A new round of scientific and technological revolution and industrial transformation is reconstructing the global economic map, especially energy technologies with the goal of clean, efficient and sustainable, which is accelerating the pace of global energy transformation. China has put forward the strategic goal of "double carbon", and more and more enterprises have begun to seek diversified energy transformation.
On the morning of January 8, Weichai Power's world's first ontology thermal efficiency 51.09% diesel engine released and the National Fuel Cell Technology Innovation Center and the "Hydrogen into Ten Thousand Homes" Science and Technology Demonstration Project Operation Symposium held in Jinan, Shandong Province, mentioned that under the "double carbon" vision goal, the development of China's automobile and internal combustion engine industry is facing unprecedented challenges, and also contains opportunities for transformation and development.
So, how do you turn challenges into opportunities? How to lead a new round of industrial change in the tide of scientific and technological revolution? Tan Xuguang, the head of Weichai Power, a leading domestic equipment manufacturing enterprise, gave his own strategic roadmap - two-wheel drive, and pressed the acceleration button in the two major areas of traditional power and new energy industry.
Diesel engine technology advances into the "no man's land"
The internal combustion engine was one of the most important inventions of the Second Industrial Revolution, and its birth has brought about profound changes in the field of transportation and even the world economic structure. With the process of reform and opening up, China's domestic gas turbine industry has made great progress and progress, giving birth to world-class enterprises with strong influence like Weichai.
Over the past few decades, through technological innovation, Weichai has made great strides to catch up with the international advanced level, and completed the transformation from following to running and running or even leading. On the one hand, the global industry has taken the lead in creating a powertrain for heavy-duty commercial vehicles, supporting China's own brand commercial vehicles to occupy more than 99% of the domestic market and achieving mass exports; on the other hand, it has continuously improved the thermal efficiency of internal combustion engines and set a global industry benchmark.
The level of thermal efficiency reflects the comprehensive strength of a country's diesel engine technology, which is the common pursuit of the global industry in the past 125 years since the birth of diesel engine. At the symposium, Weichai Power announced that the thermal efficiency of the diesel engine body set a new world record, reaching 51.09%. In 2020, Weichai Power released the world's first commercial diesel engine with a thermal efficiency of 50.23%, when industry experts commented that it was "like the first 100 meters in human history to run into 10 seconds". Today, from 50.23% to 51.09%, it is like "running in 9 seconds on a 100-meter track", which further enhances China's discourse power in the global internal combustion engine industry.
The rapid development of new energy technology has brought great pressure to the diesel engine industry, but it must be recognized that new energy technology will not be able to achieve a comprehensive replacement of diesel engines for a long time in the future. Historically, it often took a long time for a new type of energy to penetrate the energy market and gradually reach a considerable proportion. For example, the share of oil in the global energy market was 1% in 1877, and it took 45 years for this proportion to climb to 10%. Therefore, the mainstream judgment of the academic community is that the diesel engine industry is still promising in the future.
In this promising field, Weichai has already thrown off its peers, one step ahead, and advanced into the "no man's land", and every step it takes is a self-transcendence of the limit. From running with others in the past to groping forward on its own, Weichai can be described as an "excellent student" of Chinese enterprises adhering to scientific and technological self-reliance and self-improvement and promoting industrial transformation and upgrading.
New energy is fully rooted
Hydrogen energy outlet superimposed "carbon peak" and "carbon neutrality" strategy, many enterprises have increased the hydrogen energy industry. According to the China Hydrogen Energy Alliance, by 2030, the output value of China's hydrogen energy industry is expected to reach a trillion scale, and by 2050 it will reach the level of 4-5 trillion.
Shandong is a major industrial province and a major energy province, and in recent years has vigorously developed new energy industries such as hydrogen energy, nuclear power and offshore wind power. In the big chess game of Shandong hydrogen energy industry, Weichai C debuted and shouldered a heavy burden. Since the implementation of the "Hydrogen into Ten Thousand Homes" science and technology demonstration project, the National Fuel Cell Technology Innovation Center has established an innovation synergy with Weichai Power as the core and joint research by enterprises, universities and research institutes to accelerate the breakthrough of technical bottlenecks and the landing of industrialization in the industrial chain.
The industry's first 200kW class vehicle fuel cell engine products, unveiled at the national "13th Five-Year Plan" scientific and technological innovation achievement exhibition; the first high-power containerized hydrogen fuel cell combined heat and power system, the first high-power solid-state oxide fuel cell cogeneration system put into operation; China's first intelligent hydrogen fuel cell snow wax vehicle with completely independent intellectual property rights, serving the Beijing Winter Olympics; the country's first "hydrogen + 5G" smart green port, the country's first "car-station-road" linkage hydrogen energy high-speed, The country's first hydrogen energy low-carbon industrial park... It can be seen that the National Fuel Cell Technology Innovation Center with Weichai Power as the lead unit has entered the "flowering and fruiting period" in the promotion and application of hydrogen energy.
Hydrogen fuel cell technology is recognized as the technical development direction of the power field of heavy commercial vehicles, and Weichai's layout in this field has caught up with the wind outlet and stepped on the drum.
Since 2008, Weichai has invested a total of 5 billion yuan in the layout of new energy business, gathered nearly 1,000 R&D teams to carry out key technologies in new energy, and built a fuel cell industrial park integrating R&D design, testing and testing, production and manufacturing functions of hydrogen fuel cells and solid oxide fuel cells. Whether it is the technical level or the industrial scale, Weichai has achieved domestic leadership and world-class, injecting strong impetus into the development of Shandong's hydrogen energy industry and leading new changes in the global power field.
Weichai is a successful practitioner of this kind of steady progress and orderly "change", on the one hand, it promotes internal combustion engine technology to continuously climb to the peak of the industry, and on the other hand, it has rapidly taken root in the new energy business. Two-wheel drive, "hooves and steady steps, courage and determination", Focusing on the main business of Weichai, in the new round of scientific and technological revolution, will be able to open up a new realm of industrial change and enterprise transformation. (Zhou Yingchun)