Chapter 225 Coming in droves
Chapter 225 Coming in droves
Xunyang City, Gan Province.
No. 1, Jiangxin Avenue, Shuangzhong Town, Hukou County.
Its chairman Dai Qiguo and general manager Liu Daoyang both came out to greet them in person.
Zhang Xincheng's car slowly stopped in front of the shipyard.
"Mr. Zhang, welcome to Jiangxin Shipyard, I am Dai Qiguo."
"Hello, Mr. Zhang, I'm Liu Daoyang."
"Hello, Mr. Dai and Mr. Liu." After shaking hands with the two, Zhang Xincheng continued, "What do you think of the ship that our company has customized?"
"Mr. Zhang, let's talk inside."
"can."
Enter the shipyard.
Dai Qiguo attached great importance to the inland transport ship order requested by Hailufeng Company. He came up with many design plans and introduced them to Zhang Xincheng one by one.
However, Zhang Xincheng made a request: "Boss Dai, I know that your company, or the country, currently has very mature technology in manufacturing inland transport ships, especially diesel engine transport ship technology, but I have a request."
"Mr. Zhang, please feel free to speak." Dai Qiguo said as he poured tea.
"Our company requires that all customized transport ships must use electric power, and the battery standards must comply with our company's requirements. I wonder if Mr. Dai can accept this?"
Hearing this, Dai Qiguo did not change his expression. After all, Hailufeng Company is now Party A and naturally has the right to do so. However, he still reminded:
"Mr. Zhang, to be honest, there is no problem with using electric motor technology on transport ships. But the most critical point is that if there is no way to solve it, I do not recommend that you use electric transport ships."
"Is Dai always worried about the battery and range?"
Liu Daoyang followed up by saying, "Mr. Zhang, our chairman's suggestion is based on our company's experience. After all, our company has built electric transport ships for other companies before. However, the cost of batteries is currently high. Lithium batteries are too expensive, and lead batteries are too heavy, making them difficult to use!"
However, Zhang Xincheng shook his head: "Our company has its own battery technology. At present, our company is planning to build battery swap stations along the Ganjiang River, the Guangdong-Ganzhou Canal, and the Beijiang River."
"Oh? Your company uses its own batteries? What are the battery parameters?" Dai Qiguo asked quickly. After all, the other party was very sure, so he guessed that Hailufeng Company should have something.
Zhang Xincheng's assistant handed a document to Dai Qiguo: "President Dai, can you take a look at it?"
Dai Qiguo took it and started looking through it with Liu Daoyang. After looking at it for a while, their faces became more solemn and excited.
Since this document already contains rough calculation data, including the basic performance of the battery, how many cubic meters of batteries are used in a transport ship of a certain ton level, how the battery container is designed, how the battery swap station is designed, etc.
Therefore, the two of them could judge the power of this technology very intuitively, which was also the reason why they looked solemn and excited.
Their faces were solemn because they had seen that changes were coming to the shipbuilding industry.
They are excited because they are the first companies to enter the electric transport ship market, and at least they will not be eliminated for failing to keep up with the times.
Dai Qiguo took a deep breath and made a decision: "Mr. Zhang, I need your company's battery test data, and I also hope to get a batch of battery samples for actual testing."
"No problem." Zhang Xincheng nodded.
"If the performance of the sponge battery is really as described, then we will accept your order."
"Then I wish us a pleasant cooperation in advance."
"Pleasant to work with."
After signing a letter of intent for cooperation, Zhang Xincheng left the contact information of the logistics department to Dai Qiguo.
Day three.
A transport ship unloads 10 20-foot containers at the dock of Jiangxin Shipyard.
In the past two days, Dai Qiguo and Liu Daoyang have not been idle. They dismantled the two battery containers on a 2000-ton electric inland transport ship that was previously built for experiments.
As soon as they received the battery container from Hailufeng Company, they immediately installed the battery container and quickly arranged for power engineers to adjust the circuit.
With quick work, they completed the entire renovation work in just three days.
"Director, charging is complete."
