AI Leads CPC in Creating a New Era of Smart Industrial Safety and Predictive Maintenance
Amid the wave of digital transformation and sustainable governance, CPC is actively applying AI technology to industrial safety and maintenance management, building a smart industrial safety system characterized by “prevention first, intelligent monitoring, and proactive response,” thereby strengthening safety protection for employees and equipment from the source. In 2024, CPC’s “Power Supply Predictive and Health Management Technology” won the National Brand Yushan Award, demonstrating the innovative strength and practical achievements of AI-powered industrial safety, and becoming a model for smart transformation among state-owned enterprises.
Technology Empowers Industrial Safety: AI Becomes the Guardian of Safety
In 2021, CPC established the 5G AIoT Promotion Project Office to drive the digitalization of industrial safety management based on AI and data-driven approaches. By introducing advanced models and real-time monitoring systems, CPC has significantly enhanced risk identification and response capabilities.
Smart Industrial Safety Evolution: Real-Time Visibility of On-Site Risks
In traditional industrial safety management, some risks rely on manual inspections and experience-based judgment. CPC has introduced AI image recognition technology to perform real-time image analysis of the work site. When the system detects that employees are not properly wearing personal protective equipment or identifies anomalies such as smoke or flames on-site, it can automatically send alerts and trigger rapid intervention, significantly reducing the risk of accidents. In addition, electronic fences have been installed in plant areas. Through the integration of sensors and AI models, real-time monitoring of personnel and vehicle entry and exit is enabled. Combined with an AI-based contractor identity verification mechanism, this enhances the efficiency and security of access control.
Aerial Inspection Tool: Drones Equipped with AI for Smart Inspections
To address the challenges of inspecting natural gas pipeline bridges, CPC’s Southern District Office has implemented a smart drone inspection system. Equipped with an AI object recognition model (YOLOv4), the system can automatically detect anomalies such as corrosion, PE damage, and exposed pipelines. The captured images and positioning information are transmitted to the Azure cloud database and integrated with GIS geographic data, enabling highly efficient, comprehensive inspection management. This innovative model not only enhances inspection efficiency but also ensures personnel safety, injecting new energy into the traditional manual inspection approach.
A New Paradigm for Predictive Maintenance: Seeing Future Risks Through Data
Industrial safety requires not only real-time response but also proactive prediction. CPC applies motor current spectrum imaging combined with AI image recognition. After building a dataset, the system successfully detected an abnormal spectrum in a sulfur plant compressor. Although no vibration symptoms were present, the AI model detected 46 broken rotor bars, successfully preventing a potential failure and avoiding the risk of an unscheduled shutdown.
CPC is also promoting a power supply unit life prediction system and has developed a graphical interface diagnostic tool to enhance maintenance decision-making efficiency.
AI Smart Applications × ESG Sustainable Governance
The introduction of AI technology is not only a symbol of digital transformation but also a core pillar of corporate sustainable governance. Through the development of smart industrial safety systems and predictive maintenance mechanisms, CPC achieves multiple objectives, including accident prevention, energy conservation and carbon reduction, cost control, and employee well-being. These efforts also align with international sustainable development goals such as SDG 8, 9, 12, and 13, demonstrating the resilience and responsibility expected of a sustainable enterprise. In the future, CPC will continue to optimize AI model applications, extend them to more operational areas, deepen the construction of the industrial safety data platform, and strengthen integration with internal systems, realizing the three-in-one vision of "smart industrial safety, smart inspections, and smart decision-making." With technology as its backing, CPC will make safety a core competitive strength of the Company, creating a more stable and trustworthy sustainable enterprise for all stakeholders.