongji University in Shanghai, majoring in mechanical engineering, and the working time is not as long as Xu Yuanqi, and it has only been 9 years now, less than ten years, but it only took Xu Yuanqi half of the time, he has achieved the same level as Xu Yuanqi, not that he is capable, but that the Chinese technical personnel have too little room to rise.

But before some of the predecessors who went out to start a business, many of them went bankrupt under the big crisis and were in debt, so that many people didn't want to do it but didn't dare to resign, because they left Siemens to start a business, but whether it was to do radio or mechanical equipment, they often had to compete with Siemens, because from radios to large machine tools, Siemens has dabbled, which is a terrifying monster that kills the future of all challengers.

Xu Yuanqi's road to find a project is not smooth, several power equipment factories in Shanghai are now busy producing hydropower equipment, they are interested in Siemens' power equipment, but with natural gas power generation, they can not see the prospects, Shanghai wants to find natural gas is not easy to find, as for Xu Yuanqi said that it can be replaced by fuel, but they are still not very optimistic, because the thermal efficiency of this technology is not high, maybe in the future can develop better technology, but the amount of investment and research and development period is not what they can afford these factories, If it's a mature technology, they certainly won't hesitate.

But there is no shortage of adventurers in Shanghai, and the young manager of the Shanghai Qiuxin Machinery Shipyard is willing to gamble, but he is obviously not interested in marine use, he is more interested in aircraft gas turbines.

This person's name is Zhu Binhou, the background is very prominent, his father is Zhu Zhiyao, the founder of the new machinery factory, he has a mechanical talent since he was a child, and was sent to France to learn machinery, as a result, he became obsessed with the aircraft that was just popular at that time, the outbreak of World War I, he signed up for the French Air Force, and also shot down two German planes.

After returning to China, he was still obsessed with flying, joined the Chinese Air Force, and by chance became the captain of the aircraft carrier air force, and single-handedly formed the aviation unit of the Chinese aircraft carrier fleet, but no parent wanted their son to be a soldier, especially when Zhu Binhou never gave birth to a grandson for them, no matter how good his future in the army was, Zhu Zhiyao was not uncommon, and dragged his son back from the army under the pretext of his old age.

Although Zhu Binhou is no longer a pilot, but his enthusiasm for aviation has not diminished, he bought his own plane, went to the suburbs to fly around when he had nothing to do, and spent money to set up a flying club, gathered a large group of idle young masters, but the civil aircraft disappointed him too much, and he also flew all over the fighter planes in the army. (To be continued.) )