Chapter 729 Consequences of Insufficient Combustion of Peat
"Well, please take a seat." Yang Mingzhi sat down first, clasping his hands together and staring with a pair of keen eyes.
Ivanov had already taken off his hat, and his shiny Tianling Cap proved that a smart head does not grow hair. He knew what the Chinese wanted to ask, so he sat down and said: "Let's get to the topic. Originally, this
I will personally explain the matter the day after tomorrow. And the fertilizer equipment is also a matter of the day after tomorrow."
"Yes! Things have changed now. I'm very interested in those damn peats. You should have guessed my mood now. You should have told me that you were experimenting with peat from the beginning."
How did this middle-aged man produce more than a kilogram of ammonium nitrate overnight? Yang Mingzhi originally thought there was no problem. But now think about it, with the rare olefin material of charcoal, the efficiency of synthesizing ammonia is not as good as that of humans.
The fermentation of feces and urine produces a large amount of methane!
The reason why he is so efficient is already very clear - this man has been using peat as raw material from the beginning.
Yang Mingzhi still had a serious look on his face and snapped his fingers: "Well, this is already a meeting. Please record everything we said."
This peat seems to be a good thing, but its effect may not be as good as that of the lowest lignite. At least Yang Mingzhi thinks so. Since Ivanov has proved that peat can be of great use, this guy must be there to do a good job.
Explain it.
Faced with such a problem, Ivanov didn't find it strange. In fact, he did explain it well.
"Okay, division commander and deputy division commander, let me explain to you our Belarusian peat:
First of all, this peat is a coal with very low coalification, and its performance is not as good as lignite. You may not believe it, but coal is formed from big trees and grass. We are in the Pripet Swamp area, where there are many mud ponds.
It is very suitable for the decay of vegetation, which eventually returns to dust and merges into the earth. Their final result is to turn into coal, and now they are in the process of transformation. In fact, our land will become a coal mine in the long future.
, the transformation from vegetation to coal has just begun.”
Yang Mingzhi nodded as he listened, then looked at Yevlov's expression next to him. He had a sullen face and a pout. It seemed that these answers were too advanced for this person with little knowledge.
"I understand what you said." Yang Mingzhi put down his hands with a happy expression, "Does that mean we are actually sitting on a coal field?"
Ivanov shook his head: "Theoretically, yes, but on the other hand, it's not."
"Oh? How do you say this?"
"From the perspective of industrial development, these peat coals are not considered coal at all. We develop heavy industry, smelt steel, and build power stations for power generation. What we need is high-quality coking coal. There are many types of coal, and the best among them is coal.
Bituminous coking coal, and the last one is lignite. However, there are no lignite mines in the swamps or even in the entire Belarus. Ironically, peat is everywhere. There are too many miscellaneous things in this material, and its calorific value is very low.
It has no use value.”
Yang Mingzhi nodded seriously: "What about the other side?"
"If you look at it from a civilian perspective, it is also coal. I have to say, especially taking the Black Soil Village as an example. Comrade Deputy Division Commander, why do you think Womanski's land is full of black soil."
"Is it peat?!" Yang Mingzhi suddenly realized that the quality of their land was poor, so the potato yield was also low. Is this the reason for rolling roots to the ground? No! Wait. The result of the previous analysis, wasn't it because there was mostly peat soil?
This is a soil of poor fertility.
Ivanov continued: "I know what the soil in this area is like. In the area with a radius of 20 kilometers centered on the Blacksmith Village, 70% of the land is peat soil, and the rest is peat.
The degree of mineralization of peat soil is relatively high, the nitrogen content is very low, and there is basically no fertility. Especially the lack of fiber in it makes the peat soil too dense and has poor air permeability. Only strong grass can survive in this environment.
The rest are big trees like red pine and white birch.
As for peat, it can already be used as fuel. On the surface, it looks like a kind of soil, and its composition is closer to coal. There is no other reason. Peat is full of olefinic substances, contains no nitrogen at all, and also contains some miscellaneous substances.
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In fact, completely dried peat can be used as fuel, but it is very dangerous because there are too many impurities and it is often not fully burned. If we use it as briquettes, the risk of carbon monoxide poisoning is even more serious."
When he said these words, there was no trace of worry at all, which also meant that this man was very confident in the so-called peat.
Ivanov looked directly at him, and Yang Mingzhi knew that he was waiting for his answer.
Thinking about what this guy just said, several key issues are on the table. That is, the economic benefits of industrialization of peat, which is the most abundant in Belarus, are terrible, agriculture is even more unavoidable, and civilian use as briquettes is extremely difficult.
careful.
No! Wait a minute! This person just said carbon monoxide!
Yang Mingzhi only felt that the light bulb above his head suddenly turned on, and he asked happily: "Ivanov, tell me again. What will be produced in large quantities when the peat is not fully burned?!"
"It's carbon monoxide! Comrade Berekov! I think you know what this substance means!"
"Of course I know!" Suddenly, the table was slapped hard by him, which suddenly woke up Yevlov who was in a daze.
"When we produce ammonia, we need a large amount of carbon monoxide. They are fully mixed with nitrogen in the air in the furnace under high temperature and high pressure, and then the purified water we prepared is poured in. This is ammonia that is worse than urine!"
Ivanov was also very excited: "Yes, Comrade Berekov. Speaking of which, with your knowledge of chemistry, you should be able to understand that with these peats, we can not only produce ammonia, but also many of the most important
Everything can be produced.”
As long as you think about it according to this idea, once ammonia can be mass-produced, the 17th-century method of treating human and animal excrement through nitrifying bacteria to make nitrate can be eliminated! Because, as long as ammonia and plant ash are mixed, hey
Hehe's solution can separate out a large amount of potassium nitrate, which is none other than saltpeter!
In fact, there is an even crazier method, which is to put the airdropped salt into ammonia, and what you get is sodium nitrate. The black powder made from it is more powerful. The only disadvantage is that it is more powerful than potassium nitrate.
It's just more susceptible to moisture. Of course, frantically throwing precious salt into it as ammunition is really a suicidal act.
In front of Yang Mingzhi, it seems that a door to a new world has opened. If the ammunition problem that the troops need most can be solved through self-production, so that superiors do not need to frequently air-drop ammunition, it will be more useful to replace it with daily necessities and food.
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Thinking of this, Yang Mingzhi couldn't help but applaud. "Very good, that's great. God is blessing us. We'd better build a fertilizer plant immediately. I can't wait to produce ammonia continuously. After all, it can serve as a
Planting inferior nitrogen fertilizer, if we want to mass-produce potatoes next season, we'd better produce them immediately. In order for us to be able to produce gunpowder in the future, it is also very necessary to rescue part of the labor force from the terrible environment of making nitrate in manure pits."