1. Preface ................................................................................................................................................ 2 2. Objective............................................................................................................................................. 2 3. Competitions ..................................................................................................................................... 3 4. Rules and Requirements ................................................................................................................ 3 4.1 Poster Post er Competitions Competit ions .............................................................. ............................. ................................................................. ................................................... ................... 3 4.2 Car Performance Competition .............................................................................................. 3 4.3 Penalty................................................................ ................................ ................................................................ ................................................................ .......................................... .......... 6 4.4 Scoring Aspects ......................................................................................................................... 7 5. Winning Team And Awards .......................................................................................................... 8 6. Registration and Documents Submission.................................................................................. 8 7. Design Tips......................................................................................................................................... 9 8. Past Winner Regulation .................................................................................................................. 9 9. Timeline............................................................................................................................................... 10 10. Contact ................................................................ ................................ ................................................................. ................................................................. ............................................... ............... 11
Chemical Engineering Department of Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember (ITS) is located in Surabaya, Indonesia. Become one of the best Chemical Engineering Department in Indonesia, ITS Chemical Engineering Department have a vision to be an educational institution with international reputation which have a role as a reference institution and a center of excellence on transferring and developing chemical engineering knowledge and skills. From the vision of our Department, one of our strategy is to organize international level events or competitions. To realize that, we held an international competitions named Indonesia Chem-E-Car Competition (ICECC) as a part of Chernival event. In this April 2015, ICECC is entering his fourth year. The 4thIndonesiaChem-E-Car Competition 2014 has been carried out by the “Student Chapter” of the National Seminar on Fundamental and Application of Chemical Engineering in coworking with APTEKINDO (Asosiasi Perguruan Tinggi Teknik Kimia Indonesia). For the fourth time, the competition will be held at GEDUNG ROBOTIKA-INSTITUT TEKNOLOGI SEPULUH NOPEMBER (ITS) on
in Surabaya, Indonesia. All undergraduates are open for Indonesian (public universities and private universities)
and international university students of chemical and process engineering, chemistry, and further study courses are invited to contribute their knowledge, creativity and ability to work in a team to succeed the provided tasks. The Chem-E-Car Competition consists of two parts, the poster presentation and the car performance. There will be three winner with additional 5 award (best presentation, best eco-car, best economic car, best concept, and best race.). This set of rules describes the procedure of the competition as well as the determination of the winning team. To focus the project on the chemical reaction, several technical requirements and restrictions to the car model will be imposed. In case of non-compliance with the rules in the following either points may be deducted or the team will be disqualified by the judges.
The objective of this competition is to design and construct a car that uses a chemical reaction(s) as the power source and to control the distance it travels while carrying a specified load. The goal of the competition is to have your car . The competition is about demonstrating ability to control a chemical reaction.
There are two parts for Chem-E-Car Competition; a
and a
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A poster with
must be displayed along with the
autonomous vehicle on the day of the competition. The poster competition display and judging will occur 1 day before Chem-E-Car performance Competition. Team members should present during judging to answer questions from the judges. The poster presentation takes place on
. The exact time will be announced beforehand.
The poster should contain these following content: 1. Name of the team, members, advisers, and university. 2. An image of the model car, design creativity, and unique features from the car. 3. Technical description of the chemical reaction (How is the car powered). 4. Abstract of the constructional processing including a process flowsheet. 5. Description of the chemical reaction / power source / stopping mechanism. 6. Environmental and safety features. 7. Economical aspects. 8. The poster must be in English, and the presentation must be in English too.
The car will start with its front end just touching the start line. There will be a designated finish line. The distance will be measured with respect to the front end of the car. The goal of the competition is to have your car stop closest to the designated finish line (not being out of bounds) while carrying the specified load. When measuring the distance from the designated finish line it does not matter if the car goes longer or shorter than the designated finish line. The race area will b e wedge shaped with a start line and the boundary lines (side boundaries and front boundary) clearly marked in an arc of constant distance from the start line (Figure 1). The car must not leave the race area (Figure 1). The car that goes outside the race area will be given
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. Each car will be given two attempts to traverse a designated distance carrying the specified load. There will be a 30-minute break before the second attempt begin. The specified load and the designated distance will be announced one-hour prior to the start of the car racing. and
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Teams may not add or remove any item (circuits or loads) to adjust their car. The loads will be plasticine. If the specified loads are more than 0.5 kg the load will be
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plasticine and weights (please prepare a space for loads in your car).
