Siheyuan: I eat melons while doing scientific research

Chapter 1234 Negative Energy (5k)

"No wonder the Beijing Automobile Factory wants to celebrate. The money is quite a lot. Leader, won't you give us some of it?" Gao Zhendong bargained loudly.

"You kid, you really came up here just because you smelled the scent. Go ask the Defense Work Committee for the money, hahahaha." The leader laughed.

The issue of revenue sharing was naturally a matter of economic chess, with each party having its own destination, but the Defense Work Committee was naturally an important target in those days. Moreover, the leaders of the Ministry of Foreign Trade knew that Gao Zhendong could really get the money if he asked for it.

"I understand, I understand. When the time comes, I will tell the Defense Work Committee that it was you who approved me to go and get it." Gao Zhendong started talking nonsense.

"You, you, I didn't realize it before." The leader of the Foreign Trade Department nodded at him a few times and laughed.

The two were talking and laughing when the director of the Beijing Auto Works and the leader of the 11th Machinery Department came over and said, "What are you two talking about that makes you look so happy?"

"Let's divide the spoils. You've worked hard." The leader of the Foreign Trade Department said with a smile.

"It's not hard, it's not hard at all. It's all about completing the work. It would be the best if I can support your work." The director of the Beijing Automobile Factory didn't say much, and the leader of the 11th Ministry of Machine Building took over.

"You are just too modest. Forget about this car. Even the previous single-cylinder diesel engines and small agricultural machinery haven't thanked you yet..."

"Then you should thank Comrade Zhendong. I want to thank him too."

"No need, thank you just now..." The comrades were in a very happy mood.

"Chief Engineer Gao, our Jingcheng-633 has been completely adjusted. Do you want us to replace it with another one? It is much more comfortable than your Jingcheng-63." The director of Beijing Automobile Factory said to Gao Zhendong.

Gao Zhendong shook his head: "No, no, I just like Jingcheng-63. By the way, what is Jingcheng-633? I am confused by what you said."

You want to take my Lada Niwa away? No way!
"It's a sedan. This car was also finalized in 63. In order to distinguish it from Jingcheng-63, this name was chosen. The last 3 means a sedan." Beijing Automobile Factory said cheerfully without any awareness of being bad at naming.

Gao Zhendong shook his head: "I think you might as well change your name."

"Change your name?"

"Yes, for something like cars that often need to be replaced, it is important to maintain a certain degree of inheritance. If we continue to call our cars Jingcheng 63, 65, and 66, people will have no idea which model our cars are the successors of, which will waste a lot of the previous publicity and reputation..."

The director of the Beijing Automobile Factory rubbed his head and said, "Hey, don't say it, don't say it, it makes sense, it makes sense, what do you think is a better name?"

Gao Zhendong had seen a lot in his previous life, so he could talk without hesitation: "You divide the cars into levels, the bigger the number, the higher the level, and then add the displacement at the end and you're done. The trademark doesn't need to be changed, just Jingcheng. For example, this sedan is a level 5 car, and the hatchback is a level 3 car, so the sedan is Jingcheng 520, and the hatchback is Jingcheng 315. This way, people can tell what level the car is, what it is suitable for, and how big the displacement is as soon as they hear it."

What do you mean, don’t touch my 7 Series, 5 Series, 3 Series, give it to me.

As Gao Zhendong spoke, he felt something was strange about it, 520 and 315. Forget it, it wasn't his car anyway.

The director of the Beijing Automobile Works and the leaders of the 11th Ministry of Machine Building were listening on the side and thought that this method was really good. It was clear at a glance and there was no need to guess.

"Then why isn't level one the highest level?" the leader of the 11th Ministry of Machine Building asked with interest.

"Because there may be bigger cars in the future, if the smaller the serial number, the higher the level, I am afraid that there will be negative numbers and I will not be able to adjust it." In many large Internet companies, the higher the level, the bigger the number, because the minimum salary and the minimum level can be seen at a glance, and the opposite is not easy to say, it is not easy to increase the number before the first level.

"Well, your idea is quite thoughtful. Why are these two cars numbered 3 and 5 instead of 1 and 2?" The person from the Foreign Trade Department also joined in the fun.

