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Natural and Forced Ventilation of Buoyant Gas Released In a Full-Scale Garage, Comparison of Model Predictions and Experimental Data
Sep 2011
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An increase in the number of hydrogen-fuelled applications in the marketplace will require a better understanding of the potential for fires and explosion associated with the unintended release of hydrogen within a structure. Predicting the temporally evolving hydrogen concentration in a structure with unknown release rates leak sizes and leak locations is a challenging task. A simple analytical model was developed to predict the natural and force Read More
Overview of the DOE Hydrogen Safety, Codes and Standards Program part 4- Hydrogen Sensors
Oct 2015
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Hydrogen sensors are recognized as a critical element in the safety design for any hydrogen system. In this role sensors can perform several important functions including indication of unintended hydrogen releases activation of mitigation strategies to preclude the development of dangerous situations activation of alarm systems and communication to first responders and to initiate system shutdown. The functionality of hydrogen sensors in this c Read More
Overview of the DOE Hydrogen Safety, Codes and Standards Program Part 3- Advances in Research and Development to Enhance the Scientific Basis for Hydrogen Regulations, Codes and Standards
Oct 2015
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Hydrogen fuels are being deployed around the world as an alternative to traditional petrol and battery technologies. As with all fuels regulations codes and standards are a necessary component of the safe deployment of hydrogen technologies. There has been a focused effort in the international hydrogen community to develop codes and standards based on strong scientific principles to accommodate the relatively rapid deployment of hydrogen-en Read More
Quantifying the Potential Consequences of a Detonation in a Hydrogen Jet Release
Sep 2019
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The unconfined release of high-pressure hydrogen can create a large flammable jet with the potential to generate significant damage. To properly understand the separation distances necessary to protect the immediate surroundings it is important to accurately assess the potential consequences. In these events the possibility for a detonation cannot be excluded and would generally result in the worst case scenario from the standpoint of dam Read More
Hydrogen Strategy - Enabling a Low-Carbon Economy
Jul 2020
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This document summarizes current hydrogen technologies and communicates the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy's (FE's) strategic plan to accelerate research development and deploymnet of hydrogen technologies in the United States. It also describes ongoing FE hydrogen-related research and development (R&D). Hydrogen from fossil fuels is a versatile energy carrier and can play an important role in the transition to a low- Read More
Advanced Hydrogen and CO2 Capture Technology for Sour Syngas
Apr 2011
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A key challenge for future clean power or hydrogen projects via gasification is the need to reduce the overall cost while achieving significant levels of CO2 capture. The current state of the art technology for capturing CO2 from sour syngas uses a physical solvent absorption process (acid gas removal–AGR) such as Selexol™ or Rectisol® to selectively separate H2S and CO2 from the H2. These two processes are expensive and require significant utility cons Read More
Hydrogen Monitoring Requirements in the Global Technical Regulation on Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Vehicles
Oct 2015
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The United Nations Economic Commission for Europe Global Technical Regulation (GTR) Number 13 (Global Technical Regulation on Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Vehicles) is the defining document regulating safety requirements in hydrogen vehicles and in particular fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs). GTR Number 13 has been formally adopted and will serve as the basis for the national regulatory standards for FCEV safety in North America (led by the United St Read More
Development of Standards for Evaluating Materials Compatibility with High-pressure Gaseous Hydrogen
Sep 2013
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The Hydrogen Safety Codes and Standards program element of the US Department of Energy's Fuel Cell Technologies Office provides coordination and technical data for the development of domestic and international codes and standards related to hydrogen technologies. The materials compatibility program task at Sandia National Laboratories (Livermore CA) is focused on developing the technical basis for qualifying materials for hydrogen se Read More
Hydrogen Wide Area Monitoring of LH2 Releases
Sep 2019
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The characterization of liquid hydrogen (LH2) releases has been identified as an international research priority to expand the safe use of hydrogen as an energy carrier. The elucidation of LH2 release behavior will require the development of dispersion and other models guided and validated by empirical field measurements such as those afforded by Hydrogen Wide Area Monitoring (HyWAM). HyWAM can be defined as the quantitative spatial and tempo Read More
Department of Energy Hydrogen Program Plan
Nov 2020
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The Department of Energy (DOE) Hydrogen Program Plan (the Program Plan or Plan) outlines the strategic high-level focus areas of DOE’s Hydrogen Program (the Program). The term Hydrogen Program refers not to any single office within DOE but rather to the cohesive and coordinated effort of multiple offices that conduct research development and demonstration (RD&D) activities on hydrogen technologies. This terminology and the coordinated Read More
State-of-the-Art and Research Priorities in Hydrogen Safety
Sep 2013
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On October 16-17 2012 the International Association for Hydrogen Safety (HySafe) in cooperation with the Institute for Energy and Transport of the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission (JRC IET Petten) held a two-day workshop dedicated to Hydrogen Safety Research Priorities. The workshop was hosted by Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM) in Berlin Germany. The main idea of the Workshop was to bring together stak Read More
ISO 19880-1, Hydrogen Fueling Station and Vehicle Interface Safety Technical Report
Oct 2015
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Hydrogen Infrastructures are currently being built up to support the initial commercialization of the fuel cell vehicle by multiple automakers. Three primary markets are presently coordinating a large build up of hydrogen stations: Japan; USA; and Europe to support this. Hydrogen Fuelling Station General Safety and Performance Considerations are important to establish before a wide scale infrastructure is established.This document introduces the ISO Tec Read More
Adapted Tube Cleaning Practices to Reduce Particulate Contamination at Hydrogen Fueling Stations
Sep 2017
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The higher rate of component failure and downtime during initial operation in hydrogen stations is not well understood. The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has been collecting failed components from retail and research hydrogen fuelling stations in California and Colorado and analyzing them using an optical zoom and scanning electron microscope. The results show stainless steel metal particulate contamination. While it is difficult to de Read More
Can the Addition of Hydrogen to Natural Gas Reduce the Explosion Risk?
