Automation breakthrough of the hottest steel indus

Introduction to "automation" breakthrough in the iron and steel industry: overcapacity, outdated technology, heavy pollution and other problems have always been serious problems in China's iron and steel industry. It is reported that as one of the first batch of state key laboratories of enterprises, the State Key Laboratory of hybrid process industrial automation system and equipment technology will break through the automation and help the transformation and development of the iron and steel industry

recently, a person from the Ministry of industry and information technology revealed that it is expected to continuously monitor the action plan for the transformation and development of the iron and steel industry (2015, 2017), which was issued before June. It is proposed that the iron and steel production capacity of 80million tons will be reduced and more than 200 iron and steel enterprises will be eliminated in the next three years. This makes the already depressed steel industry even more chilly

overcapacity, outdated technology, heavy pollution and so on are all problems perplexing the steel industry. In this context, the technological innovation of automation systems and equipment devices has become particularly important, which is closely related to energy conservation, emission reduction, product innovation and cost control. The State Key Laboratory of hybrid process industrial automation system and equipment technology is undertaking such a mission

in the list of the first batch of state key laboratories of enterprises, the name of this laboratory is the most noteworthy, because it is a little ironic, because its name is very long

I'm afraid it's the longest name among the State Key Laboratories of all enterprises. The State Key Laboratory of hybrid process industrial automation system and equipment technology has 23 words. Sunyanguang, the director of the laboratory, said with a smile that we had hesitated before, but we still adopted the current one for the sake of preciseness. It has been 8 years since the application for the Key Laboratory of enterprises at the end of 2007. This rigor has been accompanied by the growth of the laboratory and the continuous development and progress of automation equipment in the whole iron and steel industry

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there is no suspense in the formation of a national team

China has become a big steel country, but there is a big gap with the international advanced level in terms of high-quality steel products, energy consumption per ton of steel and emission control level. The core control devices and processes mainly depend on imports, so improving the quality of steel products and energy conservation and emission reduction are the core issues to be solved by automatic control technology during the 12th Five Year Plan period

the first batch of state key laboratories of enterprises in the State Key Laboratory of automation system and equipment technology for mixed process industry. According to sun Yanguang's memory, when it was declared in 2007, new processes, new processes and new technologies continued to emerge, making the mixed process industry develop continuously, compactly and efficiently. On the one hand, the application of large-scale equipment, automation and information technology has improved the overall level of the process industry; Resources, energy utilization, environmental protection and cleaner production have received considerable attention in the world. The main engine adopts horizontal structure and develops in the direction of sustainable circular economy. On the other hand, the production and normal operation of large-scale mixed process industry and equipment need the organic combination of automatic control technology, detection technology, electrical transmission technology and computer technology. Automation control technology, detection technology, electrical transmission technology and computer technology are common technology platforms for the automation of large-scale mixed process industrial equipment

the development of the industry has put forward new requirements for us, but obviously we were still far away from the most advanced technology abroad at that time, Sun said. At that time, the technology research and engineering application of large-scale hybrid process automation systems and complete sets of equipment in foreign countries were mainly concentrated in several major electrical companies, such as Siemens, abb, and Ge in the United States. These companies have relatively perfect research and development, experimental environment and means, and invest a considerable proportion of research and development funds for the development of new products and new technologies every year. Their technologies and products occupy more than 90% of China's high-end automation product market, and are in a relatively monopoly position

domestic research on automation system and equipment technology is mostly scattered in various industries. Nanjing Institute of automation has strong strength in power system and automation. Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive Research Institute (National Engineering Research Center of Converter Technology) has strong strength in electric locomotive and its automation. Zheda zhongkong, Hollysys and other companies have applications in nuclear power, electric power, chemical industry, oil refining and petrochemical industries. The metallurgical automation research and Design Institute is the only domestic scientific research institute engaged in the research and engineering application of large-scale mixed process automation system and complete equipment technology. It has a common technology platform for the automation system and equipment technology and engineering application of large-scale mixed process industry. Integrating scientific research and development, product design and engineering application, it is a domestic leader in complex automation system engineering technology, high-power power electronics and electrical transmission technology, intelligent instrumentation and detection technology, and enterprise informatization and optimization technology. There is no suspense. The heavy task of building the State Key Laboratory of hybrid process industrial automation system and equipment technology falls on the metallurgical automation research and Design Institute

the research is carried out in three directions

the State Key Laboratory of hybrid process industrial automation system and equipment technology has set up automation system technology laboratories Power electronics and electric drive technology laboratory and intelligent instrument and testing technology laboratory