"Because we have too few car models now, there may actually be other subdivision levels in the middle and at both ends, so we leave a space in the middle and leave space at both ends. Besides, this leaves some mystery and suspense, and car buyers can have something to think about." Gao Zhendong made up this nonsense. He couldn't say it was a "tribute" to Bie Mo Wo, right?

"You, it would be a waste of your talent if you don't come to work in economics and trade..." The leader of the Ministry of Foreign Trade shook his head and laughed. This comrade can always come up with something new for you.

"Nonsense! It's a waste of talent for me to come to your place to do business!"

A loud shout was heard behind them, and everyone turned around to see the leader of the 17th Ministry of Machine Building standing there with a frown on his face. As the most important material provider, it was natural for the 17th Ministry of Machine Building to be invited, but he just arrived a little late.

"Okay, okay, I won't steal yours. This guy gets more stingy as he gets older."

"Go away! Is this a petty question?"

The leaders of the ministry were fuming, but the director of the Beijing Auto Works poked Gao Zhendong and said, "Chief Engineer Gao, can you give me some suggestions? What should we do next?"

He had tasted the sweetness of success with Gao Zhendong, and as soon as he saw the results, he began to think about the future.

"Are you talking about the general direction or the small details?" Gao Zhendong said with a smile.

"I want both. I want both." Only children make choices. Adults want them all!
Gao Zhendong looked at both sides and said, "You are the protagonists today. It will take a while to explain this. You can't just stay here all the time without taking care of things. Let's meet later."

Although I didn't drive much in my previous life and wasn't an experienced driver, I was at least an experienced driver. I didn't eat much pork, but I had seen a lot of pigs walking.

The director of the Beijing Automobile Factory smiled happily: "Yes, good, good!" He did not think that Gao Zhendong was shirking his responsibilities. He was indeed busy today. And since Gao Zhendong said that he could not explain it clearly in a short time, it meant that he had a lot of ideas in his head, whether it was the general direction or the small details, and there were quite a few of them.

Looking at the back of the director of the Beijing Automobile Factory, the leader of the 11th Ministry of Machinery said with a smile: "It's a pity that we still don't have enough steel now. Otherwise, even with the current manpower and resources, we can produce more cars."

Saying this in front of the people from the 17th Ministry of Machine Building seems to be a case of someone having ulterior motives, or to put it in a low EQ way, pointing at a monk and scolding him for being bald.

The leader of the Seventeenth Machinery Department laughed with gritted teeth: "Old X, tell me, what is missing? Is it the variety or the quantity?" If it is the variety, we have something in our hands that will scare you to death! Even the chief engineer Gao next to him said that he has not finished it all. The reason why all the confirmed ones have not been released is that many of them need to be modified. This does not matter when doing experimental verification, but it is a bit troublesome to roll out. Therefore, in addition to releasing some urgently needed steel types, it has not been fully rolled out. And it is not all finished yet, no hurry, no hurry.

The leader of the 11th Ministry of Machinery said with a smile: "The variety is good, it is enough, and I have to thank you for that. But the quantity is still a little short."

The first half of the sentence is all nice words, but the second half is heartbreaking.

This old guy did it on purpose, absolutely on purpose. Steel is needed everywhere now, and we can't just supply it to just one family.

The leader of the Seventeenth Ministry of Machinery was furious: "Don't worry, we will report to our superiors and start the transformation and expansion from now on to meet your needs as much as possible!"

Seeing his expression, the leader of the 11th Ministry of Machinery continued to increase the dosage: "Alright, alright, I appreciate your kindness. I also know that you are in difficulties. Your production also depends on the mood of the mine. If there is no supply of ore and coal, there is nothing you can do."

Gao Zhendong laughed when he heard this: "Not necessarily. At least coal can provide some relief."

After hearing his words, the leader of the 17th Ministry of Machine Building immediately threw the words of the 11th Ministry of Machine Building to the winds and said, "I can't hear what you say at all. The most important thing is, according to Gao Zhendong, we can save some coal for steelmaking."

"Are you serious? Can it really save coal?" He turned to look at Gao Zhendong and ignored the 11th Ministry of Machine Building.

“It doesn’t save coal…but it saves coke, and it saves time.”

After hearing the first half of Gao Zhendong's sentence, the leader of the 17th Ministry of Machine Building's face fell, and he knew it was not that simple.

