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Chapter 144: Breakthrough of Power Bottleneck! [Subscribe]

In the newly built ultra-supercritical generator workshop, all machines are ready.

The workers are already in place.

Now we just have to wait for the leader's order to start the new unit and try to generate electricity.

Fang Nanbo was very excited at this time.

He couldn't help but be excited. He had been developing a 50-kilowatt thermal power unit since the late 30s, but had not been successful after 20 years.

Now, the domestically produced 60-kilowatt generator set, which is the most advanced ultra-supercritical, has been installed and debugged and can generate electricity normally!

This is destined to be a major event in the history of power development in the Republic!
If this 60-kilowatt generator set can operate well, the history of power shortage in the Republic will gradually come to an end.

At the very least, as long as this 60-kilowatt generator set operates successfully, the current power shortage in the capital area will be greatly alleviated.

"Leader, everything that needs to be debugged has been debugged, and everything is in good condition!"

"Now, we are just waiting for your order, and our latest model generator set can start connecting to the grid to generate electricity."

Lin Zhijian said to Fang Nanbo.

Fang Nanbo nodded, waved his hand and said: "Then start the machine for me immediately!"

"Even now, more than half of the rural areas in our capital area still have no access to electricity!"

Fang Nanbo gave an order.

The new ultra-supercritical power generation unit started generating electricity.

The machine roared to life.

The coal ash from power generation began to fill the boiler, and the temperature of the boiler rose rapidly. In just about a minute, the furnace temperature rose to around 600 degrees.

The new unit began to transmit the generated electricity to the outside.

The current it outputs is extremely stable, and the maximum power generation capacity of 60 kilowatts is easily achieved.

There was almost no smoke or dust in the workshop, and the workers were busy in an orderly manner.

The people at the scene all burst into cheers and applause!
"Success!"

"Ha! That's good! The power shortage in the capital area will become history!"

Fang Nanbo laughed happily.

He turned around and shook hands tightly with Wang Haoran.

"Comrade Haoran, thank you! Thank you so much! This 60-kilowatt generator set is of great significance to our country."

Wang Haoran smiled and said, "Leader, you're welcome! I hope that our country's electricity development can be faster!"

"Today, more than 30 percent of the country's rural areas have no electricity, and more than 90 percent of the rural areas have less than three hours of electricity per day on average. Even in cities, residents' electricity consumption is very abnormal, and being able to use electricity for half a month is considered good."

"We must hurry up and change the current situation of backward electricity development!"

Fang Nanbo nodded repeatedly and said, "Comrade Haoran is right!"

"A 60-kilowatt ultra-supercritical generator set can generate 40 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity per year. If we only need to deploy 100 more sets across the country, our power generation capacity can increase by 4 billion kilowatt-hours per year! This should be more than enough."

Wang Haoran knew that in history, the annual power generation in 1979 was only more than 2600 billion kWh. By 1982, the annual power generation was only 3277 billion kWh. The growth rate was really not much.

If we can increase annual power generation to 6 billion kWh within two or three years, it should be enough.

Wang Haoran thought about the transformation of small hydropower again.

At present, there are quite a few small hydropower stations in the country, about tens of thousands, with a power generation capacity of 60 to 70 billion kilowatt-hours.

However, to be honest, the efficiency of hydropower generation is still very low.

Well! The Three Gorges Hydropower Station should also be put on the construction schedule.

……

After this new 60-kilowatt ultra-supercritical generating unit was put into operation, the power resources in the entire Beijing area were rapidly replenished.

By the way, Li Jieshi, the team leader of Licai Village, was busy in his own mushroom cultivation greenhouse.

In this cold weather, mushrooms need to maintain a temperature of 25 or 26 degrees to grow, so we need to light a fire to maintain the temperature.

When it comes to the mushroom-growing stage, a certain amount of diffuse light is still needed.

The weather has not been very good these days and we can't count on the sunshine.

At this time, electric lights are needed to compensate.

