Hydrogen Hazards – Do you know how to evaluate, manage and mitigate risk?

About the webinar

Hydrogen is expected to play a big role in the transition towards a more sustainable energy system, with numerous projects underway along the entire value chain, from production through storage and distribution to a wide variety of end-user applications.

Although the industry has extensive experience in the safe use of hydrogen as part of their manufacturing processes, many new applications require hydrogen to be deployed close to the public, who lack safety awareness and specialist training.

Most people in the industry agree that a serious accident involving hydrogen would result in the loss of public support and license to operate and it could seriously delay the introduction of new technologies. Therefore, every player in the hydrogen value chain needs to understand the hazards associated with the introduction of hydrogen, carefully evaluate the risks, and put in place sufficient mitigation measures to reduce these risks to tolerable levels.

In this first webinar of the series, aimed at non-safety specialists, Gexcon shares its extensive knowledge in hydrogen safety.

We cover the basic fire and explosion characteristics of hydrogen, focusing on what makes hydrogen different from other gases, in particular natural gas.

We also provide an overview of the analysis techniques that can be used to understand the hazards associated with a particular application and provide some mitigation options to ensure the safe deployment of hydrogen technologies.

This session is followed by a second webinar where we explore in more detail the explosion hazards associated with some of the applications of hydrogen and how can technology, developers, and operators reduce the likelihood and mitigate the consequences of an explosion.

About the speaker

Dr Karina Almeida Leñero

Energy Transition Technical Lead

Karina holds a PhD in Chemistry which has enabled her to apply knowledge to the development of energy-efficient processes including the extraction of second-generation biofuels from marine algae. Passionate about renewable energy, and with a strong scientific background and broad knowledge of process safety, Karina is also experienced in hazard identification, consequence modelling, dust explosions and risk assessment and mitigation.

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