But when he heard the second half of the sentence, he became more energetic.

Saving coke is the same as saving coal. What's the difference? This guy is trying to trick me. He deserves a fine... What the hell, I can't bear to do that!
And he also said that it saves time, which is even more amazing. The three words "saving time" may sound insignificant, but in fact, if time is saved, a lot of things can be saved, and labor productivity is improved, so the output will also increase.

With the "Gao's operating line" used in blast furnaces, the leaders of the 17th Ministry of Machinery had full confidence in Gao Zhendong's words. The line was used in blast furnaces, and it really saved energy and time.

But blast furnaces are mainly used for ironmaking. Now, he is finally going to extend his hand to steelmaking? Hey, hey, hey, steel, steel, this time it’s all done.

"Do you have any idea?"

"It's not that I have a solution. In fact, my comrades are already working on it. The Beijing Iron and Steel Plant is currently renovating its top-blown converter. With that, the converter can produce one batch of steel in as fast as ten minutes. It's extremely fast." Gao Zhendong is very cautious and would not take any of the credit for other people's work.

It really saves time. It takes ten minutes to produce a batch of steel. If it is changed to a flat furnace, it may take several hours.

Different from the AOD side blowing that Gao Zhendong used to work on, top blowing or the converter developed from top blowing will be the main process for bulk steel in the next few decades.

Gao Zhendong knew that the Beijing Iron and Steel Plant was carrying out the renovation of the top-blown converter, and that the results should be produced this year. It would be the first top-blown converter in China.

"Oh, yes, there is such a thing. You reminded me. What do you think?" This thing did happen, but the top-blown converter has not yet been tested in China. The effect is still at the stage of only understanding the information of foreign research and practice, but the specific results are still unknown.

"My idea is that in terms of steelmaking, we are ready to fully tilt towards converters. In principle, we will not build other steelmaking methods other than converters for bulk steel production, except for the needs of steel grades or urgent needs."

There are certain limitations to converter steelmaking, so Gao Zhendong added this tail. In fact, in the next few decades, most of the world's steel was produced in converters.

The leader of the 11th Ministry of Machine Building was stunned as he listened nearby. Why did the old and young couple suddenly start talking about such a serious topic and leave him aside?

But from what they said, good things were about to happen, and they were really working against the clock.

"Are you so confident about the converter?" After all, the converter has not been tested yet, so we don't know the specific situation. Although foreign literature is very optimistic, we always like to speak with facts.

Gao Zhendong nodded: "Yes, I am very confident. This method really saves time and energy."

"Well, with such a short time, it will surely save a lot of energy..."

Gao Zhendong shook his head this time: "It's not that simple. To melt a specified amount of steel to a specified temperature, the theoretical energy consumption won't differ too much, so it doesn't matter much whether it saves energy or time."

The converter steelmaking time is short because it burns quickly and the temperature rises at a high rate, but the amount of coke added does not make any essential difference. Of course, the difference brought by heat dissipation and heat preservation does not count.

Hmm? Not that simple? A flash of lightning suddenly flashed through the minds of the leaders of the Seventeenth Ministry of Machinery.

He realized one thing, that is, according to Gao Zhendong's habit, he would not mention a project that his comrades have been working on for a year or two for no reason. If it happened to others, it might be because he wanted to take credit for it, but it was impossible for him. He had already made enough contributions and there was no way he would embarrass himself by doing this. At the same time, his personality and moral sense were not that of a person like that.

There was only one reason why he brought up this matter: he saw further than his comrades and saw some things in the converter steelmaking that other comrades could not see.

"Be more specific. I know you must have made some new discoveries."

Gao Zhendong nodded: "First of all, when I say we should fully lean towards converters, I don't mean we should start building converters right now, but we should suspend the construction of other types of bulk steelmaking furnaces and wait for the converters to succeed. Once confirmed, we will turn to converters and renovate the existing workshops that meet the conditions for renovation."

The leader of the 17th Ministry of Machine Building nodded as he listened, saying, "Well, this is just right. Gao Zhendong has always been like this. He is still very stable where he needs to be stable."

But Gao Zhendong's next words made him a little uneasy.

