Dear Ladies and Gentlemen, We are pleased to announce that the 14th EFRC Conference will be held at the NORD EVENT Panoramadeck in Hamburg, Germany, from October 14–16, 2025. Join us in Northern Germany to connect with industry leaders, share insights, and explore solutions to critical challenges in our field. This year’s conference will focus on how reciprocating compressors…
Flow meter errors in pulsating flow Invitation for a webinar of the EFRC Standardisation Working Group November 6th, 15:00-16:00 CET Venue: online webinar Free of charge: online registration Register here Description Flow meters are essential components in process installations. Accurate flow measurement is required to ensure stability of process but also for fiscal metering of…
Dear Ladies and Gentlemen, We are pleased to present you the Call for Papers and look forward to welcoming you and other representatives of your company at the 14th EFRC Conference in Hamburg, Germany October 14-16, 2025 Please take the opportunity to exchange your experience and to share your solutions to industry challenges…
General Assembly and 25th Anniversary of EFRC 2024 At this year’s general meeting April 19th, we celebrated the 25th anniversary of our association. We met in the beautiful city of Dresden, where the EFRC was founded 25 years ago by 8 institutions. We started with a welcome dinner in a cosy vaulted restaurant, with delicious…
EFRC Training WorkshopSeptember 18th / 19th, 2024.Delft/Rijswijk, The Netherlands, TNO office at University Campus – 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…
Dear EFRC and reciprocating compressor community, The 13th EFRC Conference in Zagreb, Croatia has already occurred two months ago and it is time to say THANK YOU to everyone that made the success possible! Most of all we express our gratitude to all of our sponsors and the over 200 participants who enabled an outstanding event.…
Conference Training Workshop“Challenges in Hydrogen Compression” 13th EFRC Conference, September 19-21, 2023 Tim Norden (Neuman & Esser), “Compressor selection and sizing, for H2 applications” Walter Tobler (Burckhardt Compression), “Impact of H2 on material selection” Jan Löken (Prognost), “Condition monitoring in H2 systems” André Eijk (EFRC supporting member),” Pulsation and vibration control in H2 compression systems”…
The EFRC Student Workshop group spent 4 days (30 May to 2 June) with great hosting companies from the reciprocating compressor community during the EFRC Student Workshop 2023. We had an exciting programme and are deeply indebted to the following hosts: Yara Brunsbüttel explained the process technology and reciprocating compressors’ role in producing ammonia and…
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…
Please save the NEW DATE for our next members‘ assembly:April 4th, 2023 The R&D spring meeting will take place one day prior to the GA on April 3rd. 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…
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…