Vol 2 Chapter 520: Warren Group

People from the Warren Group soon arrived in Le Havre. After hearing the news that a Chinese company claims to be able to provide superfiltration membranes, the established chemical group naturally couldn't sit still. In Europe, a Chinese company is needed to provide technology, which is unacceptable to the Warren Group. Traditionally, things in Asia have always been inconsistent. When they went to Europe to ask for help, there was no such reason.
The Warren Group is one of the top three large chemical groups in the world. It has subsidiaries and production bases in dozens of countries on five continents, with an annual output value of nearly 100 billion US dollars, and holds tens of thousands of chemical technology patents. Oil pollution filter membrane is one of the traditional products of Warren Group. In this field, Warren Group has almost half of the global market share.
Such a company that has always been too high, suddenly heard that someone can provide better products than them, and also claims that the filtration efficiency is 100 times higher, how can they tolerate it. After receiving a call from Germer, the filter membrane division of the Warren Group immediately sent two technical experts to the Le Havre with the best filter membrane of 1,000 square meters.
"We want to know, which company claims to be able to provide superfiltration membranes?"
Warren's technical expert, Bernice, asked Germer's assistant Willitz aggressively as soon as he arrived in Le Havre. Because the news was notified to the Warren Group by Germer, Bernice regarded Germer as an enemy.
"It's a Chinese company, called Daqin Industrial Group," Willitz replied.
"Daqin Industrial Group?" Bernice pouted his lips. "I have never heard of such a company, and Professor Gemmer is also a well-known scholar in the industry. How could he just believe the words of a Chinese company?"
"In fact, we don't believe it. We just want to have one more possibility to solve the problem. Professor Gemmer has contacted your company because he trusts your company's technical strength. If a Chinese company can produce this kind of super filtration, Film, then Warren has no reason not to produce a better product. "Willitz gave Bernice a nail softly.
"Uh ... that's natural, we are the most technologically advanced in the industry ..." Bernice suddenly stopped talking, and he suddenly found himself coming too recklessly. If the Chinese company can really provide a super filtration membrane, even if the efficiency is not 100 times that of Warren's similar products, but only 10 times, or even several times, Warren's face will be very ugly. As Willitz said, there is no reason why Warren could not do better.
"Where is the Chinese you said. We want to meet him," Bernice said.
"Well, I'll contact him," Willitz said.
Le Havre was not big, so finding Qin Hai was not difficult. When Willitz took Bernice and his companion Crowden to see Qin Hai, Qin Hai was standing on the beach with Flandin, Drake and others to discuss how to wash the oil. Qin Hai gestured with his hand, explaining where on the beach to build a water barrier with a super filter membrane. Wash the beach with seawater.
"After treating the oil stains with a strong surfactant, the oil stains will break down into large molecular particles with a molecular weight between 300 and 800 and lose their viscosity. After being washed with seawater, these macromolecules will separate from the sand particles and flow into the seawater .We use a filtration membrane to separate seawater from macromolecular particles. Clean seawater can flow into the sea, while toxic macromolecular particles will remain on the filtration membrane. We only need to replace the filtration membrane once a day. "Qin Haixiang Frantin said.
"According to this plan, how long does it take to process the entire Le Havre beach?" Flandin asked.
"If there are enough pumps and construction machinery for filtering membranes, I estimate that it only takes about 20 days to complete." Qin Hai said.
"Great, so that our compensation can be reduced to one-twentieth, which can save billions of dollars." Flandin said excitedly.
"Sorry. His Royal Highness, I think the scene described by this gentleman is only an imagination, which is actually impossible." Bernice stepped forward, interrupting Frantin's words impolitely.
"Who are you?" Asked Frank, turning his head to look at Bernice.
"I am Bernice, the senior technician of the Warren Group's filtration membrane division, and this is my colleague Crowden. We are here to provide you with filtration membrane services." Bernice arrogantly said.
"Warren Group?" Flandin nodded, he was in the oil business. It is impossible not to know a large chemical company like Warren Group. He asked, "You mean, can you provide a filter membrane for this oil pollution treatment?"
Bernice said: "Of course. We are the most professional filter membrane manufacturer in the world. We can produce various types of microfiltration membranes, ultrafiltration membranes, nanofiltration membranes, and reverse osmosis membranes to meet the various needs of customers. As long as you can We can achieve what we want. "
When he heard Bernice talk lively, he could not help but he turned to Qin Hai and asked, "Mr. Qin, do you know the situation of Warren Company?"
"I understand." Qin Haidao, "The Warren Group has extensive experience in the manufacture of filter membranes, and its products have a global reputation."
