Vietnamese student wins Asian-Pacific competition

Wednesday, August 15, 2012 11:06

Dinh Quang Tuyen, a chemical engineering student from the HanoiUniversity of Technology was announced as the winner of the 2012 AsiaPacific UniSim Design Student Challenge at the Honeywell Users Group(HUG) Asia-Pacific Symposium.

Tuyen has used theUniSim Design Suite to effectively simulate the most importantconversion process used in petroleum refineries, called FluidisedCatalytic Cracking (FCC). It is expected to help to maximise thegasoline yield produced. The model was tested for accuracy by usingcrude oil from a Vietnamese refinery.

The studentshowcased his winning design to almost 300 industrial experts andmanufacturing companies at the HUG Asia-Pacific symposium which tookplace in the Gold Coast, Australia .

Honeywell’sUniSim Design Challenge is an annual competition for universitystudents held in conjunction with the HUG Asia-Pacific Symposium.

Honeywell is a Fortune 100 company that invents and manufacturestechnologies to address tough challenges linked to global macrotrendssuch as safety, security and energy.-VNA

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