The new green materials that can replace ceramics were born in Qinghai, and the application prospects are broad

China Net News (Reporter Han Lin) People will contact and use ceramic products every day, but how many people have thought about it, where did the ceramics go after crushing and abandoned? In fact, the construction waste, including abandoned ceramics, is difficult to deal with it. It is still dominated by landfills, which causes headaches.

According to the statistics of the China Architectural Sanitary Ceramics Association, China is the world's largest building ceramic producer, consumer country, and exporter. Half of the global tile production; in 2021, the output of sanitary ceramics above designated size was 223 million pieces.

The energy consumption and carbon emissions generated by the ceramic industry are becoming increasingly serious. The carbon emissions of my country's construction sanitary ceramics industry alone are estimated that it is about 1.40 billion tons per year, accounting for 1.5-2.0%of the country's total emissions. Therefore, the building materials are one of the six "two highs" (high pollution and high energy consumption) industries clearly expressed by the National Development and Reform Commission. In the context of my country's implementation of the "double carbon" strategy, they are facing huge pressure on energy conservation and emission reduction.

How to solve the two major problems of energy conservation and emission reduction and waste treatment? Finding a low energy consumption and low emissions and recycling can also be recycled. Recently, the reporter saw this new material in Xining City, Qinghai Province, that is, the non -metallic new composite material developed by Qinghai Xiyang Industrial (Group) Co., Ltd. (referred to as Xiwang )- "Kunlun Jing Stone".

Kunlun spar: replace ceramics, can be manufactured, and has strong plasticity

Scenario 1: Xining City, Qinghai Province, the product display hall of Xiwang Group is placed in a bathtub, toilet, and a white crystal white crystal, knocking out a crisp sound, and there seems to be no difference between the common ceramic sanitary ware. But the staff said that they were not porcelain, but made of Kunlun spar.

Scenario two: row of wardrobes, tables and chairs are neatly placed in the hall, and wooden patterns look very natural. But this is not wooden furniture, but a furniture made of Kunlun spar.

Scenario 3: There are many buildings in the Xiwang Group Factory area. The materials used in the decoration of their interior decoration are made of Kunlun spar materials, including ceilings, flooring, interior wall decorative boards, and bathroom sanitary ware, tables, chairs, cabinets and other furniture. Not only is it good to use, but also safe and durable.

Scenario 4: There is a small house in the factory area of ​​Xiwang Group. The flat and smooth outer wall makes people feel pleasing to the eye. According to reports, this small house is actually a container. The exterior wall is affixed with a thermal insulation board made of Kunlun spar. After the sun, it is still gorgeous and smooth.

Upper left: It is difficult for reporters to visit the Xiwang Exhibition Hall to believe that the "wood" furniture in front of them is made with Kunlun spar. Upper right: Kunlun spar sanitary ware displayed in the Xiwang Exhibition Hall. Below to the left: The cottage made of containers, the exterior wall is pasted with Kunlun spar insulation board. The bottom right: Long Guangcan demonstrates the drainage in front of the latest super water -saving smart toilet. (Photo by Han Lin)

Long Guangcan, a senior engineer and designer in the ceramic industry, demonstrated a first -class water -saving energy high -end smart seat in the display hall. The toilet made of Kunlun crystal stone in front of me is white and beautiful, and the appearance does not seem to be much different from ordinary toilets. Long Guangcan threw some plastic balls and a rag into the toilet, and after a switch, after a small water flow, these things were rushed down smoothly, and the monitoring instrument showed that the amount of water for a drainage was only 2.5 at 2.5 water. Ascend, the size of the water -efficient toilet water consumption is 3.8 liters of water consumption.

Long Guangcan said that this smart toilet has only been successfully developed this year. It is very light, the water absorption rate is low, and it also has a bacteriostatic coating. Of course, the most important thing is the super water saving. The key to this extent is the use of Kunlun chinensis as materials and steel modeling. It has good and advanced process standards, and achieves the design effect that is difficult to achieve in ceramic materials.

This smart seat instrument should be a "engineering explosion" after being promoted. Chi Liqun, chairman of Xiwang Group, is very confident in this. He calculated a account for reporters: compared to ordinary ceramic bathrooms, this toilet can be used to save 1L of water, according to 350 million families across the country, use 10 times per day per day. About 3.5 million tons, which can save 1.28 billion tons a year, equivalent to 90 water storage of Hangzhou West Lake.

Workers are testing the smart toilet. (Photo by Han Lin)

Chi Liqun said that on the basis of the two major product series of bathroom and thermal insulation system, the surface -based Kunlun spar surface can be used to protect the coatings, wear -resistant layers, high -definition imitation stones, imitation wood grain and other surface materials, which are widely used in assembly Formula floor, background wall, ceiling, furniture and other hardcover areas.

Chi Liqun revealed that this year, Xiwang provided high -end, advanced, basic green materials and full decoration services for nearly 20,000 sets of affordable housing under construction in the country. Xiwang also designed a "bathroom+insulation+full renovation" package service, which uses the self -developed building materials and sanitary wares to provide a complete set of decoration services with strong competitiveness. It is currently looking for powerful installation and construction enterprises across the country. And real estate companies as partners.

