MODULE DESCRIPTION PRINCIPLES OF HYDROGEN SAFETY
| This module is an implementation of the International Curriculum on Hydrogen Safety Engineering and the paper by: Prince M.J. and Felder R.M. Inductive Teaching and Learning Methods: Definitions, Comparisons, and Research Bases. Journal of Engineering Education, 95:123-138, 2006. | ||
| MODULE TITLE: | Principles of Hydrogen Safety | |
| MODULE CODE: | ENE821 | |
| YEAR OF REVISION: | 2008/09 | |
| MODULE LEVEL: | 7 | |
| CREDIT POINTS: | 30 | |
| MODULE STATUS: | Compulsory | |
| SEMESTER: | 1 | |
| LOCATION: | Campus One | |
| E-LEARNING: | Fully on-line | |
| PREREQUISITE(S): | None | |
| CO-REQUISITE(S): | None | |
| MODULE CO-ORDINATOR: | Dr Arief Dahoe | |
| TEACHING STAFF: | Dr Arief Dahoe | |
| HOURS: | On-line learning (on-line lectures, on-line discussions by forum and email) | 72 hrs |
| Directed reading (including consultation of electronic library resources) | 108 hrs | |
| Independent study time (including coursework assignment preparation and on-line quizzes at the end of each lecture) | 120 hrs | |
| TOTAL EFFORT HOURS: | 300 hrs | |
| ACADEMIC SUBJECT: | ENE | |
| RATIONALE This module seeks to develop in students the ability to integrate fundamental knowledge and engineering approaches from a variety of disciplines (thermodynamics, heat and mass transfer, fluid dynamics, solid mechanics, combustion) to understand the origin and phenomenology of hydrogen safety problems. These insights are subsequently applied for the provision of hydrogen safety in application areas involving the production, storage, transportation, and utilisation of hydrogen while taking the regulatory framework and standards into account. |
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AIMS
| · | Provide the student with an awareness of current problems (accidental releases, effects of fires and explosions, etc.) in application areas of the hydrogen economy (production, transportation, storage, utilisation, etc.). | |
| · | Provide the student with an understanding of theories, methodologies and paradigms that form the principles of hydrogen safety so that they may undertake his/her own research or advanced scholarship. | |
| · | Develop in the student a capability for independent learning to expand his/her knowledge in the principles of hydrogen safety engineering, and to understand how the boundaries of knowledge in this field are advanced through research. | |
| · | Provide the student with a conceptual understanding of the principles of hydrogen safety engineering so that he/she will be able to critically evaluate and use research information on accidental hydrogen releases, fires and explosions, material compatibility, etc. for the provision of hydrogen safety. | |
| · | Develop in the student the quality of originality in the application the principles of hydrogen safety engineering, together with a practical understanding of how established techniques of research and enquiry are used to create and interpret knowledge in specialist areas of hydrogen safety. | |
| · | Develop in the student the ability to deal with complex hydrogen safety engineering issues involving accidental hydrogen releases and dispersion, fires and explosions, material compatibility, etc. by applying the principles of hydrogen safety. |
LEARNING OUTCOMES
| KEYWORDS FOR THE LEVEL OF COGNITIVE COMPLEXITY OF LEARNING OUTCOMES (under construction by Dr Arief Dahoe) |
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| Knowledge & Understanding | Intellectual Skills | ||||
Knowledge Recalling important information |
Comprehension Explaining important information |
Application Solving closed-ended problems |
Analysis Solving open-ended problems |
Synthesis Creating solutions to problems |
Evaluation Making critical judgments based on a sound knowledge base |
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Successful students will be able to:
KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
| K1 | explain the vulnerability of the transition towards a hydrogen economy to safety issues | |
| K2 | describe the thermodynamics and kinetics of the hydrogen-air combustion reaction | |
| K3 | describe the various releases of compressed gaseous and liquefied hydrogen | |
| K4 | explain the different modes of turbulent hydrogen combustion: premixed, non-premixed, and partially premixed | |
