On 9 November the third ELEGANCY Consortium meeting was held in Brussels, Belgium. With ELEGANCY’s main research focus CCS and hydrogen in mind, the European Gas Research Group (GERG) was a perfect fit to host the event. GERG Brussels offices are in the UNESCO World Heritage listed building Hôtel van Eetvelde.
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After being welcomed by GERG’s Secretary General Robert Judd, the consortium was briefed on the latest developments in ELEGANCY. This included presentations on
- An improved method for low-carbon hydrogen production from natural gas with vacuum pressure swing adsorption – Anne Streb (ETHZ)
- Long-term stability tests of catalysts for water gas shift for use with basic oxygen furnace gas from steel plants – Jean-Pierre Pieterse (ECN>TNO)
- Experimental results on the thermodynamics of mixtures with hydrogen – Alexander Maurer (RUB)
- Case study: decarbonization of the Rotterdam port area – Rajat Bhardwaj (TNO) and Lukas Weimann (UU)
- Case study: UK profiles of CO2 supply for H2 and CCS, present day to 2100 – Maxine Akhurst (BGS)
- Measurements on CO2 solubility in saline water, necessary for CO2 storage modelling – Geraldine Torín-Ollarves (ICL)
- A demonstration of the chain tool that will be applied to ELEGANCY’s five case studies – Diana I. Ferrer and Nixon Sunny (ICL)
- The policy issues and business risks associated with CCS and hydrogen, and the corresponding de-risking instruments and incentive mechanisms – Ward Goldthorpe (SDL)
After the talks, scientific discussion and lunch, the Consortium split into task groups for more in-depth technical discussions. This concluded the second day of the semi-annual ELEGANCY meeting. Read more about the first day here.
![GERG's Secretary General, Robert Judd, welcomes the Consortium to Hôtel van Eetvelde.](https://blogg.sintef.no/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Robert_judd_welcome.jpg)
![The audience listening to the latest developments in ELEGANCY.](https://blogg.sintef.no/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/listening_audience.jpg)
![A well-deserved coffee break in the winter garden of Hôtel van Eetvelde.](https://blogg.sintef.no/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/coffee_break-1-e1544626633646.jpg)
![Anne Streb, Jean-Pierre Pieterse and Alexander Maurer](https://blogg.sintef.no/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/rad-1.jpg)
![Maxine Akhurst, Rajat Bhardwaj and Lukas Weimann](https://blogg.sintef.no/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Rad-2.jpg)
![Geraldine Torín-Ollarves, Diana I. Ferrer and Nixon Sunny, and Ward Goldthorpe](https://blogg.sintef.no/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Rad-3.jpg)
![(left) Benedikt Semrau and Roland Span. (right) Anna Obermann, Ronny Pini and Melchior Grab.](https://blogg.sintef.no/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Rad-4.jpg)
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