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  • Intelligent Substation O&M and Inspection

    Helping realize least-staffed, visualized, and intelligent inspection

  • Overview
  • Benefits
  • Why Huawei
  • Architecture
  • Application Scenarios

Trends and challenges of substation O&M and inspection

Substations are crucial energy transmission nodes in power grids, responsible for power production, operation, and control. To ensure safe, reliable, and efficient operation, preventive maintenance inspections are conducted on substation devices to monitor their running status, detect problems, and address defects promptly. With economic development placing higher demands on power grid security, the grid's scale continues to expand, and new power technologies bring new challenges to substation operation and inspection.

Advancements in big data, cloud computing, AI, 5G communications, information security, and IoT offer technical assistance in building intelligent substations. Driven by digital technologies, power transformation services utilize data resources to enhance device status control, device management, and team operations, hastening the arrival of new intelligent production modes.

Heavy Workload of Employees

• O&M workload per capita has increased sharply

High Reliability Pressure

• Equipment malfunctions are a leading cause of power grid accidents

• Personal, operational, and equipment safety must be strengthened

Complicated Equipment

• Various types of equipment and complex technologies

• Timely remote expert support is required

Benefits

Shift from post-event response to pre-event prevention

Shift from manual to intelligent inspection

Shift from manual-driven to data-driven

Substation Intelligent Inspection and Operation Features

Huawei offers an integrated software and hardware platform that standardizes data access and establishes a flexible, reliable, and remote intra-station network. This enables seamless access to various sensing terminals and ensures the smooth backhaul of massive HD videos. With this solution, substation devices can be remotely monitored, personnel safety and security can be controlled, and multi-party video conferencing can be conducted. This effectively reduces the burden on O&M personnel for device management and enables least-staffed, visualized, and intelligent substation inspection.

Digital Foundation

Implement a standard platform, unify IoT protocols, and eliminate data silos.

Edge Intelligence

Edge computing is deployed to form application functions that support the routine O&M of frontline personnel.

Cloud-edge Synergy

Supports real-time synchronization of cloud-station detection data, smooth data uploading, and easy algorithm delivery.

One Network

One intra-site network supports access of multiple types of terminals and carries multiple services.

Architecture

Architecture

Architecture

Improved security and reliability

  • • Intelligent recognition of security measures reduces the violation rate by 70%
  • • Full device awareness improves fault locating accuracy by 30%

Unstaffed/Least-staffed operations

  • • Video monitoring and machines are used to inspect high-risk areas, which reduces manual workloads by 50%
  • • Example: one-time inspection duration for a 110 kV substation: 2 h → 20 min

Audio and video collaborative consultation

  • • 1-minute on-site access to experts
  • • Unnecessary site visits reduced by 50%
  • • Fault handling efficiency improved by 60%

Huawei

Applications

Substation Security

• Unauthorized vehicles are prohibited from entering the substation without permission.
• Intelligently identify personnel violations, including failure to wear proper protective gear and smoking within the station.
• Report environmental hazards such as fires, smoke, and floating objects on campuses in a timely manner to prevent accidents.

Intelligent Inspection

• More efficient inspection: Automatic inspection replaces manual inspection. An entire station can be inspected within 20 minutes.
• Reduced workload: Intelligent meter reading replaces manual meter reading. AI identifies equipment defects and generates inspection reports with a single click.

Convergent Communication

• Multi-terminal video synergy: Panoramic visualization of on-site operations effectively guides and improves the quality of on-site operations.
• One-click expert access: Remote access to experts at any time facilitates communication and improves decision-making efficiency.

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