Young engineers of Southern Kuzbass won the CASE-IN championship stage

Ivan Kravchenko, Andrey Visnap, Olesya Gavrilenko and Evgeny Aksenov proposed to process synthesis gas obtained from coal. Scientists from the University of Melbourne (Australia) presented an innovative technology for converting gas into carbon solids in 2019. The resulting carbon fibers are in demand in the aerospace, military, and construction industries. The second product, methanol, can be used for further production of paint and medical products, as well as in the polyurethane industry.

The young engineers of Yuzhny Kuzbass calculated the cost of building a workshop and implementing production digitalization systems, the cost of the products received and the payback period of the project. Special attention was paid to the introduction of the best available technologies to increase labor productivity and preserve the environment.

The presentation of the work took place in front of the expert commission via videoconference last week. As a result, the project of the Southern Kuzbass national team was recognized as the winner of the Autumn Cup of the League of Young Specialists of the international CASE-IN championship among the teams of the Siberian Federal District. Now the coal miners are preparing for face-to-face competitions with the winning teams of other regional stages, which will be held in Moscow in the near future.

"The entry of coal as a basic component into new markets for chemical products, carbon and composite materials is certainly a promising direction. The competent jury appreciated not only the technical elaboration of the project by the Southerners, but also the accuracy of their economic calculations. I am sure that our guys will also show their best at the federal stage of the championship," says Igor Rithikov, Managing Director of Yuzhny Kuzbass.