There are many benefits to refining in space, especially for minerals mined from space. Returning the unprocessed ore to the surface through a space elevator is equivalent to transporting the useless **** waste together. The price of untreated ore is not high in itself, and coupled with the transportation cost of space elevators, it is difficult to be competitive in the international market.
Although the cost of transporting space elevators is low, it is not without.
In the future, the mining industry itself has its own smelter, and there is no need to profit from selling unprocessed ore. The processing of ore into finished steel products meets the criteria for maximizing profit.
What's more, there is no need to worry about pollution in space. Non-toxic waste **** can be directly burned by throwing it into the atmosphere, which is much more environmentally friendly than waste disposal stations that destroy the molecular structure of materials by ultra-high temperatures. The toxic waste is directly packed in a box, and it is good to use a small power rocket to throw it in the direction of Mercury.
In addition, the vacuum environment makes it possible to smelt titanium alloys such as titanium ore, which are chemically active at high temperatures, far more easily than the surface.
Therefore, Jiang Chen provided Yang Yuan with the interface, specifications and dimensions of the Xinghuan City external space station as early as last year, letting him instruct the future scientific research department of the mining industry to design a set of ore that can be connected to the city. Processing unit.
Yang Yuan did not live up to his expectations, and soon took Jiang Chen to the laboratory of the future people mining.
In the center of the laboratory warehouse, there is a machine with a volume of about four large containers. People stand beside the ants next to the rubber. The shape of the square is very similar to the movable iron room that can be seen everywhere on the construction site, but it is a magnified n-fold version. Of course, this thing is not a metal room, but an accessible space station.
At one end of the space station, there is a raised interface with a face size of 64 meters, which can be connected to the outer rail of the Star Ring City as a channel for material energy exchange. The ore is fed into the space station through the freight lane and processed by special smelting equipment to produce the finished ingot.
On the side of the space station, the trademarks of Future People's Heavy Industry and Future People's Mining, as well as a symbol of the "e" being encircled, are printed.
“This ore processing unit is a prototype we have customized for future people. The drawings are designed by us and made by 3D printing technology. The smelting mineral is a variety of iron ore. The daily processing efficiency can reach 12,000 tons. The annual steel output is over 3 million tons!"
When he said this, Yang Yuan was excited and full of red light.
With a highly automated design, a workshop requires only four workers to complete the production. Using the electric smelting technology of the next era to replace the traditional steelmaking process, the recyclable carbon-fixing technology can maximize the utilization efficiency of each kilogram of coal, and can produce hundreds of kinds of high-quality carbon steel, tool steel and high-strength a-shaped steel. Just now.
Combining the core technology of Future People's Mining, this ore processing unit tailored for outer space steelmaking has been leading the world in automated steelmaking for at least 20 years, and it is no exaggeration to call it the crystallization of technology!
“This prototype has passed the performance test in a vacuum environment. It can be used as long as it is transported to the Star Ring City through the synchronous track!”
“Currently, the titanium ore processing unit has completed the design phase, and it is expected that the design drawings will be sent to the future heavy work tomorrow, and the prototype will be blasted out at the end of the month.”
After listening to Yang Yuan’s report, Jiang Chen only asked one question, “How long does it take for mass production?”
Yang Yuan slightly hesitated, but gave a reply soon.
“Before the end of the month, the iron ore model processing unit production line has been completed, and we can deliver ten of our equipment at the end of the month, and we will deliver the remaining ten units in the middle of next month. A total of 20 processing units, we are The annual output of the steel plant in Xinghuan City can reach more than 30 million tons!"
"As for the titanium ore model, we have to wait for our drawings to be sent to the future, and the engineers of the future heavy industry can see the design of the production line."
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"Well, come back."
Ye Qinghua hung up the phone and leaned on the chair. The old fingers tapped rhythmically on the armrests and fell into a long time of contemplation.