10-20 m
Figure 1.Sketch of The Race Area The ICECC technical team will announce each team just prior to the start of their run. Each team then have:
3 minutes maximum on the preparation table.
2 minutes maximum on the start line.
3 minutes maximum to race and stop at the distance.
If time exceeds the limit on each point will be given penalty for each point. The team are not allowed to bring and use any gadgets (handphone, stopwatch, etc) during the car racing. The only energy source for the propulsion of the car is a chemical reaction. The distance is travelled by the car . . All components of the car must fit into a box with . The car may be disassembled to meet this requirement. If the technical team is uncertain whether the car will fit inside the box when disassembled they may request the team to prove it. The teams . The PPE or Personal Protective Equipment (Lab coats, gloves, masks and goggles) are organized by the teams. Technical team has the right to postpone the start of any team race due to safety doubts at any time. Any team member which is not using the safety tools on the first time will be given a warning by the technical team. But for the next, will be given penalty.
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Hot surfaces and hot gases have to be handled with corresponding avoiding possibilities of scalds or burns. For the team that use biological hazardous substances of the first level ofendangerment may be accepted. For storage of the chemicals and for the reaction only laboratory accepted vessels have to b e used. Emissions of harmless material may occur, if safety analysis documents that only small amounts are emitted without any risk being exposed neither for persons nor for environment. Flammable or explosive gases must not leak into the atmosphere. The following material may be exhausted in small amounts: a. Nitrogen b. Carbon dioxide c. Oxygen d. Water vapour The cars which are operated under pressure, have to be checked for pressure resistance. The product of chamber volume and pressure
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The used pressure-vessel must not burst or deform at operating temperature and at 1.2-times of the operating pressure within 15 min. The team is not allowed to set the pressure of the car after reaction.
a) The car must be an autonomous vehicle and must not be controlled remotely. b) Pushing the car to start it is not allowed. c) Starting the car using a mechanical device is not allowed. d) Commercial acquirable batteries or fuel cells must not be used as power source or to assist chemical reaction. e) Any circuit in the car must not be manipulated during race by electrical switches, relays or similar components. f) The car must be designed to avoid any liquid discharge. Any liquid on the car must be contained and not allowed to discharge from the car. The car that spray or drop any liquids will be disqualified on that round. (Given the general public’s lack of understanding of general chemistry, anything that is visibly left behind by the car may well be construed as chemical pollution or even a hazardous material.) g) A car which uses a naked flame or ignition source (e.g. spark) is not allowed. h) A car which emits smoke (from combustion) is not allowed. i) The use of anything resembling a fuse, either commercially available or homemade, is not allowed. Simple “rocket” cars which discharge gas and liquid as a
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means of propulsion are not allowed. j) No mechanical force can be applied to the wheel or ground to slow or stop the car (e.g. no brakes). k) There can be no mechanical or electronic device used to stop the chemical reaction or to stop the car. There can be no mechanical or electronic timing device(s) to stop the chemical reaction or stop the car. In addition, a timing device cannot utilize what is normally considered as an instantaneous reaction. For example, a constant or draining liquid feed to a sensing cell that employs an instantaneous reaction (acid base or precipitation) would not be allowed. Another example would be a liquid draining out of a vessel to serve as a stop switch. This would be considered a mechanical timing device and would not be allowed. l) Radioactive classified materials are not permitted.
There will be some punishments if you get the penalty. They are as follows: 1. If the car goes outside the racing area from the side boundaries, there will be penalty of -10% score. The distance of the car will be measured from where the car goes out of the bound plus where it stops. 2. If the car races outside the racing area from front boundary will be disqualified from that round of the competition. Note: the site location may dictate an out-of-bounds region past the finish line and side line. Vehicles traveling past this out-of-bounds region will be treated as disqualified for that run. 3. a) On preparation table: If the time exceeds the limit, there will be -5% score for every 30 seconds under the first 5 minutes. If the time exceeds 5 minutes, the team will be disqualified as the point will be 0. b) On the start line: If the time exceeds the limit, there will be -5%score for every 30 seconds under the first 5minutes.If the time exceeds 5 minutes, the team will be disqualified as the point will be 0. c) On the 3 minutes racing: If the time exceeds the limit, there will be -10% score. 4.
Technical team has the right to postpone the start of any team race due to safety doubts at any time. Team which is not using the PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) on the first time will be given a warning by the technical team. But for the next, will be given - 5% score.
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If on the both of two attempts the car can’t move, the team has no right to be winner of any category.
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The team which disobey point 4.2.2 (Things are specifically disallowed) will be disqualified.
