Focusing on new energy practice, the 3rd National Undergraduate Electric Power Innovation Design Competition concluded in Shanghai
2024-08-18
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Shanghai, August 18 (China News Service) (Xie Mengyuan) The "Xiang Xinli Cup" 3rd National College Student Electric Power Innovation Design Competition, hosted by the China Electric Power Education Association and organized by Shanghai University of Electric Power, came to an end in Shanghai on the afternoon of the 17th.
The scale of this year's competition has been expanded, covering a total of 29 provinces. There are 540 teachers and students participating in the finals offline, and 908 teachers and students participating online. The participating teams focused on cutting-edge fields such as smart grids, energy storage systems, and power Internet of Things, combined with key issues such as energy structure optimization, energy efficiency improvement, energy conservation and emission reduction under the "dual carbon" goals, and proposed many innovative and practical power solutions.
It is reported that the theme of this event is "Electricity Innovation, 'Intelligent Gathering' New Energy System". The competition is divided into two tracks. Among them, the open innovation track is for participating in the competition with innovative electric power inventions or design works, including physical production (including models), software, design, etc., reflecting new ideas, new principles, new methods and new technologies.
Yang Shiguan, director of the Engineering Innovation Center of North China Electric Power University, served as the chief judge of this competition. In an exclusive interview with China News Service, he said that the core of new energy is to serve the country's new power system. Its status in China is becoming increasingly important, and it has the trend and potential to become the main energy source. In this competition, many projects proposed innovative ideas and practices around new energy.
During the 3rd National Undergraduate Electric Power Innovation Design Competition, students in the engineering design track are answering questions. Photo courtesy of Shanghai University of Electric Power
"The definition of new energy is not just a new type of energy. More importantly, it is the use of new technologies, new materials and new engineering methods to transform and utilize traditional energy resources," said Yang Shiguan.
Li Shengxi, a 2022 graduate student from the School of Automation Engineering at Shanghai University of Electric Power, brought a vision-enabled distributed photovoltaic power station fault intelligent identification and positioning system. According to him, the solution uses machine vision technology to classify hot spots on photovoltaic panels. Hot spots are caused by obstructions (such as dust, bird droppings or plants), which can reduce power generation efficiency and even cause fire risks.
Li Shengxi's team plans to use the vision technology and 3D reconstruction technology carried by drones to automatically detect abnormalities in photovoltaic panels and accurately locate the fault location. Currently, this technology has been tested in cooperation with a Shanghai company, and plans to further improve it to increase accuracy.
Yang Shiguan told reporters that another track of the competition is engineering design, which requires participating students to use the software provided by the organizing committee to complete the design tasks in the set scenarios and submit the design results as required. The competition uses virtual simulation technology to plan and design the new energy microgrid, thermal system and clean emission projects of power plants, improve students' understanding of microgrids and energy power, and promote the cultivation of students' innovative ability.
It is worth noting that although the software used in the engineering design track was developed specifically for this event, its scope of use is not limited to this. It has now been included in the teaching courses of many universities to enhance students' engineering design skills.
The reporter noticed that some of the judges of this competition are from enterprises, and the project presentation process may also become an interview session for enterprises. An enterprise leader said that students may face technological innovation after graduation, so enterprises not only pay attention to students' learning ability, but also pay great attention to their problem-solving and innovation capabilities.
Bai Junwen, vice president and secretary general of the China Electric Power Education Association, said that the competition focuses on the integrated development of "jobs, courses, competitions, and certificates", and students who perform well in the competition will also be favored by related companies. (End)