"Huh." Bernice shrugged proudly, accepting Qin Hai's praise.
"However, as far as the oil pollution treatment work is concerned, the existing products of the Warren Group may not be able to meet our needs." Qin Hai added lightly.
Bernice's face changed: "What do you mean? Our products can't meet the requirements, can your products meet the requirements?"
"You're right." Qin Hai smiled. "Can you provide a nanofiltration membrane with an infiltration flux of more than 20 cubic meters per square meter per day?"
"20 cubic meters?" Bernice sneered, and then sneered: "Sir, are you talking about sleep? Nanofiltration membranes cannot reach such a permeate flux, I think you are mixing microfiltration with nanofiltration. Right? "
Filter membranes can be divided into different levels such as microfiltration, ultrafiltration, nanofiltration, reverse osmosis, etc., and the corresponding separation substances are becoming smaller and smaller. Microfiltration is mainly for pellets larger than 0.1 micron, such as bacteria and yeast. Ultrafiltration is for macromolecules and small colloidal particles with a molecular weight greater than 500, such as proteins and enzymes. Nanofiltration is for molecular weights less than 500. Small molecular substances, including antibiotics, synthetic drugs, dyes, etc .; as for the reverse osmosis membrane, it can filter out inorganic salts such as sodium chloride.
The smaller the pore size of the filter membrane, the slower the water flow speed. The nanofiltration membrane produced by Warren Group has a maximum permeation per square meter of only 0.2 cubic meters per day, so when Qin Hai talked about the figure of 20 cubic meters, Bernice's first reaction was complete disbelief.
Bernice's response did not exceed Qin Hai's expectations. Anyone who replaced it and heard a technology that is a hundred times stronger than his highest level is obviously unbelievable, especially behind Bernice. Warren Group with strong technical strength.
"Sir, I'm talking about nanofiltration membranes, and you know this very well. The nanofiltration membranes we produce are called super nanofiltration membranes, because it can penetrate the water's permeation flux while ensuring the filtration effect. Increased by more than 100 times. Only such a filtration membrane can meet the need to clean up oil this time. "Qin Hai said with confidence.
"How did you do that?" Bernice asked.
Qin Hai looked at the other with a kind of pity, and sighed for a long time, and said, "Sir, do you think it is appropriate to inquire about the core technical secrets of a colleague like this?"
"We do not intend to spy on your core technology. We just do not believe that there is such a membrane. We have done theoretical calculations. The theoretical maximum permeation flux of nanofiltration membranes is 2.5 cubic meters, and in fact no company can achieve Such a theoretical value. As for the permeation flux of 20 cubic meters, this is contrary to the principles of fluid mechanics ... if you know the model algorithm. "Crowden commented.
"Maybe your model is correct, but the products we have produced have indeed reached such a permeation flux. As for the principle, I think you will soon see it from the application documents published by the European Patent Office. "Qin Hai said with a smile.
Super filter membrane was originally developed by Pujiang Haijie Company under the inspiration of Qinhai. How could Qinhai not know the technical details? Qin Hai has also seen the calculation model that Crowdon said, knowing that the theoretical calculation results he said are well-founded. The key problem is that the superfiltration membrane produced by Jintang Petrochemical has been improved in structure, thus bypassing the obstacles Crowden said.
The technical mystery ~ EbookFREE.me ~ is also very simple to say. Traditional filter membranes are flat membranes, one square meter is one square meter, there is no room for it. The super filter membrane proposed by Qin Hai is a flat membrane rolled into a tube. On the same square cross-section, there are countless thin tubes. The area of ​​each tube is equivalent to one square meter. Hundreds or even thousands of times.
In other words, in fact, the so-called superfiltration membrane is a filter membrane of several hundred square meters made of one square meter of material through structural design. Of course, its permeation capacity is equivalent to hundreds of times of the traditional flat membrane.
The thickness of the filter membrane is generally less than 1 micron. Even if it is rolled into a tube and stacked, it is a thickness of one or two millimeters, which does not affect the use at all. This material, called a hollow fiber filter membrane, is an upgrade of the traditional filter membrane. It is quite normal that Bernice and Crowden have not heard of it.
This special structural design has been patented by Haijie as an invention of several major patent institutions around the world. Bernice, they will see relevant information sooner or later, but now Qin Hai is too lazy to explain these to him, he is still waiting to see each other's jokes.
"No, I don't believe that there is such a membrane. You must have done something about it. I want to expose your scam!" Bernice shouted with red ears. (To be continued)