2017 IEEE 2nd International Conference on Big Data Analysis
Impact of Big Data on Electric-power Industry
Liu Qing
Info.&Document Center
State Nuclear Electric Power Planning, Design &
Research Institute
Beijing, China
e-mail: liuqing@snpdri.com
Li Qinqian
Info. & Document Center
State Nuclear Electric Power Planning, Design & Research Institute
Beijing, China
e-mail: liqinqian@snpdri.com
Abstract—Mobile Internet technology is more and more into
people's lives. Big Data for the commercial, economic, service,
and other areas has brought the earth-shaking change. Over
the next 10 years will be a Big Data to lead the age of wisdom,
both opportunities and challenges. The data in a certain sense
has become a new economic asset class. How to use Big Data to
create more value will be a new task faced by all industries,
especially the power industry. In this paper, Big Data platform
model of the power industry and nuclear power survey and
design industry is designed. Author focuses on the impact of
Big Data on the Electric-power industry.
Keywords-nuclear power survey and design; Big Data
foundational models; Data mining; decision making
I. INTRODUCTION
With the rapid development of information networks, our
life is seriously affected by cloud computing, cloud services,
cloud platform. Every industry and field will face significant
changes. However, with the advent of the cloud era, more
and more attention has been attracted to Big Data. Big Data
has become a major disruptive technology revolution in the
IT industry, following the cloud computing, Internet of
things.
The relationship between Big Data and cloud computing
is inseparable. Big Data uses a distributed architecture,
which features a massive data distributed data mining (SaaS,
Software-as-a-Service), but it must rely on cloud computing,
distributed processing, distributed database (PaaS, Platform-
as-a-Service) and cloud storage, virtualization technology
(IaaS, Infrastructure as a Service).The strategic significance
of big data technology is not to master the huge data
information, but rather how to carry out specialized data
processing of these data. As a survey and design industry in
the information age, how to use big data to develop services
for the power industry is the subject that we need to explore
further.
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Zhu Boyu
Planning and Development Division
Information Center of CAAC
Beijing, China
e-mail: lwfb2014@126.com
II. CONCEPT AND CHARACTERISTICS OF BIG DATA
What is Big Data? From the literal sense, it refers to the
amount of data involved is huge, so that information can not
capture, management, processing and finishing, to within a
reasonable time, through the current mainstream software
tools. Many of the current methods of data analysis may pay
more attention to detailed data analysis and data mining in
detail[1].The concept of big data is focused on the relevance
of the mass of data, rather than the accuracy of each data. In
the author's opinion, the biggest difference between big data
and current data mining is how to analyze and find the
correlation exists in the mass data. Research for Big Data is
more than just a way,Big Data research focuses on ideas and
methods.
A. The Difference between Big Data and Data
The traditional sense of the data is structured, Big Data
including structured data, semi-structured data and
unstructured data. Big Data including graphics, text, pictures,
audio, video and other formats. Its contents include our blog,
micro-blog, our location information, transaction information,
etc.. For example, now many software can be associated with
Ali-pay, phone book, photos, text, audio and video data and
other information[2].The data of traditional data is structured,
therefore, the data analysis and data mining can follow the
law.Big Data has a lot of semi-structured and unstructured
data, it is the law that follows in the analysis process is
unknown. Analysis of large data needs to be simulated in all
aspects of the information, to assess the form of its analysis,
and to calculate the possibility of the credibility. Compared
to data, Big Data has an obvious characteristic: Frequent
interaction between the data needs analysis of large-scale
data, and the combination of business data mining in real
time.
B. Four Characteristics of Big Data
Big data has four "V" characteristics: Volume, Variety,
Velocity, and the most important Value[3]. Volume: Large
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data starting unit of measurement is at least P (1000 T), E (1
million T) or Z (1 billion T). Variety: The types of Big data
including web logs, audio, video, pictures, location
information, multi-type of data have a higher requirement for
the processing ability of data. Velocity: This is the most
significant difference between Big Data and traditional data
mining. Velocity can be understood as faster to meet real-
time requirements, Big data era is more and more focus on
real-time data. Value: With the wide use of Internet of things,
Figure 1. Four V characteristics of Big Data
III. IMPACT OF BIG DATA ON ELECTRIC POWER
INDUSTRY
With the rapid development of our life, the way of
obtaining the data is varied.Existing technical architecture
and route, has been unable to effectively deal with such a
large amount of data.It will be useless,that the information is
put into the collection of huge human and material resources
but there is no timely and effective information processing.It
can be said that a new challenges is be put forward on human
data control capabilities in the Big Data Era.A more
profound and comprehensive insight into the ability is be
required.An unprecedented space and potential is also be
provided.
