Exploring Gree’s Industrial IoT Energy Management System

As the internet dividend gradually diminishes, the Internet of Things has emerged as a new generation of industrial development direction that is widely anticipated.

The Industrial Internet of Things is currently one of the main application fields of IoT, where various terminal sensors, instant communication technologies, and internet technologies are continuously integrated into all aspects of industrial production, significantly improving manufacturing efficiency, enhancing product quality, reducing product costs, and minimizing resource consumption, thereby elevating traditional industrial production to the stage of intelligent manufacturing.

The GSMA Intelligence predicts that by 2025, the number of connected industrial IoT devices worldwide will grow to 10.075 billion. A survey by GSMA Intelligence shows that 69% of entrepreneurs believe that once 5G arrives, enterprise services will be the most important source of revenue.

In the current era of the Industrial Internet of Things, manufacturing must prioritize technological innovation capabilities.

Dong Mingzhu stated: “Gree has its own industrial internet platform, with nearly 70 production bases across the country. Currently, Gree Electric is a technology-driven manufacturing enterprise.”

Today, this article will take you into a factory that has built an intelligent “nervous system” to explore the “Gree Industrial IoT Energy Management System” together with you.

All-weather monitoring of electricity consumption and power quality, with early warnings and alarms for abnormal situations, compatible with different distribution systems, ensuring real-time electricity safety. Scientific management of time-based electricity usage and peak-valley electricity usage, combined with production information to record electricity flow, completely eliminating production waste.

All-weather monitoring of gas consumption and gas quality, with monitoring targets that are not limited, and multi-dimensional monitoring from gas pressure, instantaneous flow, and cumulative flow, providing timely alarms for abnormal gas quality.

Monitoring from global to local water usage and water pressure, and according to pipeline pressure values and flow values combined with factory work arrangements, discovering waste situations and providing timely alarms.

For workshops that have high environmental requirements for controllers and precision instruments, temperature and humidity monitoring functions are provided to effectively avoid the impact of the environment on equipment and products, while also providing threshold setting functions, notifying relevant personnel in a timely manner when temperature and humidity reach threshold ranges.

Constantly monitoring the operational status of equipment, the system automatically draws operating curves and energy consumption curves, and arranges maintenance in a timely manner based on operating information.

Moreover, the G-FIEMS system can scientifically shift peak and fill valleys based on day and night electricity price differences, thus reducing electricity costs and achieving energy-saving and efficiency-enhancing goals. It can also choose between energy storage and photovoltaic options for cost reduction, truly achieving minimal or no electricity costs.

Additionally, by utilizing the Internet of Things and private local communication networks, it maintains data confidentiality while enabling rapid deployment and subsequent expansion.

Currently, the G-FIEMS Gree Smart IoT Energy Management System has served multiple large industrial enterprises, saving them hundreds of thousands in costs each year.

Precisely monitoring the operational status of each device in the system, providing early warnings and alarms for energy usage and operational abnormalities, notifying maintenance personnel to check in a timely manner, preventing production capacity loss and equipment damage expansion.

Monitoring energy-using devices, the system automatically collects data in real-time, automatically generates energy usage statistical reports without manual calculation. By integrating with production information systems and considering local peak-valley flat electricity prices, energy-intensive electricity-using devices are prioritized for scheduling during valley periods, achieving energy-saving and efficiency-enhancing goals.

It can realize various types of monitoring such as energy management, equipment control, and environmental monitoring, and can also be customized according to user needs to scientifically build intelligent factories.

In recent years, Gree has continued to strengthen its efforts in building the Industrial Internet of Things, promoting the transformation and upgrade of factory production from traditional manual production to efficient automation. Dong Mingzhu stated: “The arrival of the internet era does not challenge traditional manufacturing, but enables traditional manufacturing to produce higher-end and better products more precisely.”

In the era of the Internet of Everything, technology creates a better life, assisting smart production. Gree’s Industrial IoT system builds a “nervous system” for factories to provide scientific energy management solutions, making the dream of building smart factories a reality.