Brief review of the General Assembly of 4 April 2023 A big Thank You goes to HOERBIGER Vienna in Austria who kindly hostet us. This was the first in-presence GA after 3 years of online meetings. We had a good R&D workshop, an interesting presentation by Wiener Stadtwerke on the conversion of the bus lines…
EFRC Training Workshop September 2022.TNO, Delft/The Netherlands The event took place for a full-house of participants. For the training, the maximum number of participants was reached… We hope to welcome the people who had to be disappointed in Zagreb! The event was valued highly by the participants, on the technical content, the relaxed ambience, the…
Obituary Thomas Heumesser Our colleague, friend and supporter of EFRC, Thomas Heumesser, has passed away at the age of 63 on June 5th, 2022 on the consequences of a heart attack. He leaves behind his wife, Ursula Heumesser, and his sons Thomas and Matthias. Thomas has been engaged with two EFRC companies: Since 1989 he…
The 12th EFRC Conference in Warsaw, Poland, was a big success. For this we would like to say THANK YOU to everyone that made it possible… Thanks to the organisers and to all our sponsors! We also thank all the participants – virtual as well as on-site visitors – for your active participation! We are…
New edition of our TUTORIAL Dear friends and partners of the EFRC, We gladly announce the roll out of the revised TUTORIAL SECTION on the EFRC website addressing the fundamentals of reciprocating compressors. It offers you core knowledge regarding the thermodynamics, components, operation of recips and their development and trends. We would be happy to welcome you to our refurbished section that will serve as your reliable look-up reference! To the Tutorials
How to avoid Liquids in Reciprocating Compressors Liquids entering reciprocating compressors are a known cause of reliability problems or even catastrophic failures such as: Loss of primary containment. Damaged compressor parts. A slug as a result of liquid carry-over is particularly hard on compressor valves, piston rings, piston rods, crossheads, and bearings, due to increased…
EFRC Training Workshop 2019 and lookout on 2020 On June 26th and 27th 2019 nearly 50 engineers, active in the field of reciprocating compressors, gathered for the 4th EFRC training session. At TNO’s office in Delft, located on the Campus of the Technical University, 35 participants and 13 presenters met and introduced themselves during lunch.…
Over 250 delegates from 24 countries were welcomed to Madrid for the 11th EFRC Conference 2018 from September 13 – 14. The scientific program was very well received and included many stimulating discussions between the globally renowned speakers and delegates. The scientific committee accepted 26 abstracts to be presented during the conference. Also the training…
Our former president of the EFRC, Dr. Siegmund Ciernak has passed away at the age of 71 on November 21, 2019. Siegmund was a founding member of the EFRC, initially being part of Wartsila Compression Systems, later with RWE Storage. He has been one of the most passionate supporters of the EFRC, leading it from…