LG Uplus and Korea District Heating Corporation Join Forces for Safety Management of District Energy Facilities

LG Uplus, in collaboration with Korea District Heating Corporation, will combine artificial intelligence (AI) and the Internet of Things (IoT) to enhance safety management at district energy facilities.

At the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signing ceremony held at the LG Uplus Yongsan Building in Yongsan-gu, Seoul, Kwon Yonghyun, Executive Vice President and Head of Enterprise Division at LG Uplus (right), and Jung Namsung, Head of Korea District Heating Corporation, pose for a commemorative photo. LG Uplus.

On August 31, LG Uplus announced that it had signed a "business agreement for advancing safety management in the district energy sector based on AIoT" with Korea District Heating Corporation.

District energy is an energy system that supplies heat and electricity produced at large-scale energy production facilities to apartment complexes, office buildings, and commercial properties.

The two companies plan to build an AIoT-based predictive maintenance system that utilizes AIoT technology to detect risk factors in the field in real time and predict and respond to potential safety incidents in advance.

They will conduct field verification of several technologies, including: ▲ early detection of ground subsidence ▲ detection of stray currents in thermal transmission pipes ▲ enhancement of physical security and monitoring for high-risk facilities like water and power distribution rooms.

Through this agreement, the companies plan to strengthen the overall safety management level of the district energy industry by integrating AI-based risk prediction technologies into existing safety management systems. In 2020, they jointly developed the first IoT temperature sensor (underground geothermal remote sensing sensor) in Korea, and last year, they conducted field verification of a miniaturized IoT monitoring device.

Kwon Yonghyun, Executive Vice President and Head of the Enterprise Division at LG Uplus, said, "We intend to closely monitor the blind spots in the safety of district energy facility sites and upgrade our AIoT solutions to help reinforce energy infrastructure safety." He added, "We will introduce tailored solutions by combining AI and IoT technologies to resolve pain points across various infrastructure sites."

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