The nuclear energy simulation project team of the high-end institute was shortlisted in the national top 20 in the finals of the 2018 "Chuangke China" smart factory innovation and entrepreneurship competition.

On August 1, under the guidance of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, jointly sponsored by the Information Center of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and the China Association of Small and Medium Enterprises, the 2018 "Maker China" was jointly organized by the Intelligent Manufacturing Professional Committee of the China Association of Small and Medium Enterprises and Shanghai Intelligent Manufacturing System Innovation Center Co., Ltd. The national finals of the Smart Factory Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition was successfully held in Lingang, Shanghai. The Tianjin High-end Equipment Research Institute of Tsinghua University (hereinafter referred to as the "High-end Academy") is the participating unit of this competition, and its nuclear energy simulation project team successfully won the top 20 in the competition.

2018 "Chuangke China" Smart Factory Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition Top 20 in China

A total of 178 excellent intelligent manufacturing projects have been declared in this competition. The projects cover the industrial application of innovative technologies such as intelligent factory management, unmanned storage, industrial Internet, industrial robots, machine vision, big data, AI artificial intelligence, VR, AR, block chain, etc. Many projects have entered market-oriented operation and have high investment value. Among them, the nuclear simulation project team led by Sheng Xuan Yu, director of the Institute of Advanced Energy Equipment and Technology of the High-end Institute, finally emerged from 178 projects and successfully entered the top 20 of the national finals after various stages of screening, such as project solicitation, preliminary and semi-finals, and Tianjin Regional Competition held by the High-end Institute. In the finals, the project team conducted a live roadshow and defense, and an expert group composed of 8 senior experts and heads of well-known investment institutions scored on the spot. The competition was brilliant, and the roadshow project was unanimously recognized by the guests and judges present.

The high-end college team won the national TOP20 in the competition.

The "Nuclear Power Plant Digital Maintenance Simulation Project" uses the team's more than 20 years of experience in various types of work in the field of nuclear power, combined with AR and VR technologies that have emerged and gradually matured in recent years, to provide three-dimensional simulation training and industrial supercomputing services for the maintenance of nuclear power plants and related construction projects. At present, there are 38 nuclear power units in operation in our country, generating a total profit of more than 0.4 billion yuan per day. However, due to the need for regular overhaul and maintenance, the units need to be shut down for about 20 days per year (at least one month of shutdown and overhaul time every 18 months), resulting in a loss of about 8 billion yuan in revenue. In order to improve maintenance efficiency and reduce related losses, Daya Bay Nuclear Power Station has invested heavily in the construction of four training plant buildings to restore the maintenance scenarios of the nuclear power station on a one-to-one basis and provide maintenance teams to carry out simulation training. In fact, these four buildings are still a long way from the simulation of all equipment. After Daya Bay cooperated with the high-end hospital Sheng Xuan Yu team, through the digital maintenance simulation of the high-end hospital team, the maintenance workers can carry out the same and more informative training in the virtual scene, the training effect and safety are greatly improved, and the training effect and safety are highly recognized by Daya Bay Nuclear Power Station. It is reported that Sanmen nuclear power plant also approached Sheng Xuan Yu's team to discuss relevant cooperation matters.

At present, nuclear power plants around the world are not carrying out such simulation work, the high-end hospital team is the first team of the service. According to preliminary estimates, after the training of digital maintenance simulation by the high-end hospital team, the work efficiency of nuclear power unit maintenance workers can be nearly doubled, and the downtime is expected to be shortened to half of the original. According to the forecast, if the simulation training service is provided to the maintenance personnel of nuclear power plant units covering the whole country, the annual revenue loss caused by shutdown is expected to be reduced by about 4 billion yuan.

After the competition, the high-end institute also sent representatives to carry out project docking activities with Shanghai intelligent manufacturing system innovation center co., ltd., the organizer of the competition.

Advanced Energy Research Institute Report/Li Junqian