Siemens China Oil, Gas and Electricity MindSphere Application Center (MindSphere Application Cen-ter) was officially unveiled recently at the Suzhou Institute of Siemens China Research Institute. As an important part of the digital business of Siemens Oil & Gas and Power Group, the application center will bring together algorithm experts, industry experts, platform architects, product managers, software developers, and front-end UI designers to leverage Siemens' cloud-based open IoT operations The system MindSphere develops digital products and solutions, and works with customers and partners in the energy industry to create a digital innovation ecosystem and innovate digital applications and business models.
Power generation equipment can generate huge amounts of data every day. How to fully tap and use these data, digitally optimize asset performance, reduce costs, and strengthen collaboration to improve decision-making has become a new topic facing the power industry. Yao Zhenguo, executive vice president of Siemens (China) Co., Ltd. and general manager of Siemens Greater China Oil & Gas and Power Group, said that since 2016, Siemens China's oil and gas and power businesses have begun localized R & D of digital solutions for the Chinese power industry. With the opening of the MindSphere Application Center, we will continue to promote the development of digital solutions and products based on the needs of local customers, and help the digital transformation of China's energy industry.
The application center has two core functions, which can jointly develop new digital applications and business models according to customer needs, or promote mature products and solutions and business models, including continuous product upgrades, solution design and project execution, To achieve the scale and standardization of digital business. Localized teams can flexibly and quickly respond to market changes and customer needs in the energy industry. With Siemens' global vision and advanced data analysis technology and grasp of the cutting-edge dynamics of the Internet of Things, the team has the ability to provide end-to-end digital solutions, which can better create value for customers.
The application center is functionally divided into an agile work area, an application display area, a co-creation area, a conference room, and a data center. Among them, the application display area focused on the Siemens Energy Asset Intelligent Operation and Maintenance Solution products. The operation and maintenance plan includes consulting, remote diagnosis services, power diagnostic centers, visual inspection and maintenance analysis, edge computing solutions, KPI index analysis and benchmarking, etc., and digital means to achieve early warning, diagnosis, maintenance strategy analysis, and decision-making and maintenance execution. . Based on Siemens' past customer experience estimates, after deploying this operation and maintenance solution for coal-fired power plants, unplanned downtime can be reduced by 7%, unplanned load reduction operations can be reduced by 8%, and operation and maintenance labor costs can be reduced by up to 20%; For gas turbine power plants, unplanned downtime can be reduced by 13%, unplanned load reduction operations can be reduced by 16%, and operation and maintenance labor costs can be reduced by 33%.
So far, Siemens has set up 20 MindSphere application centers around the world, with business areas covering industrial, power generation, transportation, and smart city businesses. Siemens Oil & Gas and Electric Power Group has continuously accelerated the global deployment of MindSphere Application Center. The application center in Suzhou this time is the fifth center it has established after Berlin, Orlando, Barcelona and Gurgaon.