IChEC 2015

INDONESIA CHEMICAL ENGINEERING CHALLENGE

2015

PLANT DESIGN
1ST PHASE COMPETITION

GUIDEBOOK
GUIDELINES BOOK

GENERAL DESCRIPTION
The Plant Design Competition aims to hone participants' plant designing competence and
regional awareness by focusing on sustainable mineral processing with the given specific
theme. Mineral discussed here are metal and non-metal mineral, excluding rocks (that do
not contain mineral) and considering the target of this competition are Chemical
Engineering students, then the process is focused on the extraction, processing and refining
of the ore itself, not touching the further process into a semi-finished goods and/or finished
products. Participants are undergraduate students from various nations in Southeast Asian
countries and beyond.

BACKGROUND
Southeast Asia, with its combined population of over 600 million people, is
currently a region on the rise with strong economic growth and consisting of rapidly
growing middle class societies. Thanks to industrial sectors which contribute highly to an
average annual growth rate of more than five percent in all ASEAN countries. From various
industrial sectors involved in Southeast Asian economic growth, extractive activities play an
important role. Natural resource extraction drives many economies in Southeast Asia, and
Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in the extractive sector is at historic highs. In Indonesia, for
instance, based on data from Indonesia's BKPM (Coordinating Board of Foreign
Investment), the mining sector accounted for 20.7 percent of total FDI in the third quarter
of 2013, while in Malaysia, in 2011, the mining and quarrying sector accounted for 22.2
percent of total investments. Indonesia is also recorded as one of the continent's most
productive mining economies, again highly thanks to its extensive natural resources,
including crude oil, natural gas, tin, copper and gold. However, Indonesia is not doing
futher processing for the minerals extracted, production of crude ores as the results of
mining has always exported out of the country for refining and other processing. This
condition makes the Indonesian government to force companies to do next processing
phases of the mining results before exported abroad. Therefore, mineral processing
becomes very necessary, especially in Indonesia, so that the resulting process is proper,
appropriate, and efficient for industries.
Minerals sector plays a crucial part in supporting ASEAN to achieve its goal of
becoming an ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) by 2015. It underpins ASEAN's
economic activity through provision of many primary materials, on which both industry
and society at large depend. Without materials and minerals related materials, such as
aluminum, bauxite, lead, zinc, iron ore, tin, nickel, copper, gold, etc., no construction and
manufacturing industries as well as services would be possible to exist in the economy.
Despite that facts, many minerals have not been processed or used to a good use, instead

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they are extracted and exported raw to other countries. If minerals can be processed to
something that worth more economically, it can increase state revenue futher more, not only
by increasing FDI itself. Although mining is a significant source of revenues and economic
growth for many countries, development of the mining sector is also accompanied by
several negative impacts. These result in serious environmental damages through the
extraction process itself, but also because of the ever longer transport distances between
extraction, processing and final consumption. Sadly, mining companies have operated in
developing Asian countries with little concern for environmental impacts, and governments
have lacked the administrative and technical capacity, as well as the political will, to
effectively regulate these operations.
The solutions on solving these problems are now in the hands of future engineers.
Process engineers are the ones who are responsible for creating and innovating minerals or
materials processing by concerning on sustainability aspect. In line with the main objective
of this competition category, which is to edge plant design and regional awareness,
participants are challenged to solve those stated problems by designing a sustainable and
economically beneficial plant for mineral upstream processing. Participants are also
expected to be able to increase the value of local natural resources according to their region
uniqueness thus encouraging ASEAN to empower its regional industrial sector. A thorough
and comprehensive approach will be required since those stated solutions would not be
easily implemented in the region, as there are still many obstacles ahead such as inadequate
technologies, infrastructure, and regulatory challenges, etc. If conceptualized and
implemented properly, mineral processing could be a very good prospect especially for the
ASEAN economy. By rising up the problem, it is hoped that bright young minds of future
regional generations will be stimulated and challenged through this series of competition.

PLANT DESIGN THEME

Designing Sustainable Mineral Upstream Processing Plant
to Empower Regional Industrial Sector

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GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

1.

Participants must form a team that consists of three (3) students from the same college or
university

2.

Each participant can only participate in one team

3.

Participants who already registered for Problem Solving category are not eligible to
enter this category

4.

Participants must be undergraduate or vocational program (diploma) students majoring

in Chemical Engineering (or Process Engineering) by 16 November 2014

5.

Students under academic sanction are not allowed to participate in this competition

6.

Each team must be accompanied by one or more faculty advisors in the making of the
work

7.

Invited participants are students from Southeast Asian countries and beyond

8.

Each team must register according to the rules in the Registration section and complete
all the required administration documents

9.

All entries and administration documents will become the property of Indonesia
Chemical Engineering Challenge 2015 Organizing Committee and will not be returned

10.

The title used for the Abstract and Final Report must be the same

11.

Plant design must have never been commercialized or won any other competitions
before. Violation of this rule leads to immediate disqualification

12.

Plant design proposed by the participants must be related to the given theme

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REGISTRATION
1.

Participants must register online at http://www.ichec-itb.com. The registration will be

officially opened at 6 October 2014 and will be closed at 16 November 2014

2.

Participants will receive notification email containing team official registration number
within 2 x 24 hours after online registration

3.

