Intelligent acceleration Scientific and technological innovation adds impetus to the "intelligent change" of coal mines

Coal is China's basic energy source and important industrial raw material, and is a solid foundation
to ensure China's energy security.
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, China's coal industry has accelerated its exploration in the field of clean and efficient utilization of coal, accelerated the realization from "black" to "green", and taken sonorous and powerful steps
in transformation and development.
In 2021, China's raw coal production reached 4.
13 billion tons, and coal consumption accounted for 56% of total energy consumption, and coal is still the main energy source
in China.

In the past ten years, the coal industry has continuously carried out self-revolution around the four aspects of coal production, consumption, technology and system, the digital transformation, intelligent development of the industry and the pace of clean and efficient utilization of coal have been accelerating, a number of intelligent demonstration coal mines have been built, the world's largest clean and efficient coal power supply and modern coal chemical technology system have been built, the role of scientific and technological innovation in leading the high-quality development of the industry has become more and more prominent, the ability to guarantee coal safety has been greatly improved, and the industry has explored a safe, efficient, green, The road
of intelligent high-quality development.

Strengthen the top-level design to stimulate innovation vitality

As the world's largest energy consumer, how to hold the strategic bottom line of self-sufficiency in domestic production of important energy and effectively ensure national energy security is the primary issue facing China's energy development, firmly take the road of "clean, efficient, safe and sustainable", call for intelligent and accurate exploitation and clean and efficient utilization of the main energy security, and lead the scientific development of energy security, green and low-carbon is the key
.

As environmental protection tightens the constraints on the development of the coal industry, accelerating the realization of green development has become the only choice for the coal industry, among which "carbon peaking and carbon neutrality" have become the direction leading the development of
the energy consumption industry.
However, in the next ten or even twenty years, the main energy status and responsibility of coal will not change, and the transformation and upgrading of the coal industry is still on the
way.

In January this year, the State Council issued the "14th Five-Year Plan" Comprehensive Work Plan for Energy Conservation and Emission Reduction, proposing the implementation of clean and efficient coal utilization projects
.
In June, the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and other six ministries and commissions issued a notice on the "Benchmarking Level and Benchmark Level in Key Areas of Clean and Efficient Coal Utilization (2022 Edition)", pointing out that the benchmark to achieve the goal of carbon peaking and carbon neutrality, promoting the clean and efficient use of coal, and promoting the transformation and upgrading
of coal consumption.

The Fifth Plenary Session of the Nineteenth Central Committee of the Communist Party of China proposed to adhere to the core position of innovation in the overall situation of China's modernization construction, and take scientific and technological self-reliance and self-improvement as the strategic support for
national development.
Since the 13th Five-Year Plan, scientific and technological innovation has played an important role in promoting the intelligence of coal mines, improving the level of coal mine safety production, promoting the green transformation of coal mines, and improving the level of clean and efficient utilization of coal, which has effectively promoted the improvement
of the independent innovation ability of the coal industry.

In the past ten years, coal has been efficiently developed and utilized, and the role of energy supply ballast stone stabilizer has been fully exerted
.
Data show that in 2021, the country's raw coal production reached 4.
13 billion tons, a record high
.

In the past ten years, the coal industry has taken the mechanization, automation, digitalization and intelligent construction of coal mines as the starting point to continuously improve the safety management level and production efficiency
of coal mines.
Since 2020, eight ministries and commissions, including the National Development and Reform Commission, the Energy Administration, and the Ministry of Emergency Response, have jointly issued the Guiding Opinions on Accelerating the Intelligent Development of Coal Mines, which clarifies the overall requirements, main tasks and safeguard measures for
the intelligent construction of coal mines.
Promote the integrated development of intelligent technology and the coal industry, improve the intelligent level of coal mines, promote the high-quality development of China's coal industry, and fully roll out
the intelligent construction of coal mines.

In the past ten years, with the great attention and rapid promotion of government departments at all levels and coal enterprises, the green mining of coal has achieved initial results
.
Ren Shihua, director of the Science and Technology Support Center of the General Academy of Coal Sciences, introduced in an interview with the media that the coal industry continues to promote the construction of green mines, and the land reclamation rate in coal mining areas will reach 57% in 2021, and the quality of the ecological environment in mining areas will be stable and good
.

In the past ten years, the coal science and technology innovation system with deep integration of production, education and research has been continuously improved, and the ability to optimize the allocation of scientific and technological resources has been continuously strengthened
.
The R&D investment intensity of large-scale coal enterprises has reached 2%, the management of scientific research projects and funds has been continuously optimized, the scientific and technological management system such as achievement transformation and scientific and technological awards has been continuously improved, the distribution policy has gradually shifted to be oriented to increasing the value of knowledge, the setting of scientific research projects has given more prominence to the national mission and the orientation of solving major problems in the industry, and the deep integration
of the innovation chain industrial chain has been vigorously promoted.

