NoE HySafe

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• NoE HySafe
• (SES6-CT-2004-502630)
• Dr.-Ing. Thomas Jordan
• Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe GmbH

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1. Project achievementsGoal / Objectives

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

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1. Project achievementsConsortium
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1. Project achievementsFirst Integration Success

• Expert survey and PIRT study
• Catalogue of Experimental Facilities
• Public report and online presentation on
  www.HySafe.net
• HIAD for incidence and accident reporting
  Prototype accessible 01/2006)
• Database of hydrogen FC industries
• 2000 entries on www.HySafe.net
• 4 CFD Benchmarks
• Based on H2, large scale (industry relevant)
  experiments
• Broad participation (SBEP1 ? 14 simulations of 11
  partners)
• Instructive results

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1. Project achievementsFirst Integration Success

• 1st ICHS Pisa September 8-10, 2005
• 5 Common Applications to EC calls
• HYGUIDE (Safety distance HZ concept transfer)
• HYCOURSE (Summer School on H2 safety)
• HYSAFEST (Early Stage Training Marie-Curie)
• HYEIST (Handbook for (small) stat. H2
  Installations)
• HYGLOBE (Expert panel on IPHE level)
• Initiation of 2 Internal (Research) Projects
• InsHyde HyTunnel
• INPUT to SRA
• long list of proposals, orientated at first PIRT
  results (10/2005)

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Alignment to SRA/DSMajor Items
Safety Cross-cutting issue (2.7)
HySafe Activity Matrix

• SRA content
• 2.1 Hydrogen production
• 2.2 Hydrogen storage and distribution
• 2.3 Stationary Applications
• 2.4 Transportation applications
• 2.5 Portable applications
• 2.6 Socio-economic issues
• 2.7 Cross-cutting issues

Distribution
Fires andExplosions
Mitigation
Risik Analysis
RCS
Production
Transport
Refueling
Street Vehicles
Applications
Other Vehicles
Portables
Public Awareness Socio-economic issues (2.6)
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Alignment to SRA/DSMajor Item Safety
How is Safety addressed ?

• Integration
• Identification of relevant knowledge gaps
• Developing commonly accepted, scientifically
  based view / knowledge on safety relevant
  phenomena
• Joining of experience (e.g. via database WP5
  HIAD) of H2 Information Exchange
• Support
• By development of Guidelines
• By offering safety reviews
• Of RCS activities by providing information
  addressing knowledge gaps
• By active participation in other H2/FC projects

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Alignment to SRA/DSMajor Item Safety
Example IP InsHyde

• Describe InsHyde results under safety relevance
  and SRA compliance
• Relates to decentralised production, storage

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Alignment to SRA/DSMajor Item Safety
Example IP InsHyde

• ? 2.1 (Decentralized) Production and 2.3
  Stationary Applications
• ? 2.6.3.2.5 Developing codes, standards and
  regulatory instruments
• Context
• Large leaks caused by major system failure very
  low probability gt zoning, detection, prevention,
  passive building design
• Minor leaks (lt 1 g/sec) more foreseeable gt
  risks in confinement ?
• Objectives
• Investigation of realistic non-catastrophic
  releases in (partially) confined areas
• System risk assessment and basis for risk control
• Ventilation performance and layout
• Detection and Buildings (garages, tunnels, etc)
  layout
• Zone classification and choice of electrical
  equipment
• Best practices ? regulatory and standards
  framework for indoor H2 systems)

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Alignment to SRA/DSMajor Item Safety
Example IP HyTunnel

• ? 2.2 Distribution and 2.4 Transportation
  (application)
• ? 2.6.3.2.5 Developing codes, standards and
  regulatory instruments
• Current safety requirements for road tunnels
  consider air quality, fire and smoke spread
• Natural and/or forced ventilation
• CO, video etc. detection
• Means of escape and safety refuges
• But, do H2 vehicles pose additional hazards? If
  so, then need to
• Update design guidance for new tunnels
• Establish improvements to be made on existing
  tunnels
• Amend regulations for old and new tunnels

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Alignment to SRA/DSMajor Item Public Awareness
How is Public Awareness addressed ?

• Indirectly
• Via high level safety culture
• Via (academic) teaching
• Openness of NoE activities
• .
• Participation
• PA workshops of the HFP
• Conference Communication of Scientific Results
• .

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Alignment to SRA/DSMajor Item Public Awareness
Dissemination

• Website
• Actively edited public website with internal and
  supporters access
• Biennial Report on H2 safety
• Engineering handbook, broad interest, draft
  version in spring 2006
• International Conference on H2 safety
• Next September 2007 in Greece (tentatively)
• Co-operations
• As IPHE accepted project, internal and external,
  

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Alignment to SRA/DSSummary

• Cross-cutting issue Safety
• Word found 55 in SRA (12 safe)
• But so far not as a dedicated topic without very
  clear defined targets (? flexibility in defining)
• Mainly supporting character for RCS, PA,

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Enhancing Co-operationExternal Networking
RCS
IPHE
ISO
IEA
CEN
HFP
NorthAmerica
HyWays
AdvisoryCouncil
the future European Hydrogen Safety Centre ?
StorHy
Japan
Russia
NATURALHY
HyTrain
HyCourse
HyApproval
HyFire
ET
RD
HySAFEST
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Future Perspectivesof NoE HySafe

• For FP7
• Provide safety workshops/audits for all H2
  relevant projects (as for HyApproval,
  HYTHEC(?),)
• Provide platform for information exchange related
  to safety (incidence reporting, HIAD, conference,
  workshops,)
• Long-lasting Integration
• Foundation of the European Hydrogen Safety
  Centre
• Continuation of the valuable HySafe activities
• Interface between potential customers and the
  (geographically still dispersed experts)
• Serving as the reference for any safety relevant
  problem to industries (SMEs,), public
  institutions,