EFRC Training WorkshopSeptember 18th / 19th, 2024.
– has already taken place –
Basic training “Basic design and operation of reciprocating compressors”
- Typical applications and safety aspects of reciprocating compressor, by Guido Kluth (Shell)
- Design and Construction of reciprocating compressor, by Andi Ziermann (Borsig ZM)
- Thermodynamics of compression, by Mathias Kuhlow (Burckhardt)
- Compressor valves and wearing parts, by Alessandro Baldussu (Hoerbiger)
- Special aspects of diaphragm compressors, by Niek Albers (Howden Thomassen)
- Condition monitoring for reciprocating compressors, by Thorsten Bickmann (Bently Nevada)
- Operation and maintenance, by René Anke (NEAC)
Special training “Interactions between reciprocating compressors and H2 equipment”
- End user’s view on hydrogen compression architecture , by Guillaume Gien (Total Energies)
- Pulsations and transients in H2 compressor systems, by Leonard van Lier (TNO)
- Flow measurement in H2 compressor systems, by Hilko den Hollander (Krohne)
- H2 production with electrolysers: principles and challenges, by Tim Neumann (NEA)
Training cost, excluding VAT
| Basic training (incl. dinner) | Basic + special training (incl. dinner) | Special training (excl. dinner) | |
| EFRC Members | 650€ | 975€ | 425€ |
| non-EFRC Members | 975€ | 1450€ | 650€ |
The course takes place in presence only
Basic Design and Operation of Reciprocating Compressors (September 18th afternoon)
| 12:00 | 13:00 | Registration and Lunch |
| 13:00 | 17:00 | Design and Operation of Reciprocating compressors - part I |
| 19:00 | 22:00 | Dinner with participants and speakers |
Basic Design and Operation of Reciprocating Compressors (September 19th morning)
| 09:00 | 12:00 | Design and Operation of Reciprocating compressors - part II |
| 12:00 | 13:00 | Registration and lunch |
| 13:00 | 17:00 | CO2 in the energy transition: operation, compression and flow assurance |
Challenges in Hydrogen Compression (September 19th afternoon)
| 12:00 | 13:00 | Lunch | |
| 13:00 | 13:45 | Guillaume Gien (Total Energies) | End User's view on compression architecture for H2 production |
| 13:45 | 14:45 | Leonard van Lier (TNO) | Pulsations and transients in H2 compressor systems |
| 14:45 | 15:15 | break | |
| 15:15 | 16:00 | Hilko den Hollander (Krohne) | Flow measurement in H2 service: principles and challenges |
| 16:00 | 16:45 | Tim Neumann (Neuman & Esser) | H2 production with electrolysers: principles and challenges |
| 16:45 | 17:00 | Leonard van Lier (TNO) | Closure |








