[edit] Module Regulations Codes and Standards

MODULE TITLE: Regulations Codes and Standards
MODULE CODE: ENE826
YEAR OF REVISION: 2011/2012
MODULE LEVEL: 7
CREDIT POINTS: 30 CATS/15 ECTS
MODULE STATUS: Compulsory
SEMESTER: Semesters 1 & 2 of the PgCert/PgDip/MSc in Hydrogen Safety Engineering.
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 the student an understanding of the key Regulations, Codes, Standards (RCS) and best practices pertaining of hydrogen and fuel cell safety. Students will learn the about RCS applicable to the safety of fuel cell and hydrogen technologies, systems, and infrastructure, including stationary and portable applications, hydrogen-powered vehicles and the related infrastructure such as refuelling stations.

[edit] EDUCATIONAL AIMS

  • Develop in the student an understanding of the terminology and hierarchy related to regulations, codes and standards within the context of hydrogen safety engineering.
  • Provide an appropriate knowledge base of the key regulatory issues pertinent to the safety of fuel cell and hydrogen technologies for a whole range of applications, including stationary and portable systems, hydrogen-powered vehicles and related infrastructure.
  • Develop in the student the ability to deal with complex hydrogen safety issues in various application areas while taking the regulatory framework into account.
  • Provide the student with a conceptual understanding of prescriptive and performance-based approach to standardisation.
  • Create an understanding of the limitations of existing regulations, codes and standards and understand their role within the greater hydrogen safety engineering framework.

[edit] LEARNING OUTCOMES

KEYWORDS FOR THE LEVEL OF COGNITIVE COMPLEXITY OF LEARNING OUTCOMES
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
define
list
name
recall
record
relate
repeat
underline
derive
describe
discuss
explain
express
identify
locate
recognise
report
restate
review
tell
translate
apply
demonstrate
dramatise
employ
illustrate
interpret
operate
practise
schedule
sketch
use
analyse
appraise
calculate
categorise
compare
contrast
criticise
debate
diagram
differentiate
distinguish
examine
experiment
inspect
question
relate
solve
test
arrange
assemble
collect
compose
construct
create
design
formulate
integrate
manage
organise
plan
prepare
propose
set up
appraise
assess
estimate
compare
evaluate
judge
rate
revise


Successful students will be able to:

KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING

K1 Review the regulatory framework and relate the regulations, codes and standards to hydrogen safety engineering.
K2 Identify the latest advancements and gaps in standard development.
K3 Relate underpinning pre-normative research in hydrogen safety to standard development.
K4 Explain key differences between performance and prescriptive based standards.

INTELLECTUAL QUALITIES

I1 Categorise the New Approach Directives for CE marking.
I2 Evaluate applicable standards for safety of an installation within the legislation framework.
I3 Evaluate differences between the regulatory framework, e.g. in Europe and North America.

PROFESSIONAL/PRACTICAL SKILLS

P1 Identify the relevant safety standards for hydrogen and fuel cell applications.
P2 Explain how European Directives address the safety of hydrogen technologies, systems and applications.
P3 Demonstrate expertise in recognising the limitations of the regulatory framework.
P4 Apply the various steps comprising risk assessment for the provision of hydrogen safety.

TRANSFERABLE SKILLS

T1 Assess the meaning and scope of regulations, codes, and standards in practical situations to peers and engage in critical dialogue.
T2 Continue to advance their knowledge and understanding of the regulatory framework as the low-carbon economy evolves.
T3 Demonstrate expertise in solving complex hydrogen safety problems while taking the regulatory framework into account, act autonomously in planning and implementing tasks at a professional or equivalent level while demonstrating self-direction and originality.


[edit] CONTENT

Introduction to Hydrogen Regulations Codes and Standards

Risk Assessment Methodologies

Introduction of Hydrogen Safety Engineering

ATEX Directives and CE marking

Overarching Standards and Guidelines (Part 1)

Overarching Standards and Guidelines (Part 2)

Safety of Refuelling Infrastructures

Safety of Hydrogen Powered Vehicles

Safety of Stationary, Portable and Micro-Fuel Cells

Safety of Hydrogen Generators and Other Equipment

[edit] TEACHING AND LEARNING METHODS

The teaching and learning methodology of this module rests on a combination of instructional alignment of assessment elements and formative feedback. Each lecture has its own assessment in the form of an on-line quiz that needs to be completed successfully prior to progressing onto the next lecture. While studying the lectures, students engage with two coursework assignments, each consisting of three questions (with sub-questions). The coursework questions are solved as they progress through the module. These questions are designed in such a manner that students need to master the content of all previous lectures as they progress with the coursework. Student learning and the achievement in the module learning outcomes is monitored via the Discussion Forum. The Discussion Forum is organised in such a manner that each sub-question of the coursework can be discussed separately by staff-student feedback and student-student interaction. The coursework assignments are designed to consist of the following elements: (i) explaining subject related concepts (25%), (ii) solving closed-ended problems (25%), (iii) solving open-ended problems (25%), and, (iv) creating solutions to complex problems (25%).