only the division of air and PP direction is the result of repeated discussion between sun Yanguang and his colleagues. Based on the analysis of the advantages and characteristics of the laboratory, and according to the long-term goal of the development of China's mixed process industry, we aimed at the technical challenges faced by process control, electrical transmission, instrumentation, and enterprise informatization, and finally determined that the research content of the laboratory should be carried out in three directions: industrial automation equipment and complex system control application technology A new generation of AC speed regulation technology and high-performance control technology, as well as a new generation of industrial instruments and intelligent measurement and control technology

over the years, the three directions of research have not changed much. Sun Yanguang said that the original division was basically reasonable. Up to now, the laboratory still carries out relevant research in these three directions, and has made great progress in these three aspects. He said, for example, the continuous monitoring of flue gas emissions from fixed pollution sources and the continuous environmental monitoring system of steel mills. Before that, the pollution problem of steel plants has always been a major problem for the environmental protection department, because environmental protection devices have costs, and the way of manual spot check can not reflect the real situation of emissions from steel enterprises. Now, we have set up points in the factory and contacted the Environmental Protection Bureau. All the data are updated in real time, which fundamentally solves the problem of pollution monitoring

what makes sun Yanguang proud is that many achievements of the laboratory have broken the foreign technological monopoly, such as high-power and High-Performance AC variable frequency speed regulation device, smelting intelligent control system, steel rolling process control model, etc. all technical indicators have reached the international advanced level, and the price is only half or less than that of foreign imports

build an industrial Internet cloud platform

with the support of research results, laboratory results continue to be exported to the steel industry. In the Caofeidian project of Shougang, the process automation of steel rolling adopts the research results of the State Key Laboratory of mixed process industrial automation system and equipment technology, and all kinds of technical water have reached the international advanced level

sun Yanguang said that the laboratory will increase investment on the existing basis, build a world-class computer process simulation environment, and provide open support conditions for process improvement and optimization. Integrate the original multiple development platforms and simulation environments, initially form three self-contained development platforms of automation system technology, power electronics and electrical transmission technology, intelligent instruments and detection technology, and form a research and development, simulation and testing environment. Build a three-level automation network environment integrating basic automation, process automation and enterprise information system to provide a verification environment for process industry automation systems and equipment

on this basis, the laboratory is building a big data cloud platform based on industrial interconnection, and a cloud computing environment is built in the laboratory, which can virtualize various operating systems to form a resource pool. The successful implementation of the project will help to solve the problems of data expansion and data islands in the intelligent manufacturing information system of iron and steel enterprises, provide unified data storage and access for the core business of enterprises, and reduce the complexity of enterprise level business management and control

let more technology and talents go out

the laboratory focuses on applied basic research. For many years, it has close contact and cooperation with universities, research institutions and well-known enterprises at home and abroad. It combines industry, University and research, jointly undertakes national scientific research projects, and researches and develops common and key technologies of the industry. Cooperate with Tsinghua University, Northeastern University, Purdue University, etc. to carry out the research and development of management and control integration of Tianjin seamless steel pipe plant, a national key research project; Cooperate with Baosteel to develop large motor diagnosis expert system; Cooperate with WISCO to develop blast furnace expert system; Cooperate with Tsinghua University and Institute of electrical engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences to develop AC frequency conversion technology; Cooperate with Northeast University, Shenyang Institute of automation of Chinese Academy of Sciences and Shougang Jingtang company to develop enterprise energy management and energy efficiency optimization technology, etc

however, the application of achievements is not the ultimate goal of the laboratory, and how to export more technology and talents to the industry is the pursuit goal of the laboratory

talents are the key factor to promote the development of the laboratory and the fundamental guarantee for the sustainable development of the laboratory. The laboratory has always taken the construction of talent training team as an important construction content of the laboratory, so that the laboratory will always maintain a domestic first-class team of researchers in three disciplines: control theory and control engineering, detection technology and automation devices, power electronics and transmission. The discipline team is neat and the structure is reasonable

the laboratory has more than 50 fixed scientific researchers, mainly professor level senior engineers, senior engineers, etc., forming a capable scientific research team dominated by academic leaders and experts. At the same time, the laboratory has the right to confer master's degrees in three majors: control theory and control engineering, detection technology and automation devices, and power electronics and transmission. It has also established a postdoctoral workstation, and cooperates with the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tsinghua University, University of science and technology of China, general iron and Steel Research Institute and other units to cultivate doctoral students. Such a talent environment and training mechanism work together, making the laboratory an export place for industry talents. Many talents who go out from here later become the backbone of scientific research and engineering projects in laboratories, research institutes, and some of them become academic leaders

the overall layout of the construction of state key laboratories of enterprises basically reflects the priority of enterprises with strong innovation and technology radiation ability. Its construction and development have achieved good social benefits and played an important role in promoting the development of the industry. The State Key Laboratory of hybrid process industrial automation system and equipment technology is just a representative of them