Intelligent Management

Intelligent
Mangent
Intelligent Management

The Company's top priority is to build a smart factory and move towards intelligent manufacturing. In order to accelerate digital transformation, the Chlor-Alkali Business Group has established an AI team to develop various plans and execution schedules. Through machine learning, we aim to cultivate skilled professionals and face the increasingly fierce industry competition!

Develop Strategy
Renovation and replacement of old equipment and Improve equipment efficiency in order to achieve the eco-friendly goals of low pollution and low energy consumption.
Policy Commitment
Enhancing Operational Safety, Reducing Accidents, Minimizing Resource Consumption, Building an Intelligent Factory.
2023
Objective
Establishment of an intelligent control model
Establish an intelligent control AI model for a single dryer/single chlorine distillation column to optimize the process to quickly reach the optimal energy consumption conditions, making the process more stable and achieving energy-saving benefits.
Image recognition (AOI) combined with multiple equipment and processes within the facility allows us to monitor and alert operators to ensure a safe working environment.
2023
Performance
Intelligent monitoring to create a safe operating environment for energy conservation and carbon reduction
Utilizing AI models to provide optimal program settings (SP) and implementing AI-based intelligent control optimization allow us to rapidly achieve the best energy consumption conditions, resulting in more stable processes and energy-saving benefits which are introduced to the PVC dryer/unit chlorine distillation column.
The establishment of an AI model for process safety monitoring of the hydrochloric acid absorption tower can detect abnormal operations in advance, so that personnel can take preventive measures and control them in advance to avoid abnormal discharge and cause environmental pollution.
Introduction of the electrical panel AOI thermal imaging recognition, AI-based intelligent sensing safety systems for forklifts, and intelligent image recognition for smart weighing scales and tank truck loading, we can monitor and alert operators in the workflow, creating a safe operating environment.
Situation Room at Main Plant.
2024
Objective
Parallel implementation of smart AI projects
Introduce AI to a single dryer/mono chlorine distillation column through industry-academia collaboration, use the AI model to provide the optimal program operating condition setting (SP), and intelligently control the optimization with the AI model to make the program quickly reach the optimal energy consumption conditions to make the process more stable and achieve energy-saving benefits, while replicating and applying it to the three sets of dryers and three sets of distillation columns from the plant.
The production schedule can be adjusted according to the production status and changes. The AI algorithm is used to consider different production modes and constraints to find the optimal conditions in a steady state to achieve the 3M production goals: Max Capacity, Minimum idle time, and minimum power consumption.
On utilities, rotating equipment, and industrial safety and environmental protection, we collect data to establish databases, develop AI judgment models and real-time monitoring, and implement AI predictive maintenance and monitoring.
The Situation Room of the Toufen Main plant has linked the overlapping production management system, the alkaline chlorine production management system, and various online management systems to grasp the most information in real time to establish production management indicators, and display real-time production reports of each process section to meet the needs of each unit. List various indicators, produce reports as data or charts with significance for management decision-making after analysis, formulate relevant variables and relevant management countermeasures, and integrate AI functions to optimize production management, intelligent monitoring, and reduce anomalies in process operation, quality, and labor.
2025
Objective
Build smart factories
AI implementation in raw material production - parallel promotion of optimal operating conditions for intelligent control and introduction of the Situation Room and production management system at Toufen Main plant to extend the experience to the processing process to diversify the processed products, improve production efficiency, and reduce energy consumption. The utilization of automated intelligent inspection equipment to assist personnel in detecting defects in processed products will be further supported with the establishment of an intelligent engineering information analysis system with traceability, which is a key project for the next stage.
2030
Objective
Enhanced intelligence
In the future, with the introduction of AI and the control of smart learning, AIOT technology will bring new vitality to traditional industries. In terms of hardware and software equipment, we combine technology and smart management to realize smart monitoring and automated control to effectively improve production efficiency. At the same time, through the energy management system, we maximize energy utilization and reduce environmental impact, immediately sense hazards, and provide quick and accurate contingency measures.
Manufacturing upgrades not only strengthen the integration of hardware and software, but also provide a higher level of security, accelerate the transformation from traditional production to a low-carbon future, and achieve the goals of energy conservation and carbon reduction, contributing to environmental protection.
Introduce AI workflow into manufacturing process






Various projects towards the promotion of smart factories

Establishment of an AI factory
1.
Process optimization & safety monitoring
Distillation Column Systems of TVCM
Each PVC drying system of CGPC (Utilizes AI models to provide optimal program settings (SP) and implementing AI-based intelligent control optimization which allow us to rapidly achieve the best energy consumption conditions).
Absorption tower process safety monitoring
2.
AOI image recognition
Electrical Panel AOI with Thermal Imaging
AI-Assisted Safety System for Stackers
Image Recognition for Tanker Truck Loading Operations
Fabricated plant product defect identification system
Pipe AOI Image Detection System
3.
Intelligence factory
Situation Room at Main Plant
CGPC Automatic Warehousing System
Energy Efficiency Performance Management Platform
Sustainable Management through
Industry-Academia Collaboration
ESG Benefits
Providing AI Education Scholarships
Establishing AI Team in Chlor-Alkali Business Group
Sharing Practical Experiences in Industry-Academia Collaboration
(Please refer to the section on High Quality Intelli gent-based Transition
Energy Conservation, Carbon Reduction, Environmental Protection
Stable Quality, Economic Prosperity
Reducing the Probability of occupational Accidents
External communication: sharing AI smart manufacturing and digital transformation



Explanation of progress and benefits of introducing AI intelligent project
Chung Yuan Christian University Industry-Academia Cooperation
Introduced by CGPC
Process optimization - dryer planning progress and benefit description
Phase 1: Best operating conditions
Phase 2: AI intelligent control
Phase 3: Product moisture control design

Process optimization - the planning progress and benefit description of the distillation column
Phase 1: Best operating conditions
Phase 2: Control optimization

Phase 3:

AI smart process monitoring and process maintenance

Project Benefits
AI intelligent control: Overall improvement of the mean deviation (SP set value) by 31.19%.
Process operation consistency: Improve the instability of slip feeding conditions and the inconsistency of artificial control.
In 2023, the #5 dryer can save steam consumption by 5.7%.
Reduces steam consumption by 17.7% at maximum capacity.
Note:
1.
The average unit price of steam is NT$1,000/ton
2.
The average carbon emission coefficient of steam: 0.130 tons CO2e/ton
3.
The carbon fee is estimated at NT$300 per ton.
Process operation consistency: Improve the inconsistency of manual operation control of the distillation column.
AI intelligent control: AI-based steam calculation and automatic control of backflow make process control more stable.
In 2023, the unit steam consumption of the 6102 distillation column was reduced by 2.14%.
Note:
1.
The average unit price of steam is NT$1,000/ton
2.
The average carbon emission coefficient of steam: 0.130 tons CO2e/ton
3.
The carbon fee is estimated at NT$300 per ton.
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