Irkutsk RDU experts selected the best solutions of the participants of the CASE-IN championship

The qualifying stage of the XIII was held on the basis of Irkutsk National Research Technical University (IRNTU). The International Engineering CASE-IN Championship. Representatives of the System Operator, a permanent strategic partner of the Electric Power Industry, traditionally participated in the championship as experts.

The general theme of the engineering championship of the XIII season is "Technological innovations". This year, the participants of the IRNTU championship were asked to solve a case developed by PJSC ROSSETI on the topic "Feasibility study of options for transmitting high-voltage direct current electricity."

The solutions of the youth were evaluated by industry experts, including specialists from the Branch of JSC "System Operator of the Unified Energy System" Regional Dispatching Department of the Energy System of the Irkutsk Region (Irkutsk RDU). When summing up the total points awarded by the expert commission, the best teams of the qualifying stage of the CASE-IN were determined.

All the teams showed serious preparation and determination to win. The Espada team from Bratsk State University became the winner in the Electric Power Industry nomination. She will compete for a ticket to the final competition, which will be held at the end of May in Moscow. 

As Alexey Berg, Head of the Electric Modes Service at Irkutsk RDU, noted, well-developed and interesting solutions were presented by the Corona Discharge team, consisting of undergraduates from IRNTU, the national team of IRNTU and TPU EnergoFLOW38, and the Vector team, consisting of students from the Department of Electric Power Plants and Networks at the Institute of Energy of IRNTU.

"The case is quite complicated, and the solution is complicated by a lack of theoretical information and experience in the practical application of DC transmissions. In their decisions, the guys tried to define criteria for a comparative assessment of fundamentally different methods of electricity transmission, and gave both advantages and disadvantages of one method or another using specific examples. For the guys, this is a good experience of applying their abilities in solving a non–standard engineering problem," said Alexey Berg, who participated for the first time as an expert of the CASE-IN championship.

Summing up the results of the qualifying stage, Vladimir Kornilov, Head of the Department of Energy Regimes and Balances at Irkutsk RDU, noted the high importance of the championship for the training of creative and motivated fuel and energy complex specialists.

"The championship is of great importance for all participants: during their higher engineering education, students can plunge into real tasks that are currently relevant for industrial companies in the country, and enterprises can gain a new, sometimes unexpected, perspective and approach to solving promising tasks," he stressed. Vladimir Kornilov.

The organizers of the CASE-IN championship are the Reliable Change Foundation, the Non-profit Partnership Youth Forum of Mining Leaders, AstraLogica LLC and the presidential platform Russia — the Land of Opportunities. The championship is included in the "Science to Win" initiative of the plan for the Decade of Science and Technology in Russia.

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