Siheyuan: I am different He Yuzhu

Not long after the Red Star Rolling Mill was changed to the Red Star Steel Plant, the small-scale test device for producing ammonium bicarbonate by carbonization established by the Ministry of Chemical Industry at the Red Star Steel Plant was also installed and officially entered the production stage. Vice Minister Hou listened to He Yuzhu's opinion that day and proposed at the meeting of the Ministry of Chemical Industry to set up the Fertilizer Research Institute near the Red Star Steel Plant.

After listening to the reasons given by Vice Minister Hou, the Ministry of Chemical Industry finally decided to change the Fertilizer Research Institute originally planned to be established in Jiangcheng to Sijiucheng, and named it the Fourth Research and Design Institute of the Ministry of Chemical Industry. When the Fourth Research and Design Institute was established, He Yuzhu attended the establishment ceremony on behalf of the Red Star Steel Plant.

After the establishment of the 4th Research and Design Institute, the number of technical personnel involved in the carbonization process for producing ammonium bicarbonate at the Red Star Steel Plant increased suddenly. He Yuzhu learned that the th Research and Design Institute was conducting urea synthesis research and development, so He Yuzhu found Zhang Jinyue, the leader of the urea synthesis research and development team.

Zhang Jinyue was very surprised by He Yuzhu's arrival, because He Yuzhu attended the founding ceremony of the Fourth Research and Design Institute. In addition, the design institute needed to use the equipment in the Red Star Steel Plant to conduct research, so the researchers of the Fourth Research and Design Institute basically knew He Yuzhu.

"Deputy Director He, what brings you here?"

"Team Leader Zhang, I heard that you are now in charge of the research and development of urea synthesis. How is the progress now?"

"Deputy Director He is really well-informed. Our team has just been established not long ago. As for the R&D progress you mentioned, if I were to describe it in one sentence, it would be less than six words." After saying this, Zhang Jinyue sighed.

"What's wrong? Did you encounter any problems?" He Yuzhu asked with concern.

"It's not a problem. The synthesis method of urea can be found in public information, but that is only a laboratory method, not a large-scale industrial production method. If we want to achieve industrial production, we need to understand the process parameters of urea synthesis, but we don't have any information at all. What worries me is what to do?" Zhang Jinyue explained.

"According to my understanding, hasn't industrialized production of urea been achieved abroad? Can't we learn from them?" He Yuzhu asked curiously.

"Deputy Director He, you may not know that urea has been industrialized abroad. The countries that produce urea are probably those old industrial countries. These countries have imposed a technological blockade on us, so we have no way of getting relevant information."

"Since they have blocked our technology, we can just do it ourselves. Anyway, as long as we know the principle, we can try it bit by bit and eventually find a way to industrially produce urea." He Yuzhu said with a determined look on his face.

"This is the only way we can do it, but we currently lack test equipment! There is no chance to conduct any tests at all." Team Leader Zhang said with a worried look on his face.

"Team Leader Zhang, is this the problem you are worried about? Team Leader Zhang, have you forgotten what our factory does? Our factory is a steel plant. Tell us what kind of testing equipment you want, and our factory will help you make it." He Yuzhu said domineeringly.

"Really?" Zhang Jinyue looked at He Yuzhu with surprise and asked after hearing what He Yuzhu said.

"I'm sure. When Vice Minister Hou and I suggested building the research and design institute next to our factory, we said that our factory would fully support your research work. We only ask that when your research institute has research results and wants to build a factory, you can hand over some equipment to our factory for production. I wonder what Team Leader Zhang thinks about the test equipment?"

"Ideas? I haven't got any idea yet." Zhang Jinyue scratched his hair and said.

"Since Team Leader Zhang has no idea yet, let me tell you my ideas. Maybe Team Leader Zhang can get some inspiration after listening to my ideas." He Yuzhu said modestly.

"Deputy Director He, you are too modest. Just say what you want to say."