A. Big Data Decision-making will Become a New Way of
Decision Making
This will be an unprecedented decision making method,
that the management of the enterprise from a large number
of data to obtain the value of the need, and analysis of the
data leading decision. This decision-making method is
driving the new orientation of human information
management standards [4].With the large data analysis and
predictive analysis of the influence of the management
decision-making gradually increased, the existing decision-
making situation will be completely changed.
1˅" Big data application" to promote the integration of
information technology and the depth of the industry.
The first to put forward the Big Data Era is the world's
leading consulting firm mckinsey. He sad: ʾ Data, has
penetrated into today's every industry and business functions,
has become an important factor in production. People for
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information perception is everywhere. The amount of
information is enormous, but at the same time the problem of
low value density has been created. It is a difficult problem,
how to complete the extraction of valuable data more quickly
through a powerful machine algorithm. Value, is the ultimate
significance of Big Data üühow to gain insight and value.
The explanation of four "V" characteristics please see last
page of this document of Fig. 1.
massive data mining and use, indicates a new wave of
productivity growth and the arrival of the wave of consumer
surplus.ʾIn the information network oriented society, from
the scientific and technological research to the people's
health insurance, from the financial industry to the Internet
industry, the growth of the data volume of each industry is
explosive.According to incomplete statistics, the United
States has 15 large companies have a large number of
industry data, which has accounted for the vast majority in
the 17 industry.It is no exaggeration to say that the amount of
data that the United States has on Library of Congress is far
less than the average of the 15 industries.
Many famous consulting experts predict Big Data
analysis and big data mining, will change every industry's
business functions in the next 10 years[5].For example, in
the survey and design industry, enterprise product life cycle
management will use the IT system, including computer
aided design, engineering, product development and
management tools and archiving query tools, designers can
build a product life-cycle management platform PLM
(Product Life-cycle Management), which will be a variety of
systems and the various stages of data integration together,
together for the new products and services.In transportation,
energy, services and other industries, and even in the field of
news media, also in the development of large data as an
opportunity to accelerate the depth of these industries and
information technology integration.
2 ˅Big data development to promote new technologies
and new applications continue to emerge
With the rapid development of large data, people's daily
life on the application of big data is also increasingly evident,
which is the source of the new technology development of
large data.Through the big data and the people live the depth
of integration, the original application simply rely on human
judgment,people's work would also be simplified through a
computer system for data analysis and data mining function,
and can improve the accuracy and efficiency of the work, or
even be replaced by means of information.
A suitable set of data in the data collection, perhaps
people will not have important applications, but in another
seemingly unrelated areas, through the analysis of Big Data
mining may get unexpected results.With this innovative Big
Data applications, the energy of the information data will be
amplified, the arrival of the era of big data may be a
landmark change in people's lives.
B. Impact of Big Data Era on the Electric Power Industry
1 ˅ Impact of Big Data on electric power industry
decision and management
For the decision-making layer of the enterprise, the
development of large data is of great significance. Now the
big industry depends on the development of information
network, through the big data decision-making system for
enterprises in the past and present data analysis, predict the
future[6]. The comparison of the data integration, internal
and external, the characteristics of big data, i.e. between
regions, industries and enterprises sector coverage and
penetration, formed the basis for decisions nonlinear,
uncertainty oriented, bottom-up. This new type of decision-
making is to subvert the traditional, linear, top-down
decision-making model of the elite. However, it should also
be noted that once we have encountered errors and false data,
the impact will be disastrous. The development of Big Data
for the management and grassroots also have a profound
Figure 2. Big Data platform model of electric power industry
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impact. For example, for the management of equipment,
users can effectively use big data to improve and standardize
the management of equipment.
