fantasy novels Chapter 731: Natural Gas Has The Same Long History, And Civil And Military Officials Want To Go Back
Chapter 731: Natural Gas Has The Same Long History, And Civil And Military Officials Want To Go Back
After talking about the black land in the Liaodong Plain, Yan Changqing continued to take Zhu Yuanzhang, Queen Ma, Zhu Xiongying, and other civil and military officials to the next branch of the Future Energy Exhibition Hall.
“The next energy era, in addition to being an era of new petroleum energy, I think it is also an era of new natural gas energy!”
"The so-called natural gas, according to my understanding, if viewed from a broad perspective, refers to all gases naturally occurring in nature, including gases formed by various natural processes in the atmosphere, hydrosphere, and lithosphere!"
"Including but not limited to oil field gas, gas field gas, mud volcano gas, coal bed methane, biogenic gas, etc."
"If you look at it from a narrow energy perspective, it refers to the mixture of hydrocarbons and non-hydrocarbon gases naturally contained in the formation."
"In petroleum geology, natural gas usually refers to oil field gas and gas field gas. Its composition is mainly hydrocarbons and contains non-hydrocarbon gases.
Looking at Zhu Yuanzhang, who once again showed a clear and stupid look, and other civil and military officials, Yan Changqing couldn't help but sigh.
Then after thinking about it, Yan Changqing gave an example:
"You can be superficial and even mistakenly think that natural gas is biogas!"
"Although natural gas and biogas, the production and composition of the two are completely different."
"However, the external appearance of both parties is the same, both are flammable gases.
Hearing Saint Ban Heng use marsh gas as an example, Zhu Yuanzhang and other civil and military officials suddenly showed a look of enlightenment on their faces.
They really couldn't understand anything about hydrocarbons, non-hydrocarbon gases, and the like.
But if natural gas, like biogas, is a flammable gas, then they basically know what the so-called natural gas is.
"Natural gas is contained in porous rock formations underground, including oil field gas, gas field gas, coalbed methane, mud volcano gas and biologically generated gas, etc. A small amount also comes from coal seams. It is a high-quality fuel and chemical raw material."
“Natural gas can be divided into free state, dissolved state, adsorbed state and solid hydrate according to the phase state existing underground.
“Only when free natural gas is accumulated to form a natural gas reservoir can it be developed and utilized.”
"Natural gas can be divided into associated gas and non-associated gas according to the form of generation."
"Associated gas: Oil field gas that accompanies crude oil and is produced at the same time as crude oil."
“Associated gas is usually the volatile part of crude oil, which exists in the form of gas above the oil-bearing layer. It is found in all formations with crude oil, but the proportion of oil and gas is different.
"Even in the same oil field, the sources of oil and natural gas are not necessarily the same. They are collected in the same distribution network through different channels and through different processes.
"Non-associated gas: including pure gas field natural gas and condensate gas field natural gas, both exist in gaseous state in the formation."
"After the natural gas in the condensate gas field flows out of the wellhead from the formation, as the pressure decreases and the temperature increases, it separates into two phases of gas and liquid. The gas phase is the natural gas in the condensate gas field, and the liquid phase is condensate liquid, which is called condensate oil."
"If it is non-associated gas, it has nothing to do with liquid accumulation and may be generated from plant matter."
"So relatively speaking, non-associated gas produced in gas fields is more difficult to find, while associated gas produced in oil fields is easier to find.'
"As long as there are veins containing oil, there will be natural gas accompanying the oil."
"It's not just natural gas that's associated with oil. Even coal may also have natural gas that's associated with it."
“According to the state of natural gas reserves, it is divided into three types: structural natural gas, water-soluble natural gas, and coal mine natural gas.”
“Structural natural gas can be divided into wet natural gas that accompanies crude oil production and dry natural gas that does not contain liquid components.”
"Natural gas can be divided into biogenic gas, oil-type gas and coal-type gas according to its origin."
“Natural gas can be divided into oil field gas, gas field gas, condensate gas, water-soluble gas, coal bed methane, solid gas hydrates, etc. according to its underground production conditions.
Having said this, Yan Changqing led Zhu Yuanzhang and a group of civil and military officials to a large transparent glass jar.
The transparent glass tank contains natural gas collected during previous oil excavations. There is a long pipe connected to it outside, about the thickness of an adult's arm.
"The existence of natural gas is also not my first discovery and application."