Sep 2009
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One of the main benefits sought by including hydrogen in the alternative fuels mix is emissions reduction – eventually by 100%. However in the near term there is a very significant cost differential between fossil fuels and hydrogen. Hythane (a blend of hydrogen and natural gas) can act as a viable next step on the path to an ultimate hydrogen economy as a fuel blend consisting of 8−30 % hydrogen in methane can reduce emissions while not requiring si Read More
Hydrogen Systems Component Safety
Sep 2013
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The deployment of hydrogen technologies particularly the deployment of hydrogen dispensing systems for passenger vehicles requires that hydrogen components perform reliably in environments where they have to meet the following performance parameters:Perform safely where the consumer will be operating the dispensing equipmentDispense hydrogen at volumes comparable to gasoline dispensing stations in timeframes comparable to gasoli Read More
An Assessment on the Quantification of Hydrogen Releases Through Oxygen Displacement Using Oxygen
Sep 2013
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Contrary to several reports in the recent literature the use of oxygen sensors for indirectly monitoring ambient hydrogen concentration has serious drawbacks. This method is based on the assumption that a hydrogen release will displace oxygen which is quantified using oxygen sensors. Despite its shortcomings the draft Hydrogen Vehicle Global Technical Regulation lists this method as a means to monitor hydrogen leaks to verify vehicle fuel Read More
Fundamental Combustion Properties of Oxygen Enriched Hydrogen-air Mixtures Relevant to Safety Analysis Experimental and Simulation Study
Oct 2015
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In order to face the coming shortage of fossil energies a number of alternative methods of energy production are being considered. One promising approach consists in using hydrogen in replacement of the conventional fossil fuels or as an additive to these fuels. In addition to conventional hydro-electric and fission-based nuclear plants electric energy could be obtained in the future using nuclear fusion as investigated within the framework of the ITER p Read More
3D Risk Management for Hydrogen Installations (HY3DRM)
Oct 2015
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This paper introduces the 3D risk management (3DRM) concept with particular emphasis on hydrogen installations (Hy3DRM). The 3DRM framework entails an integrated solution for risk management that combines a detailed site-specific 3D geometry model a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) tool for simulating flow-related accident scenarios methodology for frequency analysis and quantitative risk assessment (QRA) and state-of-the-art visualiz Read More
Experimental Investigation of Spherical-flame Acceleration in Lean Hydrogen-air Mixtures
Oct 2015
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Large-scale experiments examining spherical-flame acceleration in lean hydrogen-air mixtures were performed in a 64 m3 constant-pressure enclosure. Equivalence ratios ranging from 0.33 to 0.57 were examined using detailed front tracking for flame diameters up to 1.2 m through the use of a Background Oriented Schlieren (BOS) technique. From these measurements the critical radii for onset of instability for these mixtures on the order of 2–3 cm Read More
Overview of the DOE Hydrogen Safety, Codes and Standards Program Part 1- Regulations, Codes and Standards (RCS) for Hydrogen Technologies - An Historical Overview
Oct 2015
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RCS for hydrogen technologies were first developed approximately sixty years ago when hydrogen was being sold as an industrial commodity. The advent of new hydrogen technologies such as Fuel Cell Electric Vehicles (FCEVs) created a need for new RCS. These RCS have been developed with extensive support from the US DOE. These new hydrogen technologies are approaching commercial deployment and this process will produce information on RCS fi Read More
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