Material Empire

"With such a fast filtration rate, this can never be a nanofiltration membrane!"

Bernice roared loudly with some despair.

The filter membrane relies on the micropores on the membrane to achieve filtration. The smaller the pore size, the smaller the material particles that pass through the filter. At the same time, under a certain water pressure, the water penetration rate will decrease accordingly. According to theoretical calculations, the permeation flux of nanofiltration membranes can only reach 2.5 at most, and this is only a theoretical limit, which cannot be achieved in practice. And the filter membrane provided by Daqin Group has a permeation flux of at least 20 or more, which is completely unscientific!

Bernice is a person engaged in technology, of course he can also think that the Chinese may have mastered a completely different filtering principle, so that they can greatly improve the filtering efficiency while taking into account the filtering effect. However, now he has no way out. He can't admit that he is inferior to others. He can only pour some dirty water on the opponent first, and then hope that the opponent will make some mistakes, and then use these mistakes to completely deny the opponent's products.

The experimenters were not affected by Bernice, seeing that the filter membrane had started to work, they took samples step by step to test the quality of the filtered water.

"Surfactant, 1.3..."

"Oil particles, 0.4..."

"Salt, qualified..."

The results were reported one after another, and everyone present fell into silence. Everyone turned their eyes to Bernice in unison, with some indescribable emotions showing in their eyes.

Daqin Group's filter membrane is indeed slightly inferior to Warren Group's in terms of filtration quality, but it is still within the acceptable range. In terms of the self-purification ability of the sea, an increase in the concentration of some chemical residues in wastewater by a few parts per million will not bring any ecological consequences at all. The filtration efficiency of Daqin Group's membrane is hundreds of times that of Warren Group, which is crucial.

"Gentlemen, what do you think of the test results?" Henlock first broke the silence. He is the Minister of Ecology and the person in charge of the entire pollution cleanup project. The final decision is made by him. In fact, after watching this test, he already understood how he should choose, but he still had to seek everyone's opinions first, so as not to have any criticism from the Warren Group.

"I think the super filtration membrane provided by China is perfect." Flanding said first. For such a test result, he is the happiest besides those from the Daqin Group. This is not only because the filter membranes of the Daqin Group have solved the problem of oil pollution cleaning, but also because they have made the proud Europeans fall hard. made a somersault. As a rich man in the Middle East, Flanding can feel all kinds of disdain for him from Europeans, and this time he can finally use the hands of the Chinese to vent his anger.

"If the performance of the super filtration membrane can be kept stable, I think it will be of great help to clean up the oil pollution this time." Gemmer expressed his attitude in a relatively conservative way.

Besborough turned to Qin Hai and asked, "Mr. Qin, how long is the service life of your super filtration membrane?"

"If it is dealing with ordinary oil pollution, it will take about five days." Xia Yangjie answered this question for Qin Hai.

"It's only been five days?" Crowden, who was stunned by the side, shouted triumphantly as if he had grasped some life-saving straw, "Our filter membrane has a service life of 8 to 12 weeks."

"It's not surprising." Qin Hai glanced at Clauden and said calmly.

"What's not surprising?" Crowden asked back puzzledly. Before he finished speaking, he suddenly remembered something, and his face flushed suddenly.

Isn't it not surprising that the filtration efficiency of other people's filter membranes is 100 times that of yours. Although the service life is shorter, the amount of sewage filtered is far more than yours. The scrapping of the filter membrane is often not due to damage, but because the residue after filtration adheres to the surface of the filter membrane, which makes the filter membrane lose its filtering ability, and the amount of residue is obviously directly related to the amount of filtered sewage.

"Then, there is one more question, what is the unit price of your filter membrane?" Besborough asked in a calm tone as much as possible. He also knew that the overall situation was settled, and all his previous contempt for Qin Hai had become a laughing stock in front of the experimental results. What he can do now is to try his best to downplay this matter and maintain a "fair" image of an expert.

"The sales price of this kind of filter membrane is 70 US dollars per square meter. If the purchase quantity exceeds 100,000 square meters, it can be reduced to 60 US dollars." Xia Yangjie replied.

"What's the price of Warren Group's filter membrane?" Besborough turned his head to Bernice again and asked.

"20 dollars per square meter." Bernice replied in a frustrated tone. Considering the difference in the amount of sewage that the two membranes can handle, Warren's price of 20 dollars per square meter is the same as Daqin Group's price of 70 dollars per square meter. In comparison, there is no advantage at all.

