During the sixth China International Import Expo (hereinafter referred to as “CIIE”), Zhejiang Petrochemical Co., LTD. (hereinafter referred to as “Zhejiang Petrochemical”) and Schneider Electric signed a cooperation agreement again to continue to deepen the strategic cooperative relationship between the two parties. The two sides carried out in-depth cooperation on Zhejiang Petrochemical’s new chemical materials project Triconex SIS safety instrument system and a series of hardware and software integration solutions covering the whole life cycle of the factory, with a view to creating a new benchmark for the petrochemical industry to adapt to the scientific and technological revolution and industrial change. At the Expo site, Luo Wei, Executive director of Zhejiang Petrochemical, and Pang Xingjian, senior Vice president of Schneider Electric and head of industrial automation business in China, signed the agreement on behalf of the two sides.

Recently, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and other seven departments issued the “Petrochemical and Chemical industry steady growth work Plan” proposed to develop smart factory construction standards to promote the intelligent upgrading of the industry. As one of the largest single refineries in the world, Zhejiang Petrochemical not only needs to accelerate its own digital and green low-carbon transformation, but also takes the lead in leading the upstream and downstream of its industrial chain. With the long-term accumulation and practice of digital transformation in the field of energy management and automation, Schneider Electric has become one of the best partners for Zhejiang Petrochemical to move towards efficient and sustainable development.

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The contract will be based on Zhejiang Petrochemical’s new material project under construction in Zhoushan, Zhejiang Province, and Schneider Electric will provide a whole-plant SIS safety instrument system solution with Triconex controller as the core, helping Zhejiang Petrochemical to further deepen the “Industrial Internet + hazardous safety production” technology system and application ecosystem construction. While enhancing production safety risk perception, assessment, monitoring, early warning, response and disposal capabilities, improve production safety and management levels.

Under the agreement, Schneider Electric will supply the Triconex SIS safety instrumentation system, Foxboro field instrumentation solutions, and frequency converters in Phase I and II of Zhejiang Petrochemical and other expansion projects. With advanced technology, software applications and dedicated safety experts, Schneider Electric will enable the entire safety life cycle of Zhejiang Petrochemical to ensure both safety and profitability.

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The agreement also makes clear that the two parties will further deepen their ongoing cooperation in the business area of intelligent connected factories (connected processes, connected assets, connected people), with the aim of helping Zhejiang Petrochemical improve production and operation efficiency, asset reliability, as well as production safety and operator skills. Among them, the AVEVA APC advanced process control system can effectively stabilize the production of Zhejiang petrochemical plant, reduce the energy consumption of the plant and increase the yield of high value-added products. With the help of AVEVA RTO online real-time optimization system, the production process is in the best running state by adjusting the operating parameters, and the enterprise benefits are maximized. With supply chain optimization system Spiral, it provides integrated enterprise supply chain management, breaks the information island caused by traditional single point system, and solves the problem of slow decision-making of enterprises. At the same time, based on AVEVA OTS operator simulation training system to simulate the dynamic operation process of production for personnel training; With predictive maintenance software for equipment, Zhejiang Petrochemical is able to realize predictable maintenance of assets in the future. In addition, the two sides will also combine virtual reality technology, mobile technology and digital technology, etc., to promote operator skills training, equipment maintenance process management, AR/VR technology application, production alarm management, DCS circuit performance management and other initiatives.

Xingjian Pang, Senior vice President of Schneider Electric and head of Industrial Automation in China, said: “With a deep understanding of the project requirements of Zhejiang Petrochemical, Schneider Electric fully integrates advanced software and hardware products and complete solutions, and will help Zhejiang Petrochemical realize safe production and efficient operation with professional digital capabilities, and then provide technical guidance and advanced examples for petrochemical enterprises to accelerate the construction of safe production system.”