Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Technical Review
    Vol. 58 No. 3 (2021)   Mitsubishi Power
    Technical Papers

    Digital Transformation for Power Plant with TOMONI TM Digital Solutions

    HIROYASU ISHIGAKI
    YASUYUKI KURODA
    KENJI UMINO
    KOJI SATO
    ITARU ENDO
    TOMOYA NIWA

    Mitsubishi Power, Ltd. (Mitsubishi Power) started a remote monitoring service for thermal power plants in 1999 and has been introducing TOMONI digital solutions for operation and maintenance (O&M) optimization, performance improvement and flexible operation support since 2017. This report presents examples of TOMONI introduction to various power plants including gas turbine combined cycle (GTCC), geothermal power generation and steam power generation. Furthermore, as a way of utilizing digital solutions in the future, this report also introduces our efforts to expand the possibilities from operational improvement to operational reform with TOMONI, leading to a carbon-free society and energy transition by creating new users and use cases through a solution that combines OEM's physical technology with TOMONI's digital technology.