Safety and material integrity
Developing critical knowledge on H2 and NH3 safety and material integrity in production, transport, storage and end use to reduce risk and increase end-user confidence and widespread uptake
Research area lead: Nicola Paltrinieri, NTNU
Background: Current material selection and design experience hydrogen-induced degradation, which reduces system lifetimes. Moreover, there is a general lack of safety standards and risk-management frameworks for hydrogen (H2), as well as a poor understanding of the mechanisms and consequences of some hazardous H2/ammonia (NH3) phenomena, which hinders implementation.
Research Area 4 (RA4) aims to reduce risk and increase end-user confidence in and widespread uptake of H2 and NH3 technologies by developing critical knowledge on safety and material integrity in their production, transport, storage and end use
Hypothesis
H2 and H2 technologies can be safely implemented at a large scale by developing specific guidelines and standards for H2 and NH3.
Material integrity
WP 4.1 – Hydrogen uptake and diffusion, critical degradation mechanisms, lifetime assessments, and polymer ageing.
Lead: Vigdis Olden, SINTEF Industry
Safety and risk assessment
WP 4.2 – Risk-management framework, frequency analysis and physical phenomena.
Lead: Lars Odsæter, SINTEF Energy Research
Anticipated results
- Reduced material degradation
- Framework for safe handling
- Validated tools for operation analysis
