Traveling through the sword to engage in military industry.

Chapter 138 3 kilowatts? Impossible, absolutely impossible!
“30MW (3 kilowatts) tubular turbine production process design” Li Jixiang took over Ren Zhong’s materials and his heart sank when he saw these big words on the first page!
"Impossible, absolutely impossible!" A strong thought suddenly popped up in Li Jixiang's mind, but he forced himself to hold back and didn't say it out loud.

Although Li Jixiang was young, only in his 30s, he was an outstanding intellectual of this era and already had a rough understanding of the world.

Currently, the largest hydropower station in the country is located in Shilongba in Kuncheng, with an installed capacity of 489KW!

When Li Jixiang heard about the 3 kilowatts proposed by Ren Zhong, his first reaction was that it was something that could never be achieved.

However, Li Jixiang suppressed his doubts and continued reading. What Ren Zhong provided were all useful information. Even though Li Jixiang still had doubts about some things, the basic principles and process flow seemed to have no obstacles. This was a real cross-flow turbine design document, but what Ren Zhong provided should be the preliminary design outline, and the detailed drawings were not provided at all. But even so, Li Jixiang was greatly shocked.

"Mr. Ren, your question is really big. According to my inner thoughts, this is an impossible task." Li Jixiang said after thinking for a while, "Even if your design is correct, with our current industrial foundation, we can neither produce steel to manufacture such a large unit nor have the processing capacity."

"To be honest, Mr. Ren, your design is good, but it is probably just a castle in the air."

"However, if it is reduced tenfold, I think the possibility is still very high that we can manufacture a 3000KW tubular turbine based on this." Li Jixiang said this in a hurried tone, and it was obvious that he was not as calm as he appeared.

You should know that the main generating unit of the Niagara Hydroelectric Power Station designed by Westinghouse Electric Company is only 3700 kilowatts, which is already a large-scale hydroelectric power station in the world.

Compared with the Shilongba Hydropower Station, this is an order of magnitude higher!

"What if I say that the material problem of steel has been basically solved?" Ren Zhong took out two pieces of iron from his bag, one was gray cast iron and the other was carbon steel. "Professor Li, take a look. These are our latest steel materials produced in China, gray cast iron and carbon steel. You can try their flexibility and rigidity."

Professor Li took the two iron sheets that Ren Zhong took out and tried to bend them hard. The gray cast iron sheet bent at once and there was no rebound, but the carbon steel sheet bounced back quickly after being bent hard!

"This, this..." Professor Li was shocked for the second time today.

"How did you do it?"

"It's very simple. We have now mastered the open-hearth steelmaking method. Professor Li must be familiar with the Siemens Martin furnace. We have simplified the process used by the Hanyang Iron and Steel Plant and achieved mass production." Ren Zhong said lightly.

"What! You have developed the Martin furnace process by yourselves?" Professor Li was even more surprised than when he saw the steel sheet.

Because it is possible to produce qualified steel by forging and tempering steel sheets multiple times. The ancient saying of "steel is made through repeated forging" is based on this principle, but the production capacity of this method obviously cannot be mass-produced.

Ren Zhong was talking about smelting through Martin furnace, which is not on the same level as forging and steelmaking.

"Professor Li, I guarantee that there will be no problem with the steel used to manufacture the turbine. We even have some related machine tools that can be used for processing." Ren Zhong made another shocking statement.

"Machine tools, what machine tools do you have now? Where did you get them from? America?" Professor Li was a little confused. The impact of Ren Zhong on him today was really too great.

"I have some pictures. Professor Li, you can take a look at them first." Ren Zhong took out the printed paper of the machine tool photos he had secretly taken in the world of Bright Sword with his mobile phone and handed it to Professor Li.

Looking at the completely unfamiliar machine tools above, although Professor Li could not tell the specific model, he was a mechanic and recognized at a glance that this was not the machine tools he was familiar with now. This was a brand new machine tool, and it had lathes, punching machines and boring machines!
Where is this factory? It is so advanced. Professor Li feels that the equipment in the candied fruit arsenal is not as advanced as these!
"Mr. Ren, you actually already have the production capacity, right?" Professor Li suddenly felt a great sense of loss, as if a great project was moving away from him.

With the design drawings, processing equipment and production materials, what else do you need to do yourself?
“Professor Li, this is why I came to you. Frankly speaking, we do have quite a lot of preparations. Even a 30MW unit can be produced under our current conditions,” Ren Zhong said sincerely.

"However, the quality of these large units and related supporting facilities, such as 35KV transformers and power transmission and distribution equipment, are not something we can completely solve by ourselves. We need a chief engineer to lead the construction of a hydropower station based on a 30MW hydro-turbine generator unit, and Professor Li, you are the best candidate."

"Where are you going to build this hydroelectric power station?" When Professor Li heard Ren Zhong say this, his breathing became rapid again. It was obvious that this matter had deeply touched him.

This is a 3-kilowatt unit, the largest in China's history. Compared with the Fengman Reservoir that Xiaorizi planned in the northeast, although the installed capacity is smaller, you have to know that it was imported from abroad by Xiaorizi. The power station is also fully controlled by Xiaorizi. It was only built on our land, and now it is only building the dam. There is no sign of the actual unit installation yet.

If we act faster, we might be able to complete it before the others.

"We plan to build it in Jin." Ren Zhong's words immediately extinguished Professor Li's enthusiasm.

"No, no, I will not serve the Japanese and puppet forces!" Professor Li said firmly.

The look he gave Ren Zhong was already filled with disdain.

"Professor Li, you misunderstood." Ren Zhong did not blame him. On the contrary, he admired him very much.

On this major issue of right and wrong, Professor Li is qualified.

"We are not building for the Japanese puppet regime, but for our own nation." Ren Zhong said, "The Japanese won't last long in Shanxi. They will be driven out by us in a few years. By the time we have developed this machine set, we may have driven the Japanese out of Shanxi. I think it will take at least two to three years to develop this equipment."

"Mr. Ren, are you kidding? Can the two or three of us drive away the Japanese?" Professor Li obviously didn't believe it.

"Professor Li, let's wait and see. Before that, let's develop the units and the supporting power transmission and transformation equipment, and then we can talk about building the power station. Isn't there a conflict?" Ren Zhong asked.

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