Chapter 109 Small Limestone Mine
Chapter 109 Small Limestone Mine
More than 300 tons of steel.
For Su Wu now, it is not something that can be easily obtained.
At least a small high-temperature furnace would have to be running 24 hours a day for more than ten days to produce more than 300 tons of steel.
It can be easily obtained by just sending someone to an official shelter.
There is no reason to refuse.
The task of subsequent communication with the other party was remotely transferred to Chenxin, who was accompanying her sister in the bedroom.
Su Wu thought about it and decided that nothing should happen to him in the short term.
Then I opened the diary again and began to plan the next development focus.
Currently in Su Wu's hands.
It has a mining cluster with excavators as the main force.
After building the road to the small limestone mine, this group will transform into an open-pit limestone mining team there.
And then, due to cost and production space considerations.
The relevant equipment for producing cement will also be transported there, and a miniature cement plant will be built on the spot.
This is actually equivalent to opening a new stronghold and production base directly there.
And everything once it involves production.
Energy is the most critical issue that cannot be avoided.
Both the operation of mining clusters and the production of cement itself require large amounts of electricity and even coal supplies.
Relying solely on an electric transport vehicle.
It is definitely not enough to maintain the uninterrupted operation of various equipment in the mine.
"After the manufacturing is completed and the relevant equipment for producing cement is completed."
"Let's just build another electric transporter and make do with it for now."
For the initial development of small limestone mines, the thermal power generators in the lime shelter are sufficient to provide electricity.
The distance isn't too far anyway.
With two electric transport vehicles used alternately, there will basically be no problem of power shortage.
But wait until later, after the cement plant there is built.
It would be troublesome to keep making do like this.
Su Wu needs to consider.
At that time, we will decide whether to install two geothermal generators on site or move a thermal generator from the Green Lime Shelter.
This was a choice that made him a little hesitant.
Consider safety.
After all, a small limestone mine is a crude outpost built temporarily and mainly engaged in open-pit ore mining.
The proven reserves are not large.
Once the ore is mined out, it basically has no value anymore.
Therefore, at the beginning of construction.
It would be impossible to build it in the manner of a permanent, standard underground shelter.
At most, you can build a basement and a small ground bunker, or a sentry tower.
under these circumstances.
If geothermal generators are built there by force.
Because the cost of manufacturing and installation is very huge.
Not only does it take 10 survival points to manufacture a geothermal generator, but when installing it, pulling the extreme drilling rig over and using nanomaterials to lay a steam channel underground also requires nearly 2 survival points in material costs.
Su Wu has to face very heavy cost pressure and a long payback period.
Essentially, this choice is a gamble with a lot of investment.
If a thermal generator is used.
The advantage is that the thermal power generator itself is not too difficult to manufacture.
Su Wu's CNC machine tools and 3D printers can manufacture it perfectly.
In this way, if any damage occurred, it would not be a serious blow to Su Wu.
But thermal generators themselves require a lot of coal or diesel to generate electricity.
Every day it operates, it uses up a large portion of its limited fuel reserves, essentially trading fuel for electricity.
And fuel, or specifically coal.
It was easy before.
A cement production line is about to be built, and Su Wu discovers that a large amount of coal is needed in the production process of cement.
Even with the more than 10,000 tons of thermal coal inventory at the Lime Shelter.
Faced with this level of demand, it is likely to be insufficient.
In Su Wu's eyes, using coal as fuel for power generation was a luxury and a waste.
After hesitating for a while.
In the end, Su Wu couldn't resist the temptation of getting free electricity every day, and chose to build two geothermal generators there.
"Let's gamble a little bit."
"As long as you make it through the initial stage and recover your costs, the rest will be pure profit."
Once a geothermal generator is built, the benefits will last forever.
Although under the threat of natural disasters, how long this eternity will last remains a question mark, but it is still worth looking forward to.
Even though it is indeed very expensive for Su Wu now.
10 survival points are equivalent to a universal engineering robot.
Su Wu has only built three engineering robots so far.
And at the same time.
Since we have this choice.
Then more attention must be paid to the safety issues of small limestone mines.
The geothermal generator must be installed in the basement under the small bunker.
To ensure it can withstand most common harsh environments.
The bunkers must also be equipped with certain weapons to drive away any human robbers who might wander over.
Don't look at the bad environment outside now.
But as long as you wear protective clothing and drive a vehicle, you can still move around in the outside world.
Then there will never be a shortage of such people.
Then, sufficient early warning monitoring networks should be set up near the mines.
And prepare an emergency evacuation plan.
If an irresistible disaster were to strike, we would try to dismantle the geothermal generator as quickly as possible and withdraw it to the farmyard ruins.
“Everything else can be given up.”
“But geothermal generators.”
"We should try our best to rescue him if we can."
This is Su Wu’s expectation for the final emergency evacuation plan.
The development route for small limestone mines has been determined.
Su Wu turned his head and looked at the list of items to be manufactured at the manufacturing center.
In addition to the two transporters currently being built.
In second place is a series of related equipment for cement production, followed by electric transport vehicles, the remaining unmanufactured vehicles in the transport cluster, and the two geothermal generators at the sentinel base.
The schedule is packed.
It is enough to keep the manufacturing center running at full capacity for three to five days.
After Su Wu thought about it.
The manufacturing plan, which was ranked 4th, was moved to the end.
Then the number of geothermal generators to be manufactured was increased from two to four.
Anyway.
One existing Type 1 ore transport vehicle plus two new transport vehicles, although the number does not reach the full capacity of the transport cluster.
But it’s not unusable. At most you just have to make a few more trips back and forth.
Once built, geothermal generators will bring in a steady stream of revenue over the long term.
If you have made up your mind to build it, then of course the sooner you make it the better.
(End of this chapter)