“How efficient is corn stover in producing these things?”
"On average, for every four tons of corn stalks, one ton of fuel alcohol can be produced. At the same time, more than two tons of special plant fiber pulp can be obtained, and more than 900 kilograms of organic fertilizer can be obtained."
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"Can I drink this energy-burning alcohol?"
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"How effective are the organic fertilizers we just saw compared to ordinary fertilizers?"
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"What is the use of these special plant fiber pulps? Can we only make these briquettes here?"
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Tang De's eyes have been shining since he came to this alcohol production base and saw that as Zhang Tie said, everything here is produced from corn stalks that are completely burned as garbage.
Yes, that light was like countless gold coins flashing before his eyes.
Among all the people, Tang De had the most questions, and these questions of Tang De also brought out the doubts in the minds of others. After receiving Zhang Tie's instruction, Li Tao generously told everyone what was going on here.
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"The alcohol here is different from alcohol brewed from grains and cannot be drunk. Even after it is mixed with water, there is a special spiciness and numbness in it, which is easy to distinguish..."
After hearing what Li Tao said, everyone on the production line personally tasted the taste of fuel alcohol mixed with 80% water.
The taste is similar to wine, but it is definitely not wine. It is much more pungent than wine. The color after mixing with water is not colorless, but you can distinguish some faint yellow. As soon as you drink it, everyone's tongue
My taste buds experienced a numbing taste. The taste was very bad and could not be fooled.
"What a pity?" After taking a bite, Tang De said with some regret.
"It's not a pity, what's the pity!" Zhang Tie also smiled. "We are very lucky to be able to use corn straw to produce fuel-burning alcohol. This kind of alcohol has a high burning value. At the cost, it loses the value of drinking.
, compared with ordinary alcohol, it is many times more toxic to the human liver. Just drink one glass. It may cause liver poisoning. This is also the way of natural balance. You cannot produce something that a machine can use.
, humans can also eat it. That would be really contrary to nature and not a natural way to balance it!"
Hearing what Zhang Tie said, everyone nodded, feeling that it made sense.
"As for the effect of those organic fertilizers, I haven't seen anything special yet, because after a month of debugging and trial operation, this alcohol base produced the first batch of energy-burning alcohol in December.
In the winter in the north, it is basically impossible to use heavy soil in December. We also distributed the organic fertilizers for free to some farmers who sent corn stalks here. The effect of the fertilizers will only be seen in a few months when food is grown in the fields.
Gotta come out!”
Having said this, Li Tao glanced at the expression on Zhang Tie's face again and said carefully, "As for the use of these special plant fiber pulps, this alcohol base has so far used these plant fiber pulps according to the wishes of the sect master.
After being mixed with cinders, it can be used as fuel. These fuels are easy to burn. They can be used for heating at home, cooking, or even in alcohol production bases to heat boilers and drive various steam equipment. Its heat is very high, and it seems to be higher than ordinary coal.
About 10%, and the soot and dust when burned are much smaller than ordinary coal and briquettes. It is particularly clean and convenient to use at home. And after more than a month of trial production, we also discovered an interesting thing
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"What happened?"
"Everyone, come with me and you'll find out after you take a look." Li Tao directly led everyone to the production workshop on the other side.
The production workshop on the other side is also a place where fiber slurry and cinder are mixed to produce things. However, unlike the mixed briquettes and briquettes you just saw, the machines and production lines in this production workshop are different from those in the workshop next to it.
There are some differences. There are two more pot camel crushers on the production line here, and there is also a production line that looks like a brick production line.
The coarse cinders in the nearby workshop will be further crushed here and turned into finer cinders and coal sand. After being mixed with the plant fiber slurry, these pulverized coal sands will go directly to the brick-like production line.
, directly compressed into pieces of black and gray square bricks.
There are already a large number of square bricks neatly stacked in this workshop.
"We found that these plant fiber slurries have very strong plasticity after being mixed with crushed cinders and sand, so we slightly changed the process, made the cinders finer, and lowered the mixing ratio.
