Chapter 950 (1/2)
There are many advantages to refining in space, especially for minerals mined from space. The raw ore is sent back to the surface through the space elevator, which means that the useless slag waste is also transported back. The price of untreated ore itself is not high, coupled with the transportation cost of space elevator, it is difficult to have price competitiveness in the international market.
Although the cost of space elevator transportation is low, it is not without it.
Futureman mining has its own smelter, so it doesn't need to sell unprocessed ore to make a profit. Only when the ore is processed into finished steel can it meet the standard of maximizing benefits.
What's more, there is no need to worry about pollution in space. The non-toxic waste slag can be burned directly when thrown into the atmosphere, which is much more environmentally friendly than those garbage treatment stations which destroy the molecular structure of materials by ultra-high temperature. The toxic waste is directly packed and packed, coupled with a small power rocket, and thrown in the direction of mercury.
In addition, the vacuum environment makes it much easier to smelt titanium ore, a metal with extremely active chemical properties at high temperatures, than on the earth's surface.
Therefore, Jiang Chenzao provided Yang Yuan with the interface, specifications and dimensions of the satellite ring city external space station last year, and asked him to instruct the scientific research department of the future mining industry to design a set of ore processing unit that can be connected to the star ring city.
Yang Yuan did not fail to live up to his expectations, and soon brought Jiang Chen to the laboratory of the future people mining.
In the center of the laboratory warehouse lies a machine with the volume of about four large containers. People stand beside it like ants beside rubber. The shape of the square is very similar to the movable iron house that can be seen everywhere on the construction site, but it is an enlarged version n times. Of course, it's not a tin house, it's an accessible space station.
At one end of the space station, a raised interface with a section size of 64 meters can be connected to the outer orbit of the star ring city as a channel for material and energy exchange. The ore is imported into the space station through the freight channel, and processed by special smelting equipment to generate finished ore ingot.
On the side of the space station are the trademarks of futureman heavy industry and futureman mining, as well as a enclosed ”e” sign.
”This ore processing unit is a prototype that we customized to future heavy industries. The drawings are designed by us and made by them through 3D printing technology. The smelting minerals are various iron ores. The maximum daily treatment efficiency can reach 12000 tons, and the annual steel production is more than 3 million tons! ”
When he said this, Yang Yuan was flushed with excitement.
Highly automated design, a workshop only needs four workers to complete production. Using the next generation of electric smelting technology to replace the traditional steel-making process, recyclable carbon fixation technology can improve the utilization efficiency of each kilogram of coal to the maximum, and can produce hundreds of high-quality carbon steel, tool steel and high-strength a-beam steel.
Combined with the most core technology of the future people's mining industry, this ore processing unit tailored for outer space steelmaking has led the world for at least 20 years in the field of automatic steel-making. It is not too much to call it the crystallization of technology!
”This prototype has passed the performance test in the vacuum environment. As long as it is transported to the satellite ring city through synchronous orbit, it can be used!”
”At present, the design stage of the titanium ore processing unit has been completed. It is expected that the design drawings will be sent to the future heavy industry tomorrow, and the prototype will be produced by the end of the month.”
After listening to Yang Yuan's report, Jiang Chen only asked a question, ”how long does it take for mass production?”
Yang Yuan hesitated a little, but quickly gave a reply.
”By the end of the month, the iron ore processing unit production line has been completed. Renzhong can deliver ten sets of equipment to us by the end of the month, and the remaining ten will be delivered by the middle of next month. In total, there are 20 processing units in total, and the annual output of our iron and steel plant around the star 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 us, and the engineers there will have to look at them before we can design the production line.”
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”Well, talk back.”
Ye Qinghua hung up the phone and leaned back on the chair. His old fingers were tapping on the arm rhythmically, and he was lost in silent meditation for a long time.
The Microgravity Laboratory of China's trade cooperation with Starlink has started. The No.1 leader highly praised his efforts. However, ye Qinghua is very clear that the scientific research project close to S $1.5 billion has little to do with himself.
It has been half a month since he came to colo island. In the past half month, he has been walking around the nine islands of new country and Penglai City. He only felt that he was like Grandma Liu in the Grand View Garden, walking along and wondering all the way.
People drive zero emission pure electric vehicles, and the undersea tunnel connects the rag like nine islands. People of all colors live together harmoniously, not without contradictions, but under the supervision of police UAVs, few people put conflicts into violence.
Yes, the police drones, which they have repeatedly considered, have almost achieved zero crime rate in the major cities of the new country.
For Koro and Penglai, the old man's deepest impression is that drones have become a part of the country's culture. They are the police's helpers. They rush into the fire instead of firefighters and deliver express delivery from the logistics center to the buyer within an hour.Efficiency is everything in this city, but it doesn't occupy everyone's life.