Universities of the northern capital – in the final of the Autumn Cup of the "CASE-IN" championship

The semifinal stage of the Fall Cup of the Student League of the International Engineering Championship "CASE-IN" is gaining momentum. The day before, the strongest teams in the Northwestern Federal District were revealed: two higher educational institutions of the city of St. Petersburg earned the right to participate in the decisive tests. 

The CASE-IN Championship is included in the Presidential Platform "Russia is a land of opportunity".

The organizers of the Autumn Cup, the most important competition of the Championship, which allows students of engineering universities to loudly declare themselves, are the Reliable Shift Foundation, the Non-profit Partnership Youth Forum of Mining Leaders, and AstraLogica LLC.

72 teams made up of students from 10 universities participated in the preliminary round of the North-Western Federal District - more than 250 people in total. Of these, 15 teams representing 9 universities made it to the semifinal stage. 

The semi-final set a difficult task for the young engineers, in which they had to solve a case on the topic "Innovative and technological growth points on the map of international and Russian energy".

The work of the participants was evaluated by an expert commission headed by specialists from specialized companies and universities: JSC Scientific and Technical Center of FGC UES, JSC Rosgeologiya, Branch of JSC SO UES United Dispatch Management of the Southern Energy System, Branch of PJSC IDGC of the South – Rostovenergo, LLC Danfoss, Ufa State Petroleum Technical University University, Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas, Branch of the North Caucasus Federal University in Pyatigorsk, Volgograd State University, Branch of Tyumen Industrial University in Tobolsk.

The DigitalPower team representing St. Petersburg Mining University took the lead in the competition. Her captain is Ekaterina Arapova. Andrey Sergeevich Deev, Lyaman Zahid kyzy and Nikita Alekseevich Venediktov are also among the participants.

Another team of St. Petersburg Mining University, Neftekotics, won silver medals. Composition: Podyapolsky Evgeny Vladimirovich (captain), Vasin Artem Sergeevich, Moskvitin Vladislav Vitalievich, Radchenko Valeria Andreevna.

As noted Evgeniy  Podyapolsky The semi-final of the Autumn Cup left only the most favorable emotions: 

"It was interesting for us to try ourselves as young professionals who are sincerely interested in the development of their own country and are trying to show potential investors that their project will bring not only profit, but also great benefits to society. We tested ourselves, assessed how efficiently and effectively we are able to work in conditions of complete freedom of action, when no one sets strict limits. What particularly attracted us to the competition was that we had to look for a growth point, an industry and a region ourselves, and analyze the risks for each of the options, including economic ones."  

The Kilowatt team (St. Petersburg State Polytechnic University), consisting of Victoria Sergeevna Suvorova (captain), Polina Alexandrovna Karnaukhova, Grigory Dmitrievich Mamontov, and Maria Dmitrievna Shipitsina, rounded out the top three.

"The task of the case was to select a company as an innovative and technological point of growth in the region, as well as to create a unique product/technology. Our team proposed to the generating company TGC-1 PJSC to introduce a MSW processing plant based on plasma gasification technology at the Severnaya CHPP.  Thanks to it, all substances will decompose at the molecular level without forming dangerous compounds. The synthesis gas obtained as a result of MSW processing will be used as fuel for the CHP steam turbine. It was extremely important to fully understand the technology we offer in order to be able to offer a real solution suitable for practical use.", " She told me Victoria Suvorova. 

The winning teams will compete in the finals of the Autumn Cup of the Student League, which will be held in December 2020 in an online format.