Intelligent, digital has become the industry to open the door to the future of the “golden key”, “double carbon” background, the terminal power distribution also needs such a “wisdom” of the golden key, so that users have the “passive electricity” to turn into “active operation and maintenance” ability. As an expert in power distribution, Schneider Electric, a global expert in digital transformation in energy management and automation, brings intelligent solutions for terminal power distribution. The solution is composed of Schneider Electric Acti9 series micro circuit breaker, Smart RCA smart power operation, PowerTag FD power monitoring module and cloud platform, which will be widely used in smart light pole, data center, 5G base station, commercial building and other industries, to bring intelligent one-stop terminal power distribution solution for industry users. To realize the digital and intelligent management of terminal distribution, improve efficiency and service level.

Schneider Electric terminal distribution intelligent solution

Intelligent terminal distribution is the general trend. Under the goal of “double carbon”, the construction of a new power system with new energy as the main body has become an important direction of China’s energy and power transformation development. Distributed energy sources such as wind power, photovoltaic, energy storage and charging piles are developing rapidly on the distribution side, and the structure of the power grid is transforming to the intelligent main network and distributed smart grid. With the increasing demand for electricity in smart light poles, data centers, 5G base stations, commercial buildings and other industries, how to ensure stable and safe electricity consumption at the same time, with the help of intelligent and digital means to effectively monitor and manage energy consumption of a large number of distributed and independently operated power distribution equipment, and to achieve safe, intelligent, green and low-carbon sustainable development has become the focus of users’ attention.

With more than 40 years of industry experience in power distribution, Schneider Electric is based on the needs of industry users and constantly innovates to bring users intelligent solutions for terminal power distribution. The solution can be flexibly assembled according to the actual needs of customers by using Acti9 series circuit breakers, Smart RCA intelligent electrical operation, PowerTag FD power monitoring module and cloud platform software. Smart RCA intelligent electrical operation with Acti9 series circuit breakers can realize power monitoring, alarm and fault isolation. To achieve accurate fault location and rapid recovery, PowerTag FD power monitoring module integrates load monitoring, alarm, early warning, protection, energy consumption measurement and other functions to achieve safety visualization and operation and maintenance management. The whole solution has the functions of telemetry, remote communication, remote control and remote adjustment, and has the characteristics of intelligent, safe visualization, efficient operation and maintenance, small and flexible, which can realize data collection, remote control, visual operation and maintenance management, monitor carbon emissions, further improve the user operation and maintenance management level, and realize the intelligent operation and maintenance of terminal power distribution.

Left: PowerTag FD power monitoring module Right: Acti9 iC65 series circuit breaker

Schneider Electric terminal distribution intelligence will be widely used in smart light poles, data centers, 5G base stations, commercial buildings and other fields:

Intelligent light pole: efficient operation and maintenance, intelligent operation

Driven by 5G technology, smart light poles have rapidly developed into the “neurons” of the city. As a new type of infrastructure for smart cities, smart light poles will connect multiple application scenarios such as unmanned driving, artificial intelligence, vehicle-road collaboration, and urban governance, playing a huge value, and the light poles will expand from a single lighting function to multiple functions. From the point of view of power distribution, how to achieve efficient operation and maintenance is difficult. First of all, the light pole lighting circuit and the rest of the equipment circuit are separated, need to achieve different lines of power supply, second, the smart light pole is widely dispersed, a large number, but also need to configure remote control to achieve real-time monitoring, thereby saving labor costs.

In the application of smart light pole, Schneider Electric terminal distribution intelligent solution can achieve remote control and rapid deployment, easy to achieve fine management, greatly improving the intelligent level of smart light pole distribution.

Data center: Continuous power supply, stable and reliable

The data center is also an important part of the “new infrastructure”, as the “behind the scenes hero” of the digital age, the data center is in a key hub position in the construction of the digital grid. In the data center, the power supply and distribution system is equivalent to the blood transfusion pipe of the data center, which is responsible for transporting energy to each device in the system. The power supply system provides stable and reliable power supply for the equipment room. If the power supply and distribution system is faulty, IT devices will be interrupted, causing economic losses and social impacts.

In the application of data center, this Schneider Electric terminal power distribution intelligent solution can realize remote control and accident monitoring, alarm, early warning, and provide safe and stable terminal power distribution support for data center operators.

5G base station: energy consumption management, convenient operation and maintenance

As a leading technology in the global scientific and technological revolution, 5G is a key element of a new round of industrial revolution. In recent years, China’s 5G applications have rapidly entered the “fast lane”, according to the data of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, by the end of August 2022, the total number of 5G base stations in China reached 2,102,000, accounting for 19.8% of the total number of mobile base stations. From the perspective of terminal power distribution, with the increase in the number of base stations, the maintenance team’s maintenance difficulty for base stations is gradually increasing. When there is a problem in the power supply of base stations, operation and maintenance personnel need to find the base stations to deal with and troubleshoot them in turn in order to deal with hidden dangers. Secondly, the power consumption of the base station itself is relatively large, the frequency band of 5G is much higher than that of 2G, 3G and 4G networks, and the attenuation of the signal transmission process is also large, and the electricity bill alone accounts for a large operating cost, and the power supply is facing a greater test.

In the application of 5G base stations, Schneider Electric terminal distribution intelligent solutions help operators achieve remote operation in a digital and visual way, greatly saving labor costs; At the same time, there is no need to worry about billing problems when the quantity is large and the electricity cost is large.

Commercial building: Electricity prepayment, smart property

Commercial buildings are the carriers of modern cities, and they are also recognized as large carbon emitters, with the characteristics of large energy consumption and complex energy consumption structure. At present, commercial buildings generally seek building intelligence to cope with the pressure of carbon emission. For building managers, electricity metering is a difficult problem, involving tenant charges, public area charges, arrears of power supply renewal fees, power-on system-level energy consumption management and many other types of branch circuit electricity metering. Through Schneider Electric intelligent terminal distribution solutions, commercial building managers can achieve green, low-carbon, cost reduction and efficiency sustainable development.

Referring to intelligent solutions for terminal distribution, Zhang Haiqiong, Director of the Marketing Department of Terminal Distribution Products at Schneider Electric, said: “Energy saving and carbon reduction is the mission of every enterprise and individual under the goal of ‘double carbon’, Schneider Electric terminal distribution intelligent solution will help multiple industries to achieve smart double carbon, covering a wider range of application scenarios, and bring a more green, sustainable, safe and reliable integrated power experience for industry users.”