TEPCO Begins Remote Use of 'Internet of Things' to Improve Performance of Thermal Power Stations
07 Février 2018 - 12:00PM
JCN Newswire (English)
Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings (TEPCO) and TEPCO Fuel
& Power, Inc. are combining a new remote optimization center
with the "Internet of Things" (IoT) to increase the fuel efficiency
and other operations of its thermal power plants.
The effort is the result of testing that began in 2015, and will be
developed into operational support services for the thermal power
plants of other electricity producers both in Japan and overseas.
The center's projected annual revenue is 5 billion JPY within three
years.
"Embracing IoT technology to improve our technological services
make it possible to provide value-added services for our customers
in terms of maintaining thermal efficiency and improving power
generation availability," says Seiji Moriya, President of TEPCO
Fuel & Power, Inc. "TEPCO intends to enhance its presence as a
global O&M (operation and maintenance) company."
By using IoT technology, the effort has improved power generation
efficiency resulting in decreasing fuel costs up to 70 million yen
per unit a year. Also, by remotely detecting symptoms of
nonconformance, the technology optimizes power station operation
and maintenance (reduce outages by 10-20%).
The Data monitoring and Analyzing Center (DAC *1) was added to the
trials in January 2017, and has confirmed operational improvements
at TEPCO Fuel & Power's thermal power plants at Hitachi-Naka,
Chiba, Futtsu, and Shinagawa. In collaboration with some of the
world's leading IoT companies, the technologies include:
Category; Product Name; Company Name
- Cloud platform; Amazon Web Service; Amazon Web Service
- Data Infrastructure; PI System; OSIsoft (*2)
- Early Anomaly Detection; Enterprise Impact; GE Energy Japan KK,
Bentley Division
- Early Anomaly Detection; Predict-IT; Engineering Consultants
Group
- Performance Management; PEPSE, PMAX; Curtiss-Wright
Within the cooperation of domestic and global industry leaders,
TEPCO studied software provided by these companies and developed
platforms. TEPCO plans to strengthen these tools, and will offer
these technologies and services to other power operators
overseas.
Both companies will comprehensively provide operational support
services and platforms utilizing DAC to international power
operators including Southeast Asia.
*1: Abbreviation for "Data monitoring and Analyzing Center",
operation data from domestic and overseas power stations is
monitored remotely and services provided for visualizing operation
status, early anomaly detection, and managing thermal
efficiency.
*2: Strategic Alliance Agreement between OSIsoft and TEPCO was
concluded in November 2016.
Attachments
1: IoT-based Operation Support Service for Domestic and Overseas
Thermal Power Stations
www.tepco.co.jp/en/press/corp-com/release/betu18_e/images/180207e0101.pdf
2: Data monitoring and Analyzing Center (DAC)
www.tepco.co.jp/en/press/corp-com/release/betu18_e/images/180207e0102.pdf
About TEPCO
Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Inc. (TSE:9501),
headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, is the largest utility in Japan,
serving millions of homes and businesses. Worldwide the company has
more than 34 subsidiaries and 32 affiliates in eight countries and
employs approximately 42,060 people. Consolidated revenue for the
fiscal year ending March 31, 2017, totaled 5.3 trillion Japanese
yen. The company was established in 1951 and is listed on the First
Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange. For more information, visit
http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/corpinfo/index-e.html
Press release:
http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/press/corp-com/release/2018/1476022_15409.html
Source: TEPCO
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