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IceBusters Ltd. are an environmentally conscious de-icing solutions consultancy, providing services and a variety of technical expertise for the removal of ice on commercial vehicles. They are funded by the Netherlands Environmental Agency and work in collaboration with the European Aviation Agency, and International Aviation Services. They are based in Amsterdam, and current projects have been to provide environmentally suitable alternative processes to de-icing aircraft at Schiphol Amsterdam Airport. These projects are underway and are attempting to replace the existing and widely used process of utilising heated Propylene Glycol as a de-icing chemical, which has a substantially negative environmental impact.

History

IceBusters Ltd. was conceived by Hannah Rana, Anish Mistry, Joshua Green and Damilola Akinmola; then aspiring technical consultants who met whilst studying together in their final year of Chemical Engineering at the prestigious Loughborough University. Uniting their various expertise and knowledge and identifying a pertinent gap in the market for such services, the four united to form the consultancy.

Mission Statement

To provide de-icing solutions for aircraft, automobiles and other vehicles whilst adhering to environmental policies, with particular focus on BOD and toxicity being lowered in all potential substitute de-icing processes.

The Team

Hannah Rana has worked several years as a researcher in the field of the various potential future applications for infrared technology, with a particular focus on its heating capacity. She has spent time researching IR frequencies and their heating applications at physics laboratories in Geneva, and more recently has helped develop environmentally suitable and energy efficient infrared heating panels for commercial aircraft hangars. She also currently works as IceBusters Ltd.'s web designer.

Damilola Akinmola has worked for several years at a variety of chemicals companies, and has significant background experience with chemical technology. As the Specialist Chemical Consultant at IceBusters Ltd., she provides first rate insight into existing de-icing chemical technology, and is presently pioneering the research aiming to find a substitute chemical for propylene glycol at the consultancy.

Anish Mistry has spent several years working in the electrothermal field, and has been a key researcher in developing specialist techniques for electrothermally removing ice from a variety of vehicles, with the inclusion of large aircraft and motor vehicles. He has worked in detail on enhancing energy efficiency in these de-icing technologies, with significant research taking place at research labs around Europe, including the prestigious ETH in Zurich.

Joshua Green is the leading force of the environmental considerations that makes IceBusters Ltd. unique. His background experience varies from studying aquatic systems, to measuring and identifying usage limits for toxic and hazardous chemicals and waste material, to developing technically-focused environmental regulations at a variety of environmental agencies across Europe, as well as Melbourne, Australia.