The European Green Deal states that "energy storage and carbon capture, storage and utilization” is one of the priority areas to reduce greenhouse gas emissions of 55 % by 2030 and to become carbon neutral by 2050.

The project has received funding from the European Partnership on Metrology, co-financed by European Union Horizon Europe Research and Innovation Programme and from the Participating States.

D1 – Report on the development, intercomparison, operating ranges and traceability of intermediate-scale and large-scale flow standards for gaseous CO2 in order to enable the calibration of flow meters

This report presents the outcomes of a collaborative effort under the MetCCUS project to advance traceable
flow measurement for gaseous carbon dioxide (CO₂) in Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) systems. To
support accurate and harmonised CO₂ flow metering, the project upgraded calibration infrastructure and
carried out coordinated inter-laboratory comparisons across major European metrology institutes. Key activities included testing various flow meter technologies (Coriolis, turbine, Ultrasonic, rotary) at both large and intermediate flow scales, assessing calibration transferability from alternative gases such as nitrogen and natural gas.

The results confirmed agreement across facilities and demonstrated the feasibility of using substitute gases
when appropriate considerations and corrections are applied. However, limitations were identified in Critical
Flow Nozzles performance with CO₂ and in turbine meter accuracy at low flow rates, highlighting areas for
further investigation.

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