Song Jiong of Schneider Electric: Based on the Chinese market, create a "golden combination" of DC applications with innovative strength
"China's DC applications are developing rapidly. Schneider Electric, based on the changes in industry applications, relies on strong local R&D capabilities to launch a new generation of DC products, helping Chinese and global customers to promote DC applications safely, reliably, efficiently and intelligently."
At the recent conference of Schneider Electric's new generation of low-voltage DC circuit breakers, Schneider Electric launched Acti covering photovoltaic energy storage, rail transit vehicles, data centers, DC buildings and other fields nine Series DC miniature circuit breaker, Com Pac T Low voltage DC products including NSX series DC molded case circuit breaker and MVS DA1 series 1500V DC disconnector.
Note: Zhang Wei (left), senior vice president of Schneider Electric, head of national sales department, Song Jiong (middle), senior vice president of Schneider Electric, head of smart home business in China, and Ren Jing (right), senior vice president of Schneider Electric, head of energy management low-voltage business in China jointly released a new generation of low-voltage DC products
In the media interview after the meeting, Song Jiong, senior vice president of Schneider Electric and head of smart home business in China, said that Schneider Electric, relying on the Chinese market, with China's R&D center as the main force, and with overseas teams, jointly launched a new generation of low voltage direct current circuit breaker products of Schneider Electric, At the beginning of this article, the relationship between the development strategy of Schneider Electric's new generation products and the Chinese market is described.
Song Jiong, Senior Vice President of Schneider Electric and Head of Smart Home Business in China
Helping the "golden combination" of data center industry
For a long time in the past, the application of DC power supply technology system was not widespread, and the development of related industries was slow. However, with the concept of sustainable development gradually becoming mainstream, especially after China put forward the strategic goal of "carbon neutrality in 2030 and carbon peak in 2060", the transformation efficiency of electric energy and the supply of new energy have become new breakthrough directions. As one of the important technical means to support the high proportion of new energy access and low-carbon flexible energy use, DC distribution and DC applications have entered a new development period.
"At present, the main application of DC products is in China," Song Jiong said. "In energy storage and data center industries, China's DC application industry is at the forefront of the world."
The construction mode of photovoltaic energy storage+data center is one of the most valued technical routes in the industry in the exploration of sustainable development of the data center industry, which can be called "golden combination". As a leading enterprise in the field of power supply and distribution, Schneider Electric also has a keen sense of this.
This time, Schneider Electric released products for photovoltaic energy storage, data centers, rail transit vehicles and DC buildings, and carried out customized structural design for related application scenarios to achieve intelligent, reliable, safe and green DC power supply and distribution in new scenarios.
In the photovoltaic energy storage industry, in view of the safety and absorption balance problems brought about by the stability of photovoltaic power generation, Schneider Electric's MVS DA1 series 1500V DC disconnector uses special burning resistant alloy and insulation materials, and superimposes special DC arc starting technology and circuit design to ensure high reliability of the product.
In the application of data center, Schneider Electric DC intelligent distribution scheme can adapt to different current and voltage levels of the data center, and combine the power monitoring module, intelligent electric operation and cloud platform to create intelligent terminal solutions covering protection, measurement and status control, so as to help the operation of the data center to achieve more efficient intelligent operation and maintenance at a more optimized cost.
In addition, Schneider Electric has also launched corresponding products and solutions in the fields of transportation and DC buildings, and has achieved good practical results through practical applications.
Promote green and sustainable development of industry
As the data center industry attaches importance to green and sustainable development, multi-directional changes are coming. In the field of power supply and distribution, data center HVDC (high voltage direct current) power supply is a major power supply and distribution innovation explored by the industry in recent years. After years of promotion and improvement, it has gradually been accepted by the industry and has been applied in a certain range.
In fact, in recent years, the industry has recognized the advantages of HVDC in safety, reliability, cost saving, green energy conservation and many other aspects. But at the same time, because HVDC has high requirements for the withstand voltage and reliability of related equipment, and the application has not formed a scale, supporting equipment and related accessories often need to be customized, resulting in increased costs and limited application.
"There will be more and more unipolar high-voltage DC products (in the data center)," Song Jiong said that with the popularity of HVDC in the data center industry, the demand for DC power supply and distribution equipment will also increase: "Schneider Electric's new generation DC circuit breaker can fully meet the emerging application architecture scheme of HVDC data center."
"The new generation DC products of Schneider Electric better respond to the development direction of high current and high performance of the data center by meeting the demand of high voltage and high voltage in the data center." Song Jiong said that through the application of DC solutions such as HVDC, Schneider Electric's products will further improve the efficiency of power use in the data center and help the green development of the data center industry, Meet the demand of data center industry for energy conservation and sustainable development.
Based on the Chinese market, create an industrial ecology
After 36 years of hard work in the Chinese market, Schneider Electric has established five R&D centers in Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Xi'an and Wuxi., Based on the development of the Chinese market, relying on Schneider Electric's strong global R&D system and talent system, the number of R&D engineers and patents of Schneider Electric's China R&D team are ahead of the industry.
The localized R&D team has laid the foundation for Schneider Electric to carry out targeted R&D on the Chinese market and customer needs. And through the 29 factories and logistics centers set up by Schneider Electric in China, Schneider Electric has formed a mature innovation model of R&D, production and marketing integration..
"For Schneider Electric, the first thing we need to do is sit down with customers and go to the site to see the actual application scenarios." Zhang Haiqiong, director of the marketing department of Schneider Electric terminal distribution products, explained the R&D and production model of Schneider Electric in the same interview.
As mentioned by Song Jiong at the beginning, Schneider Electric relies on the Chinese market and demand, focusing on the Chinese R&D center, to design and produce products that can meet the needs of the Chinese market and customers. At the same time, this successful product that has been verified in a large market will also be delivered to more countries and regions.
For the future, Song Jiong expressed Schneider Electric's vision of sustainable development of the enabling industry: "We believe that Schneider Electric can play a very important role in the future industrial development. We provide customers with overall DC solutions, including our intelligent solutions, which will help customers achieve the goal of dual carbon."
