Copenhagen

13 May 2011

50 Years of GERG R&D

Klaus Altfeld Immediate Past-President

EUROPEAN GAS RESEARCH GROUP

GROUPE EUROPEEN DE RECHERCHES GAZIERES

The European Gas Research Group

OGE

50 years of collaborative R&D on natural gas topics

Effective gas industry network for R&D information exchange

24 members from 13 countries - all active in R&D

Large European reservoir of specialist knowledge

High quality research resource

What was happening in 1961?

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John F. Kennedy inaugurated as President of the United States Yuri Gagarin makes the first human flight in space (12 April) The world’s population estimated at 4 billion Construction of the Berlin Wall begins The 1st electric toothbrush is produced by Squibb Co. GERG is founded

In the Beginning...

...there were five founding members in 1961:

British Gas (UK) Gasunie (The Netherlands ) Gaz de France (France) Ruhrgas (Germany) SNAM (Italy)

2011: 24 members

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Gas Consumption in Germany

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The First GERG Projects

Catalyst for the production of town gas and methane

Odorisation

Burner for the combustion of town gas and natural gas

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How GERG works

4 Programme Committees (Transmission & Storage, Distribution, Utilisation, General Studies)

Project ideas are discussed

Interested members organise an expert meeting

Final project description and contract

Project execution

Publication of results only if members agree (e.g. “GERG Monographs”)

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Gas Detection

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without GERG with GERG

GasCam® Prototype

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Gas Camera

Objective: Mobile imaging system for detecting methane escapes Prototype successfully tested in field trials. Distances up to 200 m were realized with high sensitivity GasCam® is now used routinely by a

range of gas companies

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Low NOx Gas Burner Development

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Storage

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GERG-2004

SGERG-88

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: GERG-2004 “Best in Class”

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Gas analysis (mol%)

Comparison of Calculated and Measured Compression-Factors Z

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GERG-2004 Measurements

Baseline: Measurements CH4 87,367N2 0,837CO2 2,099C2H6 8,685C3H8 0,850n-C4H10 0,075i-C4H10 0,054n-C5H12 0,009i-C5H11 0,009n-C6 0,005n-C7 0,002n-C8 0,000He 0,009Summe 100,000

Development of a LNG-Densimeter

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Perturbation Effects on an Ultrasonic Meter

High Pressure Plastic Pipes

PE-Standard: Up to 10 bar

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fibre fibre

Pipe Connector

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Satellite Surveillance of the European Gas Transmission System

Source: ESA

Convergence of Power and Gas Infrastructure, Including Biomethane and Hydrogen

NATURALHY project:

What is the maximum amount of hydrogen that can be added to the natural gas system?

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EC-funded project on gas quality harmonisation

Survey of appliance classification and population, installation and approvals practice

Appliance testing - to measure efficiency and emissions performance of a range of European appliances against the proposed EASEE-gas Wobbe limits

…plus 10 non-GERG partners

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GASQUAL – Gas Interchangeability

Established to enlarge and strengthen links between selected universities and the European gas industries research centres

Key objectives are:

to ensure that the academic community is aware of gas industry R&D issues;

to encourage a dialogue between experts

in industry and academia;

to show post-graduates that the gas industry offers challenging and rewarding careers.

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GERG Academic Network

VISION

Could GERG be a model for other industries?

Collaborative R&D projects to be prepared for the worst eventualities!

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Volcanoes

“Volcanic ash cloud cost European business up to €2.5bn” says EU

What are acceptable limits?

Aero-turbine schematic

Be Prepared – Volcanic Ash!

Does industry prepare for the worst

eventualities?

Is there collaboration on R&D?

If not, why not?

Long-term, collaborative R&D is necessary to:

share cost

share risk

share expertise

to be prepared!

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How does Industry Address such Serious Issues?

R&D is essential to the gas industry

to meet our commitments to: customers

the society

Collaborative R&D is vital, as

it enables: shared costs, shared expertise and

high acceptance of results

industry to prepare for the worst eventualities

The GERG model will become even more important in the future!

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Concluding Remarks

Thank you for your attention and have a safe journey back home!