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a. Concept of power source and stopping mechanism (30%) b. Environmental features (15%) c. Safety features (15%) d. Economic aspect (15%) e. Quality of poster and team presentation (20%) f. Car design (5%)
The scoring of the car performance competition are based on the formula below:
Where the calculation of the Error is:
Where n= run number. E= error, L= actual length that the car traverses, D= designated distance, and Penalty = Penalty in percent (%).
Winners of the Grand-Finals for 4 th Indonesia Chem-E-Car Competition 2014 will be recognized with the following prizes:
The winner is the team with the highest score earned in 70% of car performance score and 30% of presentation score 1st Place: 900 USD + Trophy and certificate 2nd Place: 600 USD + Trophy and certificate 3rd Place: 300 USD +Trophy and certificate
1. Best Presentation: 80 USD and certificate – This award is given to the team with highest total score in presentation. 2. Best Eco-Car: 80 USD and certificate – This award is given to the team with highest score in environmental and safety features.
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3. Best Economic-Car: 80 USD and certificate – This award is given to the team with highest score in economic aspect. 4. Best Concept: 80 USD and certificate – This award is given to the team with highest score in concept of power source and stopping mechanism. 5. Best Race: 80 USD and certificate – This award is given to the team that score highest in one of two runs on car performance competition.
The registration and documents submission have to be conducted between via
email
to
and
There will be time to check and correct the participant’s concept (to make sure the car has meet the rule) by the committee between . Only team that has meet the rule can participate in this competition. There will be template given at
Registrations after this deadline will not be taken into account.
Late registration will not be considered. The registration procedure are as follows: 1)
The registration form can be downloaded at
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All participants must fill out the registration form.
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Each team may consist of
who all must not have any degree as
master. However, the team must have department. And the first participant should be the team leader. 4)
Complete the JSA (Job Safety Assessment) forms and submit the abstract of the car.
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All participants must scan and submit student identity card.
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All the documents must be attached in one file with the file subject :
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Send all of registration documents (registration form, JSA, abstract, scan result of student identity card) to :
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and
Each team will receive a notification email confirming their submission within 2 x 24 hours after submitting the documents. If you don’t receive the email, please contact Agung (+6281226809560) Participants must send a video which shows that the car could have run for a race. The video must be uploaded via YouTube with subject: and sent the link to our email between
Many cars in recent competitions have failed because of poor mechanical design. So take particular care to:
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Ensure that your car will travel in a straight line.
Ensure that the car is able to travel on different surfaces. We cannot guarantee that the surface for the Grand Final Competition is as level or as smooth as the one you used for your test work.
Chem-e-car teams that have become winner in first until third ICECC are not permitted to use the same cars without major modification in system or chemical reaction for 4th ICECC. This regulation purpose is to challenge the past winner team to improve their cars and to create different concept of cars. The past winners of ICECC are as follows: Spektronics III used piston which was operated by dissociation reaction of H2O2 to O2.
Spektronics V used energy from the high gas pressure from the chemical reaction decomposition of H2O2 into O2 with KI catalyst.
Anjani used energy from fuel cell. This car powered by electricity from reaction between H2 and O2 in fuel cell stack.
Subali III used pressurized gas as fuel, which was produced from reaction of H 2O2 with catalytic KI to produce O2 and H2O. And the gas would operate the pneumatic.
Sugriwa powered by voltaic cell that produced electricity which was converted to kinetic energy by DC motor.
Spectronics 7 powered by electrical wave device called TEC (Thermoelectric Cooler). It can converts heat to electricity with different temperature on each side. It uses CaO solid and CO2 solid for the reaction.
Spectronics 8 powered by Zn-air battery and the stopping mechanism using photosensor. Consist of zinc (Zn), charcoal, and potassium hydroxide.
VermiEnergizer 4.0 powered by chemical reaction that generates electricity. Using
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vermicompost that contain humid acid.It uses Lead oxide plate, Zinc plate, and use catalyst : Sulphuric Acid and Cabon powder.
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February, 7 2015
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January, 1 2015
Technical Meeting rd
April, 23 2015
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January, 1 2015 – February, 7 2015
Revision Date
April, 24 2015
Finalist Announcement
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January, 1 2015 – March, 9 2015
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March, 12 2015
Car Racing th
Uploading Video st th January, 1 2015 – March, 9 2015
Deadline Revision &
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March, 9 2015
Further Information
: www.chernival.its.ac.id
Registration and questions
:
Contact Person
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