The rise of nanometers

Several engineers who were installing parts couldn't believe that there was such a huge gap between the blades produced by their Beifeng Factory and the blades produced by Snail Industry.

One of the engineers brought over the blades produced by Beifeng Factory. After comparing the two, the difference became even more obvious.

"Isn't this gap too big?"

It seems that the leaves on both sides are silver-gray, but if you pick up the snail leaves, each leaf is almost identical as long as it is of the same type.

And when you pick up the Beifeng blades they produce, even if they are of the same specifications, there are subtle differences between them.

"Mr. Dong, your snail finishing is so good, it's almost comparable to the precision of Siemens' blades."

Dong Xincheng smiled and said: "Siemens precision? Let me tell you, the processing accuracy limit of Snail Industry is ±10 nanometers."

"What...10 nanometers?"

"Oh my God!"

“Is this really as accurate as machining can achieve?”

Dong Xincheng explained casually: "It uses a special process, the cost is relatively high, and the processing time is relatively long."

Chen Xuedong's face was a little hot and he hurriedly changed the topic: "Okay, please be quick and stop procrastinating."

"Ha ha."

Although the machining accuracy of parts has improved, this will further test the assembly skills of engineers.

All engineers worked 100% to adjust the dimensions of the parts little by little to achieve the most perfect state possible.

After forgetting sleep and food for more than a week, the gas turbine was finally assembled.

Since the gas turbine they developed is used for ground-mounted generating units, the test platform is relatively simple. If it is a gas turbine used on ships, the test will be relatively troublesome.

After the transformer equipment was connected and the gas turbine was fixed on the simple test platform, everyone was excited.

"Mr. Chen, let's get started!" Dong Xincheng closed the re-inspection status sheet.

"Okay." Chen Xuedong picked up the walkie-talkie: "Everyone is in your place."

"receive."

As time passed, when methane gas was injected, the gas turbine started running wildly, and the power began to increase rapidly.

The advantage of the gas turbine is that it starts very quickly. It only takes about 15 minutes to go from low power to full power.

Chen Xuedong turned his head and said in a nervous tone: "How much does a single stage burn?"

"Wait a minute." The engineer who analyzed the data hurriedly calculated on the computer. His fingers were flying on the keyboard. After getting the data, he immediately shouted: "36.5%."

"36.5%?" Chen Xuedong wrote down this data and asked about the temperature and pressure.

After running for half an hour at this temperature and pressure, Chen Xuedong, who was feeling a little pain, ordered: "Enter the cycle combustion test."

"clear."

The cyclic combustion test lasted for half an hour, and the obtained data was a thermal efficiency of 48.6%. This data was barely adequate, which was not enough compared to the previous one, but more than enough.

Chen Xuedong is quite satisfied with this data. It has improved a lot compared to before. However, considering the high temperature resistance of the new material, he also wants to try it: "Mr. Dong, let's conduct a temperature and pressure test!"

"Okay." Dong Xincheng also wanted to see the effect of this new material.

The intake air pressure and gas temperature gradually increased, and all engineers became more nervous and stared closely at each test data.

On the test platform, the gas turbine became even more crazy. As the gas temperature and intake pressure increased, the power output of the gas turbine also increased.

The engineer responsible for calculating the test data never stopped with his fingers.

It wasn't until each sensor indicated that the air pressure and temperature reached critical points that Chen Xuedong ordered to stop increasing the temperature and pressure.

It ran like this for half an hour.

"Gong Chen and Dong, the single-stage combustion reached 41.3%, and the cycle combustion reached 55.6%." The engineer who calculated the data was full of excitement.

"Okay." Chen Xuedong's face turned red with excitement.

Everyone in the entire control room cheered, and many people cried with joy. People who were doing gas turbine research in China were really frustrated and depressed. Even Lucia's foundation was better than that in China.

Perhaps only Dong Xincheng and other snail engineers do not feel that kind of pleasure, because the technological explosion of Suiren Company has brought a spirit of energy that has brought a different spirit to the researchers and engineers of Suiren Department in China. In appearance, they are full of confidence and fighting spirit.

Ten minutes later, when the excitement passed.

Dong Xincheng came out to throw cold water: "This breakthrough is indeed gratifying, but we still need to continue to work hard. This improvement in gas turbine efficiency is due to the blessing of material performance. If Siemens obtained this material, can you imagine it?"

Gulu! Everyone calmed down immediately, and many engineers even felt a little ashamed. After all, they relied on materials, and the design could only be said to be barely adequate.

Dong Xincheng continued: "So everyone, come on! Work hard to improve the design, maybe we can surpass General Electric and Siemens."

Chen Xuedong also clearly understands this problem: "Dong Gong is right. There is still a gap between us and the international mainstream level. This is an indisputable fact. Now that we have this foundation, we absolutely cannot miss it."

The general manager of Beifeng Company on the side also hurriedly spoke: "Everyone has not gone home during the New Year. The company will not forget everyone's hard work. Bonuses and performance will be doubled. When the new machine is mass-produced, virtual shares and dividends will be indispensable for everyone."

Bang bang bang... A group of engineers immediately applauded. Beifeng Company, which introduced the management model of Locust Ant Company, implements a model similar to Huawei and Suiren Company. Employees have virtual shares and dividends.

Asking the horse to run without letting it eat grass is a violation of the rules of physics. It is like an engine. If you want the engine to run fast but do not allow the fuel consumption to increase, then the upper limit of the engine is locked.

After boosting morale, testing continued.

However, Beifeng Company did not stop its actions. While customizing 5 sets of spare parts from Snail Industry, Beifeng Company sent good news to various shareholders.

Beifeng's approach is very normal, which is to ask for money from shareholders such as Datang Power Generation, Huaneng, and Huadian.

It seems to be saying: Look, now I am almost catching up with Siemens and General Electric, so hurry up and invest more.

As for the five major power generation groups, they couldn't sit still when they saw this report. They anxiously sent the group's engineering team there, mainly to check the real situation.

It’s no wonder that the five major power generation groups are suspicious. The “masters” of many domestic research projects are really cheating sometimes.

Back then, there was a big joke about water turning into oil at Harbin Institute of Technology, and the infamous "Hanxin" directly hit China's chips hard.

Soon, the engineering teams from the five major power generation groups came to Ice City. Before conducting actual measurements, many engineers looked suspicious.

After all, the previous Beifeng Plant's gas turbine cycle combustion efficiency was only about 48%. In just over a month, it increased to 55.6%, which is already close to Siemens' 58%.

When the gas turbine roared, after careful and comprehensive inspection, engineers from the five major power generation groups basically confirmed that the efficiency of the gas turbine was consistent with the reported data.

What shocked them even more was that the core components of Beifeng Plant's gas turbines were 100% domestically produced.

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