At present, there is a trend of thought which seems to be "politically incorrect" and will fall behind the development trend of the gas industry; From the observation of the operation of information technology, there is also the phenomenon of abandoning the original to the last in some regions. Now it is necessary to clean up the source. What is "this" is to focus on the construction quality, implement the operation and maintenance in place, and make the data sorting and analysis effective in accordance with laws, regulations, standards and specifications, not just for the sake of a few pages of PPT. It is a grandiose tendency to associate gas with smart operation and smart city, and excessively pursue informatization and even intellectualization.
Construction project management system
For example, should we pay more attention to whether the welding quality of polyethylene (PE) gas pipeline is reliable, and not to cause gas leakage due to welding quality defects, which will lead to explosion and fire accidents? There are many such cases; The role of the construction project management system is to help us standardize the construction organization and management to a large extent, but the construction quality should be paid attention to, or the on-site efforts should be in place, whether there is a system is not sufficient condition. In most cases, the construction project management system is just a tool to generate a visual progress chart. Do you still have a question mark on the promotion and improvement of the project quality? Moreover, the county gas companies are not large, and the annual gas engineering projects are also limited. How necessary is it to build the engineering management system?
GIS
The length of underground pipelines of a county gas company is relatively limited, and the distribution area is also relatively small. Surveying, mapping and CAD drawings can be well managed; The pipe network structure is also relatively simple. No software is needed for load forecasting analysis, emergency condition analysis, etc. Excel tables can be used to associate various control valves, pressure regulating equipment and facilities, users, etc., whether it is daily maintenance operations or emergency queries, it can be better realized. As for the gas load, it is possible to measure the pressure more often, collect and analyze the gas consumption and rules of users.
Some county gas companies still have this logic. Only by using GIS, can they manage the drawing information of underground gas pipelines well; In practice, accurate and complete map data is the basis for GIS to play an effective role; Without accurate and complete drawing data, GIS is just vase and decoration. The unclear information of underground gas pipeline is a fundamental major hidden danger, and the gas company should resolve to solve it with great efforts.
To launch GIS, gas companies must first improve the drawings and documents of underground gas pipelines. They are either missing, incomplete, untrue or inconsistent. What's the significance of launching GIS? Investment does not mean effectiveness. SCADA shall also be invested and constructed in accordance with the effective principle.
Remote meter reading
The necessity for county gas companies to use remote meter reading, especially the hot smart gas meters, is questionable. Relatively speaking, the user safety awareness of county gas companies is relatively weak, and the gas use conditions are relatively complex, especially for rural coal to gas users in villages and towns. In this case, more efforts should be made to patrol, publicize and inspect users by taking advantage of door-to-door services.
Some county gas companies do not have a large number of users. The number of more users is only 35000, and the number of fewer users is only 120000. A good organization of manpower can help them manage. Some county gas companies hit industrial and commercial users with remote monitoring devices such as flow pressure, but whether the number of gas meters and combustion equipment, load scale, etc. are matched has not been properly managed. What is the significance of such monitoring?
Summary
Of course, with the help of informatization, fees and costs will increase, and the cash flow of county gas companies will be better, which will also stimulate some investment and consumption. There is still some positive significance.
As for information technology, we should use it according to local conditions and make full technical and economic comparison, instead of following the trend or joining the crowd. If millet plus rifles can solve the problem, we should not go aboard the aircraft cannon. If it does, it will be a great waste. It violates the principle of seeking truth from facts, and the technology and economy will fail. The county gas company is like a small family. We should not only ensure that we are neither humble nor arrogant, but also pay attention to frugality. It is absolutely unacceptable to wear gold and silver.
Many information-based means have become tools for managing performance, or risk control systems that demonstrate "we take various measures".
For some operation rules, county gas companies should actively organize observation and research to find some rules, which can be solved and verified manually in many cases.
Here we also want to say that large companies, before thoroughly solving the problem of whether the underlying basic data is complete and effective, are just playing with concepts, and in the end, they are building castles in the air. At the same time, we should also see that after the application of various information means, if the background management ability is not strengthened, it will be a drag. The problems that occur should be solved in time, and the data assets should be effectively managed. These need information engineers and data analysis engineers who are familiar with the gas business.
We should get rid of the information superstition, go out of the wrong area of tool theory, and use more methodologies to solve problems in practice. High quality development must not only rely on temporary technical measures, but also rely on management methods that address the root causes.