, at first I just wanted the fuel produced by it to be stacked better, so I made it into a square shape. Later I discovered that the square shaped fuel was not only very convenient for stacking, but also if the fire resistance requirements were not high
If so, these slurry briquettes can also be used as building materials..."
The so-called fire resistance is also relative. The things produced by the alcohol base that can be used as fuel can naturally be burned when thrown into boilers and stoves, but generally if they are piled up like this, unless someone deliberately uses other things
Light it up and set it on fire, otherwise it will be just like a pile of coals and will not burn easily.
"Not talking about alcohol, but these briquettes are of great use in the army!" Bai Zhengnan said decisively. His Royal Highness, the Crown Prince of Guangnan Palace, at this time, did not dislike the black slurry briquettes on the ground at all.
If you don't lose it, your hands will be dirty. I personally bent down and picked up a dried slurry briquette from the ground. I weighed it in my hand and tried the weight and hardness of the slurry briquette. "My legion
The airship units, armored units and transport convoys all use steam-powered equipment. When dispatched, the legion's logistics supply force must carry a large amount of coal as a fuel reserve for these units, especially when there is no coal supply.
In places, these fuels need to be carried more. If there is no fuel, those armored vehicles, transport vehicles and airships may be trapped. Ordinary coal is in bulk. Transportation and loading are very troublesome. Indeed, there is no such compressed
Slurry briquettes are convenient. If the fuel of these troops can be replaced with this standard slurry briquettes, the pressure on the logistics troops will be much less!"
"Moreover, these things can not only be used as fuel. If you are in the wild, in some emergencies, you can also use these things to quickly build temporary defenses, which is better than digging soil and filling sandbags temporarily..." Feng Cangwu also said
He also picked up a mortar briquette that felt somewhere between bricks and wood, and looked at it carefully with squinted eyes, "Since this thing has very strong plasticity, it burns no worse than coal, if it is to be supplied to the army.
It can also be made more special. You can directly change the molds on the production line. When they are pressed out, they will form similar to standard mortise and tenon parts in woodworking structures. They are easy to assemble and can be easily and quickly accumulated into pieces.
Quick fortifications or small forts. Produce them just like small battle forts and fortification components..."
Tang De's eyes suddenly widened, "Is this okay?"
"It will definitely not work against high-level force, nor will it work specifically to build long-term fortifications and fortresses. But if it is only used at special times, it will be enough to deal with demon warriors of level nine and below!" I don't know why!
At that time, Zhang Su also held a slurry briquette in his hand, "Field fortifications and civil engineering are powerful means for humans to deal with demons. This thing serves as fuel for the troops and can occasionally be used as a quick guest when needed.
As for fortification materials, it’s absolutely possible!”
Bai Zhengnan, Feng Cangwu and Zhang Su are all people who have experienced battles. The words of the three of them are all accurate. This kind of thing is easy to carry, the burning effect is not inferior to that of coal, and at the same time it has extremely strong plasticity. It is very popular among the legions.
, it is indeed of great use. Part of the wood can also achieve the same effect after processing, but in the entire Taixia, it is estimated that no legion will be so extravagant, otherwise a battle would be enough to make such a
The Legion went bankrupt.
For Zhang Tie, this was an unexpected surprise. Before coming here, he knew that these things could be burned, but he never thought that the leftovers from brewing alcohol could be used for such a purpose.
"I think those fiber slurries can be used to make paper!" Lu Zhongming also said, "I have been to several paper mills in Guzhou before, and I think these fiber slurries are very similar to the pulps in the paper mills, and they are more delicate.
, I think we can try this aspect, the papermaking process is not too complicated..."
Of course this thing can be used to make paper! Zhang Tie has known this for a long time, but this time, he also came to the alcohol production base for the first time. In front of a bunch of knights, there was no need for Zhang Tie to act like he was uncertain about everything.
, since someone has already thought of it, Zhang Tie can just follow the rules.