| K5 | point out the features of the multi-dimensional detonation wave structure and identify detonation cell size as a design parameter for safety |
INTELLECTUAL QUALITIES
| I1 | assess appropriate equations of state to explain the non-ideal pressure-temperature-density behaviour of gaseous hydrogen | |
| I2 | analyse the hydrogen combustion reaction in air and its application to deflagration and detonation waves | |
| I3 | appraise the phenomenology of hydrogen jet releases and liquefied hydrogen spills | |
| I4 | appraise the application of turbulent combustion modelling to hydrogen explosions |
PROFESSIONAL/PRACTICAL SKILLS
| P1 | estimate the hydrogen concentration after accidental releases and set back distances | |
| P2 | predict jet fire parameters for hydrogen fires while taking thermal effects on people and construction elements, and, damage criteria for buildings, vehicles and people into account | |
| P3 | calculate pressure effects of hydrogen explosions, determine safety distances to protect people and structures against pressure effects, and, design mitigation techniques | |
| P4 | demonstrate expertise in assessing possible measures for reducing the potential of detonation wave generation (inhibition of flames, venting in the early stages of an explosion, quenching of the flame-shock complex, detonation flame arresters) | |
| P5 | evaluate CFD calculations of hydrogen safety problems involving jet releases of compressed hydrogen gas, liquid hydrogen spills, and confined/unconfined hydrogen deflagrations |
TRANSFERABLE SKILLS
| T1 | display mastery in analysing complex hydrogen safety problems both systematically and creatively, by integrating fundamental knowledge and engineering approaches from a variety of disciplines, and communicate their conclusions to specialist and non-specialist audiences | |
| T2 | demonstrate self-direction and originality in tackling and solving hydrogen safety problems at a professional or equivalent level | |
| T3 | undertake advanced scholarship in the principles of hydrogen safety |
CONTENT
Environmental, Societal and Safety Aspects of the Hydrogen Economy
Economical and ecological issues. Global energy consumption. Energy security: conservation, improved oil recovery, heavy oil and oil sands, gas-to-liquids (GTL), liquid fuels from coal, liquid fuels from oil shale, liquid fuels from biomass, fuel switching to electricity, other fuel switching, hydrogen. Environmental impact. The hydrogen economy: timing of the hydrogen transition. Hydrogen as an energy carrier. Where will hydrogen come from? Hydrogen production and end-use. Hydrogen storage, distribution and infrastructure. Hydrogen safety and regulatory issues: safety issues, public acceptance and safety, regulatory issues. Approval process: the example of hydrogen road vehicles, the case of hydrogen refuelling stations. Introduction to modern safety philosophy: the modern risk-based approach to the management and regulation of safety; an introduction to the important components of risk, i.e. hazards, likelihood, consequence and hazardous event; how an understanding of these provides a basis for reducing risk and increasing safety. A brief overview of a modern structured approach to managing the risk from hydrogen. The chain: potential, trigger of cause-consequences, exposed vulnerable elements and the design actions for safety both technical and organisational in inherent safety, prevention, containment etc. An introduction to risk assessment and the goal-setting basis of modern legislation.
Thermodynamical, Physical, Chemical and Safety Properties of Hydrogen
Atomic structure of a hydrogen molecule and safety related
consequences: spin of the atomic nucleus, ortho-hydrogen,
para-hydrogen, equilibrium between ortho-hydrogen and para-hydrogen
(temperature dependence of the equilibrium, normal hydrogen), the
release of heat accompanying ortho- to para-conversion, rate of the
non-catalytic ortho- to para-hydrogen conversion. Safety issues
connected to the storage of unconverted liquefied hydrogen
(evaporation due to conversion heat release, possible hazard due to
naturally occurring deuterium). Comparison between safety-related
physical and thermophysical properties of normal- and para-hydrogen.
States of matter (gaseous hydrogen, liquid hydrogen, solid hydrogen
and other states of matter).
Gaseous (GH2), liquefied (LH2) and slush (SLH2) forms of hydrogen.