Blackboard 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).

Asynchronous modes of communication are utilised throughout each semester.

KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF SUBJECT
Subject related qualities are acquired mainly through on-line lectures, including on-line versions of keynote lectures of the European Summer School on Hydrogen Safety, directed reading, on-line MPEGs and Blackboard-based resources.

INTELLECTUAL QUALITIES
Intellectual qualities are developed mainly through on-line discussion groups and contact with teaching staff.

PROFESSIONAL/PRACTICAL SKILLS
Professional and practical skills are primarily acquired through on-line discussion groups and question-answer sessions with teaching staff.

TRANSFERABLE/KEY SKILLS
Transferable and key skills are developed throughout the course by on-line lectures.

The module is fully online.

[edit] 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, I1, I2, P1, P2, P3, P4, T1, T2, and T3.

The second coursework assignment measures the student's achievements in module learning outcomes K3, K4, K5, I2, I3, P1, P2, P3, P4, 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.

[edit] READING LIST

Required reading

  • Lectures of Module Regulations Codes and Standards
  • 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.

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.

British Standards Group. Guidance on the CE marking process. ( http://www.bsigroup.com/en/ProductServices/About-CE-Marking/The-CE-marking-Process/ )

Chelhaoui, S. & Serre Combe, P. (2006) Overview of European and international regulation and standardisation activities. Paper presented at the Sixteenth World Hydrogen Energy Conference,13-16 June 2006, Lyon, France. International Association for Hydrogen Energy.

Chen, C.J. & Rodi W. (1980) Vertical turbulent buoyant jets: a review of experimental data, volume 4 of HMT - Science and Applications of Heat and Mass Transfer. Oxford, Pergamon Press.

Committee for the Prevention of Disasters (2005) Methods for determining and processing probabilities, CPR 12E. Publication Series on Dangerous Substances. The Dutch Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations, The Hague, The Netherlands, second edition, 2005. Red Book, 2005 revision of the first edition published in 1997.

Committee for the Prevention of Disasters (1997) Methods for the calculation of physical effects due to releases of hazardous materials (liquids and gases), CPR14E. Publication Series on Dangerous Substances. The Dutch Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations, The Hague, The Netherlands, third edition, 2005. Yellow Book, 2005 revision of the third edition published in 1997.

Committee for the Prevention of Disasters (2005) Methods for the determination of possible damage to people and objects resulting from releases of hazardous materials, CPR 16E. Publication Series on Dangerous Substances. The Dutch Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations, The Hague, The Netherlands, first edition, 1992. Green Book, 2005 revision of the first edition published in 1992.

Committee for the Prevention of Disasters (2005) Guidelines for quantitative risk assessment, CPR 18E. Publication Series on Dangerous Substances. The Dutch Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations, The Hague, The Netherlands, first edition, 2005. Purple Book, 2005 revision of the first edition published in 1999.

European Commission. Council Directive 73/23/EEC of 19 February 1973 on the harmonization of the laws of member states relating to electrical equipment designed for use within certain voltage limits. Official Journal of the European Union, L 77, 26.3.1973:29-38, 1973.

European Commission. Council Directive 89/336/EEC of 3 May 1989 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States concerning electromagnetic compatibility. Official Journal of the European Union, L 139, 23.5.1989:19-26, 1989.

European Commission. Directive 94/9/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 March 1994 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States concerning equipment and protective systems intended for use in potentially explosive atmospheres. Official Journal of the European Union, L 100, 19.4.1994:1-33, 1994. EU ATEX 100.

European Commission. Directive 98/37/ec of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 June 1998 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to machinery. Official Journal of the European Union, L 207, 12.08.1998:1-48, 1998.

European Commission. Directive 1999/92/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 1999 on minimum requirements for improving the safety and health protection of workers potentially at risk from explosive atmospheres (15th individual Directive within the meaning of Article 16(1) of Directive 89/391/EEC). Official Journal of the European Union, L 23, 28.1.2000:57-68, 2000. EU ATEX 137.

European Commission. Commission Regulation (EU) No 406/2010 of 26 April 2010 implementing Regulation (EC) No 79/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council on type-approval of hydrogen-powered motor vehicles

European Commission (2006). EUR 22002 Introducing Hydrogen as an energy carrier -Safety, regulatory and public acceptance issues. ( ftp://ftp.cordis.europa.eu/pub/fp7/energy/docs/hydrogen_22002_en.pdf )

European Industrial Gases Association. Gaseous hydrogen stations. Technical Report IGC Doc 15/06/E, EIGA, Brussels, 2006. Revision of Doc 15/96 and Doc 15/05.

European Industrial Gases Association. Determination of safety distances. Technical Report IGC Doc 75/01/E/rev, EIGA, Brussels, 2001.

European Industrial Gases Association. Determination of safety distances. Technical Report IGC Doc 75/01/E/rev, EIGA, Brussels, 2007. Revision of Doc 75/01/rev.

