Integrated Controlled Sorbent: Integrated Oil Absorption Technology Developed by ITB Students

Integrated Controlled Sorbent (ICS) is a technology designed to address oil spill disasters in a responsive, rapid, and integrated manner. This technology was created by two ITB undergraduate students: Evan Febrianto (Electrical Engineering 2014) and Evita Izza Dwiyanti (Forestry Engineering 2014). While ICS has not yet been fully implemented, a prototype has been successfully created and exhibited at the Gajah Gallery since mid-April.

Gajah Gallery is a program of the Ministry of Innovation and Entrepreneurship of the ITB Student Family (KM ITB) that exhibits works through a gallery. Located in the East Campus Center Building of ITB, the Gajah Gallery has been operating since November 2015. The Gajah Gallery aims to publicize the works of ITB students that have not received public attention and to inspire students who want to create works.

Mengenal Integrated Controlled Sorbent
Integrated Controlled Sorbent (ICS) comes from the phrase Controlled Sorbent, which is a sorbent (absorbent of substances) that can be controlled, and Integrated, or integrated with the system. ICS was initially an idea used by Evan and Evita to enter the 2015 National Scientific Week of Research & Technology (Pinisi) competition. "The idea of Integrated Controlled Sorbent emerged because at that time the oil spill case was rife in Indonesia," said Evan. "Besides the case being rife, we also saw that the impact of the oil spill was very large so it needed to be responded to quickly." This technology succeeded in making Evan and Evita the second winner in the competition held by the Undergraduate Students of Naval Architecture, Diponegoro University.

As the name suggests, the Integrated Controlled Sorbent works by integrating various systems. When an oil spill occurs at sea, disaster response personnel arrive at the scene by helicopter. Upon arrival, the helicopter's camera sensor activates and captures discrete images of the oil spill to identify the spill area. The Sorbent Boom is then lowered to limit the oil spill area to prevent it from spreading. The Boom Sorbent's navigation system (GPS, transmitter, and receiver) and propeller are then activated to control the sorbent. The Sorbent Boom then acts as a shield surrounding the oil spill area and prevents the spill from spreading. Next, the Sorbent Pillow is lowered to absorb the oil spill at sea. The Sorbent Pillow can be controlled manually by the user via an integrated PC, or automatically by artificial intelligence, allowing for quick, efficient, and weather-unhindered oil spill absorption.
Unfulfilled Hopes

Evan, as one of the creators of ICS, does not want his achievements to stop at just winning the competition. "I don't want the idea that I have worked so hard to create to be only rewarded with money, I want to be rewarded with a patent!" said Evan. According to him, his idea and design are very possible to be implemented. This is because Evan saw that the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), a renowned technology institution in America, is developing a similar idea. Therefore, Evan hopes that his work will get more attention from the public and the government to be fully implemented. One effort to achieve his dream is to publish ICS through the Gajah Gallery.

Evan realizes that through the Gajah Gallery, his work has garnered attention from the campus community. However, Evan feels there hasn't been any significant progress toward realizing his design. ICS's development has been hampered by the lack of necessary donations. Evan added that the most ideal development would be government support so his design could be implemented and even patented. Unfortunately, Evan himself admits there hasn't been any progress in that direction due to the lack of information regarding patent registration for the technology.

"Indeed, there is no progress on this Integrated Controlled Sorbent right now, you could say it's still in limbo. But, I definitely want to realize this idea because it's very possible to realize it," Evan hoped. "I also hope that my work can be an inspiration for ITB students to create more, because I think the works from ITB students are still relatively few and should be much more."

See Evan and Evita's Integrated Controlled Sorbent at the following link:

Luthfi Naufan Yamin (Electrical Engineering 2014): ITB Journalistic Apprentice 2016
Source: https://www.itb.ac.id/news/5185.xhtml