In the past ten years, the independent innovation ability of the coal industry has been greatly improved, the contribution rate of science and technology has increased from nearly 40% to 60%, and the scientific and technological strength has moved from quantitative accumulation to qualitative leap, from point breakthrough to system capability improvement, realizing the transformation
from tracking and imitation to running and leading in some fields.

Focus on key technologies to improve mine safety

Recently, intelligent mines have been selected as one of the top ten demonstration application scenarios in the "Notice on Supporting the Construction of a New Generation of Artificial Intelligence Demonstration Application Scenarios" (hereinafter referred to as the "Notice") of the Ministry of Science and Technology, which has aroused the attention of the
energy industry.

The "Notice" pointed out that in response to the needs of high-quality and safe development of mines in China, focusing on underground mines and open-pit mines, using a new generation of independent and controllable information technology such as artificial intelligence, 5G communication, and basic software, the normal operation demonstration mining face of "digital networking, unmanned operation, intelligent inspection, and remote intervention" of underground mines has been built, and the demonstration application of unmanned open-pit mining trucks and collaborative autonomous operations of shoveling and loading has been carried out, and the intrinsic safety level of China's mining industry has been comprehensively improved through intelligent technology to reduce and replace people
。

In September 2021, Huituo, Xiaobaodang Coal Mine of Shaanxi Coal Group and China Telecom, China's first underground mine unmanned transportation project - Xiaobaodang "5G + Smart Mining Area" passed the acceptance
.
The project has made a number of key technological breakthroughs in the field of unmanned underground mining, providing a complete solution for unmanned transportation for the overall framework of "intelligent equipment, intelligent transportation and intelligent management" in Xiaobaodang mining area, promoting the intelligent transformation of domestic underground auxiliary transportation systems, and helping the transformation and upgrading
of coal mine production.

At the same time, the "5G+ unmanned truck marshalling safety demonstration project of open-pit mine with extremely cold complex climate environment" passed the acceptance
of the industry and expert group in the Baorihiller open-pit mine of the national energy group.
While contributing to the "ten standards", the project created "five firsts", becoming the first project
to realize the unmanned three-shift unmanned formation operation without safety personnel for mining trucks above 200 tons under extremely cold conditions.

The construction of smart coal mines will help the industry improve quality and efficiency

The construction of smart coal mine is the strategic direction of technological revolution and industrial transformation and upgrading of the mining industry, and is the only way
for the transformation and development of the energy industry.
Accelerating the intelligent construction of coal mines is of great significance
to improving the level of coal safety and promoting the high-quality development of coal enterprises.

As a national strategic scientific and technological force, the Chinese Academy of Sciences has played a major role in the brilliant scientific and technological achievements made in the face of major national needs since
the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China 。 It is reported that for the national energy group, China Huaneng Group, State Power Investment, China Datang, China Baowu, China Coal Group and other top energy groups and mining enterprises to provide smart mining technology and services, its chief scientist Professor Wang Feiyue is a pioneer in the field of international intelligent control, one of the founders of China's intelligent control, Huituo with its world's first parallel theory as the support, developed an independent and controllable parallel mine operating system - "Yugong YUGONG"
。 As a smart mine operating system with all models, multiple minerals and all scenarios, it plays an important role in breaking through the "stuck neck" problem of key technologies, and has been applied
in more than 30 mines in four major industries such as coal, metallurgy, nonferrous metals, and cement.

With the encouragement of policies, Huituo, as a "specialized, special and new" enterprise, has developed
rapidly in the smart mine track.
In September 2019, Huituo completed the commercial operation of the first unmanned transportation system in China in Datang Group's Baoli Coal Mine, and its technology was recognized by mining enterprises, and large-scale commercial use gradually matured
.
Recently, and Huituo deployed a production dispatching command system
in the Huolin Hebei open-pit coal mine.
To realize the all-round scheduling and management of manned and unmanned mixed operations, more than 200 pieces of equipment such as mine dump trucks, wide-body dump trucks and excavators in the North Open-pit Coal Mine will realize intelligent, orderly and efficient production operations
under the unified scheduling of intelligent operation and monitoring system of open-pit mines.

During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, scientific and technological innovation and industrial transformation and upgrading are important development directions of the coal industry, and the intelligent construction of coal mines represents the development direction of advanced coal productivity and is the only way
for the industry to move towards higher quality development.
With excellent technical strength, Huituo will continue to make efforts in the field of intelligent construction of coal mines, comprehensively accelerate the process of large-scale industrial landing, serve the national energy security strategy, and provide strong support
for the high-quality development of national energy mining enterprises, the construction of a strong manufacturing country, the development of the digital economy and the dual carbon strategy.
(Reporter Cao Yali)