"Damn it! This damn electricity doesn't come when I need it most!" Li Jieshi cursed.

Licai Village has been without power for more than three days.

There has been no electricity for more than three days. It is said that the city's industrial electricity consumption has increased a lot, so they had to cut off the electricity in the village.

Today, Li Cai Village has become a specialized village for mushroom cultivation.

Every household grows mushrooms and provides a large amount of fresh oyster mushrooms to various units in Beijing.

Li Jieshi was a little anxious at the moment.

In fact, everyone in Licai Village was anxious.

It is the time when scattered light is needed for mushrooms to grow. If the light cannot keep up, the mushroom yield will be greatly reduced, and the appearance will become very bad.

"Brother Jieshi, come out and have a cigarette! There's no use in being anxious now." Li Gang's voice came from outside the greenhouse.

Li Jieshi walked out of the greenhouse.

He said, "I don't feel like smoking! I feel like our mushroom production is going to be drastically reduced this time."

While speaking, Li Jieshi took a peony handed to him by Li Gang.

The income of the villagers in Licai Village has increased significantly now, so the quality of their smoking has also improved, and fewer people smoke dry tobacco.

Li Gang said: "I read in the news that we have a new 60-kilowatt generator set that will be connected to the grid to generate electricity."

"Logically speaking, shouldn't the power shortage be alleviated?"

Li Jieshi waved his hand and said, "I've also read the news. It said that the new generator set was developed by Haoran!"

"But now, our village has been without electricity for several days, and we don't know whether this new generator set connected to the grid is real or not."

"Oh! It would be nice if I could ask Haoran."

The two were talking when suddenly the lights in the room came on.

Li Gang and Li Jieshi were both stunned: A phone call?
They hurried into the greenhouse.

The lights in the house were indeed on.

Moreover, the lights were obviously much brighter.

What is this indicating?

This means the voltage is relatively high!
"Huh?! The electricity is coming at this time. It should be that the generator set made by Haoran has been connected to the grid?" Li Jieshi looked at the light shining on the mushrooms and was a little ecstatic.

Li Gang squinted at the light bulb and said, "This voltage is quite high! It's only less than 10 o'clock in the morning. In the past many years, there has been little electricity during the day!"

"That should be the generator set built by Haoran starting to generate electricity!"

"Alas! Haoran has been away from our Licai Village for more than two years, and he is still doing good things for us!"

……

In fact, on the morning of that day, the entire rural area outside Beijing had abnormal electricity supply, and the voltage was high. After the power supply came on, there was no power outage and it lasted for more than a day.

This is quite unusual for farmers.

You know, before, if we could have electricity for three or four hours a day, it was considered pretty good.

In fact, people in the urban area of ​​Beijing also noticed something unusual that morning.

For example, workers working in a factory will feel that the machines seem to be running more vigorously than before.

For example, a retired old man watching TV at home suddenly felt that the TV screen seemed much brighter than before.

When the latest ultra-supercritical generator set of Guohua Plant was connected to the grid for power generation, the leader was handling official business in his office.

After all, it is in an old building, and the light in his office is relatively dim. Even during the day, he has to turn on a desk lamp in the room so that he can see the documents clearly.

The leader was writing instructions, and the light of the desk lamp next to him suddenly became much brighter.

The leader put down his pen and looked at the desk lamp with a little surprise.

The light from the desk lamp is at least 30% brighter than before, and this brightness is maintained?
After a little thought, the leader remembered that the Guohua Factory had recently built an ultra-supercritical power generation unit and was about to be connected to the grid for power generation.

Could it be that they have successfully connected to the grid for power generation?

However, it is a bit strange that grid-connected power generation is a big deal.

Why didn't Fang Nanbo take the initiative to report to me? At the very least, he should have said hello, right?

The leader waved and called his secretary Song Qingfeng over, and asked Song Qingfeng to find out the situation immediately.

After Song Qingfeng received the order, he naturally took action immediately. However, just as Song Qingfeng left the leader's office, the phone on the leader's desk rang.