"Brother Lu is right!" Zhang Tie nodded, and then said to Li Tao, "In a few days, find someone to try it and see how the paper made from these slurries is. If it is feasible, these slurries will be used in the future.
You can separate some to make paper." After saying this, Zhang Tie pointed to Tang De again, "His name is Tang De, and he is my general manager. From now on, the management and financial affairs of the alcohol base will be discussed between the two of you.
Yes, what he means is what I mean!"
"Yes!" Li Tao nodded in agreement, then bowed politely to Tang De and said politely, "Please ask Mr. Tang for your advice in the future!"
"Where, where, let's learn from each other and teach each other!" Tang De, this guy, was already so excited that he couldn't help himself. His eyes were shining, his chest was heaving, and he was counting on his fingers, "Energy alcohol is money, organic
Fertilizer is money, briquettes and briquettes are money, paper is money, and straw is garbage. This... this base is simply a minting factory that turns waste into treasure. There are too few bases. The more bases like this, the more
The better is..."
"I wonder what Brother Bai and Brother Lu think of this business, and whether it can be judged by these two brothers!" Zhang Tie said to Bai Zhengnan and Lu Zhongming.
"Is this the business you told us about?" Bai Zhengnan asked, looking at Zhang Tie seriously. Lu Zhongming and his wife also looked at each other.
"Of course it is this. If you two are willing, from now on, the business of the Southern Xinjiang and Central North Governor's Mansion will be handed over to these two brothers, and we will share the profits equally!"
"If your business is spread in southern Xinjiang, how much money can you make in a year and how much impact will it have? This is your unique business, why are you so generous?"
"If you have money, let's make it. I make it alone. No matter how much money I make, it's meaningless!" Zhang Tie smiled nonchalantly, and his magnanimity was touching. "Tianjimen has also boarded my pirate ship. After a while,
The elders of the Guan family will also come, so you two brothers don’t have to be polite to me..."
"Which Guan family?"
"Ming Wu Tang Guan Family!"
"Are airplanes also produced here?"
"The aircraft and engine factory is in Xuantian City!"
"Well, let's go to Xuantian City to see more. I want to see how many good things you have hidden away!"
"Okay, then let's go to Xuantian City and have a look!" After saying this, Zhang Tie said to Li Tao, "You also come, go to Xuantian City to see what the alcohol you produce here is used for, and in the future you will know...
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"The name of this energy-burning alcohol is too long, and it is not domineering and intuitive enough. The word "alcohol" can also cause people to misunderstand it, thinking it is edible or cheap. Thinking it is edible will make it easy to hurt people, and it is not easy for us to think it is cheap.
To raise its sales price, we need to give it a louder and easier-to-remember name if we want to sell it externally in the future." Tang De had a very keen business talent, he just frowned and thought for a while,
A useful suggestion was made.
"Before the catastrophe, there were fuels and energy sources such as gasoline, kerosene, and diesel. Their names were all simple and catchy. Since fuel alcohol appears in the Candle Dragon Territory and I don't want to use the name alcohol, I might as well just call it candle oil from now on!
"Zhang Tie opened his mouth and gave the burning alcohol a name without even thinking about it.
"Zhulongling, Zhuyou, this name is nice, easy to remember, and catchy!" Tang De immediately said with approval. The others read the name twice and nodded one by one.
"I also think that the candle oil manager sounds more stylish than the alcohol manager!" Li Tao also nodded and said, "This alcohol base can also be renamed the candle oil refining base in the future!"
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After taking Li Tao with him, the flying boat that landed in the alcohol base took off again and flew towards Xuantian City.
Zhang Tie brought people here to have a look, and the burning alcohol also had a brand new name: candle oil!
The speed of the flying boat was very fast. It only took about an hour to fly from the junction of Zhulong Territory and Yanzhou to Xuantian City. In Xuantian City, I saw a factory with an annual output of 100,000 sets of dual-drive engines and Taixia's
The first aircraft manufacturing plant...(To be continued.)