"How many kilowatt-hours of electricity did it charge?" Dai Qiguo asked with concern.
"One box can charge 4500 kWh of electricity, and the two boxes can charge 9000 kWh in total."
Hearing this answer, Dai Qiguo's face became more excited: "Okay, okay, arrange the trial voyage immediately and charge the other battery containers at the same time."
"Yes, President Dai."
Their company's sea trial team quickly boarded the ship and began various sea trial tests on the Yangtze River.
First, test the no-load and constant-speed navigation.
The actual measured speed is 15 kilometers per hour, with an average power consumption of about 4 degrees per kilometer, and a cruising range of about 2000 kilometers.
Then comes the full-load sailing test.
The actual measured speed is 15 kilometers per hour, with an average power consumption of about 10 degrees per kilometer, and a cruising range of about 800 kilometers.
How is this level?
参照载重量2500吨的“船联1号”就知道，其船甲板上2组可移动电池可存储2200度电，能航行120公里左右，平均每公里电耗约18.3度。
Of course, it is actually impossible to sail at a constant speed. Inland transport ships need to frequently accelerate, decelerate, maneuver and brake, all of which will bring additional power consumption, plus other facilities inside the ship also consume a lot of electricity.
Therefore, the cruising range tested at a constant speed still needs to be reduced by 70% to 80% in actual driving.
However, even so, when fully loaded, it can achieve a constant cruising range of 800 kilometers, which means that in actual driving, its cruising range can reach about 600 kilometers.
At the same time, rapid battery replacement and charging operations were also carried out during this test.
After receiving these measured data, Dai Qiguo was very surprised: "Why is the data provided by Hailufeng Company so conservative?"
"Conservative?" Liu Daoyang picked up the test report and flipped through it. He also found this situation: "Indeed, the charging time is 9000 degrees and the discharge time is 8000 degrees. In fact, the discharge time is 8287 degrees, which is obviously much more."
The captain in charge of the test cautiously guessed: "Maybe they are worried about the battery power decreasing in winter! After all, the battery power will decrease when the weather gets cold."
"Not like it." Dai Qiguo has gotten to know Hailufeng Company in depth these days. This company has a strong and distinctive style. Its products are completely different from the general trend in other industries that like to make false labels. Each product has actual product information marked on it.
Another deputy manager who had bought an electric car smiled bitterly: "Boss Dai, this is a good thing. After all, those batteries with false power levels can really do a lot of harm to people!"
"Yeah, they use real materials to make products, so we should definitely support them." Liu Daoyang also nodded.
As an enterprise that needs to purchase or use batteries, it is natural to hope that the batteries are labeled as realistically as possible. This is not only related to product quality, but also to cost.
Dai Qiguo discussed the next arrangements with the company's management.
"From the test results, if the sponge battery continues to be used at its current cost, I think battery swapping will have great potential in the future."
Liu Daoyang asked: "Boss, how much does Hailufeng charge for battery replacement?"
"I called Mr. Zhang yesterday and the charging standard given by Hailufeng Company is 4000 yuan for a small cabinet fully charged, and no other fees are charged."
"One yuan per kilowatt-hour?"
"This charging standard is acceptable."
"really."
Taking their 8000-ton experimental transport ship as an example, the standard is 600 kWh of electricity for a cruising range of 13.3 kilometers, with an average cost of yuan per kilometer.
But if there is a favorable wind or the speed is relatively uniform over a long section of the voyage, the power consumption can be greatly reduced.
Moreover, Hailufeng Company's sponge batteries usually have 1-2% more power than the actual rated capacity. This power will be added to the cost and will further reduce electricity costs.
If it is a 14-ton diesel transport ship, the average fuel consumption cost per kilometer is 21 to yuan.
The upper limit of battery electricity costs is lower than the lower limit of diesel engines.
If compared with the no-load energy consumption cost, the diesel engine will be defeated instantly.
After Dai Qiguo and others discussed the cooperation, he personally led the team to the headquarters of Hailufeng Company to prepare to win the order for the inland transport ships.