Phase diagram of hydrogen (PT-diagram):
comparison with the general phase diagram of a pure substance, phase
boundaries (boiling point (safety issues connected to the low
boiling point of hydrogen), melting point, vapour pressure,
sublimation vapour pressure, fusion curve, sublimation curve,
vaporisation curve (the Clausius-Clapeyron equation), triple point,
critical point, critical properties), composition of the PT-diagram
(solid region, liquid region, vapour region, gas region, fluid
region). Temperature dependence of vapour pressure. The density of hydrogen
(gaseous hydrogen (the compressibility factor, corresponding states principle, prediction of the density: ideal gas law, van der Waals equation of state, the Nobel-Abel equation of state,
the Beattie-Bridgeman equation of state), liquid hydrogen
(prediction of the density: Rackett's correlation, the
Lydersen-Greenkorn-Hougen correlation), safety issues arising from
the density of hydrogen), Sonic velocity. Diffusivity (safety
problems arising from the diffusivity of hydrogen). Viscosity.
Thermal conductivity. Joule-Thompson inversion temperature.
Phase equilibrium: dew point, bubble point; Raoult's law; Henry's law; K-value correlations.
Properties connected to fire and explosion
hazards: phenomenology of fires (diffusion flame, premixed flame,
flash fire, jet fire), deflagrations, detonations (deflagration to
detonation transition); adiabatic flame temperature, minimum spark
ignition energy, flammability limits, flammability range of
hydrogen and air, laminar burning velocity, critical charge for
detonation initiation, detonation wave structure, detonation limits,
detonation cell size (effect of equivalence ratio, comparison
between hydrogen and hydrocarbon fuels), relationship between
detonation cell width versus critical initiation energy for the
onset of detonation, critical tube diameter for the onset of
detonation (effect of equivalence ratio, comparison between hydrogen
and hydrocarbon fuels). Health hazard properties: gaseous hydrogen
(asphyxiant), liquefied hydrogen (cryogenic burns, frostbite,
hypothermia, lung damage from inhalation of cold vapour).
An overview of reported accidents and incidents caused by hydrogen embrittlement. Internal and external hydrogen embrittlement. States of hydrogen in steels: hydrogen in metallic solution, hydrogen in combined state. Gaseous hydrogen embrittlement: steel deterioration due to hydrogen in metallic solution, mechanism due to transport by dislocations, effect of temperature. Hydrogen attack: steel deterioration due to hydrogen in combined state, mechanism of formation of micro-cavities in the steel, effect of diffusional transport, effect of temperature. Influence of hydrogen pressure on crack growth rate. Test methods to investigate hydrogen embrittlement and hydrogen attack. Factors affecting hydrogen embrittlement: hydrogen purity, hydrogen partial pressure, temperature, exposure time, surface condition, nature of the material (critical concentration of hydrogen in the material, microstructure, chemical composition, mechanical properties). Mitigation of hydrogen embrittlement by the addition of vanadium and rare earth elements to ferritic steel, or, Ni, C, and Mn to austenitic stainless steels. Hydrogen embrittlement of other materials: brass and copper alloys, aluminum and aluminum alloys, Cu-Be (used in springs and membranes), Ni and high Ni alloys, Ti and Ti alloys. Mitigation of hydrogen attack: chemical composition (addition of Cr, Mo, Ti, W), heat treatment (stress relief treatment), level of stress (elimination of residual stresses by heat treatment).
Chemical Thermodynamics, Chemical Kinetics and Hydrogen Thermochemistry
Combustion reaction of hydrogen in air: stoichiometric equation,
global versus elementary reactions, relationship between reaction
rate and chemical species concentration, the three-parameter
Arrhenius form to describe the reaction-rate constant (activation
energy, temperature exponent, pre-exponential factor), overall
reaction rate expression, overall reaction order (effect of
equivalence ratio and pressure on overall reaction order), overall
activation energy (effect of equivalence ratio and pressure on
overall activation energy). Heats of reaction (constant pressure
combustion: equality of reactant and product enthalpies; constant
volume combustion: equality of reactant and product internal
energies). Adiabatic flame temperature: the frozen flame temperature
(absence of product dissociation), adiabatic flame temperature with
product dissociation (equilibrium constants, chemical affinity and
chemical potential, equilibrium as the condition of zero chemical
affinity, chemical affinity as the partial molar Gibbs function,
criteria for equilibrium (Gibbs free energy for constant pressure
processes, Helmholtz free energy for constant volume processes)).
