The first key laboratory of State Grid Corporation of China - Sulfur Hexafluoride Gas Characteristic Analysis and Purification Technology Laboratory

  Although SF6 gas has the least impact on the greenhouse effect compared to others, its classification as a greenhouse gas itself has drawn significant attention from the power sector.

  The fact that sulfur hexafluoride gas is classified as a greenhouse gas has caused a great response among SF6 gas manufacturers, SF6 electrical equipment manufacturers, and users. Therefore, SF6 electrical equipment manufacturers need to reduce the usage of SF6 gas in product design, minimize leakage and exhaust emissions. Users must not release SF6 gas into the atmosphere when the equipment reaches the end of its life. SF6 gas manufacturers are required to recover the gas from end-of-life equipment, process it, and reuse it. The cooperation of these three parties forms a virtuous cycle, effectively reducing the emission of sulfur hexafluoride into the atmosphere.

  For this reason, the first key laboratory of State Grid Corporation of China - Sulfur Hexafluoride Gas Characteristic Analysis and Purification Technology Laboratory was established in Anhui. The sulfur hexafluoride gas laboratory is one of the first eight key laboratories of State Grid Corporation, relying on Anhui Electric Power Company, focusing on the monitoring, management, recovery, and device development of SF6 gas for the power grid. In 2007, it was named a State Grid Corporation laboratory, and the following year it passed the laboratory accreditation of the "China National Accreditation Service for Conformity Assessment". In March of this year, it was designated as a key laboratory of State Grid Corporation. The laboratory is equipped with advanced professional testing equipment from both domestic and international sources, and has a team of expert researchers. It has achieved multiple scientific and technological achievements, currently holding one invention patent and five national utility model patents, with an overall level leading in the country.

  The establishment of the State Grid Corporation key laboratory at Anhui Electric Power Research Institute, as an important scientific research base for the provincial company system, plays a crucial role in leading the safe and stable operation of the power grid with technological advancements. Facing the current situation of leapfrog development in power grid construction, the comprehensive advancement of ultra-high voltage, cross-regional power grids, especially smart grid construction, the importance of technological innovation is increasingly prominent. The Electric Power Research Institute must seize the opportunity, fully leverage its role as a research center, aim for international advanced levels, combine with the actual development of Anhui's power grid, provide more theoretical innovations and practical achievements with independent intellectual property rights, and strive to achieve breakthroughs in national-level scientific and technological achievement awards.

  Wu Ping from Anhui Electric Power Research Institute emphasized that the key to technological innovation is talent. The institute must actively introduce highly skilled talents, especially those urgently needed for scientific research and development, strengthen the cultivation of the talent team, adopt various effective incentive measures favoring scientific and technological talents, and encourage them to produce more and greater achievements. At the same time, it is necessary to strengthen communication and exchanges with power research institutions in neighboring provinces, especially in developed regions, to enter the advanced ranks of the State Grid system's electric power research institutes.

  The laboratory's production and research environment can operate on the online detection system for dissolved gases in transformer oil, enabling the retrieval of data related to remote transformers.