Honeywell has announced that Tuyen Dinh Quang, a chemical engineering student at Hanoi University of Science and Technology, has won the 2012 Asia Pacific UniSim Design Student Challenge. Tuyen used advanced process modeling software to simulate a key petroleum refinery process to help optimize production.
Tuyen used UniSim Design Suite to effectively simulate the most important conversion process used in petroleum refineries, called Fluidized Catalytic Cracking (FCC). The design will help to maximize the gasoline yield produced. The simulation model’s accuracy has been tested using crude oil from a local Vietnamese refinery. Tuyen is showcasing his winning design to almost 300 industry experts and manufacturing companies at HUG Asia-Pacific, taking place this week in the Gold Coast.
Honeywell’s UniSim Design Challenge is an annual competition for university students held in conjunction with the Honeywell Users Group (HUG) Asia-Pacific Symposium. HUG Asia-Pacific is the company’s largest conference for its customers in the process manufacturing industries within this region.
Honeywell UniSim Design Suite software is used by industrial manufacturers around the world to design, optimize and test manufacturing processes before they are implemented in refineries, chemical plants, power plants and other industrial facilities. It is also used to improve production and safety by training personnel offline to operate these processes.
Tony Cosgrove, vice president-sales APAC for Honeywell Process Solutions stated that their customers in the process manufacturing industry are always looking for new ways to perform their daily jobs more effectively and efficiently. In today’s environment, manufacturers need fresh ideas and innovations that solve real-world problems while maintaining high standards of plant safety, reliability and efficiency. Tuyen Dinh Quang’s design exemplifies the type of innovation that their customers want.
The UniSim Design Challenge is one of several Honeywell Process Solutions (HPS) initiatives designed to encourage engineering studies. In addition to Asia-Pacific, HPS also holds annual student competitions in conjunction with HUG conferences in the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) and Americas regions.
Five consolation prize winners were also announced at the 2012 Asia Pacific UniSim Design Student Competition. These students submitted interesting process designs that can solve critical plant business issues using Honeywell UniSim Design Suite. They and their sponsoring tutors will be able to attend their choice of one of two advanced UniSim Design training courses in the coming year.
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