Calculation of the adiabatic flame temperature by the element
potential method (constant pressure combustion: minimisation of the
Gibbs free energy; constant volume combustion: minimisation of the
Helmholtz free energy; examples of chemical equilibrium codes
CANTERA, STANJAN, GASEQ; limitations imposed by the inclusion of the
ideal gas law in chemical equilibrium codes; equations of state for
high pressure effects up to 700 MPa: virial equations of state,
Becker-Kistiakowsky-Wilson equation of state). Reaction mechanisms:
forward elementary reactions, backward elementary reactions, the
chemical equilibrium constant as the ratio between the forward and
backward elementary reaction rates, detailed schemes (the Dougherty
& Rabitz mechanism, the Miller, Mitchell, Smooke & Kee mechanism,
the Marinov, Westbrook & Pitz mechanism, the O'Conaire, Curran, Simmie, Pitz & Westbrook mechanism,
the Saxena & Williams mechanism), reduced mechanisms
(example: a four-step reduced mechanism for hydrogen-air mixtures by
Lu, Ju & Law). Chain branching: the concept of a chain carrier.
Removal of chain carriers by a three-body collision with a third
body. The crossover temperature. Falloff. The fall-off reaction
rate: the Lindemann fall-off rate constant, the Stewart fall-off
rate constant, the Troe fall-off rate constant. Chaperon
efficiencies. Software tools for analysing detailed chemical kinetic
mechanisms: CANTERA, CHEMKIN, FLAMEMASTER. Validation of kinetic
mechanisms from critically-reviewed experiments including
stretch-free laminar burning velocities, flow reactor species
profiles, ignition delay times in shock tubes, etc. Surface
reactions. Surface adsorption processes: relation to catalysis,
improvement of the miners' safety lamp due to Henry in 1824 by the
addition of platinum powder to the reacting surface, Faraday's view
on the role of adsorption to the surface in catalysis,
physiosorption, van der Waals adsorption, chemisorption, Langmuir's
concept of the unimolecular layer, Langmuir's adsorption isotherm,
monolayer adsorption, multi-layer adsorption, adsorption with
dissociation, competitive adsorption. Surface reaction processes:
reaction mechanism, the Langmuir-Hinselwood mechanism, the
Langmuir-Rideal-Eley mechanism, the precursor mechanism,
Unimolecular surface reactions. Bimolecular surface reactions.
Desorption. Kinetic model of hydrogen-oxygen reaction on the
platinum surface. Kinetic rates of hydrogen-oxygen reaction on the
platinum surface.
Application in hydrogen safety: the three
explosion limits in the flammability diagram, dependence explosion
limits of hydrogen-oxygen systems on containment shape, nature of
surface, added inert gases (inertisation by steam), spontaneous ignition of hydrogen leaks.
ignition by hot surfaces, catalytic recombiners, initial conditions
for self-sustained detonation, boundary conditions for
self-sustained detonation, prediction of detonation limits of
hydrogen-air and hydrogen-oxygen mixtures, prevention of hydrogen
ignition (electrical circuits, static electricity, hot surface, open
fire, shock waves, (hot) gas jet, explosives, exothermic reaction,
pyrophoric substances, lightning).
Overview of hydrogen ignition mechanisms and relevant prevention techniques:
electrical circuits, static electricity, hot surface, open fire, shock waves,
(hot) gas jet, explosives, exothermic reaction, pyrophoric substances, lightning,
etc. Autoignition and safety in hydrogen powered vehicles. Standard IEC 60079-10
'Electrical apparatus for explosive gas atmospheres - Part 10: Classification of hazardous areas'.
Reacting Flows and the Application of Simulation in Hydrogen Safety
The role of modeling and simulations for the provision of hydrogen safety. Overview of governing equations (instantaneous equations, Reynolds and Favre decomposition, filtering) and turbulence concepts (closure problem, Reynolds stresses, Boussinesq hypothesis, subgrid-scale stresses) and modeling (Prandtl mixing length model, the k-epsilon model, Reynolds stress models, LES models). The equations of change for turbulent reacting flows and closure models. Large Eddy Simulation: mass weighted Favre averaging and the filtered balance equations for (non)-reacting flows, sub-grid scale models. Brief overview of applications to practical hydrogen safety provision (garages, parking places, tunnels, re-fuelling stations, liquefied hydrogen storage, fuel-cell storage, bursts of high-pressure vehicle tanks, pressure-release devices, post-release mitigation, accidental combustion, stand-off distances).