“The discovery and application of natural gas in history can be traced back to the Qin and Han Dynasties in Sichuan.”
"Zhang Ye of the Han Dynasty once recorded in "Natural History": 'There is a fire well in Linqiong, five feet in width and two or three feet in depth', and 'salt is boiled on the well with a basin cover' [describing the use of the fire well in the West Ten Belt Natural gas boiling salt thing.”
"This kind of fuel that comes from the ground, is led out through wells, and is 'thrown with bamboo and wood to make fire' and 'receives the light without charcoal', made the people in the Qin and Han Dynasties in Western Shu feel extremely strange.
"Then the process of 'bringing fire to a well to boil salt and using bamboo tubes to hide the light' of gas extraction and transportation, and the use of natural gas to boil salt, gradually began to take shape and continued to develop."
"For example, Zuo Si described Linqiong Huojing in his famous work "Ode to the Capital of Shu": 'The fire well sinks in the quiet spring, and the high flames fly up to the sky'."
"Another example is Fan Ye's annotation for it in "The Book of the Later Han Dynasty: Chronicles of Prefectures and States": "If you want to get out of a fire well, you should first throw in the fire from your home. After a while, it will rumble like thunder, shine brightly in the sky, and shine for ten miles. Use a bamboo tube. If it is filled with water, it will catch the light but there will be no charcoal. If you take the well fire and boil the well water, you will get four or five buckets of salt from one dendrobium water.
"Here is a detailed description of the collection, transportation, ignition, and use of natural gas to boil salt."
At the end, Yan Changqing also sighed softly.
Just like oil, China has a very long history of discovering and using natural gas.
Even the collection of natural gas in ancient China was even more exquisite.
During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, as the depth of salt wells deepened, the amount of natural gas increased, and salt wells that produced both brine and natural gas continued to appear.
In order to collect and utilize natural gas resources, Zigong craftsmen invented a set of natural gas extraction devices represented by basins [which constitute a unique natural gas salt production technology:
"The basin is shaped like an inverted wooden barrel, with a small top and a large bottom. It is installed under the surface of the wellhead and connected to the atmosphere. The upper part has an upward slope for transporting natural gas, and the lower part has a yin basin for injecting air. drain.
After the natural gas enters the basin, it is mixed with air, and is transported from the mountain stream to the kitchen room through six-level distribution using the air pressure difference to complete gas production. "
The entire device is simple and ingenious in design, realizing the unhindered extraction of natural gas and simultaneous extraction of water and gas, which can be called a miracle in the history of natural gas development in the world.
However, just like oil, although natural gas was discovered early, a set of exquisite natural gas development and collection methods were designed and even applied in daily life.
But that's all.
There was no further study of the specific reasons why natural gas is produced and why it can be burned, nor was there any further promotion of the use of natural gas, nor was there any exploration of other possible natural gas fields.
It's like a child who scored 60 points on the natural gas test paper, turned around and looked around, and found that other children at the same time, let alone scored 60 points on the natural gas test paper, even got the natural gas test paper. There are no qualifications for this test paper.
What does it mean to be a perfect rider, what does it mean to be invincible?!!
This is called Yiqi Juechen, this is called invincibility!!!
So after taking the first step and achieving excellent results, I stopped and never moved forward again.
Therefore, before entering the modern social stage in the previous life, natural gas was only used in a small area.
Of course, this is also related to the mainstream trend in society at that time. After all, during the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Confucianism was still respected, and it was still "low grade in everything except reading."
What kind of natural gas and what kind of exquisite natural gas collection methods are just some evil ways of "strange and obscene techniques"!!!
The failure to ban it until it is completely extinct can be regarded as a "soft-heartedness" caused by Confucianism and the ignorance of Confucian scholars.
"In addition, compared with coal and oil, new energy sources such as natural gas are also superior."
"For example, in terms of green environmental protection, natural gas is a clean and environmentally friendly high-quality energy source that contains almost no sulfur, dust and other harmful substances. The carbon dioxide produced when burned is far less than other fossil fuels, and the greenhouse effect caused by it is relatively small. low, thus fundamentally improving environmental quality.”
"For another example, in terms of safety and reliability, natural gas is one of the safer gases. It does not contain carbon monoxide and is lighter than air. Once leaked, it will immediately spread upward and is not easy to accumulate to form explosive gas, so it is safer than other fuels. relatively high.”
