技术
- 传感器 - 电导率传感器
- 传感器 - 电表
适用行业
- 电网
- 公用事业
适用功能
- 维护
- 产品研发
用例
- 微电网
- 虚拟原型与产品测试
服务
- 系统集成
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PG&E 成立于 1905 年,目前是美国最大的天然气和电力综合能源公司之一。这家投资者拥有的电力公司为加州北部和中部 70,000 平方英里服务区的约 1600 万人提供能源服务。作为 PG&E 公司的子公司,PG&E 是加州庞大发电系统的一部分,该系统每年发电量超过 296,000 吉瓦时。最近,该公用事业公司的能源需求几乎持续增长。过去 50 年里,加州家庭数量几乎翻了一番,从 1970 年的 650 万户增加到如今的 1250 万户。尽管消费者数量不断增长,但消费者使用能源和电子产品的方式也发生了巨大变化。跟上这些不断变化的需求模式给全国公用事业公司带来了重大挑战。
挑战
总部位于旧金山的太平洋天然气与电力公司 (PG&E) 在加州三分之二的地区拥有并运营 1,000 多个输配电变电站。由于电网现代化的推动,变电站工程部正在努力跟上项目数量。该公用事业公司 10 亿美元的变电站预算中约 95% 用于棕地地点,这些地点的现有基础设施主要通过二维图纸记录。手动将 2D 工程图转换为 3D 模型以用于改造项目的做法既耗时又不准确。这个费力的过程始于工程师获取设施现有的二维图纸并通过现场测量填补信息空白。经过大约 120 小时的手动工作后,由于遗留文档中的错误以及工程师无法前往现场测量带电设备,生成的模型经常不准确。
解决方案
PG&E 使用 Bentley ContextCapture 进行实景建模,取代了手动将 2D 工程图转换为 3D 模型的耗时过程,从而将模型制作时间缩短了三分之一。该软件融合了先进的图像捕获和处理技术,可从高分辨率摄影和激光扫描点云创建工程就绪的实景网格。通过对现有条件进行建模,ContextCapture 为新的设计、施工和运营提供了背景。为了捕捉其棕地变电站的图像,PG&E 采用了无人机、载人升降机和地面设备等多种摄影技术。 ContextCapture 自动识别每张照片的相对位置和方向,以 3D 形式重建图像,并映射适当的纹理。该软件会生成一个实景网格,然后将其引用到 Bentley Substation 中。 ContextCapture 生成智能 3D 实景网格,并在 Bentley Substation 中引用,工程师可以在其中完成将电气和物理设计结合在一起的整个变电站改造设计。
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