And the other side.
Hailufeng Company also contracted five new docks on Ganjiang River and Beijiang River. These docks are different from the old ones.
Many old docks are close to cities, but Hailufeng Company went the other way and chose a remote town as its dock.
The reason for adopting this strategy is, on the one hand, to reduce land costs; on the other hand, Hailufeng Company's industries are concentrated in rural areas, and building docks around the city is obviously to increase its land transportation distance.
There is another reason as well.
That is, these docks or ship exchange stations must be located in relatively open river sections in order to avoid congestion at the docks and rivers, and may even require widening the river.
These renovation projects are obviously difficult to meet the needs of the rivers around the city. After all, there are too many buildings and industries in the rivers around the city. If the rivers are to be widened, they will face very troublesome demolition problems.
Currently, the locations of 5 docks have been selected.
They are Ganjiang Xinchi Station, Ganjiang Fumin Station, Ganjiang Nantang Station, Beijiang Jiangkou Station and Beijiang Shengping Station.
These terminal hubs are not only used to replace batteries for ships, but also serve as Hailufeng Company’s own freight terminals and service stations. In addition, solar power plants need to be built around these terminals.
This is an experimental route though.
However, with the technical support of Hailufeng Company, the prospects are also very promising.
After all, the government is also trying to promote the electrification of ships. The reason for the electrification of ships is, on the one hand, to promote the development of new energy industries, and on the other hand, to reduce pollution. After all, diesel engines will pollute rivers.
As for reducing costs and increasing efficiency, without the technical support of Hailufeng Company, electric transport ships will have no way to reduce costs and increase efficiency.
If it is really possible to reduce costs and increase efficiency, there would be no need for official subsidies and promotion, and those ship owners would have taken the initiative to order ships long ago.
However, there are very few electric transport ships now because there is no way to reduce costs and increase efficiency.
Inland waterway transportation is already very inward-looking, and electric transport ships have no cost advantage. Private enterprises are not state-owned enterprises, so naturally they will not develop electric transport ships.
4 month 8 day.
Dai Qiguo and his group arrived at the headquarters of Hailufeng Company.
at the same time.
Beijing Energy International’s headquarters in Beijing.
After half a month of testing, the 1000 cubic meter sponge battery pilot project at the Zhelimu Wind Power Station in southern Mongolia was officially put into use four days ago.
Every day’s usage information is sent back to the Beijing Energy International headquarters.
After learning about the operation status in the past few days, Lu Zhenwei couldn't wait any longer and he directly convened a management meeting.
"The trial run of the sponge battery is going very well. Let's take a look at the detailed report."
After a while, one of the executives looked up and asked, "Boss Lu, is Hailufeng really willing to accept a full-life rental of 10,000 yuan per cubic meter?"
Li Jiahao, technical director in charge of technical management, said: "Vice President Zhu, let me explain. Based on the sponge battery samples we obtained, our laboratory conducted a comprehensive study and discovered some of the secrets. You can turn to page 13 of the report."
Everyone quickly turned to page 13 of the report.
“Recycling?”
"Is that so?"
“No wonder they’re adopting a leasing model.”
Li Jiahao continued, "As you can see, according to our preliminary research, the core of the sponge battery is the organic matter with sponge structure, as well as soybean oil as battery fluid, plus a certain amount of potassium chloride and other trace elements. Does it feel familiar?"
Some people have already reacted: "This thing? It's all about agriculture?"
Li Jiahao nodded: "That's right. Although these things will deteriorate after the battery life expires, this does not prevent them from being used as organic fertilizer or biodiesel."
"According to laboratory analysis, other components of the sponge battery can be recycled at least 30 to 40 times, which makes the actual cost of the sponge battery very low. How low can it be?"
"According to the cost accounting department's analysis, if the accessories are recycled 30 times, the cost of one cubic meter of sponge battery will not exceed 300 yuan."
Li Jiahao's words had just fallen.
"Fuck! So low?"
"No wonder Hailufeng Company adopted the leasing model and made 9700 yuan at a time."
