Monitoring and metering

VSL is the national metrology institute of the Netherlands. My research area is monitoring and metering of CO2 related to CM2026-04. VSL is keen to contribute to the project, particularly in the following areas:

• Monitoring and management technologies for emissions from CO₂ capture systems;

• Infrastructure for CO₂ transport and storage (pipelines, ships, intermodal solutions, temporary storage, monitoring and metering in CO₂ networks, well integrity and well technologies);

• Development of commercial CO₂ storage sites, including screening, characterisation, safe management and cost-effective monitoring;

• Investigating undesirable reactions leading to acid formation and corrosion of pipeline and storage materials in under CCS relevant conditions;

• Sampling and analysis of impurities in CO2 at threshold levels;

• Investigating material compatibility for sampling impurities in CO₂;

• Preparing gas mixtures for testing and validating equipment and analytical methods;

• We have and develop analytical methods to detect impurities at threshold levels in CO₂;

• Determination of influence on metering and monitoring on varying CO2 compositions.

This research contributes to:

• Deployment of large-scale CO₂ transport and storage infrastructure enabling tens of millions of tonnes per year by the mid-2030s

• Supporting standardisation efforts by enhancing the understanding of the physical and chemical behaviour of impure CO₂

• Providing recommendations for the design and operation of monitoring technologies to prevent adverse effects on the integrity of transport infrastructure and storage complexes caused by impurities

• Assessing the impact of impurities on various equipment

• Defining specifications for transport and storage infrastructure

Feel free to contact me at idekrom@vsl.nl