"The biggest advantage of the converter, in addition to its short time and high efficiency, is that it can theoretically achieve negative energy steelmaking." Gao Zhendong then threw out the ultimate bomb.

What? The leaders of the 17th Ministry of Machinery could hardly believe their ears. Negative energy for steelmaking?

No, no, I must have misunderstood these words. How is that possible?

Not to mention him, even the leader of the 11th Ministry of Machine Building was stunned. The 17th Ministry of Machine Building was incredible, they were like gods.

Just look at the energy required to burn steel into molten steel. This negative energy steelmaking sounds like something only gods can do.

"What does negative energy steelmaking mean?" The leader of the 17th Ministry of Machine Building stared at Gao Zhendong with his eyes flashing.

"What I mean is, through my analysis, I found that through the reasonable design of the steelmaking process and the energy recovery system, the energy that can be recovered from converter steelmaking is more than the energy consumed. This surplus recovered energy can even be used to power other process links." Gao Zhendong said word by word.

He knew that it was hard to believe what he said now, but it was true, so he tried to speak clearly.

Fortunately, Gao Zhendong still had a "little" bit of status in the 17th Ministry of Machine Building, and the leaders of the 17th Ministry of Machine Building did not doubt his words. Comrade Gao Zhendong could not have talked nonsense, and at most he had made a mistake in calculation. However, the probability of a mistake was very small and had not happened yet.

I was wondering why Comrade Gao Zhendong had always turned a blind eye to the converter renovation that had begun in 62 at the Beijing Iron and Steel Plant, an old relative of his. I thought he was too busy with work to take care of it, so I fully believed in his ability. After all, he was indeed busy with work, and we couldn't rely on him for everything.

It turned out that he went to do research on his own and came up with such a significant conclusion! The leaders of the 17th Ministry of Machinery did not have high requirements. He did not expect any theoretical negative energy steelmaking. After all, it is well known that theoretical things are somewhat different in practice.

As long as it can significantly save several tens of percentage points of steelmaking energy consumption, this converter will have to be promoted.

"Are you going to lead them to carry out negative energy steelmaking using top-blown converters?" As long as Gao Zhendong said "yes", he would immediately adjust the leadership team of the research group of the Beijing Iron and Steel Plant.

Gao Zhendong shook his head. "No, no, no. I think the comrades at Beijing Steel Plant have already achieved good results. After they complete the transformation, I will borrow some of their technology and start a new project with them to do experiments. The project is called 'Negative Energy Steelmaking Technology for Converter Steelmaking'. I have already thought about the general direction and it should be able to produce results."

It would be too unfair to the comrades of Beijing Steel Plant if they went there now. There was no need for that. Moreover, Gao Zhendong wanted to achieve his goal in one step. In addition to negative energy steelmaking, he also had to add something else. Now going there would cause trouble for the comrades of Beijing Steel Plant, causing great interference and delay.

Anyway, they are almost done, so it would be best to continue based on their work, which would be good for both people and things.

In fact, for Gao Zhendong, this matter is probably still at the level of "creating a new folder", but it is not a big problem for him.

The leaders of the 17th Ministry of Machine Building were stunned when they heard the words, and they looked at the leaders of the 11th Ministry of Machine Building and laughed. Comrade Zhendong was meticulous, thoughtful, and united with his comrades.

"Well, you are very thoughtful. I understand. I will do as you say."

As the leader of the 17th Ministry of Machine Building said this, he was swearing in his heart that if the Beijing Steel Plant could make progress quickly, he would do as Gao Zhendong said.

If it is delayed for too long, then the transformation of Beijing Steel Plant should be inspected as soon as possible to fulfill Comrade Gao Zhendong's good intentions and at the same time not delay the main business. As for whether to inspect with a problem, it does not matter. This matter can be handled well in the appraisal opinion. The value of the rectification suggestion is fully revealed at this moment.

After this, Gao Zhendong will most likely make a lot of modifications based on the existing achievements. It would be best if there is no disease, but even if there is a disease, it will be cured at this point.

The most important thing is to give due recognition to the comrades at Beijing Steel Plant, while also saving time.

The leaders of the 11th Ministry of Machine Building looked at the old and young people from the 17th Ministry of Machine Building in astonishment. "So this is how you conduct research projects in the 17th Ministry of Machine Building?"

(End of this chapter)