Hydrogen Releases, Mixing and Dispersion
Molecular and turbulent mixing. Jet releases.
Sonic and supersonic jet releases. Joule-Thompson inversion.
Governing equations for jets. Laminar jets, plane and round jets, impinging jets. Turbulent jets: transition to turbulence, morphology of jet establishment.
Scaling parameters for under-expanded supersonic jets.
Buoyant jet in stably stratified surroundings: formation of a buoyant ceiling layer in an enclosure; steady state plume, puff and starting plume; plume formation distance and concentration profiles.
Ventilation effects on the buoyant plume in an enclosure.
Examples of CFD calculations for hydrogen dispersion in simple and complex enclosures: hydrogen releases in rectangular enclosures representative of residential garages; estimation of the hydrogen concentration during accidents in nuclear power plants (hydrogen generation and release during the Three Mile Island accident; simulation of the three dimensional behavior of a hydrogen-steam mixture within a subdivided containment volume following hydrogen generation during a severe accident in nuclear power plants).
Boil off phenomenon. Cryogenic hydrogen spills: cryogenic spills and pool spreading; boiling modes, pool boiling, crisis of boiling, the Leidenfrost phenomenon, forced convection boiling, sub-cooled boiling, saturated boiling.
Effect of boundary layer in atmosphere on dynamics of hydrogen cloud formation. Overview of experimental data and modelling of gaseous and liquefied hydrogen releases.
Peculiarities of handling different types of releases: permeability, leaks and subsonic releases, high-momentum releases, cryogenic hydrogen spills, 'explosive' evaporation, catastrophic failures, boil off. Hydrogen detection and hydrogen sensors. Hydrogen removal: ventilation, thermal recombiners, passive autocatalytic recombiners. Preventive ignition of unscheduled releases: glow plug igniters, spark igniters, catalytic igniters.
Premixed Combustion of Hydrogen-Air Mixtures
Laminar premixed flames: phenomenology, structure of the reaction zone, laminar burning velocity and laminar flame thickness. Stabilisation of laminar premixed flames on burners. Flash-back, blow-off and flame quenching. Effect of equivalence ratio, diluent concentration, pressure and temperature on the laminar burning velocity. Cellular flame structure and flame wrinkling. Effect of flame stretch and flame curvature on the laminar burning velocity. Turbulence generated by flame front itself. Turbulent premixed flames: phenomenology, turbulent flame brush, turbulent burning velocity and turbulent flame thickness. Turbulence scales and the interaction between turbulence and flames. The Borghi-diagram and interpretation of combustion regimes. The closure problem in turbulent premixed combustion. Flamelet models and flame surface density models. Flame extinction by turbulence.
Non-premixed and Partially Premixed Combustion of Hydrogen in Air
Laminar diffusion flames: passive scalars, mixture fraction, flame structure in the mixture fraction space, state relationships, the Burke-Schumann flame structure, Laminar jet flames in a uniform flow field and flame length. Turbulent diffusion flames: relationship between flame height and fuel flow rate, stable lifted flames and blow-out phenomenon, dependence of flame length and shape on jet direction, correlation between flame length and rate of heat release. Partially premixed combustion: triple flames, combustion of an inhomogeneous mixture in a closed vessel and pressure build up. Prediction of jet fire parameters: temperature, visibility, flame length and flame shape, radiation. Pool fire characteristics. Fireball characteristics. Case studies and analysis of experimental data on thermal effects of hydrogen fires. Thermal effects on people and construction elements: tolerance limits, fire resistance rating. Damage criteria for buildings, vehicles and people. Safety distances for hydrogen fires.