The microgravity laboratory of Huaguo and Xinghuan trade cooperation has started construction. The No. 1 leader has highly praised his efforts, but Ye Qinghua is very clear that the research project close to 1.5 billion Singapore dollars has its own relationship with Not big.
He has been on the island of Korro for half a month. In the past two months, he has been walking around the New Kyushu and Penglai cities. He only felt that he was like Liu Wei who entered the Grand View Garden. He walked all the way and was different.
People drive a pure electric vehicle with zero emissions, and the submarine tunnel connects the nine islands with the same rags. People of all skin colors live together in harmony, and there is no contradiction. However, under the supervision of police drones, few people have put contradictions into violence.
Yes, after they thought about it again, the police drones that refused to go out were almost zero crime rates in major cities in the new country.
For the city of Coro and Penglai, the old man was most impressed that drones have become part of the culture of this country. They are the helpers of the police. They replace the firefighters and rush into the fire. They send the courier from the logistics center to the buyer within one hour.
Efficiency is everything in the city, but efficiency does not crowd out everyone's life.
This country seems to have never lacked imagination, and everything here is full of imagination that exists in science fiction. Built in a city at sea, farmland ploughed on the bottom of the sea, connecting the track of the heavens and the earth, a space station larger than the city...
Ye Qinghua doesn't know what they will create next, because there is never a border in imagination. He just silently took out his notebook. As he visited the United States in the 1980s, he recorded everything in the city and brought it back to China for reference.
The old man leaning against the chair sighed and found the notebook whose leather cover had been slightly damaged from his arms. Some of them used their fingers to rub the footer of the notebook. The experience of this half-month has both comforted him and made him speechless.
A small and poor new country is undoubtedly more in line with the interests of China. But the words weak and poor are obviously far removed from the new country. Even because of the concepts such as low crime rate, beautiful environment, Chinese cultural circle, and high-tech city, the new country has faintly replaced the European and American countries that are in the economic crisis and terrorism, and become the richest people in China. An immigrant volunteer.
Just then, the door of the room was pushed open.
Two men, one woman and two young men came in.
"Grandpa, are you looking for me?" The young man in a suit and tie slid slightly and greeted the old man with respect.
The woman opened her mouth and wanted to say something, but the old man spoke first.
"Well, some worried," Ye Qinghua nodded and smiled at the young man. "So, I want to ask you how you are prepared."
Ye Qi smiled confidently and stood up.
"You can rest assured! I have been preparing for this for half a month. Even without a 10% grasp, it is definitely over 90%!"
Ye Laoxin nodded and nodded.
"This project is very important to our Ye family. Now the country attaches great importance to the strategic cooperation with the Xinghuan trade. If our Yeh Group can set an example, it is not too difficult for your uncle's position to mention it. It’s the time. At that time, we can have a provincial-level cadre!”
Having a chat with my favorite grandson, the leaves were slightly stunned and left the room.
There are only two people left in the room.
"I..." Ye Weifei bit his teeth and pressed the unhappiness of his heart. He said with a hard scalp. "He has no interest in me. It is just me. We are not suitable, I can't help..."
After a long time, Ye Lao sighed, as the old man loved his granddaughter, and smiled slyly.
"I won't be embarrassing you. Marriage is your choice. If you really don't like it, then forget it."
Ye Haofei sighed, as if the big stone that had been pressed in his heart was put down.
It really made her pull her face to please the man she didn't like, and it was more uncomfortable than killing her.
"Thank you……"
"Nothing, go on."
Ye Xiaofei buried her head and turned and walked away from the room.
Ye Lao leaned back in the chair, meditating for a moment, and his eyes turned to the invitation on the table.
The new foreign space resources will open on the squad, and will be held in Coro Island three days later. As a representative from China, he naturally received an invitation. What issues should be exchanged in the forum, how to help China to win more benefits, which he has already considered.
He is now somewhat uncertain about his granddaughter.
Is it really just giving up? (To be continued.)