In addition, the company has completed 72 process test projects, 4 major technical research projects, 30 process development projects and 20 technical measures for new products. The completion of these projects has played a positive role in accelerating the research and development of new products and improving the market competitiveness of Dong Qi products.
The construction of scientific research facilities has achieved results. In 2009, the company increased investment in science and technology and organized and implemented a number of basic experimental facilities for scientific research. At present, the multi-stage turbine test-bed has been completed, and the bearing test-bed, oil system test-bed and steam seal test-bed are basically completed and are being debugged. The fan test-bed has been put into use, the 1MW fan test has been successfully completed, and the 2.5MW fan test is about to be carried out.
The year 2009 was also a bumper year for scientific research achievements in Dong Qi. * * Won the National Science and Technology Progress Award 1 item, 2 provincial awards in Sichuan Province, 5 municipal awards in Deyang City and 9 internal awards in the group company. Among them, the project "Development and engineering application of complete sets of equipment for supercritical 600MW thermal power units" stood out among many domestic projects and won the first prize of national scientific and technological progress, and two scientific and technological achievements, "Development and optimization of high-zone 1.5MW wind turbines" and "Development and optimization of main shaft pumps and oil turbocharging pumps for 600MW units" won the second prize of Sichuan Province's scientific and technological progress, which showed our company's strong technical strength in the field of power generation equipment.
The company has also made outstanding achievements in intellectual property management: as of February 20, 2009, the company applied for patents 196, including PCT patents 1 96, invention patents 103, utility model patents 87 and design patents 6. At present, the company has valid patents 106, including 30 inventions, 7 utility models1and 5 designs.
In 2009, Dong Qi also organized and carried out the research work of the national intellectual property strategy promotion project, and achieved phased results in the research of the company's wind power patent strategy. At the same time, combined with the actual production technology of the company, the research work on key patent documents of nuclear power welded rotor was carried out. Within the company, a lecture on "Innovation-oriented Intellectual Property Management Strategy" was held for company cadres, and knowledge training on "Effectively using patent information to avoid the risk of technological innovation" and "Patent knowledge and practical operation of patent application" was held for all employees. This year, Dong Qi passed the acceptance of the first batch of independent intellectual property enterprises in Sichuan Province and the third batch of pilot units for intellectual property work of state enterprises and institutions, and completed the declaration of the second batch of independent intellectual property enterprises in Sichuan Province.