Polytechnics at the "CASE-IN" have proposed an economically advantageous method for cleaning oil and gas raw materials from sulfur

On the eve of March 15, Tomsk Polytechnic University hosted the qualifying stages in five areas of the Student League of the International Engineering Championship "CASE-IN". 39 teams of engineering students from TPU competed to reach the finals. The main theme of the championship was the development of the Arctic.

Petrochemistry became a new field this year — it was at Tomsk Polytechnic University that competitions for other participating universities were launched. The strategic partner of the direction was SIBUR. The best result in the new direction was shown by the team The Philosopher's Stone. It included students of the TPU School of Engineering of Natural Resources Alexander Krutey, Ilya Eftor, Daria Afanasyeva and Ksenia Baklashkina.

To solve this problem, the polytechnics got a case study of a production project for deep processing of by-products of oil and gas production in Western Siberia. Within its framework, the participants studied the largest oil and gas complex launch project in the recent history of Russia.

"We have proposed to install a new technological unit for the purification of raw materials in production from the sulfur contained in it and other variations of sulfur compounds.

We consider it economically advantageous to build a second processing line at an azeotropic propane purification plant for methanol. This will ensure the alternating operation of the two lines and extend their service life without stopping for scheduled repairs," said the captain of the Philosophical Stone team Alexander Krutey.

The team also came up with the idea to use a short-cycle adsorption unit for hydrogen produced after the pyrolysis (thermal decomposition) stage of raw materials to purify hydrogen from impurities. In the future, it can be sent to the polymer production stage. The students calculated that the construction of these conversion plants would create a high economic benefit of several million rubles.

In turn, Senior Human Resources Manager at SIBUR Valentina Chernykh She noted that all the participants of the section showed themselves at a high level, showed such qualities as the ability to work in a team, partnership, the desire for new knowledge, and a focus on results. According to the expert, all this is deeply appreciated in the company and, perhaps, cooperation within the framework of the championship will be the start for the working relationship between the company and future engineers.

The qualifying stages at TPU also took place in other areas. In the direction of "geological exploration", the first team was "Geoscience" The students include Elena Vodina, Vlada Eremeeva, Natalia Sosnina, and Daria Ponomarenko. In the metallurgy field, Elena Korotkova, Rasul Rasulzoda and Alexandra Solovyan from the team became the best «LET’S GO». The team won in the "oil and gas business" "50 shades of oil" The band consists of Alexey Korolev, Maxim Sukharev, Andrey Fenzel and Sergey Cherenev. Mikhail Kondrashov, Daria Krivonogova, Karen Margaryan, and Dmitry Sleptsov from the team became the first in the Electric Power Industry. «Smart».

The CASE-IN International Engineering Championship is a federal case championship in which students from leading technical universities in Russia and neighboring countries solve engineering cases: practical tasks based on real-world production situations in companies in the fuel and energy and mineral resource complexes. The championship is being held for the sixth time, Tomsk Polytechnic University has traditionally been one of the venues for the qualifying stages of the "CASE-IN".

The final of the championship will traditionally be held in Moscow on May 30-31. As a result, the winners will have the opportunity to complete internships and internships in leading industry companies. Winners in the field of "electric power industry" They will also have a chance to participate in the annual summer educational forum "Energy of Youth".

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