Chapter 279 What’s going on? Doesn’t it mean that the organization is very poor?
A 100T open-hearth furnace is easy to implement, and it only requires building a molten pool with a volume of 13 cubic meters.
But if you want to build a 100T oxygen top-blown converter, this is impossible to achieve with the current technical level. It is not as simple as building a 13 cubic meter converter melt pool, but to make the entire oxygen steelmaking system reach 100T.
level of smelting.
The total oxygen supply and oxygen delivery intensity must reach the 100T level index, which means that air separation equipment and oxygen lances with better performance need to be manufactured. The indicators that determine the performance of air separation equipment are compressors, expanders, cooling systems, and oxygen lances.
New designs need to be adopted, and each project must meet the requirements, which involves materials, mechanical design, mathematics, physics, chemistry and other disciplines.
The industrial level of the base area does not have the basic conditions for building a 100T oxygen top-blown converter.
"35,000 tons?!" Liu Wei was startled when he heard this number. He didn't feel disappointed at all. On the contrary, his eyes suddenly brightened, revealing a strong look of expectation.
If the daily output of 4,800 tons of steel per day is so high that Liu Wei feels illusory and unrealistic, then the data of this 2T test furnace and the annual output of 35,000 tons of steel make him feel at ease deep in his heart.
.
Practical.
Compared with the unattainable annual output of 1.7 million tons of steel, the figure of 35,000 tons gives people an unprecedented sense of reality and is not that far away.
This number can really be achieved.
In the conference room, Yu Hua and Zhuang Qianding looked at Liu Wei's reaction, looked at each other, and nodded lightly. It seemed that Liu Wei had no objection to the oxygen top-blown converter.
this is a good news.
"Professor Zhuang, classmate Yu Hua, how should we realize this 2T test furnace?" Liu Wei, who already understood the value and importance of the oxygen blowing path, took a deep breath, calmed down the excitement and excitement, and kept himself rational.
Look at the problem from an objective perspective.
The implication is very simple: to build a 2T-class test furnace to prepare for the annual output of 35,000 tons of steel.
So, how to implement it?
"We need the support of the organization. My mentor, Professor Zhuang, helped me theoretically complete all the designs of the oxygen top-blown converter, but this is not enough. The strength of my mentor and I alone cannot transform the 2T-class test furnace from the drawings
Conduct relevant tests on real objects.”
This question was answered aloud by Yu Hua. His words were direct and clear. He went deep into the essence of the problem and told Liu Wei, who represented the organization, his purpose: "This process requires a large investment of funds and human resources."
support!
All-round support from the organization is needed!
The theoretical design of the oxygen top-blown converter has been completed, but a test furnace must be manufactured and a series of rigorous scientific tests must be carried out before it can be truly called a 'research and development success'.
"On behalf of the organization, I promise you that the organization will spare no effort to support you."
When Liu Wei heard this, his face was serious, and he took the lead to express his position without hesitation, and then asked about the details: "How much is the R&D funding? The Northern Department currently has about one million silver dollars."
Support Yu Hua, this is a must.
Just kidding, this is cutting-edge metallurgical technology that can easily produce 35,000 tons of steel per year. As long as the oxygen top-blown converter is successfully developed, it means that the base area has a real steel industry.
Can the small electric furnace steel plants owned in the base areas be called the steel industry?
cannot!
From top to bottom, Liu Wei couldn't find a single reason not to support Yu Hua's development of an oxygen top-blown converter.
not a single one.
Now, the question isn't whether to support it, but how much it will roughly cost.
About 70% of the three million silver dollars and a large amount of gold received by the Northern Department from the Tianjin Youth Gang were sent to the base area to support the operation of the pre-war large-scale production plan. The remaining 30% was about one million silver dollars.
This money was originally intended to be used to purchase weapons and ammunition, but now...
no need.
Whether to invest in an oxygen top-blown converter or outsource weapons and ammunition, no need to say more.
"One million silver dollars?" Yu Hua was slightly stunned when he heard this number.
what's the situation?
When did an organization synonymous with poverty become so rich?
