Rusatom Infrastructure Solutions JSC Case Championship named the winners

7 relevant solutions for the country's industry were prepared by the participants of the Case Championship among young employees of Rusatom Infrastructure Solutions JSC under the brand of the International Engineering Championship "CASE-IN", a project of the Russia - the Land of Opportunities platform.

Young power engineers acquired professional and leadership skills and competencies that are important for development, and company managers appreciated the capabilities of their specialists in a real competitive struggle and received promising projects for further implementation.

28 young specialists representing Rusatom Infrastructure Solutions JSC and its branches in the cities of Ozersk and Novouralsk worked on production tasks. Glazov and Seversk, branches of JSC "Quadra" – Voronezh generation, Orlovskaya generation, Belgorod generation, as well as LLC "NIIAR–GENERATION".

As part of the overall theme of the XI season of the CASE-IN Championship, "Technological Leadership," 7 teams selected a generating facility and developed solutions for its modernization, taking into account the introduction of domestic innovative technologies.

Among other things, the contestants determined the composition of equipment and technologies, taking into account the reduction of accidents, assessed its import dependence and the possibility of replacing it with domestic equipment, identified problems and formed a development program for mastering the technology of production of gas turbine blades in Russia.

The young specialists also proposed the architecture of a domestic automated control system for power facilities instead of foreign analogues and identified domestic suppliers of equipment, materials and technologies for the selected facility, assessed the volume, timing of implementation and potential risks of implementing solutions.

The energy engineering teams presented their ideas and proposals to the expert commission.

The project of the NeAtom team was recognized as the most promising and innovative. Employees of the Quadra Branch – Belgorod generation Svyatoslav Naidenko (captain), Sergey Khomutov, Viktor Belokon and Sergey Kovtunov They note that well-coordinated teamwork and competent mentor advice helped them to win the competition.

"We have proposed the modernization of the existing Zapadnaya boiler house with the transfer to the combined heat and electricity generation mode, – explains the captain of champions Svyatoslav Naidenko. – The modernization process includes the selection of the main equipment (gas turbine and recovery boiler) of domestic production, the selection of suppliers of domestic equipment and software for automated control systems, the analysis and selection of additional domestic innovative developments in the field of plant management. Additionally, we analyzed the problems in the field of production of gas turbine blades and proposed a program for the development of technology development."

The solution of the young specialists makes it possible to increase the reliability of the city's energy supply and the branch's production needs.

"The use of domestic technologies makes it possible to minimize the import dependence of the branch, and also supports domestic producers. The combined generation mode is one of the most energy efficient in terms of energy production and will save fuel, reduce emissions and reduce energy production costs. Modernization is taking place without increasing the number of staff, which indicates a responsible approach on our part to the human resource management system.", – said Svyatoslav Naidenko.

The second place was taken by employees of Rusatom Infrastructure Solutions JSC Mikhail Sidorov (captain), Alexander Ikonnikov, Rostislav Konovalov and Alexander Bubley, united in the ROM team.

"Our proposal provides for the complete reconstruction of the Argayash thermal power plant with the abandonment of the use of coal, the maximum reduction in the use of Lake Ulagach's water resources and the introduction of a reverse circuit of circulating water supply based on fan cooling towers.  This project is relevant both for Rusatom Infrastructure Solutions JSC from the perspective of increasing the operational efficiency of the branch, and for the Chelyabinsk Region and the country as a whole by updating the energy system and improving the environmental situation in the region. In addition, the use of domestic technologies will provide an additional incentive for the development of the machine-building industry in Russia.", – the captain of the team shared the nuances of the project Mikhail Sidorov.

The silver medalists are confident that the successful result of the team is due to the structured study of the project and the accurate distribution of responsibilities among the participants, taking into account their skills in analytics, presentation of materials, modeling of technological and financial processes of the modernization facility.

In the future, ambitious specialists will be interested in working on tasks related to improving operational efficiency in terms of improving equipment operation, maintenance and operation.

The Energy of Thought youth team rounded out the top three, which included specialists from NIIAR–GENERATION LLC Pavel Druzhinin (captain), Igor Myshlyaev, Nikita Rakov and Alexey Kirillov.

The champions and prize-winners of the project will have great opportunities for career development and, after detailed refinement, will be able to implement their ideas at the sites of Rusatom Infrastructure Solutions JSC.

The winning team will be invited to participate in the Special Energy League within the framework of the International Engineering CASE-IN Championship.