Honeywell announces winners of Asia-Pacific Student Competition

Tuyen used advanced process modeling software to simulate a key petroleum refinery process to help optimise 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 maximise 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 Honeywell Users Group (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 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 Suitesoftware is used by industrial manufacturers around the world to design, optimise 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.

“Our customers in the process manufacturing industry are always looking for new ways to perform their daily jobs more effectively and efficiently,” said Tony Cosgrove, vice president-sales APAC for Honeywell Process Solutions (HPS). “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 our customers want.”

The UniSim Design Challenge is one of several 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.

“The competition has given students a hands-on experience of real-life issues that manufacturing companies face,” said Dr. Hien Nguyen Thi Minh, a professor at the PetroChemical and Catalysis Material Laboratory, Hanoi University of Science and Technology. “The design challenge not only lets our students apply their knowledge outside the classroom but also experience what it takes to become a future leader in the industry.”