Out now: White paper „Hydrogen Compression“ & webinar The EFRC has produced the white paper hydrogen compression – boosting the hydrogen economy. Download here ==Registration open== This white paper will be introduced in a webinar on February 28th, 2023 at 15:00 – 16:00 / 3pm – 4pm CET. (UTC+01:00) Amsterdam, Berlin, Bern, Rom, Stockholm,…
Dear EFRC members, We would like to announce a new date for the EFRC Conference 2023. Due to some postponements of other conferences and trade shows the EFRC Board and the EFRC Task Force decided to change the date of the 13th EFRC Conference in Zagreb, Croatia. new date: September 19-21, 2023 This shift…
Dear reciprocating compressor community the EFRC has the pleasure to announce a cooperation with CITY University of London for the organisation of our both upcoming conferences: 13th EFRC Conference, in Zagreb/Croatia, September 2023 13th International Conference on Compressors and their Systems in London/UK, September 2023 For details of this events please refer to: www.recip.org…
Dear valued EFRC members, It is our great pleasure to inform you that we are constantly working on making the upcoming 13th EFRC Conference in Zagreb (Croatia) on September 5-7, 2023 a successful event. We would like to thank all our Conference Sponsors and Exhibitors for their ongoing interest. We would like to make you…
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…
Please SAVE THE DATE for our next members‘ assembly:April 21st, 2023 Short review of General Assembly 2022 In our last General Assembly all of our current workgroup-leaders have been re-elected: for R&D: Marc Langela for Standardisation: Paul Modern for Training: Leonard van Lier and for Young Talents: Konrad Klotsche. We thank all VOLUNTEERS for their…
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…
EFRC’s COMPRESSOR RELIABILITY SURVEY – OUT NOW! The reciprocating compressor’s flexibility in handling wide capacity variations, and generating high pressures independent of the density of the gas, makes it a vital component in today’s energy markets – upstream, midstream, and downstream. Reciprocating compressors are expected to become even more important in the near future as…
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…