"Boss Lu, can we introduce technology?"
"If we can introduce technology, we can consider it."
"Is Hailufeng willing to license the technology?"
Lu Zhenwei shook his head: "Don't even think about taking the technology alone, but it should be possible to set up a joint venture."
A vice president hastily suggested: "Boss Lu, there is no time to lose. We should quickly secure the cooperation before other battery companies react. Even if the conditions are a little harsh, it doesn't matter."
"That's what I thought too."
"Even if we don't sell batteries, we can learn from Hailufeng Company and rent batteries, which is also a huge source of income."
"By the way, what are the components of that sponge structure? Can it be produced industrially?"
Li Jiahao replied: "According to our laboratory analysis, it is most likely a fungus, somewhat similar to mushrooms, with very complex ingredients and structures. I estimate that Hailufeng Company uses microbial cultivation to produce it, which should not be imitable by ordinary chemical models."
"Can't be imitated? That's good that it can't be imitated!" The other vice president smiled even more satisfied.
After all, if it cannot be imitated through chemical methods, it means that the technology will not spread, at least not in the short term, which is beneficial to the sales of the product.
Similar to lithium batteries, there are too many companies producing them in China.
In addition, South Korea and Japan also have lithium battery technology.
If Europe and the United States had not been so stupid as to support a European battery company in the Arctic Circle and instead fully supported battery companies in South Korea or Japan, they would not have suffered such a disastrous defeat in the lithium battery industry.
Although lithium batteries are difficult to produce, at least we can rely on the chemical industry to make progress.
But sponge batteries are different. They don’t have electricity-generating bacteria. No matter how powerful your chemical industry is, it will be useless. After all, the artificial synthesis technology of complex organic matter has always been a difficult problem in the industry.
This involves the type and stacking structure of organic matter. Individual small-molecule organic matter can be synthesized artificially, but complex large-molecule organic matter, coupled with a variety of bizarre stacking combinations, is a catastrophic problem.
Therefore, the technical entry point for sponge batteries is to obtain the power-generating bacteria strains. After obtaining the strains, special cultivation methods are also required.
Lu Zhenwei immediately made a decision: "I will take people to the headquarters of Hailufeng Company immediately. Director Li, you should go with us. The others should first analyze the prospects of industrial development around sponge batteries."
"no problem."
After the meeting, Lu Zhenwei did not rush on his way, but first called Jiang Haibo to propose the idea of cooperation to the other party, and at the same time expressed his hope to visit Jiang Miao at the headquarters of Hailufeng Company.
Regarding this situation, Jiang Haibo said that he could arrange time. As for the cooperation in the production of sponge batteries, he also gave Lu Zhenwei a reassurance that Hailufeng Company did not reject such cooperation.
Hearing this answer, Lu Zhenwei felt relieved and at the same time became more enthusiastic.
Although we know that even if Hailufeng agrees to cooperate, it will probably take a large part of the profits, but since Hailufeng has the core technology, it would be a blessing if others are willing to cooperate. Hailufeng will definitely take the lion's share of the profits.
He and Jiang Haibo agreed on a rough time.
After Jiang Haibo hung up the phone, he quickly called Jiang Miao and told him about Beijing Energy International.
"Okay, let's do it the day after tomorrow at noon! I just happen to have some time."
"Then I'll tell Jingneng."
"Well. How is the situation of the Mo Nan branch?"
"Everything is going smoothly. The farm is currently progressing very quickly. It is estimated that about 500 million acres can be transformed this year."
"Very good. By the way, how is the testing going at the United Mining's mining experimental base in the south of the desert?"
"United Mining? Oh, the boss is Lu Mingyuan who is in charge of the biological phosphorus mining project?"
“That’s the project.”
"I talked to Lu Mingyuan the night before yesterday. He said that the experimental tests were very good. The current estimated production cost is about 700 yuan per ton of pure phosphorus. If the subsequent tests go well, it is expected that the construction of the first pilot production base will begin in June."
"Okay, you pay attention to it."
(End of this chapter)