The CryoMet project held its Kick-off Meeting on 26 and 27 August in Delft (Netherlands), at the premises of the project leader VSL – the National Metrology Institute of the Netherlands. During the two-day meeting, the project partners established the first steps to be taken in this project, which aims to contribute to reliable metrological measurement for liquefied energy gas.
On the first day, the lead partners of the work packages explained the main lines of activity for each WP. Hamidou W. Soumaré, Fluid Mechanics Engineer at CESAME EXADEBIT, focused on the tasks related to WP1, which will tackle the reliability of the liquefied energy gases flow metering. Then, Karine Arrhenius, researcher and project leader at RISE, and Oliver Büker, Senior Researcher at RISE, presented the activities from WP2, which surround the reliability of (bio-)LNG composition and density measurements. Radka Veltcheva, Senior Research Scientist at National Physical Laboratory (NPL) of the United Kingdom, defined the tasks of WP3, which will be developed to determine the accuracy of (bio-)LNG in-field temperature measurements, including the impact of static and dynamic effects on the temperature measurement system. Focusing on WP4, Markus Richter, Professor at Leibniz University Hannover, and Luca Bernardini, post-doctoral researcher in that same university, showcased the expected roadmap to be followed on the development of SI-traceable calibration procedures for liquefied energy gases. Leading WP5, Tamara Sarac, Project Officer at the European Gas Research Group (GERG), intervened, explaining which will be the actions carried out to expand the outcomes and impact of the project. Finally, Menne Schakel, CryoMet’s project coordinator and Chief Scientist Flow at VSL – the National Metrology Institute of the Netherlands, led the intervention for WP6, which refers to the management of the project.
On the second day of the meeting, the consortium discussed several internal aspects of the project. In general, the initial dynamics of the WP meetings were established, and several events were finalised that the project will organise to expand its results and the participation of partners in international fairs. In addition, the consortium had the opportunity to visit the European Centre for Flow Measurement in Rotterdam, a VSL facility that enables even more accurate calibration and testing of large industrial flow meters.
This occasion officially marked the implementation phase of CryoMet and strengthened the collaboration amongthe project participants.
