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General Assembly · Exhibition · Drive&Ride, 4-6 October 2006, Brussels
NoE HySafe
“Safety of Hydrogen as an Energy Carrier”
www.hysafe.net
[email protected]
Work Package and Clusters
Project Management
Technical External Projects
NATURALHY
StorHy
HYPER
HyApproval
Jointly Excecuted Research Activities
Releases in (partially)
confined spaces
Hydrogen
Sensors
Repair Shop
for H2 vehicles
Technical Internal Projects
Disseminating Activities
Background
WP1. BRHS
WP5. HIAD
Cluster “Phenomena”
In Europe there are many research activities in the field of hydrogen safety. These activities
are heterogeneous, fragmented, and not well connected. Most of the experience and
knowledge is coming from nuclear safety, from gas and oil and from aerospace industries.
The largest amounts of hydrogen are used safely in chemical industries in a professional
environment with specially educated staff.
However, experience with hydrogen in a private environment is lacking completely.
Therefore the EC is supporting the integration of the research activities with the help of a new
instrument, the Network of Excellence (NoE).
The NoE HySafe should provide an integrated harmonised scientific basis for the safe
introduction of hydrogen as an energy carrier, and shall contribute to the public awareness by
generating an excellent safety culture.
• Goal: long term integration of the EU
research activities related to hydrogen
safety
• Integration of experimental facilities,
numerical tools and staff by coordinated
joint research activities
• Creating public awareness and trust in the
safety of hydrogen technologies
• Consortium: 24 partners from 12 EU
countries + 1 partner from Canada (5
universities, 7 industry partners and 13
public research labiratories)
• Co-ordinator: Forschungszentrum
Karlsruhe
• HySafe is currently the only international
IPHE ackowledged safety project
• Started 03/2004, 5 years co-financing by
the EC
• Further details and publications on
www.hysafe.net
Risk Control
Application
Production
Mitigation
WP16.)
RC&S
Cluster “Tools”
WP9. Ign.+Fires
WP10. Explosions
WP17.
General Management
PMO
WP11.
Mitigation
WP7. MPA
WP2.
IEF
WP13.
Website
WP3.
A-CFD
WP6. CFD-Club
WP12. RA
NoE Management by Coordination Committee
Management Projects
DJPA planning
Business Plan „European Hydrogen Safety Center“
Internal Projects Following the Current HySafe Headlines:
• Releases in (partially) confined spaces
• Detection and Mitigation
Proposal for a news
experiment to study H2
behaviour in confined spaces
Activity Matrix
Combustion
WP8.
Release
WP15. eAcademy
Internal Project “InsHyde”
• Investigation of non-catastrophic releases in confined areas/rooms
• Determination of permeation and release limits
• Systematic assessment of sensor and mitigation requirements
• Related simulations and experimental verification
• Recommendations for electrical equipment, ventilation requirements, etc…
HySafe Facts
Distribution
WP4. SPR
WP14. ICHS
Risk
Assessment
Regulations,
Codes and
Standards
Internal Project “HyTunnel”
Tunnel accidents are in the public focus. The EC tunnel safety directive does not cover
hydrogen issues. To save the heavy investments in tunnel equipment the requirements
for future hydrogen driven land vehicles are assessed in this two step project.
Step I:
- Selection of critical, but broadly accepted scenarios
- Review of available experimental results and simulation analyses
- Qualitative evaluation of the efficiency and compatibility of existing mitigation
measures (active ventilation, sprays, etc…)
Step II:
• Experimental program (in cooperation with other EC tunnel projects)
• Proposal for an addendum to the “EC Safe Tunnel Directive”
Transport
Storage
Vehicles
Tunnel,
Garage
Other
Project funded by the European Commission SES6-CT-2004-502630