A lot of chemical raw materials need to be kept at a certain temperature to increase the activity of the molecules in the raw materials, increase the energy, and react with the catalyst to transform into another substance.
Whether it is the reactor in the laboratory that is not much bigger than a pressure cooker, or a large chemical factory that is dozens of meters tall and can process hundreds of tons of materials at once.
But anyone who works in the chemical industry cannot leave this tool.
In Gangjie Chemical, the reactor that had a problem was the steam heating reactor.
This kind of huge reactor is divided into two layers. After the middle layer is filled with high pressure steam, the reactor temperature can quickly increase.
Now that the high pressure steam pipe is broken, a large amount of steam is leaking out from the center of the lake. Of course, the reactor temperature can't increase.
"Professor Zhang, Professor Zhang." Boss Gong Wei anxiously called the expert over: "Do you think we can temporarily stop the steam boiler?"
The white haired Professor Zhang walked over and rubbed his wrinkled forehead: "The synthesis of diethanolamine is now at the last step. Enter the reactor and heat it to 120 degrees Celsius, then react with the catalyst and dehydrate it."
"If the temperature can't go up, the dehydration step can't proceed. The catalyst can only be active for 8 hours. Now, it has already been an hour. If the steam is cut off, the reactor temperature will quickly drop … … "
"At most, there is only one hour left. Once the steam can be heated normally, then by increasing the steam pressure to increase the temperature and the extraction capacity of the raw material warehouse, we should be able to save it. If we delay any longer, there will be little hope."
Adding the catalyst is an irreversible process.
It is like shooting a bullet. If it can't hit the target, then the bullet will be wasted.
The catalyst is the same. Once the reaction fails, the batch of raw materials will become a waste and become a pollutant that no one knows what it does. It must also be destroyed at a high price.
Now that he heard that there was still an hour left, Boss Gong Wei was so anxious that tears almost came out. He grabbed the staff of Dragon Underwater Infrastructure and anxiously shouted: "You guys prepare first. When you are ready, I will immediately cut off the steam."
"One hour?" The staff of Dragon Underwater Infrastructure was not happy: "Don't say 500,000, even if you give us 1 million, we still won't be able to weld the underwater pipe in an hour."
"I saw your steam pipe. It is a double layer steel structure. Now that two layers are damaged, we need to cut off the top layer and clean the glass before we can weld it. "
"I think 5 hours is too little. We are not robots. Besides, even if we can find a robot, it won't be able to finish it in an hour. "
"One million, I beg you, I'll pay one million." Boss Gong Wei hated that he couldn't put on the diving suit himself and go down with them.
"Do you know how difficult it is to start the arc in underwater welding?"
The divers of the Giant Dragon Underwater Infrastructure Project patiently explained to the investor, "When you're unlucky, you can only succeed once in dozens of attempts. A waterproof electrode can only weld a few centimeters of weld underwater, and you have to float to the surface to change the electrode."
"Of course I know how difficult it is. Otherwise, why would I offer one million?" "I don't care what method you use, as long as you finish welding it within an hour, I'll give you one million."
"Take a few more welding torches and weld together," a worker suggested.
"Two welding torches at most. The pipe is only that thick. Do you think you can play mahjong when it's crowded?"
One million was a small astronomical figure. No underwater construction company would be indifferent to this amount of money.
Just as they were hesitating, a small Jianghuai truck arrived at the scene.
This truck had the words [Qianjiang Underwater Engineering] printed on it. It seemed to be another underwater welding company from Zhongyun. Now, both companies from Zhongyun had arrived.
The chairman, Li Huaxing, immediately went up and gave each of them a cigarette. He then pointed to the artificial lake and said that as long as the pipe was welded within an hour, the boss of this factory would give them one million.
"There shouldn't be a problem with the welding, but one hour is definitely not enough." The manager who led the team looked at the fountain of steam and patiently said the same words as the previous colleague.
Of course, the one million reward was extremely attractive.
Originally, the two companies were like enemies. But now, they actually gathered together and muttered, "Why don't we work together and see if we can earn this one million?"
"Let's take a gamble. What if a miracle happens?" The two managers quickly reached an agreement.
Ye Qing didn't know how to start. Now that two professionals came down and saw them moving the equipment as if they were injected with stimulants, he decided to wait and see.
If they couldn't do it, he would do it himself.
After all, they were professionals and had a lot of equipment. If he went up alone and said that he would do it, it would be strange if he could convince them.
Oxygen tanks, electric welding machines, underwater welding guns with tens of meters of pipes, cutting guns, and other equipment were quickly removed.
The workers from Gangjie Chemical had already finished the electrical wiring. Beside the artificial lake, there were two small boats that specialized in cleaning up the water.
"Notify the steam boiler room to cut off the gas." Seeing that all the procedures were ready, the boss, Gong Wei, ordered.
About ten seconds later, the giant steam pillar in the middle of the lake slowly descended and released water cannons.
On the small boat, two divers with breathing tubes fixed the underwater searchlights and then slowly entered the water with the cutting guns.
The artificial lake was very big. Although the steam that leaked out burned a portion of the black carp that couldn't escape in time. But after the steam was cut off, the temperature of the lake didn't rise too much.
The temperature of the lake wasn't high, but it didn't mean that the pipe near the hole wasn't high.
Under the light of a few high-powered halogen lamps, everyone on the shore could clearly see that the two divers had just entered the water when they immediately jumped up like cats whose tails were stepped on.
"Why is the pipe still releasing hot water?" The divers spat out their breathing tubes and grimaced as they shouted.
"Residual heat, residual heat!" The boss, Gong Wei, was sweating profusely: "This is a pressure pipe. The valves on both sides are closed and we just need to wait for the pressure to leak out."
After waiting for ten minutes, the two divers that were continuously testing the temperature of the water with their feet still didn't go down.
Hearing the staff continuously report the temperature changes in the reactor, Gong Wei was completely anxious: "What are you waiting for? Do you think I'm asking you to do a foot massage?"
"If you can do it, then do it. I'm not made of iron. This pipe keeps releasing hot water. Do you want to burn me to death?"
Gong Wei didn't say anything else and asked the security to bring him over.
When they reached the leak, Gong Wei put his hand in and tested it. Then, he became completely silent.
Five minutes later, the lake stopped bubbling. Gong Wei was like a wild goose that had been shot. He suddenly stood up from the boat.
The two divers also became spirited. They lit up their cutting guns and slowly entered the water.
How many people had seen underwater cutting before?
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