The surprise that followed made Gao Yiping, Meng Hai and others unable to believe it.
The traditional restoration drive takes more than 150 hours, and everyone is mentally prepared to wait. Who would have thought that after only three days, less than 80 hours after the restoration started, the water flow stopped. The actual calculation shows
The ratio of water volume to theoretical water output reached 98.3%, which means that the entire driving time is only half of the previous time, and the driving cost is saved by more than half.
The official production situation is even more gratifying. The ammonia synthesis efficiency of the new catalyst is significantly higher than that of the traditional catalyst. Meng Hai calculated the ammonia production for one day and concluded that the daily ammonia production per cubic meter of the catalyst reached 60 tons, which is higher than that of the traditional catalyst.
20%.
The total amount of catalyst loaded into the synthesis tower this time is 0.3 cubic meters, which means that the daily ammonia production can reach 18 tons. Based on 365 days, the annual production capacity of synthetic ammonia has increased from the original 5,000 tons to 6,570 tons.
The improvement in ammonia synthesis efficiency has also effectively reduced energy consumption. Gao Yiping and his team made careful calculations and found that if the current production efficiency can be maintained, the fertilizer plant is expected to turn a profit. However, profits are not something that can be imagined. After all,
The problem of equipment aging still exists, and new catalysts cannot solve all problems.
"Xiaofan, you have made great contributions to the factory."
At home, Gao Yiping patted Gao Fan on the shoulder and praised him. After that, he turned to Ran Yuying who was standing aside and said:
"Yuying, do you know that some people wanted to see my joke about the synthetic tower parking accident this time. As a result, Xiaofan came up with such a rare earth catalyst, which is much better than traditional catalysts. Production has gone very smoothly these days.
, energy consumption is 20% lower than in the past.
"I have asked the Production Section and Technology Section to quickly sort out the information and report it to the Chemical Industry Department. I guess you can't escape with an award. Doesn't this turn a bad thing into a good thing? I guess those who want to see a joke will
, now my face is swollen."
"That's it, who is my son? It's a shame that you always scolded him in the past." Ran Yuying said happily.
"Training him is also for his own good." Gao Yiping said. He turned back to look at Gao Fan and said, "Xiaofan, you did a good job this time, but you can't be proud. You have to know..."
"Dad, this is not urgent." Gao Fan quickly interrupted Gao Yiping's nagging and said, "Now that the effects of using the new catalyst have been revealed, haven't you thought about anything else?"
"What happened?" Gao Yiping asked.
Gao Fan put his hand on his forehead: "Dad, you have been in the planned economy for a long time. The central government has proposed to develop a commodity economy, but you don't have any awareness of the commodity economy?"
"What do you mean by commodity economy consciousness?" Gao Yiping was a little confused.
Gao Fan said: "It's just business, and the baskets you pick up are all vegetables. The fertilizer factory is still losing money now. Don't you think about making up for the losses inside the embankment and making some small money in business? At least make up for the loss, right?"
"You mean...the rare earth catalyst we made can be sold?"
Gao Yiping's eyes lit up. Yes, he has personally tested it. The effect of rare earth catalysts is much better than traditional catalysts. Why can't such a good thing be sold?
There are 60 to 70 small nitrogen fertilizer plants in the province like the Canghai Fertilizer Plant, and the catalysts must be replaced every year. However, there is no professional catalyst plant in the province, so everyone can only go outside the province to purchase catalysts. If the Canghai Fertilizer Plant can produce catalysts
, and its performance is better than that of catalysts from professional factories outside the province. Is it necessary for everyone to look far away and buy it outside the province?
Each company needs to use about one ton of catalyst. The price of one ton of catalyst is more than 2,000 yuan. If 50 companies in the province buy their own catalyst, the output value will be more than 100,000 yuan.
I know the cost of the catalyst very well. The cost of the raw materials plus the electricity for the electric furnace, plus a little hard work fee for the steel plant at best, the cost of the catalyst per ton does not exceed 1,000 yuan. If I can sell 50 of them, it means I have 50,000 yuan.
The above profits can offset the losses of the main business.
"Okay, this is a good suggestion!" Gao Yiping became excited, "I will communicate with Director Xu and ask the Department of Chemical Industry to come forward and require all fertilizer plants in the province to buy our catalyst. A ton of catalyst sells for 2,000 yuan, and the cost is 1,000.
We made a net profit of 1,000..."
"Wait a minute, Dad, we used to buy catalysts from other provinces. How much did one ton cost?" Gao Fan asked.
Gao Yiping said: "One ton is 2,200 yuan, and there is freight. It costs almost 2,400 yuan to transport it to the factory."
"Since we buy traditional catalysts, they cost 2,400 yuan per ton, and our rare earth catalysts are much better than traditional catalysts. Why do they only sell them for 2,000 yuan?" Gao Fan asked.
"Our cost is only 1,000 yuan, and we sell it for 2,000 yuan per ton, which is half the profit. If it is more expensive, why don't they produce it themselves?" Gao Yiping retorted.
Gao Fan said with a smile: "Dad, you only counted the cost of raw materials, but you didn't count the money we invested in so much technology? For example, how much is your son's golden idea worth? Doesn't it need to be included in the cost?
"
Gao Yiping nodded subconsciously. Gao Fan's PUA on him had begun to take effect. He was not dissatisfied with Gao Fan's arrogance. Instead, he felt that what Gao Fan said was quite reasonable.
"Then according to your opinion, how much should our catalyst be sold for?"
"4,000 yuan per ton, no counter-offers."
"This... is a bit high. I don't think other factories will accept it."
"It depends on how well our advertising is done."
"You still want to advertise?" Gao Yiping was surprised.
Gao Fan took out a stack of manuscript paper, handed it to Gao Yiping, and said: "It's not a real advertisement, but a soft advertisement. Dad, look, this is a paper I just wrote. The data came from Uncle Meng and the Production Department.
Uncle Yuan wants it. Can you find some connections so that "Maolin Chemical" magazine can publish it in this issue?
"As soon as the paper is published, every fertilizer factory will see it. Rare earth catalysts have short start-up time, low energy consumption, and high synthesis efficiency. The cost saved in one start-up stage alone is more than 10,000 yuan, and they spent 4,000 yuan
Come and buy our catalyst, what's not to like about you?"
"Is this okay?" Gao Yiping was stunned. His son's routine was too deep, and he felt that he could hardly keep up.
If you think about it carefully, Gao Fan's calculation is reasonable. Using rare earth catalysts can save more than 10,000 yuan in the start-up stage alone, and the start-up time is shortened by half, which is equivalent to adding three or four days of production time. This
It’s worth at least tens of thousands of yuan. Based on this calculation, can 4,000 yuan per ton of catalyst be considered expensive?
As for letting those factories develop new catalysts like the Canghai Fertilizer Factory, the possibility is almost zero. The Canghai Fertilizer Factory perfected the production process of rare earth catalysts under the guidance of Gao Fan, and other fertilizer factories will do it for a mere 4,000 yuan.
Do you need to spend so much effort on a 10 yuan catalyst?
Besides, even if they want to do this, do they have the courage to do so?