The “Factory of the Future” is becoming a reality—today, our lovely air separation specialist is back with another enlightening talk!

Release time:

2023-10-27

On the afternoon of January 30, Zhou Fenghua, Party branch secretary and Deputy General Manager of the Gas Engineering Company of China Air Separation Engineering Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as “China Air Separation”), once again took to the online livestreaming platform of the China National Association of General Machinery Industry. She delivered a public-benefit livestream lecture titled “Future Factory Design and Application for Air Separation and LNG” in the Gas Separation Equipment Branch’s “Air Separation Masterclass.” This marked the first session of the Masterclass for 2024.

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In-depth Introduction to the Design and Application of Intelligent Air Separation Plants

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On the afternoon of January 30, Zhou Fenghua, Party Branch Secretary and Deputy General Manager of the Gas Engineering Company at China Air Separation Engineering Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as “China Air Separation”), once again took to the online livestream room of the China National Machinery Industry Association to deliver a public-benefit lecture titled “Future Factory Design Applications for Air Separation and LNG” in the Gas Separation Equipment Division’s “Air Separation Masterclass.” This marks the first session of the Masterclass for 2024.

During the live webinar, Zhou Fenghua provided a comprehensive overview of five key aspects related to the implementation of the future air separation plant: the policy background, the digital and intelligent architecture, the intelligent platform for managing production and safety risks, the central database, and various digital and intelligent application scenarios.

“By building a digital and intelligent architecture for the future air separation plant—‘1+1+N’ (1 platform + 1 database + N scenarios)—we’ve achieved an unmanned, minimally manned, digitized, and intelligent air separation plant, enabling us to provide customers with more precise, efficient, and high-quality services,” Zhou Fenghua said with pride on her face.

Looking back to November 2021, Zhou Fenghua was a guest speaker at this lecture series and delivered her first presentation on “Implementation Pathways for Intelligent Air Separation Plants,” drawing widespread attention from the industry and marking the beginning of China’s journey toward building a “Digital China” in the air separation sector. Through continuous strategic planning and pioneering efforts, and bolstered by successful implementation cases of intelligent air separation plant projects, the vision of the “Factory of the Future” has now become a tangible reality.

Quick Overview of Some Application Scenarios

Production-Safety Risk Intelligent Control Platform

As a monitoring, early-warning, and safety emergency management platform, centered on comprehensive safety early warning and emergency management within the plant area, we have built a holistic safety emergency command platform that integrates data collection, transmission, feedback, regional risk monitoring, accident and disaster early warning, emergency decision support, effective dispatch and command, and rapid response and handling.

Digital delivery

The work process centered on the factory object, involving the digital creation of static information generated during the construction phase of an engineering project all the way through to handover. It encompasses the development of information delivery strategies, the establishment of information delivery foundations, the formulation of information delivery plans, information integration and validation, information handover, and information acceptance.

OTS Operator Training System

The core lies in simulation technology—specifically, using computers to simulate and replicate the real-world production processes of various industries such as chemical engineering, petrochemicals, oil refining, and LNG. This involves establishing a corresponding “virtual factory” that encompasses both the production processes themselves and their control logic.

Outdoor wheeled intelligent inspection robot

The outdoor wheeled intelligent inspection robot, equipped with a variety of sensors, collects real-time data on the production environment—including images, sound, infrared thermal imaging temperatures, smoke levels, and concentrations of multiple gases. It enables fully autonomous, highly efficient, and all-weather inspections, featuring high inspection accuracy, a high safety factor, and strong adaptability.

Digital intelligence knows no bounds—our future is limitless! China Air Separation will continue to deepen its engagement in the smart technology sector, relentlessly honing our core technologies to turn more “factories of the future” into reality. By leveraging technological innovation, we’ll drive high-quality enterprise development and contribute our unique expertise to advancing the construction of a Digital China!