Deflagrations and their mitigation
Phenomenology of deflagration. Explosion severity parameters: relationship between explosion severity parameters and flame propagation parameters, pressure and temperature dependence of explosion severity parameters, effect of obstacles on flame propagation, flame acceleration and pressure build up. Confined deflagrations: dynamics of flame front propagation, flame induced flow, flame instabilities and flame wrinkling, prediction of pressure build-up in closed space, the Mache effect. Unconfined large-scale deflagration dynamics: mechanisms of flame propagation acceleration and the role of instabilities, positive and negative phases of pressure dynamics, pressure wave decay in the atmosphere. Overview of hydrogen deflagration mitigation techniques : pressure containment, deflagration venting, suppressant barriers, suppressant injections, fast-acting valves, flame front diverters, inherently safe design, inertisation, deflagration flame arresters, quenching diameter, dependence of the quenching diameter on pressure and application in deflagration flame arresters, quenching on the wall.
Detonations
Phenomenology of detonation. The Hugoniot curve: the Hugoniot relations, the Rankine-Hugoniot relation, the Rankine-Hugoniot diagram, the Rayleigh-line relation, the Chapman-Jouget points, the Chapman-Jouget detonation wave velocity. The detonation wave structure: the Zeldovich-von Neumann-Doring theory of detonation (one-dimensional wave structure), three-dimensional detonation wave structure. Detonation limits: confined and unconfined detonation limits, comparison between different fuels, effect of a problem scale. Detonation cell size: dependence on composition, temperature and pressure, comparison between hydrogen and hydrocarbon fuels, relationship between detonation initiation energy and detonation cell size, comparison between hydrogen, other fuels, and explosives, critical tube diameter for the onset of detonation. Deflagration to detonation transition (DDT): phenomenology of flame acceleration and DDT; effect of chemical composition, pressure, temperature, geometry, and physical size of the system. Autoignition delay times for hydrogen-air mixtures. Possible measures for reducing the potential of detonation wave generation: inhibition of flames, venting in the early stages of an explosion, quenching of the flame-shock complex, detonation flame arresters.
Pressure Effects of Hydrogen Explosions, Structural Response, Fragmentation and Missile Effects
Structural response to explosion loadings: amplification factors for sinusoidal and blast loadings, P-I diagrams for ideal blast sources and non-ideal explosions, energy solutions, dimensionless P-I diagrams. Structural response times for plates. Damage criteria for buildings, vehicles and people. Fragmentation and missile effects: primary and secondary fragments; drag-type and lifting-type fragments; impact effects; trajectories and impact conditions.
Risk Assessment Methodologies, the Regulatory Framework, and Safety Standards related to Hydrogen Applications
Terms and definitions: hazard, danger, accident, risk, risk analysis, risk assessment, etc. Origins and a brief history of risk analysis and loss prevention. Basic factors determining hazard and risk of substances. Hazard identification and analysis methods. Hazard ranking methods, the Dow Fire and Explosion Index. Hazard and operability studies (HAZOP). Consequence analysis. Dispersion and transmission models: the structure of the atmosphere and its relation to transmission and plume behaviour. Dispersion models: critical Richardson number criterion, the Gaussian plume model, dispersion from a free turbulent gas jet, etc. Vulnerability and damage: general response function given intensity of effect and time of exposure, fires and dose-response of heat radiation exposure, blast wave strength from vapour cloud explosion, blast interaction with objects, damage caused by blast waves, blast effects on people, toxic effects, domino effects. Failure frequency estimation. Fault tree analysis (FTA): minimum cut sets. Risk presentation, acceptance criteria and perception (individual and group risk and their application to "external or public safety"; uncertainty in risk assessment). Risk reduction and control: safety management system (SMS), history of accident frequency, the crucial role of management and human factor, accident investigation. Risk reducing measures: rapid ranking and the risk matrix, layer of protection analysis (LOPA), safety instrumented systems (SIS), other protective measures, maintenance. Design methods and design safety reviews. The costs of accidents. The costs of safety: investment and profitability, cost optimisation, loss of life, the law of large numbers, limited scope - selection of alternatives. Use of CFD in risk assessment.
