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Mobile WebSiteIn the recent "Observation of Green and Intelligent Manufacturing Industry-Coal Chemical Industry" issued by Schneider Electric Commercial Value Research Institute, it analyzed the current status of the industry and put forward a proposal for the future industry Reference and thinking on high-end and differentiated development.
New opportunities in digital technology
The "White Paper" pointed out that the transformation and upgrading of the domestic coal chemical industry has challenges in five aspects: informatization, safety, environmental protection, supply chain, and production. The current level of informatization in the coal chemical industry is steadily improving, but data islands and utilization rates are common. Low and insufficient maintenance; coal chemical industry safety management is complicated, and it is necessary to formulate countermeasures in terms of consciousness, system and technology to eliminate illegal operations and eliminate safety hazards; from the perspective of environmental protection response, coal chemical companies have difficulties in tracing the source and Inadequate supervision and implementation.
In addition, an efficient supply chain is one of the important means to enhance a company’s core competitive advantage, but many companies still have poor procurement plans, insufficient supply chain management awareness, lack of economic evaluation, disconnection between procurement and demand, and extensive management of vehicles entering and exiting the market. problem.
To realize intelligent manufacturing, it is impossible to copy it mechanically. In this regard, relevant experts believe that the benchmark coal chemical industry in the future should have the following characteristics, with intelligent characteristics in many aspects such as decision-making, data, production and operation, and execution. At the same time, it emphasizes energy efficiency optimization and safety topics, and builds a standardized system for the principle of life Cycle green smart factory. That is, continue to explore long-term mechanisms for reducing costs and increasing efficiency, increase the research and development, demonstration and promotion of green and low-carbon production processes, technologies and equipment, and improve the efficiency of energy resource utilization.
The Guiding Opinions on the Development of Modern Coal Chemical Industry during the "14th Five-Year Plan" of the Coal Industry (Draft for Solicitation of Comments) pointed out that the "14th Five-Year Plan" period is a key stage for the high-quality development of modern coal chemical industry. The new round of technological revolution, represented by the Internet, big data, intelligence, and greenization, is deeply integrated with industrial development. The uncertainty and instability of international oil and gas prices continue to increase, and the ecological and environmental protection constraints are also strengthened. The ability to replace renewable energy is significantly enhanced, and the modern coal chemical industry must embark on a path of clean, efficient, green, and low-carbon development.
Promote the transformation of coal from a single fuel to both fuel and raw materials, and build a modern coal chemical industry system. Faced with the many challenges ahead and the era of great changes in information technology, digital technology provides another opportunity for the coal chemical industry.
The gorgeous turn of the veteran "coal" enterprise
The digital transformation of Hubei Sanning Chemical has embodied the intelligent transformation of an established chemical enterprise.
Sanning Chemical was founded in 1969 in Zhijiang County Chemical Fertilizer Plant. It is a leading national brand in the chemical industry. It integrates coal chemical industry, phosphorous chemical industry, fine chemical industry and industrial service industry, with total assets of nearly 20 billion yuan. Chemical companies often face three contradictions that must be resolved, namely, the contradiction between the complexity of the production process and the requirements for safety and stability, the contradiction between homogenized products and fierce market competition, and the high pollution, high energy consumption, and green sustainable development of the industry itself. The contradiction between. Now, with the increasing degree of factory automation and the increasing complexity of process principles, plant technologists and production operators are also facing more and more challenges.
In Sanning Chemical's latest 600,000 tons/year ethylene glycol project, Schneider Electric provided a series of digital solutions based on the EcoStruxure architecture to help Sanning Chemical build a digital factory, and thus realized project construction and safe production. The comprehensive upgrade of production management and project operation and maintenance has opened the road to digital transformation of the whole life cycle.
In addition, Schneider Electric also helped Sanning Chemical to realize the digital delivery of the project, which became the first step to build a digital factory; and through AVEVA asset information management software, the company can also generate the engineering information and production process generated during the project construction phase. The real-time data information and management information of the company are integrated and used in the digital twin to optimize production and operation management.
In terms of safety and reliability, Schneider Electric has equipped Sanning Chemical with a three-level defense system with safety instruments, using systems such as intelligent medium voltage switchgear and air blockers to improve the continuity and reliability of power supply; in terms of personnel training, Schneider Electric's OTS and AVEVA operator training policy system simulates the plant site equipment and control conditions, and conducts offline or online training for operators in a virtual environment. According to Yang Wenhua, director of Sanning Chemical's Smart Factory Promotion Office, Schneider Electric's digital solutions help companies achieve 25%-30% job integration and increase energy efficiency by 5%.
With the maturity of new-generation digital technologies such as artificial intelligence, big data, Internet of Things, and cloud computing, traditional informatization construction has been gradually upgraded to a brand-new digital transformation, and coal chemical companies have been in this “smart revolution” without gunpowder. "Fumbling forward." I believe that with the concerted efforts of more companies like Schneider Electric, domestic coal chemical companies will also make greater progress in technology, equipment, and environmental protection and safety, and contribute to the realization of the "dual carbon" goal.