With the development of Big Data, the management will
use real-time data transmission equipment, may collect all
the time, various locations, various types of a series of data,
so that each device into a real-time management
system[7].At the same time, the real-time data acquisition
will provide reference data for comprehensive development
and repair, through the analysis of historical data, to predict
the importance of equipment and the service life, reduce the
serious accident caused by sudden damage of the important
parts.
2˅Big Data platform model of electric power industry
The power industry can use the characteristics of big data
to improve the following functions: information data
management of power plant equipment, real time production
information monitoring and application in power plant
(including fault diagnosis and condition based
maintenance),technical upgrading and improvement, visual
query, personnel simulation training,etc.[8].Through the Big
Data and other technologies to achieve the historical data and
production data online collection and distribution. Power
plant inspection personnel can be automatically or manually
enter the power plant site real-time data through GPS and
other tools, which can be dispersed in the power plant
operating data, production data, fault diagnosis data and
status of the maintenance of the collection. Through the big
data technology will power plant production information of
the historical data and real-time data management and
analysis, support the production of power industry.
 In the nuclear power survey and design industry, Big
Data can be applied to nuclear power conventional island
experimental verification data,2D or 3D design, equipment
parameter index and usage trend forecast. In the design of
nuclear power conventional island, the simulation model can
be input to verify the data. In the 2D or 3D design of nuclear
power plant, various types of the results that calculated by
the data model, professional simulation software can be input
into the big data platform. With the help of the effective
result of big data, the survey data of nuclear power plant is
analyzed and processed. Technical support is provided to the
nuclear power plant operation management personnel,
through the technical level to improve the safety and
reliability of nuclear power plant operation.
In the power design industry, refinement, standardization
and standardization of the software and hardware resource
management can be achieved through the characteristics of
Big Data. For software resources, the operation behavior of
each user can be collected, summarized, analyzed and
summarized. Sort out all kinds of data: such as the frequency
of use of professional software, the length of time, etc..
Reports of software usage can be formed. For hardware
resources, monitoring the use of hardware equipment.
Condition of monitoring equipment. Which will help the
decision-making of the power design industry leaders in the
software and hardware resources to buy, software upgrades,
hardware expansion and other aspects. The Big Data
foundational models of electric power industry is shown at
last page of this document for of Fig. 2.
IV. THE IMPACT OF BIG DATA ERA ON SOCIETY
A. Big Data Bring Change
The biggest change in the era of big data is not reduce the
pursuit of causality. It focus on the relevant relationship. It
has put forward a new challenge to human's cognition and
communication with the world, and has overturned the
thought practice of mankind for thousands of years[9].In the
ideal world, people will not need to learn, just learn how to
use the tool. Through the analysis and mining of large data,
we will get every detail of the transaction. Most people only
need skilled query tools, thinking will also become the work
of a few people or things, and thinking of the focus will be
placed on the efficiency of data analysis and how to grasp
the value of the data, and what kind of data value.
B. Privacy in the Era of Big Data
Personal privacy in Big Data Era is also one of the
aspects we need to pay attention to.Although there are a lot
of monitoring around us, we have been used, but this is not
very safe after all[10].Because through the analysis of a large
number of user behavior data, Internet companies can
accurately determine people's preferences and personal
network push, which at the same time in the realization of
the network information query convenience may pose a
threat to personal privacy.
In the era of Big Data, network information security has
been amplified again.Big The problem need to be concerned
and solved in Big Data Era is how to share the information
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in the conditions and to ensure the safety of data.In the
information society, the protection of privacy security will be
the behavior of the whole society[11].Information, the
network, the tool itself is not good or bad, it is important that
people how to use the tool, and the purpose of the big data.
V. EPILOGUE
Harvard University sociology professor Gary Gold said:
"This is a revolution, huge data resources so that all areas has
began the process of the quantization, whether academic,
business or government, will begin this process in all
fields."With the arrival of Big Data Era, Big Data may bring
the huge value is gradually being recognized.Through the
comprehensive perception, collection, analysis and sharing
of all kinds of data, we can find out the world and understand
the new perspective of the world.At the same time based on
the facts and data to make decisions, the way of thinking will
be changed. Great changes will be brought to the entire
power industry, the information network and even the whole
society.
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