ABB announces £1m carbon capture deal with Imperial College
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Drives specialist ABB has announced an investment close to £1 million and signed a 10-year agreement with Imperial College London to support a new carbon capture pilot plant teaching facility (pictured) located at the university's central London campus.
Further supplemented by a series of sponsorships for Imperial's chemical engineering undergraduates, ABB said its investment and involvement in the project signalled its commitment to shaping the next generation of industrial engineers.
Using a combination of ABB's instrumentation, drives, motors and process automation equipment, the control room provides students with hands-on experience of pilot-scale industrial plant operations and is the only facility of its kind in an academic institution in the world. The pilot plant will be used in undergraduate teaching with the aim of equipping students with the practical skills needed for a career in industry.
ABB's Martin Grady said: "We will be able to trial new technology in a low risk, well-managed environment to gather Beta site test data. It also gives ABB a great platform to train its staff and customers on a real pilot plant. Quite simply, there are very few industrial companies that have utilised all the leading-edge technology that Imperial College is featuring within this pilot plant."
To further support its involvement with Imperial, ABB is providing four summer placements of eight to ten weeks a year in its UK operations. In addition a summer placement in Brisbane, Australia will be awarded to a student on the university's exchange programme, after spending their third undergraduate year in Australia. One final year student will be selected from previous summer students to have their final year tuition fees paid by ABB.