“For another example, in terms of improving life, if ordinary people can use safer and more reliable natural gas as a new energy source for boiling water, cooking, and heating in daily life, it will undoubtedly greatly improve the home environment and improve the quality of life. "
As Yan Changqing spoke, he turned the movable valve connected to the large transparent glass jar in front of him and the long pipe.
As the movable valve rotates, the natural gas in the large transparent glass tank connected to the pipeline begins to flow along the long pipeline until it finally leaks out through the pipe mouth.
Then Yan Changqing took out a fire stick and placed it on the mouth of the pipeline where the natural gas was leaking. With a bang, he immediately saw the leaked natural gas burning in a small area.
Immediately, Yan Changqing picked up a long-handled iron pot placed under the pipe mouth. The pot was filled with cold water, and then placed the bottom of the long-handled iron pot on top of the burning natural gas.
After about a moment, I saw the cold water in the iron pot gradually starting to boil.
Obviously, natural gas can also be used to boil water, cook, and heat by burning it.
And during the burning process of natural gas, there is no pungent smell like burning oil.
It can be said that natural gas is indeed superior to oil at present.
Yan Changqing concluded while holding a long-handled iron pot to boil water:
"I just said that natural gas is divided into associated gas and non-associated gas. Wherever there is crude oil in the formation, there is natural gas associated with it."
"In other words, in the future, while oil is being excavated, natural gas can also be exploited and collected accordingly.
"In other words, when the future enters the new energy era of oil, it will also enter the new energy era of natural gas.
"The new energy era of petroleum and the new energy era of natural gas can be said to coexist symbiotically with each other."
"This is the new energy era of oil and natural gas after coal!!!"
After listening to Saint Ban Heng's story, Zhu Yuanzhang and all the other civil and military officials fell into deep thought at this moment.
It’s not that they have any doubts about the new energy era of oil and natural gas predicted by Saint Banheng.
They just suddenly discovered that their ancestors in the past had left them a lot of precious wealth, such as the oil mentioned before, and the natural gas introduced by Saint Banheng.
Whether it’s oil or
It is natural gas, and Saint Banheng was not the first to discover and use it.
As early as hundreds or thousands of years ago during the Qin and Han Dynasties, oil and natural gas were discovered and used, and were recorded in relevant history books.
But over the past hundreds or thousands of years, except Shen Kuo of the Song Dynasty, and now Ban Heng, the scientific sage of the Ming Dynasty, noticed the oil and natural gas recorded in relevant historical books.
And apart from in-depth understanding and research of oil and natural gas, no one else has noticed the existence of oil and natural gas.
In other words, even if other people noticed the oil and natural gas recorded in relevant historical books, they were not as curious as Shen Kuo and Ban Heng, and then went to learn more about it.
and research.
As a result, they missed the opportunity to leave their mark in history through oil and natural gas, and also missed the opportunity to obtain Haigao's financial interests by controlling oil and natural gas.
Otherwise, if they could be one step ahead of Saint Class 5.1 Heng's family and find records of oil and natural gas in relevant historical books, and then study it further, then
Maybe the person who becomes a science saint today is himself.
Or the simplest way is to know the role of oil and natural gas through relevant historical records, and then buy several veins containing oil and natural gas in advance, then
So now they are making a fortune.
However, there is no if, and the person who has become a science sage now is Ban Heng.
Similarly, the role of oil and natural gas has been pointed out by Kesheng Benheng. Zhu Yuanzhang, who knows the huge benefits of oil and natural gas, will not let anyone outside the imperial court.
Who is involved in the development and trading of oil and natural gas.
[My dear, when you get back, look through other history books to see if your ancestors have recorded anything else about things like oil and natural gas!!!]
[I don’t believe that in the past thousands of years, countless ancestors just noticed the existence of oil and natural gas!!!]
[There must be other ancestors who have noticed other things that are similar to oil and natural gas and can also bring huge benefits!!!]
[As long as you find it and carry it forward, you won’t leave your name in history, but you can also take the opportunity to make some money!!!]
Many civil and military officials have made up their minds to go back and look through the history books to see if there are any other weird things recorded in the history books.
If there is, when the time comes and they learn more about it and study it, maybe they will gain something like the scientific sage Ban Heng.
PS1: There has been something going on at home these past two days, so the update has been delayed. I'm sorry, but please forgive me. .