极目新闻记者客串加能站一线工人
Braving 200°C Temperature Swings: A Day With Wuhan's LNG and Hydrogen Refueling Crews
高温下穿“铠甲”，“上岗”5分钟差点中暑
Five Minutes Clad in Protective Gear, and I Nearly Fainted
楚天都市报极目新闻记者舒均
Reporter: Shu Jun (JIMU News)
通讯员陈艺婷
Correspondent: Chen Yiting
翻译：许洲 王靖颖 卫拉（湖北大学）
Translators: Xu Zhou, Wang Jingyin, Lisa M. K (Hubei University)
8月5日上午，武汉东西湖区东方红LNG加能站，站在太阳下的水泥路面上，能够感觉热浪从地上蒸腾而上。
On the morning of August 5 at Dongfanghong LNG fuelling station in Wuhan’s Dongxihu District, heat ripples rise visibly from the sun-baked concrete pavement.
LNG员工进行加注作业 通讯员供图
LNG staff performing refueling operations. (Photo provided by the Correspondent)
极目新闻记者换上工人们同款的“铠甲”——阻燃长袖工装、防冻围裙、安全帽，外加一双长到手肘的厚手套，刚踏进作业区不足5分钟，汗水便浸透内衫，头盔下的头发像被水洗过，呼吸逐渐发紧，太阳穴突突跳，眼前甚至一阵发黑。几步之外的加能岛旁，当班工人正熟练地作业。当被问到热不热时，面罩下，一张脸咧嘴一笑：“每天至少8小时，早就习惯了。设备不能停，车不能等，我们也不能退。”
I put on the workers’ so-called armor: a flame-resistant long-sleeved jacket, an insulated apron, a safety helmet, and thick elbow-length gloves. Less than five minutes after stepping into the operation zone, sweat soaked my undershirt. My hair, trapped beneath the helmet, felt as though it had been drenched in water. My breathing grew laboured, my temples throbbed, and for a moment my vision dimmed. A few steps away, the on-duty worker carried out procedures deftly. Asked if the heat bothered him, he grinned behind his face shield: “We work at least eight hours daily — we’ve long grown accustomed to it. The equipment cannot shut down, trucks cannot wait, and we cannot step back.”
200℃温差的“冰火”坚守
Between Fire and Ice
东方红LNG加能站的刘涛，今年40岁，身材微胖，最怕热。烈日下，他穿上全套防护装备，5分钟不到后背便湿透了，今天他的任务是在卸液区守3到4个小时，执行“边卸边发”作业，液罐车向站内储罐卸液，站内加气枪向重卡加注，两边不能停。
Liu Tao, 40, works at the Dongfanghong station. Heavyset and famously heat-intolerant, he's soaked through his gear within minutes of stepping outside. Today’s assignment requires him to stay in the offloading zone for three to four hours conducting simultaneous offloading and fuelling: LNG tankers transfer cryogenic fuel into station storage tanks while dispensers fill heavy-duty trucks, and neither stream of work can pause.
LNG枪温度零下150℃，地表温度却超过50℃，200℃的温差，每次接枪拔枪，手套外面结着冰霜，后背却被烈日烤得发烫。“厚手套、皮围裙、面罩，一件都不能少”，他拍了拍身上的装备，“安全比舒服要紧。”
The LNG nozzle runs at -150°C. The ground beneath it can exceed 50°C. That 200°C swing means Liu's gloves frost over each time he connects or disconnects a nozzle, even as the sun bakes the back of his neck. “Thick gloves, leather apron, face shield — none of it's optional,” he pats on his protective gear. “Safety comes before comfort.”
站长汪天虎站在旁边，眼睛一直盯着压力表。他心里有本账：东西湖物流园区的半挂车队全指着这座加能站“吃饭”，物流车队的节奏跟私家车完全不一样，晚上装完货，早上加气上路；中午装完货，又赶过来加气。
Station manager Wang Tianhu keeps his eyes fixed on the pressure gauge nearby. He knows exactly what's at stake: the half-trailer fleets running the Dongxihu logistics park depend entirely on this station. Truck operators follow a schedule totally different from private motorists: they load cargo overnight and hit the road at dawn, or finish loading at noon and rush straight here to refuel.
“这些大家伙加满气要跑一千多公里，耽误不得。”
“A full tank on these rigs gets them over a thousand kilometers down the road,” he says. “We can't afford delays.”
“车不能等，我们更不能退”
“The Trucks Can't Wait, and We Won't Back Down”
上午11时许，东西湖革新大道加氢站的水泥地烫得能煎鸡蛋。站长高虎站在罩棚边，看着排队的长龙——车牌从鄂A到皖K、豫R、沪F，华中华东的车全来了。国家补贴把氢价从35元压到20元，加上高速免费，这些重卡路过湖北，都拐进来加氢。
By 11 a.m., the concrete at the Dongxihu Hydrogen Refueling Station on Gexin Avenue was hot enough to fry an egg. Station manager Gao Hu stood beneath the canopy, watching a line of trucks stretch out — license plates from Hubei, Anhui, Henan, Shanghai, drivers from across central and eastern China. National subsidies have cut hydrogen prices from 35 yuan to 20 yuan per kilogram, and with highway tolls waived for hydrogen trucks, drivers now detour here whenever they pass through Hubei.
老员工王成记得清楚，三年前下午站里冷清得很，现在从早7点到晚10点，加氢枪就没歇过。一台重卡加满50公斤氢要近一小时，他得全程手扶枪、眼盯表，寸步不离。他穿的蓝色防静电阻燃服比普通衣服厚得多，一天灌下去4升水，全变成汗排了出去。“衣服湿了干、干了湿，回家媳妇都说我身上一股盐味儿。”他开玩笑，可转身又握紧了加氢枪，“高压设备，容不得半点马虎。”
Veteran operator Wang Cheng remembers clearly how quiet the station used to be in the afternoons three years ago. Now the hydrogen dispenser runs nonstop from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. Filling a heavy truck with 50 kilograms of hydrogen takes nearly an hour. For the whole duration, he must hold the nozzle, monitor gauges and never leave the post. His blue anti-static flame-resistant uniform is far thicker than ordinary garments. He drinks four litres of water every single day, all lost through perspiration. “My uniform alternates between soaked and dried. My wife says I’m covered in salt crust when I get home,” he jokes. Then he tightens his grip on the fuelling nozzle. “Working with high-pressure equipment leaves zero room for carelessness.”
高虎比谁都紧张设备的“脾气”。武汉对外经营的加氢站总共4座，东西湖就他这一座。“要真出了故障，每天定点加氢的车全得趴窝。”所以巡检雷打不动，哪怕40℃也两小时一次。手持检测仪挨个查阀门，听异响、看压力、测温度，一丝一毫不敢松。
Gao Hu knows better than anyone how temperamental the equipment can be. Wuhan operates only four publicly accessible hydrogen refueling stations, and his is the sole one in Dongxihu District. “If equipment malfunctions, all the trucks that come here for scheduled refueling will be stranded.” That explains his non-negotiable inspection routine: checks every two hours, even when temperatures hit 40°C. He carries a handheld detector to examine valves one by one, listening for abnormal noises, monitoring pressure readings and measuring temperatures, never letting his guard down for a single moment.
“车不能等，我们更不能退。”这句话，刘涛说过，王成说过，高虎也说过。
“The trucks can't wait, and we won't back down.” Liu Tao said it. Wang Cheng echoed it. So did Gao Hu.