Although one million silver dollars does not seem to be much, according to the conversion of one to one hundred, this is equivalent to one hundred million.
At first glance, it seems that there is only a small goal. It does not seem to be much, but don't forget that the organized team has just gone through the Long March and is in the most difficult period of the economy.
For domestic capital, one million is not much, but for the organization, this money is like the astronomical hospital bills faced by the poor.
Professor Zhuang was also stunned for a moment, and looked at Yu Hua subconsciously. What's going on? Didn't he say that the red organizations were very poor?
Yu Hua shook his head slightly, expressing that he didn't know. The news Liu Wei gave him was unexpected.
"Yes, there is still 1.01 million silver dollars in the northern department's liquidity funds. I don't know if it is enough." At this time, Lin Wan affirmed the money, but due to confidentiality regulations, she did not disclose the amount of the money.
origin.
Eliminating the Tianjin Youth Gang is top secret information.
Upon hearing this number, Yu Hua and Professor Zhuang looked at each other and noticed the color in each other's eyes.
Since there is one million silver dollars...
"Guanjia Liu, classmate Lin, oxygen top-blown converter technology consists of air separation equipment, oxygen lances and converters. The research and development funding for the entire project is about 100,000 silver dollars, including the investment in materials and equipment, the construction of test furnaces, and later related tests. At present,
The gap is sixty-five thousand silver dollars."
Zhuang Qianding took a deep breath, looked directly at Liu Wei and Lin Wan, and slowly explained the funding situation: "But this money does not include the construction of a steel plant based on oxygen converter. If you want to build a steel plant with a capacity of 35,000 tons, sintering, blast furnace
, oxygen production, test furnace, rolling and factory building infrastructure, the total investment needs to be added to the original test furnace research and development funds by 1.2 million silver dollars, that is, 1.3 million silver dollars, the steel production capacity cost per ton is 37 silver dollars, and the steel smelting cost per ton is about
It is 60 silver dollars, and the gap is 300,000 silver dollars."
To build a test furnace, R&D funding can be achieved with only 100,000 silver dollars, and with excellent cost control it can be reduced to 90,000 silver dollars.
To build a steel plant with a capacity of 35,000 tons, according to the precise calculations of Yu Hua and Zhuang Qianding, no matter how much it is reduced, it can only be controlled at about 1.3 million silver dollars, reaching a level of 37 silver dollars per ton of steel production capacity.
As for the smelting cost of steel per ton, it is only 60 silver dollars, which is 54% of the cost of open-hearth steelmaking.
There is no doubt that compared with open-hearth steelmaking, the cost of oxygen steelmaking has plummeted, and the economic benefits are extremely high.
"That is to say, this money is currently enough to support research and development funds, but it is not enough to support the construction of a steel plant." Liu Wei nodded and concluded after hearing Zhuang Qianding's explanation.
Zhuang Qianding nodded: "Yes, Butler Liu."
The steel plant has a funding gap of 300,000 silver dollars.——Liu Wei took out a notebook from the drawer and wrote down key information.
Lin Wan, who was sitting next to her, also held a pen in her right hand, recording in detail the information and data explained by Professor Zhuang Qianding. She was silently calculating an economic account in her mind.
Calculated based on the steel production capacity cost of 37 silver dollars per ton, the steel smelting cost of 60 silver dollars per ton, and the current market price of 140 silver dollars per ton of steel as a reference, the gross profit of 35,000 steel is as high as 2.8 million.
In other words, from the moment the steel plant is completed and put into operation, the cost can be recovered in a little more than five months...
After receiving this data, Lin Wan's mouth twitched slightly. She could guarantee that this was a metallurgical technology that would make any capitalist crazy.
"How long will it take to build a test furnace and a steel plant?" Liu Wei continued to ask after recording the key information with respectful words.
"The construction of the test furnace will take about two and a half months, and the construction of the steel plant will take at least six months." Yu Hua replied.
Liu Wei quickly wrote down these two points in time, and then asked again: "Professor Zhuang, classmate Yu, in addition to financial and organizational support, what other problems do we need to solve? Technical problems, or..."