Proposing CCUS Technology Innovation, ITB Students Win First Place at The Inception 2025 Paper and Poster Competition
By Raja Parmonang Manurung - Mahasiswa Teknik Pertambangan, 2021
Editor M. Naufal Hafizh, S.S.
BANDUNG, itb.ac.id — Three undergraduate Petroleum Engineering students from Class of 2022 at Institut Teknologi Bandung (ITB) achieved first place in the Inception 2025 Paper and Poster Competition. They achieved the award during the ceremony held on Saturday, March 15, 2025 at Noormans Hotel, Semarang. The team consists of I Putu Wika Arya Suryadharma, Rivo Parhorasan Manalu, and Christoper Andre Ferdinand who are known together as Team Karang Jasi.
The competition was organized by the SPE Student Chapter of Universitas Diponegoro (SPE Undip SC), in collaboration with the Indonesian Petroleum Engineering Experts Association - Universitas Diponegoro Students Section (IATMI SM Undip), and the Society of Renewable Energy Student Chapter Universitas Diponegoro (SRE SC Undip).
With the competition’s theme being “Keeping Oil and Gas Existence in the New Era of Energy with a Versatile Approaches,” the team proposed an innovation comparing two technologies for carbon dioxide capture by evaluating both their performance and economical aspects.
“We compared two technologies in our paper — chemical absorption and supersonic separator — because we wanted to observe a more optimal implementation of Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage (CCUS), as CCUS implementation generally requires high costs,” explained Rivo.
They tried to evaluate three fields in Indonesia with different conditions, each with varying methane and carbon dioxide content inside of the earth’s surface. “We aim to optimize the implementation of CCUS using these two technologies to determine which is more effective in certain field conditions, in order to reduce cost and enhance the overall efficiency of CCUS,” said Christoper.
At first, the three students joined the competition without high expectations. They tried to register during their semester break to make use of their free time. Once selected as finalists, they devoted their focus to working on the paper.
In the process of finishing the paper, they received support from their mentors, Adam Putra Pratama Zainuri and Jasmine Christiana Manihuruk. “Bang Adam and Kak Jasmine were incredibly helpful for us by offering constructive and solution-oriented feedback,” said Rivo.
Through this competition, they acquired valuable lessons, from developing a strong academic paper to increasing relations.
Reporter: Raja Parmonang Manurung (Mining Engineering, class of 2021)
Translator: Muhammad Faiz Satrio Pradiansyah (Microbiology, class of 2022)