"According to my limited knowledge of chemistry, there are only a few ways to speed up the reaction of two substances. Either increase the temperature or increase the pressure. Some even require both pressure and temperature to be increased. Another way is to use a catalyst to speed up the reaction. So I was thinking that urea synthesis is produced by the reaction of ammonia and carbon dioxide. So can we build a small pressure vessel first? After the pressure vessel is built, we can try it little by little with different pressures and temperatures. As long as we do enough experiments, we will definitely be able to find out the specific process parameters in the urea synthesis process."

"Deputy Director He, you want to use the exhaustive method to test the process parameters of urea synthesis! Excuse me, how did you come up with the idea of ​​using the exhaustive method to conduct experiments?" Zhang Jinyue asked in surprise after hearing He Yuzhu's idea.

"The method I'm talking about is called the exhaustive method. I've always called it the stupid method. To be honest with you, Team Leader Zhang, our factory is a steel factory. We've been trying to improve the performance of steel and make better steel for the country, but we don't have a good steel formula, so I asked the technicians in the laboratory to make steel according to different formula proportions. Although it may take more time and be less efficient, one day we will get the results we want."

"I didn't expect that Deputy Director He is so courageous. Compared with you, I feel that my ideological realm is far behind. Deputy Director He, let's do as you say. We will try it little by little. It's just a little more difficult. I don't believe that we can't figure out the industrial parameters for urea synthesis." After listening to He Yuzhu's words, Zhang Jinyue immediately felt admiration in his heart, and then said with a firm look.

"Then I wish Team Leader Zhang success soon." He Yuzhu said with a smile.

So under He Yuzhu's arrangement, Red Star Steel Plant manufactured a total of 6 small reactors with a volume of 1 cubic meter for the Fourth Research and Design Institute of the Ministry of Chemical Industry, with 3 reactors in a group, to simultaneously verify the reaction conditions under the same conditions and different conditions.

At the same time, in the solemn and scientific Fourth Research and Design Institute of the Ministry of Chemical Industry, a battle on urea synthesis technology is being carried out in full swing. On the other side, our protagonist He Yuzhu is also busy. Although he is in this vigorous wave of scientific research, he has never forgotten the heavy responsibility on his shoulders - that is to protect the steelmaking business he loves.

Therefore, this brave and innovative leader resolutely led a group of technical elites and hardworking workers in the steelmaking workshop to engage in the difficult research and development of two key areas: oxygen top-blown converter and increasing the blast furnace inlet temperature. They worked day and night, forgot to eat and sleep, and did not miss any possible breakthrough point; they repeatedly tested and explored, just to find the bright road that could lead the industry change.

Time flies, and the years pass by like a shuttle. After a month of long and arduous efforts, the hard work paid off! He Yuzhu and his team finally successfully developed a remarkable new equipment - an internal combustion hot blast furnace with a wind temperature between 600 and 800 degrees Celsius. This pioneering work is like a lightning that cuts through the dark sky, instantly giving the entire blast furnace system unprecedented vitality and vitality. The relatively low inlet air temperature has soared nearly twice like a rocket. Such an amazing move has undoubtedly brought earth-shaking changes to the blast furnace: its production efficiency has achieved a qualitative leap, the output has increased significantly, and the quality has been improved.

Just as everyone was immersed in the joy of the huge success of the internal combustion hot blast furnace, another exciting news came: another technical team with outstanding strength also successfully completed a task of epoch-making significance - successfully built a large-scale 30-ton oxygen top-blown converter. This feat was like a sharp sword piercing the sky, completely breaking the shackles of the traditional steelmaking model and creating a brand new world.

With the successful implementation and commissioning of these two innovative technologies, the Red Star Steel Plant seemed to be injected with an extremely powerful source of power, and its production capacity rose rapidly like a wild horse. The pig iron production capacity has soared from a mere 18 tons per month to an astonishing 23 tons; while the steel production capacity has soared from 15 tons to a more dazzling 22 tons. At this moment, this once unknown steel plant has become a dazzling star in the industry, attracting countless attention and praise.