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ICHS4 San Francisco September 12-14, 2011

DEAR ALL,WELCOME TO ICHS4!

With Support from Natural Resources Canada


IA HySafe and International Collaboration

Andrei V. TchouvelevPresident, IA HySafe


Vision and MissionVision and MissionVisionHydrogen will be introduced as a safe and sustainable energy carrier.MissionTo facilitate the international coordination, development and dissemination of hydrogen safety knowledge by being the focal point for hydrogen safety research, education and training.


HySafe MembershipHySafe MembershipBAMCEAFraunhofer-Gesellschaft FZJ Jülich Karlsruhe Institut für Technologie KITGexCon ASHealth and Safety LabroratoryFundacion INASMETINERISNational Center for Scientific Research "Demokritos" University of CalgaryUniversità di PisaUniversidad Politécnica de MadridUniversity of UlsterWarsaw University of Technology

L'Air Liquide Technical University of Denmark Kurchatov Institue Kingston University Universite du Quebec a Trois-Rivieres A.V.Tchouvelev & Associates Inc.Sandia National LaboratoriesPacific Northwest National LaboratoriesFM GlobalNetherlands Organization of Applied Scientific Research TNOAd Matthijsen (RIVM) H2SAFE, LLC Centro Nacional de Experimentación en Tecnologías del Hidrógeno y las Pilas de Combustible


HySafe MembershipHySafe Membership

29 members: public institutions, national labs, universities and private companies.22 from Europe and 7 form North America. Looking for representation from other regions of the world.Secretary: Benno Weinberger, INERIS


HySafe Committees – HySafe Committees – Conference Conference

Chair – Marco Carcassi, UNIPI2005 – Pisa, Italy2007 – San Sebastian, Spain2009 – Ajaccio, France2011 – San Francisco, USA2013 – Brussels, Belgium2015 – TBD


HySafe Committees – HySafe Committees – Industry Industry

Chair – Herve Barthelemy, Air LiquideLink with relevant ISO TCs: 197 (Hydrogen Technologies), 220 (Cryogenic Vessels), 58 (Gas Cylinders)Industry related topics: composite cylinders, fast filling, effect of H2 on metals, H2 indoors and in enclosures, risk-informed safety distancesAccident / incident databases and lessons learned: HIAD, EIGA, collaboration with H2incidents.org – Don’t miss the demo presentation during reception today!Collaboration on failure frequency data collection and analysis


HySafe Committees – HySafe Committees – PR & Dissemination PR & Dissemination

Chair – Ulrich Schmidtchen, BAMIA HySafe website and communicationsParticipation in the Hannover Industrial FairsSupport of the International Short Course and Advanced Research Workshop series "Progress in Hydrogen Safety" (ISCARW) organized by the University of UlsterEducational hydrogen safety workshops


HySafe Committees – HySafe Committees – ResearchResearch

Chair – Alexei Kotchourko, KITAddress knowledge gaps in hydrogen safety and, thus, provide scientific input to safety C&S development organizations and industryInput to relevant ISO TCs and IEA HIA Task 31 work planCFD Club: SBEP (simulation benchmark) workshops Publication of BRHS (bi-annual report on hydrogen safety)


HySafe New ActivitiesHySafe New Activities

Liaison with IAHE – new joint committee on hydrogen safety managed by IA HySafe to solidify HySafe’s global leadership position in hydrogen safetyPreparing publication of a series of special hydrogen safety issues in IJHE and developing a foundation for a International Journal on Hydrogen Safety


HySafe Executive BoardHySafe Executive Boardand Contactsand Contacts

Andrei Tchouvelev, President, [email protected] Jordan, Vice President, [email protected]ñaki Azkarate, Treasurer, [email protected] Benno Weinberger, Secretary, [email protected] Marco Carcassi, Chair, Conference Committee, [email protected] Barthelemy, Chair, Industry Committee, [email protected] Schmidtchen, Chair, PR & Dissemination Committee, [email protected] Kotchourko, Chair, Research Committee, [email protected]


Vision and MissionVision and MissionVisionHydrogen will be introduced as a safe and sustainable energy carrier.MissionTo facilitate the international coordination, development and dissemination of hydrogen safety knowledge by being the focal point for hydrogen safety research, education and training.


SafetySafetyWhat do “safe” and “safety” mean?

Safety is defined only by societal values and priorities


Safety and RiskSafety and RiskSafety is a societal construct and, thus, cannot be calculated. It varies as per societal needs.Safety is freedom from unacceptable risk. (ISO/IEC Guide 51)Safety can only be measured through risk, which is a technical construct and can be calculated: if risk is within an acceptable / tolerable limit, the condition is deemed to be “safe”. Tolerance, however, varies globally!


Safety and RiskSafety and Risk

Yanus Bifrons, Vatican Museum

Safety is a societal side of risk!… Or risk is a technical side of safety!


Safety and RiskSafety and Risk

Communicating vessels

Higher level of safety means lower acceptable level of risk.


Uniform Risk and Uniform Risk and Harm CriteriaHarm Criteria

Hydrogen, as a universal energy carrier, may be an “agent” of uniform safety via implementation of uniform risk and harm criteria.Once applied to hydrogen technologies worldwide, they will help establish uniform acceptability or tolerance levels of risk and, hence, safety.References: IEA Task 19 Hydrogen Safety Effort In Developing Uniform Risk Acceptance Criteria For The Hydrogen Infrastructure, WHEC 17, 2008Development of uniform harm criteria for use in quantitative risk analysis of the hydrogen infrastructure, IJHE 2010


Keep Up The Good WorkKeep Up The Good Work and Be Safe! and Be Safe!

Uniform safety won’t happen overnight…It will take years of hard work in research, product development, commercialization, education and training.Safety knowledge and experience sharing and dissemination is key – long live ICHS!So, keep up the good work and be SAFE

HAVE A GREAT CONFERENCE!

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