Technology is the core of energy-saving and environmental protection enterprises

For six years, a team of about 100 people has been engaged in the business of 500 printing and dyeing enterprises, with an annual sales revenue of more than 35 million yuan and an asset scale of more than 75 million yuan. Shaoxing Oriental Energy engineering Technology Co., Ltd. is creating such an industry development speed. Even for emerging industries that are energy-efficient and environmentally friendly, such achievements are enough to be praised.

Of course, engaging in the energy conservation and environmental protection industry is not as simple as imagined, and its infinite technological content also makes people struggle. How to master core technologies and stay ahead of the industry is a question that practitioners including "Dongfang Energy" have been exploring with great effort, as with advanced technology, honors and profits will come one after another.

Energy conservation and environmental protection, Chaoyang enterprises "need to accumulate"

A number of 100 employees can easily equate people with small and micro enterprises. But it is such a company that its marketing network covers more than 10 prefecture level regions in multiple provinces such as Zhejiang, Guangdong, Fujian, Jiangsu, Shandng, and has established long-term and stable service cooperation relationships with more than 500 printing and dyeing enterprises. The company mentioned by the reporter is Shaoxing Oriental Energy engineering Technology Co., Ltd., a benchmark enterprise for energy conservation and environmental protection in Shaoxing.

Considering the numerous characteristics of the local textile printing and dyeing industry in Shaoxing, "Dongfang Energy" mainly engages in serving the transformation and upgrading of these enterprises. However, looking back at the six years that the company has gone through, Zhang Xiaogen, the "leader", bluntly stated that he has tasted all the "ups and downs". Although the words' energy conservation 'and' environmental protection 'may sound glamorous, it's not easy to do it, and one really needs to endure loneliness. Zhang Xiaogen has a deep understanding of the difficulty of engaging in the energy conservation and environmental protection industry.' Without technology, there is nothing, and it takes a long process of accumulation. 'Zhang Xiaogen told reporters that in the first few years of the company's establishment, it has been losing money, and there has been a blowout period in business and sales in the past two years. The explosive growth is attributed to a series of policies and regulations introduced from the national to local levels, and more importantly, the continuous maturity of enterprise technology.

Starting from scratch and continuously developing and improving technology in practice, in the past two years, the technological content of "Dongfang Energy" has continuously improved, and quantitative change has finally developed into qualitative change. The sales revenue increased from 1.4 million yuan when it was established in 2008 to 35.25 million yuan in 2013, and the asset size increased from 1 million yuan to over 75 million yuan. Last year alone, the sales revenue increased by about 150%. The benefits are only one aspect. Seeing the sky turn blue and the water turn clear, a sense of achievement in one's heart is also rare, "Zhang Xiaogen said.

Replacing Coal with Gas to Eliminate Coal Fired Boilers in Printing and Dyeing Plants

In the past two years, the thick smoke from the chimneys of printing and dyeing enterprises in Shaoxing has been invisible, and the sky in the industrial park has become bluer and bluer. All this is due to the "Green Revolution" - "coal to gas", which started two years ago, and is also one of the important projects of "Oriental Energy". Taking the lead in promoting the "coal to gas" project in the printing and dyeing industry, it can not only reduce atmospheric pollutants such as sulfur dioxide and smoke in our city, but also improve the structural status of coal as a single energy source and increase the utilization rate of clean energy. For enterprises, using natural gas can not only improve energy utilization efficiency, but also save hidden costs such as coal yards, labor costs, pollution discharge fees, and emission rights fees.

The so-called "coal to gas" simply means transforming the traditional coal-fired boilers of printing and dyeing enterprises into natural gas for operation. It sounds simple, but such a transformation is by no means easy. To ensure the safe and efficient operation of the direct combustion heating system of the molding machine, the development of a gas burner is crucial. The burner often stalls and the temperature of the hot air cannot meet the requirements, which is a practical production problem that many enterprises have encountered in the process of "coal to gas". After repeated testing and improvement, "Dongfang Energy" has already overcome this technical bottleneck, and hundreds of molding machines have already blossomed in various printing and dyeing enterprises in Shaoxing. It is expected that by next year, the company's market share in Shaoxing will reach 40%.

Of course, "coal to gas" is only a project of "Dongfang Energy". The waste gas purification device, waste heat recovery device, and advanced treatment of printing and dyeing wastewater of the molding machine have now become the company's flagship projects and are popular in the market.

Technology is the core driving force

'Bringing in' is the secret

Many technologies are actually introduced by every means possible. "The year before last, Zhang Xiaogen met Professor Tao Wenquan, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and an authoritative researcher in the field of heat exchangers, while attending the Shanghai Energy Conservation and Environmental Protection Conference. Upon learning that Professor Tao is from Shaoxing, Zhang Xiaogen felt the opportunity was rare and constantly sought advice from Professor Tao through phone calls, text messages, and other means to seek cooperation opportunities. After the 'three visits to the thatched cottage', Professor Tao was finally moved. Last year, he specifically brought the 'new waste heat recovery device' project to Shao to cooperate with the company. At present, the project is about to enter the production phase. This product can be widely used in the waste heat recovery of molding machines in industries such as printing and dyeing, leather making, and rubber, and will truly bring real gold and silver to enterprises.

The principle that "technology is productivity" is now applicable to various industries, especially for energy-saving and environmental protection industries. Top high-end talents are difficult to introduce, and Dongfang Energy's approach is to "bring in" technology through cooperation. In addition to Professor Tao, the company has explored ways to collaborate with top talents in the field of energy conservation and environmental protection, from individuals to teams. High precision talents in the field of energy conservation and environmental protection in China, such as Xi'an Jiaotong University, Shanghai Academy of Environmental Sciences, and Dalian Institute of Technology, have also collaborated with "Oriental Energy". For example, the "New Nanocomposite Adsorption Materials" project led by Dr. Liu Yiliang has been put into practical use.

Unlike other production-oriented industries, the teams of "Dongfang Energy" are mostly dispersed in various enterprises for construction, and they are supported by the company's specially configured technology centers and skilled R&D teams. Over the past 6 years, the "combined molding machine waste heat recovery device" independently developed by the company has been included in the "Zhejiang Province Key Technology Innovation Project" and the "Small and Medium sized Enterprise Technology Innovation Fund Project" of the Ministry of Science and Technology. Three years ago, the enterprise was approved by the National Development and Reform Commission as one of the first national level "energy-saving service companies" in China.