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Industry Case | "Peak Summer Demand" in Progress, AR Protects Power Equipment Safety
2024-05-30 18:04:00
It's the critical moment of "peak summer demand" again, ensuring power supply is paramount.
The National Energy Administration recently stated that during this summer, the peak national power load is expected to increase by over 100 million kilowatts compared to last year. Moreover, summer thunderstorms and high temperatures add significant pressure to the operation and maintenance of the power system.
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Project background
Under the challenges of high temperatures and heavy loads, traditional power maintenance requires reviewing a large amount of electronic inspection data, which is inconvenient to retrieve. This not only results in low efficiency but also leads to issues such as non-standard operations, difficulty in monitoring the status of power equipment, and low efficiency in handling emergency faults. These issues pose significant obstacles to power supply during the peak summer demand period.
The cooperating company in this project, as an important unit for power assurance, aims to enhance the safety and operational level of the power grid during the peak summer period. Driven by digital technology, they have expanded and upgraded the power maintenance system, utilizing ALVA's advanced technology to create an AR smart maintenance platform. This platform achieves efficient coordination between the management side and the on-site operation side, while also strengthening the operation and maintenance of power station equipment more effectively, thereby solidifying the foundation for power supply assurance.
Solution
High temperatures, lightning, heavy rain, and typhoons in the summer cause frequent failures in substations and electrical equipment. Therefore, monitoring and maintaining the operation of electrical equipment is key for power companies to ensure the safe operation of the power grid during peak usage periods.
Using the ALVA Smart Maintenance Platform, high-temperature inspection plans are fully visualized during on-site operations, on-site personnel operations are recorded throughout, equipment operation information is comprehensively understood, and remote guidance is provided for emergency fault resolution. This makes the maintenance of electrical equipment more precise, efficient, and safe.
Due to the frequent failures of electrical equipment in the summer, the number of maintenance operations has increased accordingly, resulting in more data needing to be recorded. Relying solely on electronic inspection records is inefficient, and management personnel cannot monitor the entire operation process in real-time. This can lead to non-standard personnel operations, posing a potential risk to the safe operation of the power grid.
Based on the ALVA AR Smart Maintenance Platform linked with the enterprise's operational inspection data system, the company can issue AR visualized inspection work orders to the personnel, allowing them to query data in real-time and record equipment information.
Relying on clear route navigation, equipment operating status information, and inspection point conditions, personnel can safely and accurately complete equipment inspection tasks. They can also conveniently upload equipment operation data, synchronizing it with the enterprise's operational inspection data system, providing a reference for the management to assess the power station's operation status.
Due to peak electricity demand and high temperatures, power equipment often experiences sudden failures. Diagnosing these failures requires specialized knowledge, and relying solely on information gathered by on-site personnel often fails to accurately identify the issues.
Building on the ALVA AR Smart Maintenance Platform, operators can access patrol schedules, defect management, and other data related to power equipment at any time. This enables them to make preliminary assessments of equipment abnormalities and promptly report them to management. Based on initial evaluations of equipment operation, managers quickly match technical experts to support on-site personnel in rectifying issues.
Using AR remote collaboration tools, operators can instantly share on-site fault information with technical experts. This not only provides a more intuitive and accurate display of equipment fault information but also utilizes spatial sharing features to expedite the resolution of equipment failures, thereby significantly enhancing the efficiency of handling sudden equipment failures.
Project achievements
In this period, the collaborating enterprise has further upgraded its enterprise data assets through the application of the ALVA AR Smart Maintenance Platform, achieving efficient management of power plant operations.
Visualizing equipment operational status, precision in personnel operations, and streamlined access to maintenance data have facilitated the enterprise in effectively handling various scenarios during peak summer demand. This advancement also provides favorable conditions for the enterprise to further explore innovative AR applications.
Focusing on the digital transformation of the power system, ALVA Systems continues to empower the electricity industry by expanding the application of AR technology into more scenarios and specialized fields.
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