OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE
many companies and organisations philosophise about solutions but only a few actually push ahead with implementation.
WHAT CHANGES DO YOU PREDICT FOR THE NEXT FIVE OR TEN YEARS IN THE INDUSTRY? Further conversion to renewable energy sources and more eff icient processes. Increased eff iciency and the smart use of resources can save the most energy – but fossil fuels will continue to play a decisive role for many years to come.
WHICH IS THE PROJECT YOU HAVE BEEN MOST PROUD OF WORKING ON AND WHY? I am most proud of the fact that we, a team of around 20 people, have developed a complex, patent-
protected series of products with our own fi nancial resources and that these are in use throughout the globe.
WHAT ARE THE BIGGEST CHALLENGES CURRENTLY FACED BY THE INDUSTRY AS A WHOLE? In the discussion about the important topic of CO2 reduction, the biggest challenges will be in sector coupling and energy storage, i.e. the time lag between energy over- and undercapacities. Depending on the existing infrastructure and geographical conditions, these issues represent a huge challenge for many countries around the world both technically and fi nancially.
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HERE DANIEL PROVIDES INSIGHT INTO THE WORK MEMS HAS BEEN DOING IN BIOGAS AND HYDROGEN We are mainly represented in Europe and have about a dozen customers with the gasQS static in their biogas plants. Compared with all other measuring devices known to us, we measure the CH4/CO2 ratio in these plants with very long-term stability – meaning they work for many years without any service or calibration work. The hydrogen sector is divided into
In the discussion about the
important topic of CO2 reduction, the biggest challenges will be in sector coupling and energy storage
The Gas QS Flonic V2 and the Gas QS static transparent
several areas. For example, the gasQS fl onic is used to measure the calorifi c value, density and compressibility and the hydrogen content in natural gas distribution networks. The gasQS fl onic is OIML R140, class B certifi ed and can therefore be used worldwide for energy billing. Two out of fi ve gas network operators in Switzerland have started to convert their existing measuring technology to our measuring devices. The gasQS static can be used for hydrogen admixture in natural gas networks and for determining the purity of hydrogen up to class 3.0 – a three-digit number of such measuring devices are successfully in use. There are gas engine and gas turbine manufacturers who use the gasQS static to measure the hydrogen content in natural gas or the methane content of LNG boil-off and thus regulate the ignition angle of the machines. i.e. optimise the effi ciency of the machines.
How has the work with hydrogen measurement changed and how is it likely to change in future? The topic of hydrogen has become much more important in the last three years or so. While we initially supplied our gasQS technology for fi eld test projects and pilot plants, our measuring devices are now in use in several functionally optimised plants and applications. In the near future, we expect that other companies and individuals involved in the topic will move from talking about it and presenting fi lms to implementing it – actions instead of words!
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