CERES industrial consortium kick-off at CUoL

Through the Industrial Consortium, City’s Centre for Compressor Technology provides a forum for industry and academia to coordinate pre-commercial (TRL 1-3) research on industry-relevant compression and expansion technologies for the energy transformation sector.
The Centre has started the Industrial Consortium on Compressors and Expanders for Future Energy Systems (CERES) to create a network of partners for addressing global challenges by performing world-leading research in this energy transforming sector and to expand the scope of resources through applications for funds to research councils in the UK and abroad.
The official launch of CERES industrial consortium and Firts Spring Meeting was held at City, University of London on 13th May 2022.
CERES Industrial Consortium was officially launched last Friday by Prof Ahmed Kovacevic, Howden/RAEng Research Chair in Compressor Technology and Prof Abdulnaser Sayma, Head of Engineering and Director of the Thermo-Fluid Research Centre. Representatives from nine companies and the Royal Academy of Engineering joined us for a hybrid meeting we delivered from the City, University of London. The founding members of CERES are Howden, Mayekawa, Carrier, Ansys and PDM Analysis. Representatives from Jaeckllin, Edwards, Total Energies and Trane Technologies have also attended this meeting to explore the benefits of joining this forward-looking consortium.
In-person attendees later joined the annual poster competition and social event organised by City's Thermo-Fluids Research Centre. We had a chance to meet researchers from the Centre, have guided visits to the test cells and inform learn about the research being conducted at the moment.
The rest of the day was devoted to project proposals’ presentations by researchers from City, University of London. Seven projects addressing different issues in compressors and expanders technology were presented, followed by a fruitful discussion.