VSL Training course. From flow metering to the kilogram (Grand K) in Paris!

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1 VSL Training course From flow metering to the kilogram (Grand K) in Paris! VSL Dutch Metrology Institute National Metrology Institute for The Netherlands Jos Verbeek Erik Smits Content - Introduction Jos, Erik and participants - TNO, VSL, NMi, Verispect and Euroloop - VSL - Calibration - R&D - Customizing Metrology - Some services and activities of VSL - Open training program Metrology and Measurement 1

2 Jos Verbeek Quality Management (VSL) Senior Consultant Quality & Metrology (VSL) Assessor Dutch Council for Accreditation (RvA) Expert International Quality Infrastructure Projects (EU) Expert Pressure, Mass, Force, ISO/IEC 17025:2005, ISO/IEC 1043:2010 Erik Smits Senior Metrologist (VSL) Project leader for commercial projects (VSL) Assessor Dutch Council for Accreditation (RvA) Member of Euramet TC-Flow, BIPM CCM s working group for fluid flow (WGFF) and working on the revision of OIML Recommendation R119 Expert Flow, Volume, related quantities, ISO/IEC 17025:2005 see LinkedIn profile 2

3 Participants - Name - Company - Country - Job - Why do you attend the European Flow Measurement workshop? VSL Member of TNO Companies - Accredited laboratory; - Work under ILAC regulations; - Calibration large gas flow meters up to 60 Pa 10 5 ; - Calibration of large hydrocarbon flow meters. Calibrations performed in the Netherlands only for customers around the world. - Inspection and enforcement for MID (legal metrology) in the Netherlands; - Member of OIML on behave of the Dutch government; - Gaming. The Netherlands only. - Notified body for MID (legal metrology) in Europe; - Member of OIML; - Type approval and system certifications; - Verifications; - Gaming. Offices around the world. - National Metrology Institute (NMI) of the Netherlands; - Member of BIPM; - Maintaining the National measurement standards (kg, s, m, etc..); - Traceable services to SI units (calibrations); - R&D new measurement standards; - Training sharing knowledge; - Consultancy and certification and auditing. Services around the world. 3

4 VSL National Metrology Institute Van Swinden Laboratory Jean Henri van Swinden VSL History Jean Henri van Swinden, the person after whom VSL (Van Swinden Laboratory) is named, gave the original metre (a platinum rod) to the French government. The first Metrology Act was implemented in the Netherlands. The Netherlands became a member of the Metre Convention. Dienst van het IJkwezen, part of the Ministry of Economic Affairs Privatisation of measurement standards, legal metrology (NMi) All shares from government to TNO VSL operating as an independent company Jan Hendrik van Swinden 4

5 VSL tasks and services Research and Development - Development/maintenance national measurement standards - International traceability assurance - Research in metrology and measurement systems Calibration and Reference materials - Calibrations - Reference materials - Proficiency testing, inter-laboratory comparisons Customized Applied Metrology - Consultancy - R&D Contracts - International projects, Training In the calibration laboratories of VSL Length Temperature and humidity Electricity Time and frequency Viscosity Chemistry Gas flow Optics Mass Liquid flow and volume Ionising radiation Pressure 5

6 VSL services in the world Calibration and certification of Cameron - Caldon s flow rig in Pittsburgh, USA Validation of fiscal gas metering station Aqaba in Jordan R&D (EMRP and EMPIR) VSL is involved in projects like: - Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) - Characterization of energy gases - Fuels for the future (Biofuels) - Metrology for drug delivery - Sensor development and calibration method for inline detection of viscosity and solids content of non-newtonian fluids 6

7 Open training at VSL in Basic Metrology (1day, 14 April and 22 September) - Temperature measurement (1 day, 21 May and 15 October) - Uncertainty calculation (3 days, June and November) - Basic pressure measurement (2 days, 6-7 October) - Gas flow metrology 5 days (5 days, 9-13 November) Location Delft, The Netherlands Metrology What is metrology? Metrology = Science of measurement It s important to have: Comparable and Reliable measurements - Measurement system (good definitions) - Unbroken chain of calibration and comparisons to (inter)national measurement standards - Specified uncertainties 7

8 Metrological design of flow applications How reliable and comparable can a flow meter operate when influenced by the surrounding environment? Piping (flow profile) Fluid properties Pressure Temperature Human errors Vibrations Design errors Air in liquid EMC Liquid in air Leaking valves Environmental conditions Etc. VSL Measurements when important should always be: Beyond all doubt! 8

9 Remember - In the Netherlands we have different organizations for different Metrology tasks - VSL is organized different then other NMI s - Calibration - R&D - Customizing Metrology - The services of VSL - Measurement should be Comparable, Reliable and Beyond all doubt VSL PO Box AR Delft The Netherlands T F E info@vsl.nl I Erik Smits E fsmits@vsl.nl VSL group: VSL Fluid Flow Metrology group: Jos Verbeek E jverbeek@vsl.nl Questions? 9