Consen Shares Launches Fully Upgraded V2.0 of SPE/APL Networked Intelligent Control System — Empowering Intrinsic Safety and Intelligent Upgrading in the Petrochemical Industry

en.Wedoany.com Reported - As the international standard for Ethernet Advanced Physical Layer (Ethernet-APL, hereinafter referred to as APL) matures and Single Pair Ethernet (SPE) technology advances rapidly in China, the vision of "one network to the field, single-pair power supply, intrinsic safety, and full-lifecycle intelligence" in industrial sites has become the core pathway to solving the pain points of the petrochemical industry. It is also a key pillar driving the leap from "automated control" to "intelligent autonomous management and control."

This year marks the opening year of China's 15th Five-Year Plan, with intelligent manufacturing and green low-carbon development becoming core drivers of new industrialization. Faced with the pain points of poor data connectivity at the field level, high costs, and weak safety in the process industry, the SPE/APL intelligent control system, integrated with NIICA (Networked Intelligent Industrial Control and Measurement System) technology, is emerging as the key to breaking through these challenges.

Against this backdrop, Consen Shares launched V1.0 of its SPE/APL Networked Intelligent Control System in May 2025, providing full support for the connection of networked intelligent instruments. After a year of market practice, the SPE/APL ecosystem has matured rapidly. Consen Shares has joined forces with Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. to launch the fully upgraded V2.0 of the SPE/APL Networked Intelligent Control System.

A New Generation of Intrinsically Safe Intelligent Control System Customized for the Petrochemical Industry

The SPE/APL Networked Intelligent Control System TSx Elite Ultra, launched by Consen Shares, is a one-network-to-the-field intelligent control system developed specifically for the process industry based on IEEE 802.3cg SPE and APL international standards.

With "intrinsic safety as the core, intelligent efficiency as the goal, compatibility and adaptability as the foundation, and green low-carbon as the orientation," the product restructures the full-link architecture of field instruments, control, networking, and power supply. It is designed for high-risk explosion-proof scenarios in the petrochemical industry and addresses both new project construction and intelligent upgrading of existing facilities. It helps enterprises overcome core challenges in safety management, efficiency improvement, cost optimization, and digital transformation, driving the petrochemical industry toward a "safe, efficient, intelligent, and low-carbon" transition.

Core Advantages: Precisely Addressing Petrochemical Industry Pain Points, Building a Dual Defense Line of Safety and Efficiency.

01　Intrinsic Safety and Explosion Protection, Suited for High-Risk Scenarios

Leveraging APL advanced physical layer technology and compliant with the IEC 60079 intrinsic safety explosion-proof standard, the system can be deployed directly in flammable and explosive hazardous areas such as those in the petrochemical industry. It eliminates safety hazards from the ground up, aligning with the petrochemical industry's development trend of strengthening intrinsic safety.

02　SPE Single-Cable Technology, Overcoming Field Wiring Challenges

Adopting a single twisted-pair transmission mode, it achieves integrated "data communication + device power supply," completely replacing traditional 4-20mA analog signals and multi-cable wiring. This significantly reduces investment in cables, cable trays, conduits, and other supporting facilities, lowers field wiring costs and construction workload, shortens construction cycles for projects such as refining and chemical units and oil and gas gathering and transportation pipelines, and reduces failure points in the wiring process, providing strong support for petrochemical enterprises to reduce costs and increase efficiency.

03　One-Network-to-the-Field Architecture, Breaking Petrochemical Data Silos

It breaks down the heterogeneous barriers among traditional fieldbuses, control networks, and management-level networks, achieving full-link Ethernet connectivity from field instruments and actuators to the control layer and management layer. It enables full-domain intercommunication of control data, device diagnostic data, and O&M data, providing a complete data source for enterprise digital twins, predictive maintenance, and process optimization.

04　Native Intelligent O&M, Reducing Maintenance Costs

It supports plug-and-play field instruments, remote configuration, online diagnostics, and condition monitoring. Combined with edge intelligent computing capabilities, it can capture device anomalies in real time, provide early warning of failure risks, and enable full-lifecycle device management. This greatly reduces on-site inspection workload and significantly shortens troubleshooting time.

05　Compatible and Open, Protecting Existing Investments of Petrochemical Enterprises

It supports industrial protocols such as Modbus, OPC UA, HART-IP, and PROFINET, and can seamlessly interface with existing DCS, PLC, SIS, SCADA systems, and intelligent instruments without large-scale modification of existing equipment. It addresses both new project construction and upgrading of existing facilities, helping enterprises maximize the protection of existing assets while advancing intelligent transformation, in line with industry trends of domestic substitution and supply chain security enhancement.

Rooted in the petrochemical industry and empowering it, Consen Shares will join hands with Huawei and other companies to leverage the SPE/APL Networked Intelligent Control System as a vehicle to help the petrochemical industry break through traditional control bottlenecks, strengthen intrinsic safety, improve operational efficiency, and drive green transformation and domestic substitution, opening a new chapter of "one network to the field" for process intelligent control!