The leader grabbed the microphone and put it to his ear.

Fang Nanbo's voice came from the microphone: "Leader, I'm Fang Nanbo! I apologize to you..."

After Fang Nanbo successfully connected the power grid to generate electricity, he immediately found a phone and started calling his superiors.

It is always inappropriate not to tell your leader about such an important matter in advance.

Now that it is running well, I must report to my leader immediately.

After listening to Fang Nanbo's report, the leader laughed: "Haha! I was wondering what happened. I was working and suddenly the voltage became much higher than before, and the lights became brighter!"

“This is a great thing!”

"The domestically produced 60-kilowatt ultra-supercritical power generation unit has been successfully put into operation and everything is going well. This means a lot to us!"

"Yes! I want to go and see it myself!"

The leaders are very excited. This domestically-produced 60-kilowatt ultra-supercritical power generation unit is a shot in the arm for the national industrial development of Longguo!
After all, electricity resources are the foundation of a country's industrial development!

If there is not enough electricity, even if there is industrial investment, it may not generate benefits.

The power generation capacity of Dragon Country is really too limited! You should know that the power generation capacity of the Mildew Country has reached more than 2.9 trillion kWh! More than ten times that of Dragon Country!

The difference in power generation is actually the difference in strength between the two countries!

In the past two years, the industrial development of Beijing has been very fast, and the electricity consumption has continued to increase rapidly, and the electricity gap has been widening. How to increase the power generation in Beijing is not only a concern of Beijing, but also of the leaders!

Soon, the leader arrived at the Guohua Factory.

The publicity staff of Guohua Factory was still writing a welcome banner when the leader arrived.

Fang Nanbo, Wang Haoran and others didn't have time to greet them before the leader's car arrived near the plant of the new ultra-supercritical power generation unit.

Fang Nanbo and others hurried out to greet them.

"Leader, let Haoran introduce you to the situation of this generator set." Fang Nanbo said to the leader.

The leader nodded with a smile and said, "Okay, let's go into the workshop and talk while we look around."

Song Qingfeng hesitated for a moment: "Leader, the workshop might be too dirty and dusty, which is not good for your health."

The leader waved his hand nonchalantly and said, "The comrades on the front line don't mind the dirt or the tiredness! What qualifications do we have to say such things?"

Fang Nanbo smiled and said, "The old generator set did make the workshop very dirty, but this new generator set has very good environmental performance. The workshop is very clean and there is almost no noticeable dust."

The leader walked into the workshop accompanied by Wang Haoran and Fang Nanbo.

The leader had visited workshops at other power plants before, and he immediately felt the difference.

This power plant is really clean.

It's absolutely spotless inside.

The roar of the machine is also much quieter.

Wang Haoran has actually reported to his superiors the specific situation of this ultra-supercritical generator set.

However, it would be more accurate and shocking if we don't combine it with reality.

The leader nodded repeatedly while listening to Wang Haoran's explanation, he was filled with emotion.

It's not easy!

Electricity development has long been a huge bottleneck for Longguo.

Today, I finally broke through this bottleneck.

As long as the bottleneck is broken through, subsequent development will begin to accelerate!
As long as the development of electricity continues to develop, there will be no bottlenecks in industrial development and there will no longer be any obstacles.

Thinking of this, the leader's eyes were already moist.

After the visit, the leader said to Wang Haoran: "Haoran! Is it difficult to manufacture such a generator set?"

Wang Haoran smiled and said, "Leader, it is certainly difficult to manufacture, but it won't be enough to hinder us!"

"Our Jingcheng Machine Tool Factory has now undergone a lot of updates to its production equipment!"

"Nowadays, we can make many complex and precise parts!"

"So, as long as there is support from the national and local governments, this new type of generator set should be popularized very quickly."

The leader nodded and said, "That's good, that's good!"

"Electricity construction must be accelerated!"

"If we don't speed up, our industrial development will be hindered!"

"Therefore, we must overcome all difficulties and concentrate all our efforts to solve the problem of power shortage!"