Kunlun spar: raw materials are easy to obtain, recyclable, and less low emissions during production

What exactly is Kunlun spar? According to Chi Liqun, Kunlun spar is a polymer non -metallic composite material with calcium carbonate or siliconite as its main raw material. The main component is calcium. Calcium carbonate and silicon ash come from common lime and silicon ash ines. Chi Liqun named this new material "Kunlun Crystal Stone". After years of research, Xiwang not only developed this composite material, but also successfully applied Kunlun spar to the production of bathroom products. In 2007, it was built into the world's first automatic modern bathroom production line in Xining, Qinghai. To produce a sanitary ware, it does not need to be fired with high temperatures up and down at 1500 degrees Celsius like a traditional ceramic production process. Customized sanitary ware products can be formed. The fast time and no waste products can be described as completely subverting the current status of traditional bathroom high energy consumption, high emissions, and high pollution.

According to reports, its production process "composite material production artificial bathroom product" technology has been awarded the national invention patent by the State Intellectual Property Office, and has declared international invention patents to more than 10 countries and regions including the European Union, the United States, Japan, and South Korea.

"Kunlun spar -produced toilet, bathtub and other bathroom products, the shortest 3 minutes, the longest 8 minutes; and the weight is nearly half lighter than the ceramic, the hardness is basically the same as the ceramic high." Speaking.

In Xiyang's sanitary ware production workshop, the reporter saw that a bathtub automatically "released" from the machine, placed from the lift to the workbench, and the workers waiting on the side immediately lifted away. In another workshop, the reporter saw a closed workshop, a robotic arm sprayed glaze on a sanitary ware, which was very fast.

In the sanitary ware manufacturing workshop, the robotic arm is putting a newly baked bathtub. (Photo by Han Lin)

Spray the workshop, a robot is spraying glaze for the sanitary ware. (Photo by Han Lin)

Chi Liqun said that Xiwang has joined hands with the international authoritative evaluation agency -SGS, which lasted for nearly half a year to track the survey, comparing the greenhouse gas emissions during the production process of Kunlun crystal stone bathroom products and traditional ceramic bathroom products. Through field inspections of various process stages, the collection and analysis of carbon emissions data is collected and analyzed, and the conclusion: the production energy consumption of Kunlun crystal stone bathroom products is far less than the same type of ceramic bathroom products in the same industry, and carbon emissions generated during the production process The minimum quantity is only 1/8 of traditional ceramic products.

Chi Liqun also calculated an emission account for reporters: According to statistics, in 2021, more than 98 million toilets nationwide. The patented technology of Xiwang's Kunlun spar production technology will reduce carbon emissions by hundreds of millions of tons. According to my country's current 100 yuan/ton carbon emissions transaction price, 100 million tons are about 10 billion yuan. If the current EU 75 euros/ton carbon emission transaction price, 100 million tons of about RMB 60 billion.

In addition, according to the material characteristics of Kunlun spar, 100%of the products made by it can be recycled and reused. Chi Liqun revealed that Xiwang is studying the green dual -cycle business model of product recycling -the whole house customized product made of these materials, after a certain period of consumption, all realize compensation recovery and reused use, so as to truly realize the green cycle economy.

Chi Liqun: rooted in the northwest, and developed new materials for 20 years

Xiwang's chairman Chi Liqun is an authentic Zhejiang Ningbo. In December 1996, he first came to the Northwest to invest in construction and build a plant. His enterprise Xiwang Group has been rated as an advanced economic operation of Qinghai Province for 8 consecutive years. At the same time, he has won honors such as Qinghai Province's advanced taxation enterprises, outstanding private enterprises in Qinghai Province, and 50 companies in Qinghai Province.

Chairman Chi Liqun pointed to the various plaques in the window to introduce reporters to the various honors received by the company. (Photo by Han Lin)

The many years of touches made him gain success and wealth, and also prompted him to think more deeply. He feels that there are many kinds of mineral resources in my country, especially metal minerals. Although Qinghai Province is relatively rich in mineral resources, the ecology is relatively fragile and inconvenient in transportation. Its rich non -metal minerals have not been developed well.

How can we find a real sustainable development suitable for Qinghai? Since 2002, Chi Liqun has led enterprise employees to invest in the research and development of comprehensive utilization technology of non -metal mine, and cooperates in depth with many well -known universities and scientific research units such as Shanghai Jiaotong University to jointly form a special scientific research team to target the local area of ​​Qinghai. Non -metal mines such as silicon ash, calcium carbonate and other non -metal mines are used for new composite materials instead of traditional materials such as ceramic clay, metal and plastic, and have invested a total of nearly 1 billion yuan in R & D funds.

Chi Liqun said that it is basically self -funded for research and development to spend money. At the most difficult time, he sold many personal assets to engage in research and development.

Huang Tian lived up to the people. After countless times of "R & D-Failure-Summary-Re-R & D Re-R & D" cycle, Chi Liqun and his Xiwang Group finally successfully turned the silicon calcium mines of the Kunlun Mountains into a healthy, safe, recycled, recycling and utilization The new green material, Chi Liqun named it "Kunlun Crystal Stone".

The semi -finished toilet with Kunlun spar as the material. (Photo by Han Lin)

After the development of a series of products, Chi Liqun now regards the promotion of new materials and developing new products as the biggest thing. At present, it has reached a cooperation intention with Urumqi Real Estate Group to enter the real estate decoration industry with green building materials.He also hopes that he will find powerful partners across the country, get fast, and promote the good technology and products on his hands to the whole country, and make greater contributions to my country's "double -carbon" strategy and ecological civilization construction."The application prospects of Kunlun chinensis are very broad, and I am very confident." Chi Liqun proudly said that the direction of efforts is large -scale promotion and application.

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