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Title: Overview of the DOE hydrogen safety, codes and standards program, part 3: Advances in research and development to enhance the scientific basis for hydrogen regulations, codes and standards

Abstract

Hydrogen fuels are being deployed around the world as an alternative to traditional petrol and battery technologies. As with all fuels, regulations, codes and standards are a necessary component of the safe deployment of hydrogen technologies. There has been a focused effort in the international hydrogen community to develop codes and standards based on strong scientific principles to accommodate the relatively rapid deployment of hydrogen-energy systems. The need for science-based codes and standards has revealed the need to advance our scientific understanding of hydrogen in engineering environments. Here, this brief review describes research and development activities with emphasis on scientific advances that have aided the advancement of hydrogen regulations, codes and standards for hydrogen technologies in four key areas: (1) the physics of high-pressure hydrogen releases (called hydrogen behavior); (2) quantitative risk assessment; (3) hydrogen compatibility of materials; and (4) hydrogen fuel quality.

Authors:
 [1];  [1];  [1];  [2];  [2];  [1]; ORCiD logo [3]; ORCiD logo [3];  [4];  [5]
  1. Sandia National Lab. (SNL-CA), Livermore, CA (United States)
  2. Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
  3. Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
  4. Zero Carbon Energy Solutions, Inc., Oakland, CA (United States)
  5. Dept. of Energy (DOE), Washington DC (United States). Fuel Cell Technologies Office (FCT)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
OSTI Identifier:
1481134
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1396472
Report Number(s):
LA-UR-17-30763
Journal ID: ISSN 0360-3199
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC52-06NA25396; AC04-94AL85000
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 42; Journal Issue: 11; Journal ID: ISSN 0360-3199
Publisher:
Elsevier
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
08 HYDROGEN; Energy Sciences; Hydrogen; Safety, codes and standards

Citation Formats

Marchi, C. San, Hecht, E. S., Ekoto, I. W, Groth, K. M, LaFleur, C., Somerday, B. P, Mukundan, Rangachary, Rockward, Tommy, Keller, J, and James, C. W. Overview of the DOE hydrogen safety, codes and standards program, part 3: Advances in research and development to enhance the scientific basis for hydrogen regulations, codes and standards. United States: N. p., 2016. Web. doi:10.1016/j.ijhydene.2016.07.014.
Marchi, C. San, Hecht, E. S., Ekoto, I. W, Groth, K. M, LaFleur, C., Somerday, B. P, Mukundan, Rangachary, Rockward, Tommy, Keller, J, & James, C. W. Overview of the DOE hydrogen safety, codes and standards program, part 3: Advances in research and development to enhance the scientific basis for hydrogen regulations, codes and standards. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2016.07.014
Marchi, C. San, Hecht, E. S., Ekoto, I. W, Groth, K. M, LaFleur, C., Somerday, B. P, Mukundan, Rangachary, Rockward, Tommy, Keller, J, and James, C. W. Mon . "Overview of the DOE hydrogen safety, codes and standards program, part 3: Advances in research and development to enhance the scientific basis for hydrogen regulations, codes and standards". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2016.07.014. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1481134.
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title = {Overview of the DOE hydrogen safety, codes and standards program, part 3: Advances in research and development to enhance the scientific basis for hydrogen regulations, codes and standards},
author = {Marchi, C. San and Hecht, E. S. and Ekoto, I. W and Groth, K. M and LaFleur, C. and Somerday, B. P and Mukundan, Rangachary and Rockward, Tommy and Keller, J and James, C. W},
abstractNote = {Hydrogen fuels are being deployed around the world as an alternative to traditional petrol and battery technologies. As with all fuels, regulations, codes and standards are a necessary component of the safe deployment of hydrogen technologies. There has been a focused effort in the international hydrogen community to develop codes and standards based on strong scientific principles to accommodate the relatively rapid deployment of hydrogen-energy systems. The need for science-based codes and standards has revealed the need to advance our scientific understanding of hydrogen in engineering environments. Here, this brief review describes research and development activities with emphasis on scientific advances that have aided the advancement of hydrogen regulations, codes and standards for hydrogen technologies in four key areas: (1) the physics of high-pressure hydrogen releases (called hydrogen behavior); (2) quantitative risk assessment; (3) hydrogen compatibility of materials; and (4) hydrogen fuel quality.},
doi = {10.1016/j.ijhydene.2016.07.014},
journal = {International Journal of Hydrogen Energy},
number = 11,
volume = 42,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Aug 08 00:00:00 EDT 2016},
month = {Mon Aug 08 00:00:00 EDT 2016}
}

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