Hydrogen safety and regulatory issues. Public acceptance and safety. Safety legislation: hierarchy in safety legislation; purpose of safety legislation (imposing duties, responsibilities and accountabilities on people and organisations); the meaning of codes, standards, guidance and regulations; the origin of codes (developed by industry or trade bodies), standards (developed by engineering or standard bodies), and regulations (issued by the State); the Approved Code of Practice. A detailed examination of the structured approach to safety demanded by the ATEX Directives (substitution, preventing the formation of explosive atmospheres, containment, dilution through effective ventilation, preventing the ignition of explosive atmospheres, zone classification, mitigating the effects of an explosion, use of explosion resistant equipment, explosion relief, explosion suppression, prevention of explosion propagation, organisational measures to ensure explosion protection).
Trans-national nature of safety regulations, codes and standards (RCS). Key European safety legislation that applies to hydrogen: EU ATEX Directives (ATEX 100 (Product Directive) and ATEX 137 (User Directive)). Compliance of the EU ATEX Directives with the EMC Directive 89/336/EEC (modified by 92/31/EEC and 93/68/EEC (the CE Marking Directive)), the Machine Directive 98/37/EC, Pressure Vessel Directive 97/23/EC, and, the Low Voltage Directive 73/23/EEC. IEC Standard 61511: structure (Part 1: Framework, definitions, system, hardware and software requirements; Part 2: Guidelines in the application of IEC 61511-1; Part 3: Guidance for the determination of the required safety integrity levels), and, harmonisation (adoption of IEC 61511 as EN 61511, by the European standards body CENELEC; IEC 61511 not harmonised under any Directive of the European Commission), purpose, and, scope, structure, scope (basic functional safety standard applicable to all kinds of industry), and, paradigm (risk is defined as function of frequency (or likelihood) of the hazardous event and the event consequence severity; zero risk can never be reached, safety must be considered from the beginning, and, non-tolerable risks must be reduced (ALARP)). Examples of how codes, standards and guidance may be used to manage risk and comply with the law. Approval of new hydrogen technologies by RCS (HyApproval WP2: Handbook for hydrogen refuelling station approval). Standards: ISO TR 15916(E) - Basic considerations for the safety of hydrogen systems; ISO DIS16110-1 - Hydrogen generators using fuel processing technologies; ISO DIS/CD 16111 - Transportable gas storage devices - Hydrogen absorbed in reversible metal hydride; ISO DIS22734-1 - Hydrogen generators using water electrolysis process; ISO FDIS17268:2006(E) - Compressed hydrogen surface vehicle refuelling connection devices; ISO PDTS 20012 - Gaseous hydrogen - Fuelling stations.
TEACHING AND LEARNING METHODS
WebCT is the on-line learning environment employed to deliver this module. It's teaching and learning methods may, where applicable, include:
| · | On-line lectures. | |
| · | Communications Tools (on-line forums, mail tools, chat rooms, and a virtual whiteboard). | |
| · | Self-assessment Tools (student self-evaluation & timed on-line quizzes). | |
| · | Research Tools (external references & search facilities). | |
| · | Navigation Tools (page annotation, session resumption, searchable image archive, linked searchable glossary, indexing). |
ASSESSMENT
Two coursework assignments:
The coursework assignments assess a subset of the learning outcomes listed above.
Each coursework assignment consists of three questions (33.33 marks each), each comprising sub-questions. Questions may include short essays, tests of factual knowledge, and problem solving. Where possible, problems encountered in the working environment of students are integrated into the coursework assignments.
The first coursework assignment measures the student's achievements in module learning outcomes K1, K2, K3, I1, I2, I3, P1, P5, T1, T2, and T3.
The second coursework assignment measures the student's achievements in module learning outcomes K4, K5, I4, P2, P3, P4, P5, T1, T2, and T3.
Each coursework assignment contributes 50% to the overall module mark.
On-line self-assessment quizzes:
Each lecture is concluded by an on-line self-assessment quiz.
All learning outcomes listed above are assessed by online self-assessment quizzes.
Successful completion of the quiz at the end a lecture enables access to a subsequent lecture.
These quizzes are intended as formative assessment to ensure that students have achieved the learning needed to proceed onto a next lecture.
The quizzes are marked so that students can monitor their learning, but these marks don't count towards the module mark.
READING LIST
Required reading
Lectures of Module Principles of Hydrogen Safety
The Biennial Report on Hydrogen Safety, European Network of Excellence HySafe (on-line: www.hysafe.org).
