Zhang Yujie carefully inspected the entire test site. He knew that Zhou Yan was rigorous in his work and there would not be too many safety problems. He still inspected all aspects of Li Guishan's test, and finally praised their full preparation.
The monitoring room is set up on the Blue Whale's drilling platform. A small shed was temporarily built in the corner, with more than a dozen monitors placed inside. All remote monitoring of the test equipment is gathered here.
Four or five technicians keep an eye on these monitors. Once any abnormality is discovered, they will immediately report it to Li Guishan for emergency treatment.
Zhou Yan sits in the main control room and is responsible for providing Li Guishan with the main equipment parameters of the Blue Whale and various external supports.
Feng Chenyi is sitting next to Li Guishan. The two laptops in front of him are always displaying data from various sensors. These are analysis of the implementation of the entire cementing manifold. He needs to ensure that Li Guishan understands the data at all times.
The demands of the field provide strong guarantee for Li Guishan to adjust the test process at any time.
There are seven or eight technicians waiting outside the monitoring room, with various equipment and tools ready in front of them, ready to carry out rescue operations at any time.
All plans are ready, and we are just waiting for the order to start testing.
Zhang Yujie was sitting behind Zhou Yan in the main control room, looking at the big screen in front of him. Although it was not as intuitive as the scene, he could know immediately whether the entire experiment was successful.
"Comrade Commander-in-Chief, the 30,000 psi test of the Blue Whale cement cementing manifold is ready. Please give your instructions whether to start it!"
Since Zhang Yujie is here, let's make it more formal. Zhou Yan preached loudly through the communication system.
Zhang Yujie, on the other hand, was a bit dumbfounded. You, a middle-level leader of a group, are doing this at this time to make the people below you laugh!
"Okay, don't do all this nonsense, let's get started!" Zhang Yujie kicked Zhou Yan's chair.
Zhou Yan chuckled and shouted quickly: "The test begins!"
After Li Guishan heard this order, he immediately said to the technicians on the side: "According to the test plan, start pressurizing!"
Along with the deafening roar, huge pressure began to run wildly in the pipeline, and the value indicating the pressure climbed rapidly from zero.
Feng Chenyi stared at the screen in front of him expressionlessly, holding a pen in his hand and turning it around, inadvertently drawing symbols on the side, but it seemed that only he knew what these symbols meant.
As the pressure in the manifold exceeded 15,000 psi, the technicians present began to become nervous. This pressure was already the highest pressure they had ever encountered. Only Li Guishan did not change at all and even whispered to Feng Chen next to him.
Told a few jokes.
Feng Chenyi's expression also began to relax. He pointed at his screen and said: "It looks like the situation is not bad. Everything is within the normal range. It is not much different from the previous modeling data!"
"That's good!" Li Guishan nodded, knowing that the pressure was just over halfway, and the more difficult and dangerous things were yet to come.
Fortunately, the previous modeling data gave them a little peace of mind. As long as these experimental data were consistent with the modeling demonstration curve, there was nothing to worry about except for unexpected situations.
After passing 15,000 psi, the increase in pressure began to slowly slow down, no longer changing as rapidly as before. Workers on site could vaguely hear the heart-stopping sound coming from the pipes, as if these pipes were shaking the next second.
It will be like bursting.
Some people couldn't help but look at the temporary control room. Through the open door, they could see Li Guishan constantly giving commands and adjusting the speed of the input water and gas to stabilize the pressure in the pipeline.
Feng Chenyi next to him would report various key data of the current pipeline every thirty seconds, allowing Li Guishan to better control the entire experimental process.
When Feng Chen shouted that the pressure data exceeded 20,000 psi, a deep cheer could be heard clearly at the scene, but everyone knew that it was not the time to be happy yet, so they all remembered this moment in their hearts.
"It's over 20,000 psi!" Zhou Yan said in a low voice.
Zhang Yujie in the main control room is also very excited. This pressure value is close to the world level. Now it depends on the design of Clover and the pipeline installation strength of Hailong Factory to ensure that this value can be stabilized at the specified 30,000 psi.
Zhang Yujie tapped his chin slightly, "Pay attention and don't miss any situation!"
The commander-in-chief's instructions were immediately conveyed to the on-site experimental team through the communication system, and everyone stared at the surroundings with wide eyes.
However, apart from the huge roar, there seemed to be no changes at the scene, and there were not even displays from the instruments. No one thought that such a powerful force would be hidden in these complex cementing manifolds.
When the value in front of Feng Chenyi exceeded 25,000 psi, he couldn't help but feel a little excited. This value had exceeded the current world record for offshore engineering equipment, and also exceeded the highest record set by Li Guishan during experiments in Hailong Shipyard.
At this time, Li Guishan was unusually calm. His biggest expression was that after hearing this data, he turned to glance at the screen in front of Feng Chenyi, and then quickly turned back, constantly staring at the pressure display in front of him.
"Hold on! Keep the pressure still!" Li Guishan stopped and continued to pressurize. He wanted the entire system to adapt to this huge pressure.
"The monitoring team reports the situation!"
"The monitoring team found no abnormalities!" The technician responsible for watching the monitors inside and outside the platform reported immediately.
"Continue to observe!"
Li Guishan turned to Feng Chenyi again, "How are the data changes in each system?"
"It has been at 25,000psi for four minutes and thirty seconds. All data is normal, and there are no alarms or leaks!"
"Continue to pressurize, reduce the pressurization speed!" Even with decades of work experience, Li Guishan did not dare to be careless. He once again reduced the pressurization speed, and the instrument showing pressure changes also began to slowly change the numbers, unlike before.
That anxious attitude.
A full ten minutes passed, and the pipeline pressure only increased by 1,000 psi, but there was still no change.
"Wait a minute and continue to pressurize to 28,000 psi!" Li Guishan controlled the pressurization speed very strictly. Under such pressure, if you are not careful, pressure leakage will occur, and gas and water mist reaching a pressure of thousands of kilograms will spurt out.
When it comes out, it can penetrate anyone's protection in an instant.
Time passed little by little, and beads of sweat broke out on the palms of Zhou Yan and Zhang Yujie in the main control room. They were both staring at the pressure change values on the screen in front of them.
Seeing that this value was moving towards the predetermined goal, the two people couldn't help but smile, but no one said anything. This value was so amazing that even Li Guishan didn't make it in the studio, except just now
Except for the data changes demonstrated by mathematical modeling, there is nothing else.
When the alarm clock set by Feng Chenyi rang, it even startled Feng Chenyi and Li Guishan, who were concentrating on it.
"Why did you set the alarm clock?" Even though Li Guishan was nervous, he didn't forget to adjust his mentality and asked Feng Chenyi with a smile.
"Our scheduled plan!" Feng Chen pointed at the experimental plan next to him.