The qualifying stage of the Case-in Championship was held in Chita

The qualifying stage of the fifth season of the International Engineering Championship took place in Chita today "Case-in". Traditionally, the battle of wits is divided into five areas: electric power, geological exploration, metallurgy, mining and oil and gas business. Our film crew also watched the miners' fight at the Trans-Baikal State University.

In the best traditions of an intellectual show, students of the mining faculty solve pressing issues. The task, or case, is the same for everyone. This year is the development of the Svobodny mine in the Khabarovsk Territory. Swampy terrain, shallow strata and high coal ash content are the main difficulties of this deposit.

Pavel Avdeev, Dean of the Mining Faculty of ZabGU: "It gives students a lot. They study a lot of additional literature, and not forced somehow, but on a completely voluntary basis, they are interested in these issues. For us, for me as the dean, this is interesting because I can compare the level of education of our students and in Russia in general."

The students received their introductory papers ten days ago, and today they have already presented a ready-made coal mining plan. Its mandatory points are the fight against a lot of water, the financial profitability of field development and, of course, originality. For example, the Alliance team suggested not hiring drivers, that is, using trucks on autopilot. This, by the way, significantly increased costs. But their competitors have focused on ways to use coal.

Tatiana Gushchina, member of the MOSG team: "This spitting coal is high-ash. We will briquette it. Accordingly, the impact on the environment. Then coal chemistry - we will create hydrogenation, that is, we will supply fuel to other cities."

The winning team of the qualifying stage will represent the Trans-Baikal Territory in Moscow. The authors of the best ideas who made it to the finals will have the opportunity to complete an internship at the partner facilities of the championship.

More details http://gtrkchita.ru/news/?id=11691