Sail across the sea

Chapter 50

"Someone in the county wanted to become the manager of the fertilizer factory and pushed me away, but the opinions of the county leaders were not unified. Several county leaders supported this person, and several other county leaders were more optimistic about me.

"The matter of the anonymous letter is actually to discredit me. Some things are unwarranted, and everyone knows it. But if there are too many such things, the leader's impression of me will decrease. No matter how hard the other party tries, it may become a .”

Gao Yiping explained to Gao Fan that he unconsciously used the tone of speaking to adults.

"What are the specific things?" Gao Fan asked, "You just said that something is related to me?"

Gao Yiping said: "They listed a lot of things. One thing is related to you. Some people in the county said that the formula you gave to Chen Xingquan in Shuinan was plagiarized from the factory. Responsibility."

"This kind of thing still needs evidence, right? What evidence do they have that the formula I gave to Chen Xingquan is from the factory?" Gao Fan said.

Gao Yiping said: "Their reason is that you are only a high school student and it is impossible to master such a formula, so this formula must be from the factory."

Gao Fan said: "That is to say, if I can prove that I have the ability to develop a formula, they will have nothing to say?"

Gao Yiping nodded: "This is indeed a method, but how are you going to prove it? You can't invent another formula for them in person, right?"

"Let me think about it." Gao Fan said, "Dad, go ahead and talk, what else is there?"

Gao Yiping said: "Other things are actually related to production, you may not understand. The anonymous letter said that my management level is low, which has caused the fertilizer factory to lose money year after year, dragging down the county's economy."

Gao Fan said: "I heard from Aunt Xiaoyun about this matter. Our factory has been losing money year after year because the equipment is outdated and the energy consumption is too high. What does this have to do with you? I also saw it in magazines. One-third of the small nitrogen fertilizer factories are losing money. The way for small nitrogen fertilizer factories in various places to turn around is to update their equipment. The county should also understand this, right?"

Gao Yiping said: "Some county leaders understand this, but there are also people who say it depends on human effort. The one who wanted to compete with me said that if he was made the factory manager, the county would not need to pay a penny. He can also turn a profit. And said that if he can't, he is willing to step down."

Gao Fan laughed, isn't this the way of Western democratic elections?During election campaigns, you dare to say anything, and if you are elected, you can do whatever you want. How could it be so easy for someone to step down?
The county appoints the director of a fertilizer factory, and it is impossible to replace it in two or three months.As long as this person became the factory director by talking big, there is always a way to deny it. Why do you need to be familiar with the situation, what is hard to return, what is the lack of spring and autumn, what is the strange reason that cannot be found?

After a year and a half, maybe the investment from the Ministry of Chemical Industry will arrive. 2000 million yuan will be invested to replace it with brand-new equipment, and even if Tiao Dog becomes the factory manager, he will not lose money. Isn't this guy's promise fulfilled?

Gao Yiping sighed and said, "There are a few leaders in the county, and they still eat this. One leader told me face to face that if I can make a profit within three months, the factory director will let me continue to do it. If I If you can’t do it, then let the virtuous and those who can turn around the loss come up.”

Gao Fan's eyes lit up, and he asked, "Does this mean anything?"

Gao Yiping said: "It counts. The county magistrate and secretary were present at the time. Although this remark was intended to embarrass me, the county magistrate and secretary also nodded. If I can really make a profit, they have nothing to say Say."

"That's easy." Gao Fan said.

He thought to himself, the big deal is to find a product for the fertilizer factory to make, even a grass-roots team like Chen Xingquan can make money. It is not easy to make a lot of money with such a big fertilizer factory, but is it not easy to make a little money to turn around?
"Why is it so easy?"

Gao Yiping did not have the brains of Gao Fan, he said:

"Our factory's energy consumption is high, which is an objective fact. I held a meeting with the technical department and the production department this morning, and determined some production measures. It is estimated that under the current conditions, energy consumption can be reduced by about 10%. But calculated in this way, within three months, the factory will still be at a slight loss, and it will be very difficult to turn losses into profits. And..."

Speaking of this, he showed a wry smile and didn't say any more.

"What?" Gao Fan asked strangely.

Gao Yiping said: "Just as we were having a meeting, a serious accident occurred in the synthesis section, which caused an emergency shutdown. Now the production of the whole plant has stopped."

"What accident?"

"Insufficient desulfurization of the mixed gas leads to permanent poisoning of the catalyst in the synthesis tower, and it is necessary to stop and replace all catalysts."

Gao Fan grinned, this is really called the leaking ship and the headwind. Such an accident is really worse for the fertilizer factory that continues to lose money.

The principle of ammonia synthesis is to react hydrogen and nitrogen to generate ammonia.But under normal conditions, the reaction speed of hydrogen and nitrogen is very slow, which cannot meet the requirements of industrial production.To speed up the synthesis of ammonia, a catalyst must be used.

The most commonly used ammonia synthesis catalyst is iron.In industry, a mixture of ferric oxide and iron oxide is generally used as a catalyst and filled in an ammonia synthesis tower.In an enterprise, a catalyst is sometimes commonly referred to as a catalyst.

Before chemical fertilizer enterprises start production, hydrogen-nitrogen mixture gas should be blown into the synthesis tower, and the temperature should be raised gradually.Ferric oxide and iron oxide react with hydrogen to reduce to pure iron and water.After the water is drained, the catalyst becomes pure iron particles with many tiny holes.These tiny holes increase the contact area between pure iron and hydrogen-nitrogen mixture, which can maximize the reaction speed of hydrogen and nitrogen.

This process is called the original driving of the synthesis section in the enterprise.How to feed materials, how to feed the mixed gas, how to control the temperature, all have a specific process, which is one of the core technologies of the fertilizer plant.

After the original drive, the catalyst is able to continue to function.However, if in addition to hydrogen and nitrogen, water vapor, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, oxygen, sulfur, arsenic, phosphorus and other substances are mixed in the mixed gas, pure iron as a catalyst will chemically react with these substances to form iron Compound, thereby losing catalytic effect, this situation is called catalyst poisoning or catalyst poisoning.

Among them, the poisoning caused by water vapor, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, etc. is not serious in nature, and as long as pure hydrogen-nitrogen mixture is introduced, the iron compound can be reduced to pure iron.However, if the poisoning is caused by sulfur, phosphorus, arsenic and other substances, the iron compound formed cannot be reduced, which is called permanent poisoning, and the catalyst can only be replaced.

It takes time to replace the catalyst, and it takes time to load the catalyst. After the filling is completed, it takes time to start the car.The original driving time generally takes more than 150 hours, which is equivalent to a week's delay in production.

In addition, the original start-up needs to consume a large amount of raw material gas, and the synthesis tower must be heated by electricity to speed up the reduction of the catalyst.These consumptions are as high as [-] to [-] yuan, which will undoubtedly increase the losses of the fertilizer plant.

(End of this chapter)