It is reported that on August 28, Shandong Dongming Petrochemical Group Co., LTD. (hereinafter referred to as “Dongming Petrochemical”) and Schneider Electric signed an agreement in France to build a joint innovation laboratory for petrochemical industry digitalization (hereinafter referred to as “Innovation Laboratory”), in order to jointly promote industrial digitalization and green development. Li Zhi, Executive President of Dongming Petrochemical Group, and Song Jiong, Global Senior Vice President of Schneider Electric, signed the agreement on behalf of the two sides, and Li Chunying, Mayor of Heze City, Shandong Province, attended the ceremony.
The “14th Five-Year Plan” period is a key period for the transformation and upgrading of China’s petrochemical industry and high-quality development. In the face of global energy change and the goal of “double carbon”, how to speed up digital transformation and low-carbon process innovation has become a challenge for petrochemical enterprises. As a leading enterprise in local refining, Dongming Petrochemical undertakes the important task of driving the intelligent and sustainable development of the industry. Schneider Electric’s expertise in energy management and automation makes the two companies a perfect fit.
“One school, two services, multiple platforms”, together with the industry to enhance digital capabilities
According to the agreement, Dongming Petrochemical will cooperate with Schneider Electric to build a “Joint Laboratory for the digitization of the petrochemical industry”, providing “one school”, providing “two types of services”, and building “multiple digital applications and platforms” to provide assistance for the digital green development of the petrochemical industry.
“One Academy” means that the two parties will jointly build a “digital Academy” to help improve the capabilities of digital solutions in the petrochemical industry in planning, implementation, operation, transformation consulting and other aspects by training digital talents in the petrochemical industry, and provide capacity training and consulting in human resources and other aspects. Finally, the “digital School” will be built as one of the digital talent training bases for the future petrochemical industry.
“Two types of services” run through the petrochemical industry digital transformation planning, green dual carbon, process, indicators and other aspects of cooperation, including “consulting planning services” and “implementation delivery services.” Schneider Electric will jointly complete the joint construction, delivery and implementation of projects in the fields of intelligence, digitalization and low-carbon, and help Dongming Petrochemical drive regional green and low-carbon development, digital transformation and upgrading, and industrial upgrading of the petrochemical industry.
“Multiple digital application platforms” include “Dual carbon and energy optimization management Platform”, “Petrochemical industry process simulation and optimization”, “Petrochemical industry simulation training”, “Petrochemical industry Internet of Things IoT and big data platform”, etc. These digital platforms cover multiple dimensions and scenarios such as energy optimization, process optimization, and big data management, aiming to continuously improve Dongming Petrochemical’s digital capabilities, optimize production processes, improve production efficiency, and optimize energy consumption.
Digital intensive farming, process and energy double optimization
Dongming Petrochemical and Schneider Electric will work together to continue to promote energy optimization and the optimization of the whole process, and jointly promote the digital transformation and performance improvement of the oil and gas chemical industry chain. Schneider Electric’s ETAP Energy management platform and Power Simulation optimization platform provide virtual models and comprehensive analysis of all phases of the electrical system life cycle from design, construction, operation and maintenance, helping companies build a leading sustainable enterprise-level platform covering electrical design, simulation, engineering and operations to improve productivity, collaboration and efficiency. The whole process optimization solution of Schneider Electric, using mature and stable software platform and its rich experience in engineering implementation, combined with Dongming Petrochemical’s deep understanding of process and production, collaborates to improve the degree of automatic control and production stability of the production plant, effectively reduces the intensity of production operation, ensures the safe and stable operation of the device for a long period, and improves economic benefits.
In addition to the above areas, the two parties will also carry out joint research and practice in many fields such as “optimization of supply chain management in the petrochemical industry”, “application development of big data platform”, “simulation training/application of personnel capability improvement”, “predictive maintenance of equipment and risk analysis”. Schneider Electric and Dongming Petrochemical will jointly provide expert resource support and landing incubation projects for the laboratory, in order to practice and learn, and promote the rapid implementation of digital and low-carbon technologies in the industry.
Data show that as early as 2020, Dongming Petrochemical and Schneider Electric have established a deep and comprehensive strategic partnership in the field of electrical automation and green intelligent manufacturing. Based on the EcoStruxure architecture, Schneider Electric has provided Dongming Petrochemical with an integrated process automation and distribution management solution. According to statistics, at present, Dongming Petrochemical has achieved carbon emission reduction equivalent to 10,000 tons per year, and it can also bring cost savings of not less than 10 million per year.
As a leading enterprise in the refining and chemical industry, Dongming Petrochemical has embarked on the development path of ecological priority, green and low-carbon digital transformation, providing an excellent model for the petrochemical industry. Dongming Petrochemical has cooperated with Schneider Electric for a long time and achieved fruitful results. The joint construction of the petrochemical industry digital joint innovation laboratory will continue to promote the complementary advantages of the two sides, jointly promote the implementation of more digital technologies in the petrochemical industry, accelerate the digital green transformation of the industry, and write a new chapter in the smart, efficient and green development of China’s petrochemical industry.
