Since the beginning of this year, my country has achieved breakthroughs in key technologies in many fields, including aerospace launch vehicles, large aircraft, LNG ship , etc. A great power is a key weapon, and core technology must be mastered in one's own hands and continuously achieve breakthroughs, which means that my country's manufacturing and technological level are constantly improving.
Another major breakthrough we are going to talk about today is related to another important weapon of a major country. In the field of equipment manufacturing, its status is comparable to that of the lithography machine in the semiconductor industry. Moreover, this breakthrough is of great significance, not only from zero to existence, but will also bring strong growth power to my country's energy and industrial development.
It is heavy-duty gas turbine , known as the "crown jewel" of the equipment manufacturing industry.
50 MW heavy duty! The working temperature exceeds 1300 degrees Celsius
According to CCTV reports, on November 25, my country's first F-class 50-megawatt heavy-duty gas turbine with completely independent intellectual property rights set out from Sichuan and is about to enter the engineering application stage.
public information shows that heavy-duty gas turbines are the most efficient thermal power conversion power generation equipment in the world and are the core equipment in the field of power generation and driving. Heavy-duty gas turbines are usually used in aircraft carrier , industrial power generation and other fields, and the design and manufacturing difficulty is at the ceiling level. In the past, we did not master core technology, so we needed to import it to obtain it.
Because the position and role of heavy-duty gas turbines in the industry are extremely critical, we must complete the independence of this core equipment as soon as possible. In 2008, my country successfully developed and manufactured the first gas turbine, R0110, breaking the history of being monopolized. Since then, we have become the fifth country in the world to independently produce heavy-duty gas turbines.
What we are going to talk about today is that my country's first F-class 50 megawatt heavy-duty gas turbine was developed since 2008. It was led by domestic leading enterprises to work together and the technical support of university research departments, which was finally completed. In this process, we have achieved a "completely" independent industrial system and truly achieved the goal of "from zero to one".
was once stucked
Like many high-end core equipment, heavy-duty gas turbines have faced a stuck crisis from the very beginning. Moreover, overseas companies are afraid that we will achieve our independence and no longer purchase their equipment at high prices. They are guarding against us and keeping some key technologies in their hands. At the same time, in order to prevent us from imitating, they will also pack up the discarded equipment and take it away.
As we all know, the EUV lithography machines that have plagued the development of our semiconductor industry have more than 100,000 parts, and the technology is involved and the difficulty of breakthrough is comparable to that of the sky. In fact, it is not difficult to make a breakthrough in heavy-duty gas turbines. Taking the F-class 50-megawatt heavy-duty gas turbine that broke through this time as an example, its components have reached more than 20,000. From design to manufacturing to testing, each step faces many technical difficulties, which are huge and complex.
is choked and has a high difficulty breaking the threshold. Heavy gas turbines have become a thorn in our hearts and are difficult to remove. Now, after more than ten years of development, we have finally built a completely independent F-class 50-megawatt heavy-duty gas turbine. It can operate at an environment equivalent to 18 atmospheres, with a speed of up to 6,000 rpm and a temperature of over 1,300 degrees Celsius. It is a real heavy weapon of a major country.
Judging from the breakthrough process of heavy-duty gas turbines, although there are many difficulties, we can still break the monopoly with unremitting efforts. By the same token, the independence of EUV lithography machines will sooner or later be realized, and we will also go further and further on the road to becoming a strong country in our country.
