Students of SPbGUPTD have developed solutions for thermal power engineering based on lean production

The qualifying stage of the Student League of the XII International Engineering Championship "CASE-IN" with the support of the presidential platform "Russia - the Land of Opportunities" has ended at St. Petersburg State University of Industrial Technologies and Design. "CASE-IN" is implemented within the framework of the federal project "Social elevators for everyone" of the national project "Education".

In just ten days, student teams have developed solutions for the development of thermal power engineering. The participants in the Teploenergetika direction, on behalf of Gazprom Energoholding LLC, were supposed to propose ways to provide consumers with thermal energy by switching thermal loads from boilers to CHP plants.

"This year, the teams were given a case study related to the development of an optimal option for heat supply to consumers from four interconnected sources. When developing the assignment, the main focus should be on the safety and, most importantly, reliability of the proposed heat supply scheme, in which it is necessary to close two outdated heat supply sources, and distribute existing consumer loads among other sources, taking into account prospective heat consumption and the existing reserve of heat capacity. The teams also needed to complete a feasibility study of the proposed solutions and confirm that they would pay off in the medium term. According to all experts of this event, this year's task is quite complex, requiring knowledge in the field of functioning of heat supply systems, skills in conducting hydraulic calculations of heating networks, and performing extensive technical and economic calculations."- comments Tatyana Korotkova, Chairman of the CASE—IN expert commission, Director of the Institute of Energy and Automation at the Higher School of Technology and Energy of St. Petersburg State Unitary Enterprise.

The decisions of the student teams were evaluated by an expert commission consisting of specialists from leading industry companies Gazprom Teploenergo JSC, TGC-1 PJSC, Gazprom Energoholding LLC, Flexible Technologies LLC and teachers from the Higher School of Technology and Energy of SPbGUPTD.

A total of 14 teams competed for the victory in the qualifying stage. According to the results of the qualifying competitions, the entire podium of the winners was occupied by the teams of the university hosting the championship.

The team that took the first place included SPbGUPTD students Andrey Antufiev, Anna Kholopova, Igor Plushenkov and Sofya Tyukhteeva. Their mentor was Ekaterina Gromova, Associate Professor of the Department of Industrial Thermal Power Engineering at St. Petersburg State University. According to the jury, the guys became the only team that developed new technical solutions for replacing pumping equipment at heat supply sources, and also considered proposals for upgrading individual heating points of consumers.

The final of the CASE-IN championship will be held in Moscow at the end of May 2024. The authors of the best ideas from Russia and the CIS countries will share their developments with the industry community, as well as be able to make themselves known to leading industry companies and master important skills and competencies for further professional development.

This is the third time the CASE-IN has been held at the University of Industrial Technology and Design. SPbGUPTD is a two-time winner of the Energy of Education competition for the best organization of the university-based qualifying stage. Maxim Lipatov, Head of the Career Guidance Department at the Higher School of Technology and Energy of St. Petersburg State University of Applied Sciences, oversees the championship at the university.

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