AVEVA, a global leader in industrial software, driving digital transformation and sustainability, has announced the European and North American winners of its fourth annual Process Simulation Competition.
This year’s contest sought to address energy storage, widely viewed as one of the biggest challenges of transitioning to sustainable energy sources around the world. The competition asked participants to explore the process design choices that must be analysed to store energy in the form of methanol. This year’s best project was won by Italy’s Davide Perico, who received the highest scores from the judges for his innovative idea that stood out amongst all the entries.
The 2022 competition winners are:
Best Overall: Davide Perico, Politecnico Di Milano, Italy
Best Steady State: Aritz Fraga and Aimar Martín, Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea, Spain
Best Steady State: Matthew Cochran and Jose Pena, Texas A&M, US
Best Economics: Maximilian Jacob, Hochshule Mannheim, Germany
Best Dynamics: Sebastian Pichler, Stefan Lindhuber and Michael Mirkes, Friedrich Alexander Universitat, Germany
The competition, first launched in 2018, is a platform for chemical engineering students to develop their process simulation skills. Students are invited to tackle the challenge by utilising AVEVA Process Simulation, an innovative integrated platform covering the complete engineering lifecycle of design, simulation and training. The easy-to-learn software was developed expressly to empower the next generation of engineers, so students with no prior experience were encouraged to participate in the competition.
For more information visit AVEVA’s website