"This can only be coordinated by the Planning Institute, and all departments have understood." Chang Kaishen interjected, "Each enterprise uses electricity at staggered peak times."
"It's easy to say, some equipment can't be shut down just because it's said to be shut down..."
Someone started muttering below.
Chang Kaishen ignored it and Qian Liushi just pretended not to hear. In fact, this was a question of which came first, the chicken or the egg. The power industry has a huge demand for electricity itself. They now lack both, so they can only desperately compress the current power supply and turn to the production of raw materials.
Faraday thought to himself: The Planning Institute is indeed not a place for humans. No wonder Wu De lost a lot of hair after being the dean for several years.
"... Regarding power transmission and distribution. We brought a batch of 11k/400 transformers and several tons of transformer oil from the old time and space, but they are obviously far from enough for our upcoming needs in the future - it is also difficult to just maintain the existing scale for a long time .So we need to make our own 10k/400 transformers, and if possible, higher voltage levels such as 35k, 110k transformers. Can we find a substitute for transformer oil? How long does it take for us to develop and test the process? What materials are needed to create these devices?”
"I can answer your question about transformer oil," said a veteran of the Ministry of Chemical Industry with a subtle smile. "Actually, this is not difficult. The raw material of transformer oil is naphthenic crude oil. Brunei's Sinia crude oil meets the requirements. , as long as the Planning Institute approves the implementation of this project..."
Everyone let out a burst of suppressed laughter. This is how industry is done, it relies heavily on technological reserves and many basic industries. Even if there are no technical problems in the industrial chain from beginning to end, the industrial chain must be established first to produce a product.
In the context of international large-scale production and trade in the old time and space, market procurement could be relied upon to solve the needs of each link. However, in a completely poor place like Lingao, every industrial chain had to be built by the Senate itself. Which technology tree point to click first has always been a focus of debate among the elders.
The petroleum industry has always been an industrial sector that the Planning Institute has placed relatively low on the agenda - for now, it does not require much crude oil. A small amount of oil for motor vehicles and ships, and the by-products extracted from coal tar can roughly meet the demand. If you are not particular about it, you can just switch to a gas machine.
Qian Liushi waited for the laughter to stop. He declined to comment and continued: "Based on the information currently provided to us by the industrial port: we can expand our power generation capacity mainly in thermal power. Hydropower involves a lot of pre-technical technology and the technical requirements are also relatively high. In terms of thermal power, , is it necessary to build a steam turbine? Is it more suitable for us to directly use a steam engine to drive a generator? How do we control the power generation process? Should the manufacturing of generator sets be as standardized as possible or try to match specific needs?..."
The questions he raised were many and complex, including one, two, three, and four... involving all aspects of power generation, transmission and distribution. In order to prevent the participants from not being able to remember so many topics, they even mimeographed the meeting discussion minutes. One for each person.
"...These are all I can think of at the moment. We are only discussing technical issues here. If other issues need to be discussed, please bring them up at the Senate meeting."
What Qian Liushi said in the last sentence meant that we should not mention the future power company system issues for the time being. Because everyone knows that this will be an extremely huge giant in the future. The Electricity Bureau. Who doesn't want to keep this pet? It can be used against the country in the future.
The old time and space have been calling for the new electricity law for more than ten years, but they dare not drop the hammer. If you dare, I will raise prices and cut off power. Therefore, although the Executive Committee did not publicly discuss this, it basically had a tacit understanding of "weakening" the power companies and allowed the proliferation of statements such as "steam engines dominate the world" and "gas engines are omnipotent."
Judging from where he was sitting, neither the Executive Committee nor the Planning Institute wanted such a monster to appear in their field of vision. Therefore, Qian Liushi had to take a good stance and fully show that he had "no ambition" in the power company. At the same time, he does not and does not want the electric power company in the new time and space to turn back into the original family business that is passed down from father to son, and from son to grandson.
However, Qian Liushi soon discovered that he had overestimated everyone's technical capabilities. The questions he raised were not as lively as everyone came forward to offer ideas and suggestions - most people knew nothing about electrical equipment, let alone manufacturing experience. Only a few people have proposed some solutions: for example, the cable insulation material can use asphalt - this is an insulation material commonly used in early cables. Asphalt can withstand a temperature of 105°C, is easy to cover and form, and has certain anti-corrosion and waterproof functions. It is still a commonly used insulation material until the 21st century.
besides. No useful technical solutions have been proposed. The bathroom meeting quickly devolved into rambling nonsense. The reason is that some people suggested that since it is difficult to manufacture power transmission and distribution equipment, it is better to set up self-contained power stations widely and directly use DC power. After being countered by Faraday's firm insistence that alternating current is the way to go, the veteran listed the support of direct current by the famous Edison and Kelvin as well as the application of direct current in China after 2000 AD. Later, a gossip veteran rightly pointed out that Edison used General Electric's wealth and personal reputation to slander and suppress the story of his poor clerk Truss's invention of alternating current. However, in the end, alternating current broke through the suppression of the shameless capitalists. and threats, becoming the king of power transmission. Then gossip historians immediately pointed out that the success of alternating current was actually achieved by Tesla relying on the financial resources of Westinghouse Electric’s boss. At that time, General Electric was not a monopoly omnipotent.