After the leaders visited the new generator workshop, they immediately organized another discussion.

At the symposium, the leader said to Wang Haoran: "Haoran! My suggestion is that we should develop several new types of generator sets, such as 30-kilowatt, 100 million-kilowatt, and 160 million-kilowatt. We should try them all!"

"The Electric Power Research Institute will be responsible for this work, but you also need to give them some guidance."

Wang Haoran smiled and agreed: "Don't worry, leader! I will do whatever the country needs me to do!"

"In fact, I think that in addition to thermal power, we should also pay attention to other power generation modes."

"For example, Europe has long been developing wind power, and some countries are developing tidal power generation. I also heard that Lizard countries are researching solar power generation."

“We should conduct in-depth research on these aspects.”

"After all, energy sources such as wind, tides and solar energy are inexhaustible natural energy, not fossil energy."

After listening to it, the leader nodded with a smile and said, "Well! Well said!"

"We need to distribute these research tasks to different research institutes!"

“We must produce results as soon as possible!”

"If you have any ideas in these areas, be sure to discuss them with the relevant departments."

Wang Haoran smiled and nodded in agreement.

Solar power generation is still a new thing at this time, and even in Europe and Judea, it is just getting started.

In fact, solar power generation technology is not too difficult. The difficulty lies in the fact that the materials used to make solar cells are quite expensive in this era.

Silicon is the core component of photovoltaic panels, which is divided into polycrystalline silicon and monocrystalline silicon. However, because monocrystalline silicon has a higher conversion rate and stability, monocrystalline silicon has gradually become the best choice.

In other words, the raw materials used to manufacture photovoltaic panels are actually the same as those used to manufacture chips.

After the domestically produced 60-kilowatt ultra-supercritical generator set was successfully connected to the grid, Wang Haoran's main work began to shift to Pangu Computer Technology Co., Ltd. The construction work of this company and the production preparation work were carried out almost simultaneously.

Wang Haoran requires that the production base in Zhongguan Village, Beijing, should be able to achieve one-stop supporting production, so there are many things that need to be coordinated.

In order to promote mass production as soon as possible, in addition to processing the equipment required for the production line, Wang Haoran also has to coordinate with various supporting companies and raw material suppliers.

Fortunately, with the help of the country and the help of Wang Haoran, all work is proceeding in an orderly manner.

Time flies, and in a blink of an eye it was late January 1980.

By this time, it is almost the Spring Festival.

Under the leadership of Wang Haoran, Pangu Computer Technology Company finally began mass production of computers on January 1.

Moreover, the output was not small, with one thousand computers assembled on the first day.

In addition to computers, 560 printers, 380 scanners and 300 copiers were also produced.

This output only utilizes half of the production capacity of Pangu Computer Company's Zhongguancun production base.

After the products were produced, according to the original plan of the country, various units in the Beijing area began to purchase and promote computer information office.

Basically, Pangu Computer Technology Company does not need to worry about marketing, as all the products they produce are monopolized by the state.

By the way, many of Pangu Computer Company’s first batch of products were transferred to the Computer Research Institute of the Longguo Academy of Sciences.

As a senior researcher at the Institute of Computer Science, Liu Chuanzhi was naturally allocated a domestic computer for his use.

Liu Chuanzhi has been working at the Institute of Computer Science for many years.

However, he has not been able to produce any results and is basically just wasting his time here.

He was unwilling to be a salted fish.

Liu Chuanzhi has also been waiting for the opportunity to make a career in other areas.

Especially after the reform and opening up, his heart became even more passionate.

He wanted to start a business, affiliate it with the Computer Institute, make a lot of money, and expand the business. Wouldn't that also be a great achievement?

After Liu Chuanzhi was assigned a Pangu computer, he couldn't wait to turn it on to see what this much-hyped domestic high-tech product was like.

After turning on the computer, he saw a window interface appear on the screen, and his heart began to beat wildly: Sure enough, this domestic computer is quite interesting.

(End of this chapter)