42 student teams from the Urals presented promising solutions for the industry

42 ambitious developments, 16 semi-finalists and a lot of new opportunities for personal and career growth. This is exactly what the next qualifying stage of the Autumn Cup turned out to be. The International Engineering Championship "CASE-IN». The project that is included in The presidential platform "Russia – the land of opportunities" This time, he allowed students from the Urals to show their talents.

 In total, the qualifying stages of the Student League are held in 8 districts. Within their framework, future fuel and energy industry specialists from specialized universities develop case solutions on the topic: "Climate projects: development and implementation in permafrost conditions" and present them to a competent jury. The authors of the best ideas receive tickets to the semi-finals of the championship.

42 youth teams joined the competition in the Ural Federal District. The students had to develop a set of measures to reduce, capture, recycle and store greenhouse gases, taking into account the specifics of the geographical location of ALROSA's enterprises and the requirements of the current legislation of the Russian Federation.

An expert commission consisting of leading experts from industry companies and specialized universities in Russia identified the 16 best teams that became semi-finalists of the project.

The Engineering Madness team from the Trekhgorny Technological Institute of the National Research Nuclear University "MEPhI" was recognized as the winners. Ivan Vaulin (captain), Mikhail Goryachev, Pavel Tregubov, Egor Frolov have prepared a solution, the idea of which is to use two-stage purification of carbon dioxide. Thus, the guys plan to reduce the emissions of the enterprise as much as possible and at the same time maintain the profitability of the project.

Ivan Vaulin"In addition to the profits that gas processing will bring, the environmental situation in the region is also improving and the level of greenhouse gas emissions into the Earth's atmosphere is decreasing (by 75%), which will have a positive impact on the environment. Our project is innovative for the oil refining industry, as it significantly reduces greenhouse gas emissions into the atmosphere through the use of unique technology."

Next came two teams from Tyumen State University.

The silver medal was won by the Justified Risk team. According to students Victoria Vyaznikova (captain), Ivan Ptushkin, Roman Tynyanko, Abidov Alisher Azamat Ugli, their solution is based on innovative approaches aimed at achieving sustainable development goals.

"Our team offers cost-effective solutions to reduce the carbon footprint.  The result of its implementation will be an increase in the amount of hydrocarbons produced, a reduction in the carbon footprint of fossil fuels and products produced at the company's plants.", - Victoria Vyaznikova comments.

 The CASE-IN Championship introduces representatives of the Tyumen Region to the realities they will soon have to plunge into.

"Future specialists learn from the project to work in conditions of tight deadlines, as well as a small amount of information. Planning large-scale projects greatly expands the horizons and allows you to immerse yourself in solving important tasks. This provides a lot of experience and new knowledge.", - the contestants count.

The bronze medals went to Denis Lebedev (captain), Artyom Kulagin, Alexey Onishchenko and Danil Ulyanov from the COGE team.

The essence of the solution chosen by the team is to capture carbon dioxide emissions from the smoke stream at metallurgical enterprises, transport it in a gaseous state through a pipeline and use it as an agent to increase oil recovery.

"We propose to use membranes that will capture carbon dioxide and collect it into a common collector through a system of prefabricated pipelines., - Denis Lebedev reveals the nuances of the development. –  Carbon dioxide will then be piped to oil fields and used as an agent to increase the amount of oil produced. The advantage of the solution is the profit of oil companies by increasing production volumes and reducing carbon dioxide emissions into the atmosphere, which will prevent global climate change."

In the future, the project, as the captain of the team notes, can be recommended for implementation not only in organizations of the metallurgical industry, but also for companies from other industries.

Participation in the "CASE-IN" allowed us to unlock the potential of students and contributed to their development as highly qualified specialists.

"Here we learn how to work with information, organize processes, and put into practice the knowledge we gained at the university. It is also a good platform for developing communication skills.", - the bronze medalists are confident.

Nosov Magnitogorsk State Technical University, Tyumen Industrial University, Ural Federal University named after the first President of Russia B.N.Yeltsin, UMMC Technical University, Russian State Vocational Pedagogical University, South Ural State University (National Research University), a branch of Tyumen Industrial University also received permits to the next round. in Nizhnevartovsk. Thus, 9 universities will delegate their youth teams to the semifinals.

The best teams of the semifinal trials will be able to take part in the decisive test of the championship and compete for the main prizes of the Student League – preferential conditions for admission to master's and postgraduate studies at 20 partner universities, as well as trips to federal educational forums for young people.

The final of the Autumn Cup of the CASE-IN Championship will be held in December 2021.