When Tesla was proposed, Tesla's great earth-atmosphere ionosphere resonance transmission was also remembered, and immediately everyone had a vigorous discussion on its principle and possibility of implementation.
The meeting inevitably descended into lengthy theoretical debates and ensuing personal attacks.
Later, the conference room was filled with excitement:
"Burn the heretics of DC!"
"In the sky and on the earth, I am the only one transmitting the atmosphere!"
"Hang the conservative elements of the exchange! Confiscate the maids!!"
"Fuck, last time you looked at my sister Feng, what the hell did you do for two minutes when I left the office! Why is my sister Feng's face so red!"
"It's only three seconds. Two minutes and several rounds are enough."
"Hahahahaha..."
Seeing the smoky atmosphere in the meeting place, Chang Kaishen excused himself to go out for a smoke and never returned. Qian Liushi, as the temporary host of the meeting, sat there with his face turning red and white. However, it was almost time to eat, and he was waiting for the waitress in the office. When the bell was ringing and a cart of work lunches was pushed in, this important meeting, which was recorded as a success in the history books, came to an end.
During lunch, Faraday took a paper lunch box and found Qian Liushi who was engrossed in eating in a corner. He sat opposite him and said, "Qian Fushuai, why the hell are we doing this now? We must be honest and punished." What a sycophant."
"Okay, how did I know that this crooked building is like this? We can't let these grandsons mess around this afternoon."
"The questions you asked are too hollow. It's true that the electric power industry is a complex of the mechanical industry and the chemical industry. The key is that these people have never worked in this industry - you can't treat these people as just like We have a relatively clear understanding of the entire electric power industry - they don't even know the basic principles of the air switch with more oil and less oil, so if you expect them to come up with a plan, isn't it a fool's errand?"
"Yes, I think I made a metaphysical mistake."
"We can't continue like this this afternoon. Let's do this. I think the most important thing for everyone now is that no one has a clear understanding of the basic information. We need to popularize the science first."
"In the electric power industry, for slightly higher-level jobs, in the old days, at least those who had graduated from a four-year secondary vocational school were required. To be a strong electrician, you also had to attend a technical school..."
"Let's popularize science first and let them have some basic concepts." Faraday said, "Otherwise, this will not be able to continue."
After half an hour of meal time, the meeting reconvened. When everyone had arrived, Qian Liushi cleared his throat, stood up and said, "Comrades and brothers, after a heated discussion this morning, well, although no consensus was reached, everyone exchanged opinions candidly. Now what? , I hope we won’t have a crooked building this afternoon.”
Chang Kaishen finally came back from "smoking". He stood up and said sincerely with a sincere expression: "You can't do the power generation and delivery; we can't do the equipment. I leave the manufacturing of this power equipment to everyone!"
"That's right, gentlemen, young and old, let's not talk about DC and intra-ionospheric power transmission." Qian Liushi said, "If DC was possible, the British, Germans, and Soviets would have already done it. In terms of nuclear fusion power generation, Before we get it done, let’s not talk about ionospheric power transmission. Let’s let Faraday talk to you about the power industry first, and then we’ll analyze the specific issues in detail.”
Faraday held up a stack of glass pieces that he had driven out a few days ago - he had long expected such a drama, and Qian Liushi had thought too well of everyone.
He walked to the projector and placed a piece on it:
"Everyone knows that the second industrial revolution was the electrical revolution, but an important difference between the electrical revolution and the steam revolution is that the development of the steam engine was based on continuous improvements in details and processes. Its basic theory is relatively simple, and at the same time There were no major theoretical changes. From the beginning to the one hundred years after World War II, the electrical revolution developed together with practice and theory. In 1820, Oersted discovered the phenomenon of current magnetism, that is, electric current will produce a magnetic field. 1831 The law of electromagnetic induction was discovered by my predecessor Michael Faraday in 2001, which means that cutting a magnetic induction line will produce an electric current." (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to support it, it is my biggest motivation.) Please come to watch the first release without ads.
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