European Industrial Gases Association. Hydrogen cylinders and transport vessels. Technical Report IGC Doc IGC Doc 100/03/E, EIGA, Brussels, 2003. Revision of TN 26/81.

HyApproval WP2 (2007). Handbook for hydrogen refuelling station approval. Technical Report Deliverable 2.2, Version 2.0, HyApproval Consortium, www.hyapproval.org, December 2007. Prepared under under FP6 Priority 1.6, Contract Number SES6 - 019813.

International Standardization Organization (ISO), ISO TR 15916(E). Basic considerations for the safety of hydrogen systems. First Edition. Reference number ISO TR 15916:2004(E). The International Organization for Standardization, 2004. International Standard, Prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 197 Hydrogen Technologies.

International Standardization Organization (ISO), ISO DIS16110-1. Hydrogen generators using fuel processing technologies - Part 1: Safety. The International Organization for Standardization, 2007. International Standard, Prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 197 Hydrogen Technologies.

International Standardization Organization (ISO), ISO DIS/CD 16111. Transportable gas storage devices - Hydrogen absorbed in reversible metal hydride. The International Organization for Standardization, 2005. Draft International Standard, Prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 197 Hydrogen Technologies.

International Standardization Organization (ISO), ISO DIS22734-1. Hydrogen generators using water electrolysis process - Part 1: Industrial and commercial applications. The International Organization for Standardization, 2005. Draft International Standard, Prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 197 Hydrogen Technologies.

International Standardization Organization (ISO), ISO FDIS17268:2006(E). Compressed hydrogen surface vehicle refuelling connection devices. The International Organization for Standardization, 2006. Draft International Standard, Prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 197 Hydrogen Technologies.

International Standardization Organization (ISO), ISO PDTS 20012. Gaseous hydrogen - Fuelling stations. The International Organization for Standardization, 2007. Draft International Standard, Prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 197 Hydrogen Technologies.

LaChance, J.L., Houf, W., Middleton, B., and Fluer, L., (2009). Analyses to support Development of Risk-Informed Separation distances for Hydrogen Codes and Standards. Technical Report SAND2009-0874, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, SAND2009-0874

Lee, J.H.S. & Berman, M. (1997) Hydrogen combustion and its application to nuclear reactor safety. In: Greene, G.A., Hartnett, J.P., Irvine Jr., T.F. & Cho, Y.I. (eds.), Heat Transfer in Nuclear Reactor Safety, volume 29 of Advances in Heat Transfer, chapter 2. New York, Academic Press. pp.59-123.

Lees F.P. (1996) Loss Prevention in the Process Industry, volumes 1, 2 & 3. 2nd edition. London, Butterworth.

NASA. Safety Standard for Hydrogen and Hydrogen Systems (1997). Guidelines for hydrogen system design, materials selection, operations, storage, and transportation. Technical Report NSS 1740.16. Washington, Office of Safety and Mission Assurance.

Newsholme, G (2007). Hydrogen Safety and Regulation. A lecture contributed to Module Applied Hydrogen Safety of the Postgraduate Certificate in Hydrogen Safety Engineering. Bootle, United Kingdom, The Health and Safety Executive.

NFPA 50A (1999). Standard for gaseous hydrogen systems at consumer sites. 1999 edition. Quincy, MA, United States of America, National Fire Protection Association.

NFPA 55 (1998). Standard for the storage, use, and handling of compressed and liquefied gases in portable cylinders. 1998 edition. Quincy, MA, United States of America, National Fire Protection Association.

NFPA 55 (2005) Standard for the storage, use, and handling of compressed and liquefied gases in portable cylinders. 2005 edition. Quincy, MA, United States of America, National Fire Protection Association.

NFPA 853 (2003) Standard for the installation of stationary fuel cell power plants, 2003 edition. Quincy, MA, United States of America, National Fire Protection Association.

Pasman, H.J. (2006) The challenge of risk control in a hydrogen based economy. A lecture presented at the First European Summer School on Hydrogen Safety, 15-24 August 2006, Belfast, United Kingdom.

Wurster, R. (2006) HyApproval - Handbook for approval of hydrogen refuelling stations - Safe and harmonised implementation of hydrogen refuelling stations on a global scale. A lecture presented at the First European Summer School on Hydrogen Safety, 15-24 August 2006, Belfast, United Kingdom.

[edit] SUMMARY DESCRIPTION

This fully online module concentrates on developments in regulations, codes and standards (RCS) relevant to safety of fuel cell and hydrogen technologies, systems, and infrastructure. The terminology, hierarchy and content associated with various RCS in the field are covered. Differences in the regulatory framework and several key RCS which are relevant to hydrogen safety globally are analysed in detail. A hydrogen safety engineering framework is presented and the role of RCS within this is taught. The differences between prescriptive and performance-based approaches are explained with examples. Risk assessment methodologies and an appreciation of good practices related to hydrogen applications are given.


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