ResearchResearch CenterDigital Water Resources & Hydropower Engineering and Watershed Security Research Center

Research Center

Affiliated Institutes

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Water Engineering Safety Institute

Facing the four links of engineering safety, i.e. "inspection, diagnosis, treatment and control", the Institute focuses on contents such as the key technologies of intelligent monitoring & detection, the intelligent diagnosing method of hydraulic building operation, the defect repairing & emergency interconnecting method of hydraulic structure operation, and the intelligent control technology and platform of watershed safety, builds the core capabilities of "online perception - comprehensive diagnosis - emergency treatment - cloud control", serves the safe operation of the watershed, and "feel the pulse and inquire" for the safety of major projects.

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Water Engineering Digitalization & Intelligentization Design Institute

The Institute focuses on the field of digitalization & intelligentization design of water engineering, and is committed to the researches upon aspects such as digital design key technologies, design collaborative system methods & digitalized products, engineering numerical calculation, simulation and analysis platform, and basic key technology of water engineering digital twinning. The Institute aims to promote the high-level development of water engineering digital technology in China, and continuously enhance the R&D and technology accumulation of domestic mapping industry software and CAE software through technology research and platform building.

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Water Environment and Watershed Security Institute

The Institute focuses on the fields of urban river & lake water safety and water environment, be committed to establishing scientific theories and key technology system of smart watershed, provides solutions for river & lake water ecological environment improvement and smart supervision, and becomes a R&D platform integrating theoretical innovation, technology development and product production.

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Intelligent Construction Institute

The Institute gathers talents from the intelligent construction team of Tsinghua University, focuses on the intelligent construction, management & operation of major national infrastructure, especially water resources & hydropower engineering and geotechnical engineering, carries out R&D of intelligent construction's research methods, innovative technology and key equipment, and provides engineering technology solutions for intelligent construction and intelligent post-construction. The research mainly includes intelligent temperature control, intelligent ventilation, intelligent vibroflotation, intelligent safety, engineering knowledge graph, etc.

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Smart Hydropower Complex Research Institute

With key buildings of hydropower complex as the object, the Institute is committed to building a reservoir & dam safety intelligent detection and intelligent control system based on "inspection, detection, diagnosis and maintenance", forms a series of key technologies such as multivariate inspection data collection, data identification & judgment, risk warning and response interconnection, promotes the highly efficient transmission and coordinated integration of reservoir & dam's safety information flow, and optimizes the detection and control process of key hydraulic buildings.

Core technology/products

Intelligent routing inspection and digital twinning technology for structural safety of high dam complex

• Having built a high-precision numerical simulation method for flood release towards the challenge of flood release and energy dissipation of high arch dams in Southwest China such as Sichuan

• Having developed an integrated routing inspection equipment system of "air, space, ground, and water", and independently developed a series of routing inspection robot equipment and system, so as to realize the dynamic detection and thorough perception of structural safety

• Having built a visual active detection technology system of "overally rough inspection, partially detailed observation and defect precise measurement" for key facilities of high dam complex

• Having overcome the intelligent damage identification and risk spatial mapping methods, established a safety control platform for hydraulic structures based on digital twinning, and carried out watershed-level engineering practice

  
  

R&D product: multi-mode underwater routing inspection robot system

Having adopted the integrated "desilting - displacement" technology design of desilting, water displacement and observation, solved the visual detection difficulties in complex environment, been included into the technology promotion by the Ministry of Water Resources, and won the gold medal of patents for invention at home and abroad

Figure: dual-mode underwater routing inspection robot system

R&D product: digital twinning control platform for reservoir & dam safety
Having established the safe operation model of hydraulic structures, developed the knowledge mapping based on spatial-temporal AI, created digital twins of key structures, and realized the intelligent damage identification, risk spatial mapping, and structural safety assessment & risk control based on digital twinning

Figure: reservoir & dam digital twinning control system

*R&D team: Smart Hydropower Complex Institute

Long-term operation & maintenance and smart control technology for river & lake ecological environment

• Having independently developed intelligent monitoring equipment to realize the dynamic and real-time monitoring of river & lake water quality, aquatic creatures and aquatic habitats

• Having built the digital twinning system of river & lake water ecological environment by adopting the technology system of "perception - prediction - promotion - decision"

• Having created a "water brain" dually driven by "professional model + big data algorithm"

R&D product: park city water perception system
Having built a water digital twinning ecological comprehensive application platform so as to realize the full mastery of water ecology & water environment data, the accurate prediction of future changes, and the smart treating & dispatching management of emergent & comprehensive measures

Figure: park city water perception system

*R&D team: Water Environment and Watershed Security Institute

Integrated intelligent water access and temperature control system

• Small gradient, slow cooling and precise control

• Closed-loop adjustment system platform for real-time sensing and negative feedback of concrete temperature control full element

• Highly integrated containerized water access equipment with fieldbus, IOT data sensing, PLC control and multi-end visualized interactive interface

• Having developed to intelligent temperature control 3.0 system, with 100% independent R&D of core components such as chips and control devices, and tackled the technical bottleneck in the field of concrete temperature control

• Having been fully applied to world-class giant hydropower stations such as Bai-he-tan, Wu-dong-de, and Jinghe, and major projects such as Jinghe Dam, Leier Dam, Xi-la-mu-lun-te Bridge, and Wangguan Yellow River Bridge

*R&D team: Intelligent Construction Institute

HydroSafety intelligent management cloud platform

• Having developed underwater detection and repairing technologies for concrete panels, and solved the difficulties of leakage detection and underwater repairing in complex environment

• Having developed a safety control platform for watershed hydropower stations under operation, and built an assessment system with different types and levels, so as to conduct real-time analysis of dam's working condition

• Having built HydroSafety technology system for engineering safety to serve watershed safe operation

Figure: HydroSafety technology system

R&D product: watershed security control platform
Towards the operation and management of watershed-level dams, Having realized the intelligentization of data collection, ordering, analysis, assessment and decision, and the visualization of analysis results, built the intelligent online monitoring platform for watershed dams, and improved the operation and maintenance management level of hydraulic work

Figure: watershed security control platform

*R&D team: Water Engineering Security Institute

咨询工作

Application Cases

• Underwater routing inspection of stilling pool of the hydropower station of Jialing River water resources engineering

  · Having successively completed 5 demonstration applications, and saved about 30 million yuan of maintenance costs for the enterprise

  · Having ensured the full functioning of staggering peak flood detention, and had a good social influence

  · Having achieved industry leading and won the Electricity 5G Application Innovation Case of China Electricity Council and the first prize of Science and Technology Progress of Sichuan Province

  
  

  
  

• Urban river & lake water ecological management and promotion

  
  

  · Having realized thorough perception and intelligent control of water elements in key urban waters such as Xinglong Lake and Yong'an Lake in Chengdu

  · The integrating method of water ecological knowledge mapping and twinning platform has realized the multi-objective optimization decision for the long-term stable operation of river and lake

  · The smart water ecological management system of Tianfu New Area contributes to the creating of a digital twinning city, the enhancing of city resilience and the building of park city quality

  
  
  

• Lancang River watershed security control platform

  · The Lancang River watershed security control platform has obtained access to the relevant data of 14 large and medium-sized hydropower stations at home and abroad, and the application effect is remarkable