This course combines a variety of disciplines in an engineering framework 'Principles of Hydrogen Safety' that includes but not limited to relevant RCS. Insight into these principles is developed to enable the student to understand the origin and phenomenology of hydrogen safety problems involving unscheduled releases and dispersion of expanded and under-expanded jets, ignition mechanisms, microflames, hydrogen jet fires and associated hazard distances, etc. The case studies are the part of the module to reinforce the best practice in hydrogen safety.

Students will be able to:

• Demonstrate knowledge related to hydrogen properties and hazards and ability to apply this knowledge to hydrogen safety engineering design, including compliance with regulations, codes and standards

• Evaluate requirements for safety provisions by taking into consideration knowledge on hydrogen releases, ignition, jet fires and material properties

• Illustrate mastery in analysing complex hydrogen safety problems both systematically and creatively, by integrating fundamental knowledge and engineering approaches from a variety of disciplines

• Apply self-direction and originality in tackling and solving hydrogen safety problems at a professional or equivalent level.

Completing a course is written exam. The requirement for an exam is a graduation test calculation and a project to advance the topic.

Fundamentals of Hydrogen Safety Engineering I https://bookboon.com/en/fundamentals-of-hydrogen-safety-engineering-i-ebook?mediaType=ebook

Fundamentals of Hydrogen Safety Engineering II https://bookboon.com/en/fundamentals-of-hydrogen-safety-engineering-ii-ebook

O’Hayre/Cha/Colella/Prinz: Fuel Cell Fundamentals (Wiley, 2009, 2nd ed., ISBN 978-0-470-25843-9)

e-learning

1. Introduction to hydrogen safety

2. Hydrogen properties and hazards, comparison with other fuels

3. Regulations, Codes and Standards (RCS) and hydrogen safety engineering

4. Unignited releases

5. Ignition of hydrogen mixtures

6. Microflames

7. Jet fires - Part 1

8. Jet fires - Part 2

9. Hydrogen permeation

10. Compatibility of metallic materials with hydrogen

11. Materials for hydrogen technologies

12. Case studies