Further reading
The references listed in this section are pointers to literature cited by the required reading.
Aceves, S.M., Berry, G.D. & Rambach, G.D. (1998) Insulated pressure vessels for hydrogen storage on vehicles. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 23, pp.583-591.
Ahmad, Z. (2006) Principles of corrosion engineering and corrosion control. Butterworth-Heinemann/IChemE Series. Amsterdam, Elsevier.
AIChE CCPS. (1994) Guidelines for evaluating the characteristics of vapor cloud explosions, flash fires, and bleves. Center for Chemical Process Safety, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, New York.
Alekseev, V.I., Kuznetsov, M.S., Yankin, Y.G. & Dorofeev S.B. (2001) Experimental study of flame acceleration and DDT under conditions of transverse venting. Journal of Loss Prevention in the Processes Industries, 14, pp.591-596.
Aris, R. (1989) Vectors, Tensors, and the Basic Equations of Fluid Mechanics. New York, Dover Publications.
Astbury, G.R. & Hawksworth, S.J. (2007) Spontaneous ignition of hydrogen leaks: a review of postulated mechanisms. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 32, pp.2178-2185.
Atkins, P.W. & de Paula, J. (2006) Physical Chemistry. 8th edition. Oxford, Oxford University Press.
Baker, W.E., Cox, P.A., Westine, P.S., Kulesz, J.J., & Strehlow, R.A. (1983) Explosion Hazards and Evaluation, volume 5 of Fundamental studies in engineering. New York, Elsevier.
Barthelemy, H. (2006) Compatibility of metallic materials with hydrogen. A lecture presented at the First European Summer School on Hydrogen Safety, 15-24 August 2006, Belfast, United Kingdom.
Batchelor G.K. (1993) The theory of homogeneous turbulence. Cambridge Science Classics. Cambridge University Press.
Batchelor, G.K. (1994) An introduction to fluid dynamics. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press.
Bird, R.B., Stewart, W.E., & Lightfoot E.N. (2002) Transport phenomena. 2nd edition. New York, Wiley.
Bradley, D. & Mitcheson, A. (1976) Mathematical solutions for explosions in spherical vessels. Combustion and Flame, 26, pp.201-217.
Bradley D. & Mitcheson A. (1978) The venting of gaseous explosions in spherical vessels. I - Theory. Combustion and Flame, 32, pp.221-236.
Bradley, D. & Mitcheson, A. (1978) The venting of gaseous explosions in spherical vessels. II - Theory and experiment. Combustion and Flame, 32, pp.237-255.
Bradley, D. (1992) How fast can we burn? In: Proceedings of the Twenty-Fourth Symposium (International) on Combustion. Pittsburgh, The Combustion Institute. pp.247-262.
Bradley, D., Lawes, M., Scott, M.J., & Mushi, E.M.J. (1994) Afterburning in spherical premixed turbulent explosions. Combustion and Flame, 99, pp.581-590.
Bradley, D. (1999) Instabilities and flame speeds in large-scale premixed gaseous explosions. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series A, 357, pp.3567-3581.
Bradley, D., Sheppard, C.G.W., Woolley, R., Greenhalgh, D.A., & Lockett, R.D. (2000) The development and structure of flame instabilities and cellularity at low Markstein numbers in explosions. Combustion and Flame, 122, pp.195-209.
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SUMMARY DESCRIPTION
This module combines a variety of disciplines (thermodynamics, heat and mass transfer, fluid dynamics, solid mechanics, combustion) into an engineering framework called Principles of Hydrogen Safety. Insight into these principles is developed to enable the student to understand the origin and phenomenology of hydrogen safety problems involving unscheduled releases/dispersion, including gaseous leaks and cryogenic spills, thermal effects of hydrogen fires, pressure effects of deflagrations and detonations.
After a review of risk assessment methodologies, the regulatory framework and standards applicable to hydrogen technologies, the principles of hydrogen safety are applied to handling hydrogen releases/dispersion, preventing hydrogen ignition, and, pressure effects of hydrogen explosions. Structural response, fragmentation and missile effects of hydrogen explosions, and, the compatibility of metallic materials in application areas involving the production, storage, transportation, and utilisation of hydrogen are also addressed.