The filtration efficiency is not good, the durability is not good, and the price is not competitive. In this competition, Warren Group can be said to have completely lost.

Knowing this, why did we come to Le Havre? Bernice kept blaming himself in his heart. Thinking that the person who reported the news to them was Gummer, Bernice couldn't help feeling a little resentful towards Gummer. However, after thinking about it carefully, Gummer didn't ask them to come forward, but just told them that there was such a thing. one thing. It is clear that the Warren Group underestimated the technical level of the Chinese, so they traveled all the way to Le Havre to wait for others to slap them in the face.

Besborough pulled Henlock and several other experts aside and whispered. When Henlock appeared in front of Qin Hai again, the smile on his face was already very kind.

"Mr. Qin, in the name of the French Ministry of Ecology, I formally propose a cooperation intention to your company. We hope that your company can provide us with 200,000 square meters of ultra-filtration membranes in the next month for oil pollution treatment on beaches and seas. Can your company provide these products," said Henlock.

"However, we will organize production immediately to ensure that your work of cleaning up oil pollution will not be affected." Qin Hai replied solemnly.

"Okay, I hope we can cooperate happily." Henlock said, reaching out his hand to Qin Hai.

Qin Hai smiled and held Henlock's hand, and said, "Happy cooperation!"

Besborough also came forward and said with a smile: "Mr. Qin, you have done a very great thing. The amazing super filtration membrane you produced will completely change the mode of offshore oil pollution treatment. I hope that you can scale up the production of filter membranes, because there will be many places in the world waiting to use your products."

"Thank you Mr. Besborough for your compliment. I hope Mr. Besborough can do more publicity for us so that our products can better serve the protection of the world's environment." Qin Hai said politely to Besborough, as if he had completely forgotten The quarrel that the two had had before was eliminated.

In this way, a deal was finalized in a harmonious atmosphere. Henlock, Flanding, Besborough and others surrounded Qin Hai, chatting happily. In fact, they had no principled conflict with Qin Hai. Qin Hai's products could help them solve their problems, so they naturally accepted this enviably young Chinese.

As for Bernice and Crowden, they could no longer stay in this situation, and they quietly left the experiment site with dark faces.

That night, Flanding held another grand banquet to entertain all the officials and experts involved in the oil pollution cleanup work, among which Qin Hai and other Chinese were the guests of honor. At the banquet, Flanding stood with Qin Hai for the rest of the time, except for offering a round of wine to everyone at the beginning. The two of them talked and laughed happily in English.

"Mr. Qin, you saved my company, you are my best friend." I don't know how many times Flanding said this to Qin Hai.

"Prince Flanding, you are too kind. It is our honor that our products can solve some difficulties for the prince." Qin Hai said with a smile.

Flanding patted Qin Hai on the shoulder and said, "No, no, Mr. Qin, you don't know how important this matter is to me. Without your super filtration membrane, I'm afraid I'd go bankrupt. Mr. Qin , as a friend, I would like to be able to do something to repay your help, do you have anything I can do for you?"

"It seems... nothing?" Qin Hai said in embarrassment. There is a prince who cries and insists on doing something to repay him, but he can't think of anything that needs the help of the other party. This seems to be a bit shameless.

Flanding was obviously a little bit embarrassed, he said: "Aren't you willing to give me a chance?"

"Hmm... let me think about it." Qin Hai held the wine glass and began to think deeply, "Your Highness, the filter membrane we produce can be used for seawater desalination in addition to chemical sewage treatment. I wonder if there is one in your country?" needs in this regard?"

"Desalination of seawater? This is so important to us!" Flanding said excitedly, "You know, Saudi Arabia is a country short of water, and desalination of seawater is of strategic significance to us. Our current desalination plants are all made of It was built by a European company, and if you can provide seawater desalination technology comparable to that of Europe, I can encourage the government to cooperate with you in this field.”

"Our technology is not inferior to Europeans at all. As we have seen today, we are stronger than Europeans in some aspects." Qin Hai said confidently.

"Okay, then we'll make a deal. After I've dealt with the oil spill, I'll return to China immediately to contact you. I look forward to seeing you again in Riyadh," Flanding said.

Xia Yangjie, who stood not far away and watched their conversation, sighed, and whispered to Yu Lihong beside him: "I am really convinced, and in just a short while, Mr. Qin has negotiated a big deal again. If you can The Saudi seawater desalination project is at least a billion-dollar project.”

"Haha, I've been convinced for a long time. With Mr. Qin, we never have to worry about being idle." Yu Lihong raised his wine glass with a smile and said to Xia Yangjie.