Participants must pay registration fee via transfer to:

Name

: Puspita Ikasih Hutami

Acc. number

: 9000022353446
Bank Mandiri

Registration fee is : USD 50 for international participants

Rp300.000,00 for Indonesian participants
4.

Participants must attach all the registration documents and email them to
ichec.2015@gmail.com with IChEC2015_PD1_XXXXX as the subject. XXXXX is the
registration number from the notification email.

The required registration documents are:

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Plant Design Abstract*

*) contains a brief description of the plant and chemical processes involved in it, raw materials and reference of
materials availability. Refer to appendix section for the abstract writing terms

Scanned letter from Major Department or University (*.jpg/*.jpeg) stating that each team member is
currently enrolled as a student in the stated college or university and not under academic sanction

Scanned letter from the faculty advisor stating that he/she is supervising the team (*.jpg/*.jpeg)

Scanned payment receipt (*.jpg/*.jpeg)

Newest photo (formal, colored, not black and white or grayscale; size 4 cm x 6 cm) of each team
member (*.jpg/*.jpeg)

Scanned valid student ID card of each team member (*.jpg/*.jpeg)

All of the required registration documents must be zipped into single file named
IChEC2015_PD1_XXXXX.zip (only *.zip file type is approved, maximum file size of 8 MB)
These documents must be submitted before 11.59 p.m. (GMT +7) or 23.59 WIB, 16 November 2014. Late
submissions after the deadline will be penalized. (Refer to appendix section for penalty incurrences)
Each team will receive a notification email confirming their submission within 2 x 24 hours after
submitting the documents
Results of the first phase selection process will be announced at www.ichec-itb.com on 12 December 2014.
Teams succeeding in passing the first phase are eligible to enter the second phase. Guidebook and terms of
second phase selection process will be announced soon.

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APPENDIX: ABSTRACT WRITING TERMS

Technical Specifications
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Language: UK or US English

Typefaces: Times New Roman, 12 pt

Page margins and alignments

o

Top & Left

: 4 cm

Bottom & Right

: 3 cm

Paragraph Alignment

: Justify

Line spacing: 1.15 line

Paper orientation: Portrait

Paper size: A4

File type: *.pdf

Content Specifications
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Abstract title written in UPPERCASE, centered and bold style

Include maximum of five (5) keywords at the end of the last paragraph, written in bold italic
style

Maximum words count: 300 words (not included title and keywords)

Do not include the identities of team members as well as institution, include only the team
registration number

The submitted abstract must contain the following points:

o

Brief description (general overview) of the plant

Background of the idea

Raw materials or resources (amount, availability and specifications) needed for the
plant

Processing route: complexity and involved processes (extraction, processing and

refining)

Generated products from the plant

Have to be commodity, suitable for regional uses, not too complex or specialized

State the product value, market target, and advantages or innovation compared
to existing and competing products

Impact in empowering regional industrial sector

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MINERAL PROCESSING OVERVIEW

UPSTREAM/
PRIMARY

DOWNSTREAM

Primary production
of metals and
non-metals from
mineral ores

EXPLORATION

EXPLORATION
TECHNOLOGIES

Production of mid stream semi

finished products like blooms,
billets, slabs, and ingots also
the final products like pipes
and tubes

EXTRACTION

EXTRACTION
TECHNOLOGIES

PROCESSING

PROCESSING
TECHNOLOGIES

REFINING

REFINING PROCESS
TECHNOLOGIES

DEPOSIT AND PROCESS MODELLING

RESOURCES ECONOMICS AND ECOLOGY

RESOURCES ANALYSIS

The red line represents the scope of competition which is about mineral processing from mineral
ores (upstream), including the refining process technologies if necessary. The main focus starts from
extraction part which explains physical process of the ores after they are lifted to the surface, like
screening and/or crushing, etc. Processing technologies of the ores are the next step which use
physical process and/or chemical process to separate impurities from the ores. If refining process is
needed to further purify the metals or non-metals it can be included on the process. We do not
concern about the process afterwards which converts minerals/materials to end products, such as:
ingots, billets, blooms, and/or slabs. Processes before extraction and mineral processing are not
concerned as well, which is exploration of minerals sources itself.

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YOUR ABSTRACT TITLE SHOULD BE WRITTEN HERE

IN THIS FORMAT
Team Number: XXXXX

write the fivedigit number only

ABSTRACT
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Keywords: include, only, five, maximum, keywords

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APPENDIX : ABSTRACT ASSESSMENT CRITERIA

Assessment Criteria

Weight Factor

Technical

Layout, text order and neatness

Adherence to content requirements

Language

4
Technical total score

10

Content

Plant background and description

10

Raw materials or resources used

10

Process feasibility

10

Designs novelty and uniqueness

20

Products value

20

Impact to regional industrial sector

20

Content total score

90

ABSTRACT GRAND TOTAL SCORE

100

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APPENDIX : PENALTY INCURRENCES

Penalty Incurrences

Consequences
5 pts deduction for every 1 hour of late
submission

Failure to submit before the official deadline

Disqualification for six hours and above of late
submission

10

Inclusion of team members and institution

identities

5 pts deduction

Wrong format name of registration

documents

5 pts deduction

Abstract words count exceeding the

maximum number

5 pts deduction

Incomplete requirements

Plagiarism

Disqualification

Submitted work has been commercialized or

won any other competitions before

Disqualification

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5 pts deduction per requirement

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