International Centre for Advanced Materials

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The International Centre for Advanced Materials (ICAM) [1] is a research partnership made up of the energy company, bp, and the four universities:The University of Manchester, The University of Cambridge, The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and Imperial College London. The ICAM is an experimental organisation, both in its research and partnership model, with the University of Manchester acting as the administrative hub, and the other universities acting as the spokes. The research undertaken is focused on improving the processes integral to the energy industry, in particular how advanced materials can be used to solve the challenges faced. Some notable research includes work on 3D simulation of viscoplastic fluids [2] and fouling mitigation strategies for synthesised foulants. [3]

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The organisation was founded in Autumn 2012 with a $100 million, 10 year investment from bp, which was then extended by 5 years to 2027. ICAM research is supporting bp's ambitions to become a net zero company by 2050. [4] [5] The research areas are divided into three Enduring Themes: Low Carbon Energy, Sustainable Operations, and Underpinning Sciences. Low Carbon Energy, the largest of the three themes, includes subthemes Hydrogen, Electrification, Carbon Capture Utilisation and Storage, and Circular Economy and Sustainability.

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References

  1. "ICAM - International Centre for Advanced Materials". www.icam-online.org. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
  2. Sverdrup, Knut; Almgren, Ann; Nikiforakis, Nikolaos (1 September 2019). "An embedded boundary approach for efficient simulations of viscoplastic fluids in three dimensions". Physics of Fluids. 31 (9): 093102. arXiv: 1905.07392 . Bibcode:2019PhFl...31i3102S. doi:10.1063/1.5110654. ISSN   1070-6631. S2CID   158046795.
  3. Kaimaki, D.-M.; Haire, B. T.; Ryan, H. P.; Jiménez-Serratos, G.; Alloway, R. M.; Little, M.; Morrison, J.; Salama, I. E.; Tillotson, M. J.; Smith, B. E.; Moorhouse, S. J. (11 July 2019). "Multiscale Approach Linking Self-Aggregation and Surface Interactions of Synthesized Foulants to Fouling Mitigation Strategies". Energy & Fuels. 33 (8): 7216–7224. doi:10.1021/acs.energyfuels.9b01390. hdl: 10044/1/72196 . ISSN   0887-0624. S2CID   199069766.
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  5. Georghiou, Luke (2015). "Strategy to Join the Elite: Merger and the 2015 Agenda at the University of Manchester – An Update" (PDF). Mergers and Alliances in Higher Education: International Practice and Emerging Opportunities. Springer International Publishing. p. 218. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-13135-1_10. ISBN   978-3-319-13135-1.