The European Network of Expertise for Hydrogen Safety

Dr.-Ing. Thomas JordanCoordinator

Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe GmbH

HySafe Annual Review Meeting, Brussels, 2-3 June, 2005

Overall objectives and the role of each partner

HySafe Annual Review Meeting, Brussels, 2-3 June, 2005

Objectives• strengthen and focus, integrate fragmented research on

hydrogen safety → competitive scientific and industrial community • Promoting public awareness and trust in hydrogen technologies• development of an excellent safety culture

General GoalContributing to a safe transition to a sustainable development in Europe by facilitating the safe introduction of hydrogen technologies / applications

ObjectivesObjectives – Detailed Objectives - Role of each Partner

HySafe Annual Review Meeting, Brussels, 2-3 June, 2005

To contribute to a common understanding and common approaches for addressing hydrogen safety issues:

• A common approach for ranking the importance of relevant physical phenomena, hazards and scenarios will be developed; • Identification, assessment and prioritisation of all relevant

hazards through developing the current risk assessment methodologies, and establishing clearer links between related safety issues;• Establishment of a hydrogen incident and accident

database, which will provide a common basis for hydrogen risk management and studies to quantify the risks associated with hydrogen applications.

Detailed Objectives I/VObjectives – Detailed Objectives - Role of each Partner

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To integrate experience and knowledge within Industrial organisations familiar with hydrogen processing technology and Research organisations with facilities for experimental research and exploitation of results in numerical prediction tools;

Detailed Objectives II/VObjectives – Detailed Objectives - Role of each Partner

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To integrate and harmonise the fragmented research base by:

• Creation of a set of specialised complementary research facilities that will allow optimisation of the necessary experimental efforts to address hydrogen safety issues;• Identification of a set of specialised complementary codes and

models that can be used for safety studies; their ranges of applicability will be specified;• Harmonising development of safety and risk assessment

methods;• Integrating and optimising national financial resources allocated

to hydrogen safety;• Integration of human resources;• Promotion of fundamental research necessary to address

hydrogen safety issues.

Detailed Objectives III/VObjectives – Detailed Objectives - Role of each Partner

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To provide contributions based on safety and risk studies to EU-legal requirements, standards and codes of practice by:

• Pre-normative research in identified critical areas;• Development and implementation of a performance-based

approach to hydrogen safety engineering;• Use of results from detailed safety and risk assessment studies

for different hydrogen applications as input to development of legal requirements, standards and codes of practice;• Extracting net outcomes from safety and risk assessment studies,

e.g. deterministic Safety Distances; • Development and validation of hydrogen accident prevention and

mitigation techniques.

Detailed Objectives IV/VObjectives – Detailed Objectives - Role of each Partner

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To contribute into education and training on hydrogen safety issues in order to provide an improved technical culture for handling hydrogen as an energy carrier by:

●Organizing short training courses and lecture courses;●Organizing education and training on hydrogen safety, including on-line mode (e-Academy);●Establishing a website with up-to-date information on Hydrogen Safety; ●Establishing a Biennial International Symposium on Hydrogen Safety; ●Publishing a Biennial report on Hydrogen Safety;

Detailed Objectives V/VObjectives – Detailed Objectives - Role of each Partner

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Consortium PartnersForschungszentrum Karlsruhe GmbH FZK Research Co-ordinator DE

L’Air Liquide AL Industry FR

Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing BAM Authority DE

BMW Forschung und Technik GmbH BMW Industry Automotive DE

Building Research Establishment Ltd BRE Authority UK

Commissariat à l’Energie Atomique CEA Research FR

Det Norske Veritas AS DNV Industry NO

Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft ICT ICT Research DE

Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH FZJ Research DE

GexCon AS GexCon Industry SME NO

The United Kingdom’s Health and Safety Laboratory HSE/HSL Authority UK

Foundation INASMET INASMET Authority ES

Inst. Nat. de l’Environmnt industriel et des RISques INERIS Authority FR

Instituto Superior Technico IST Research PT

European Commission - JRC - Institute for Energy JRC Research EC NL

National Center for Scientific Research Demokritos NCSRD Research EL

Norsk Hydro ASA NH Industry NO

Risø National Laboratory Risø Research DK

TNO TNO Research NL

University of Calgary UC University Ex-Europe CA

University of Pisa UNIPI University IT

Universidad Politécnica de Madrid UPM University ES

University of Ulster UU University UK

VOLVO Technology Corporation VOLVO Industry Automotive SE

Warsaw University of Technology WUT University New member state PL

Objectives – Detailed Objectives - Role of each Partner

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WP Leaders and StructureWP3. UPMSBEP

WP5. DNVHIA

Database

WP6. FZK Principal

CFD Exercises

and Guidelines

WP7 RisøMapping

Priorities and Assessment

WP17. FZK Overall Management

WP8. NSCRD

H2 release, mixing

and distribution

WP9. HSE/HSL Hydrogen

ignition and jet fires

WP10. FZK

Hydrogenexplosions

WP11.GexConMitigation

WP12. DNVRisk

assessment methodologi

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Integrating activities

WP1. INERIS Biennial

Report on H2 Safety

WP13.FZK

Web Site

WP14. UNIPI

Conference on Hydrogen

Safety

WP15. UU

e-Academy

WP16. INERIS

Standards, Legal

Requirements

WP2. FZJIEF

WP4. CEAScenario and Phenomena

Ranking

Joint Research Program

Spreading of excellence activities / Dissemination

Objectives – Detailed Objectives - Role of each Partner

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Role of PartnersObjectives – Detailed Objectives - Role of each Partner

Research: Basic and Applied Research, Code development and application, Supporting RC&S by determinitic simulations

Industry: Development and Marketing of Technologies and Services, e.g. Risk Assessments, Cost driven, highly IP protective, driver for RC&S

Authority: RC&S development and application