JOINT PROJECT TO TRACK METHANE EMISSIONS OF NATURAL GAS TRANSPORT SYSTEMS

FGSZ Natural Gas Transmission Ltd. and the University of Miskolc are launching a joint project to measure methane emissions from the Hungarian high-pressure natural gas transmission system. The prototype of the system for measuring methane emissions will be set up and tested at the Kistokaj gas transfer station near Miskolc over the next three years. The project, which is also supported by the Hungarian government, started on 1 July and aims to develop new joint long-term procedures for the FGSZ system to reduce emissions.

"Not only can we become a Hungarian hub, but we can also bring fame and recognition to the University of Miskolc beyond our borders. The world is still groping for ways to reduce methane emissions, so we can be pioneers here at the University of Miskolc in building experimental systems and testing unique development systems within the framework of scientific instrumentation development. Two of our facultiesó – the Faculty of Earth Science and Engineering and the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Informatics – are involved in the project," said Judit Varga, President of the Board of Trustees of the Universitas Miskolcinensis Foundation.

The aim of the project is to create a prototype for an emission measurement and monitoring system at the Kistokaj gas transmission and hub that will provide online, searchable records of methane emissions from various technological elements. Another major objective of the project is to determine the current emissions from the technological operations of the FGSZ and, together with the University of Miskolc, to propose new procedures.