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HYDROGEN HEATING - SAFETY ASSESSMENT

WEBINAR EPISODE

21 / OCT / 2021

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PROVIDING THE APPROPRIATE SAFETY ASSESSMENTS AND PATHWAY TO THE FIRST COMMUNITY TRIALS USING HYDROGEN AS A HEATING SOURCE

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OVERVIEW:

Across industry and among the wider public, there’s an increasing awareness and understanding of hydrogen’s potential strategic role as a decarbonised energy carrier.

 

The Hy4Heat programme aims to establish if it is technically possible, safe, and convenient to replace natural gas (methane) with hydrogen in residential and commercial buildings and gas appliances.

 

Working Package 7 of the programme oversees the “Safety Assessment” and has focused on assessing the safe use of hydrogen gas in certain types of domestic properties and buildings.

 

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has independently reviewed the Hy4Heat Safety Assessment and has written a letter of assistance to BEIS confirming its relevance to gas network operator future duty holders for trials.

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This event will highlight key findings of the Hy4Heat safety assessment and assist in navigating the extensive suite of publicly available reports. Some of the speakers contributed to that assessment. However this event is not part of the Hy4Heat programme, and is not government sponsored.  

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FOCUS:

  • Understanding how 100% hydrogen can be made as safe as natural gas is when used for heating and cooking in certain types of houses

 

  • Highlighting the importance of this milestone on the pathway to the first community trials using hydrogen as a heating source

 

  • Providing a verified and appropriate basis for designing and forming a risk assessment for future trials which can by drawn on by network operators

 

  • Supporting industry to begin a large village hydrogen heating trial and to set out plans for a possible pilot hydrogen town before the end of the decade

SPEAKERS
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SPEAKERS

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PHILIP BRAIN
Head of Operations
KIWA

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MODERATOR

NICK RYAN
Director
STEER ENERGY

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PAUL McLAUGHLIN
Principal Consultant
KIWA

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GEORGINA ORR
Senior Consultant
KIWA

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NIKHIL HARDY
Senior Consultant
KIWA

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SOPHIE BROWN
Risk Consultant
ARUP

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MARK CROWTHER
Technical Director
KIWA

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SAM GREG
Snr. Consultant 
ARUP

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AGENDA:

AGENDA

09:45 -> 10:00 -> PRESENTATION
Gas Escape Frequency and Magnitude Assessment

An assessment of the different causes of existing natural gas leaks and the frequency of such events; and a review of the relevance of this to a hydrogen gas network.

PAUL McLAUGHLIN - Principal Consultant - KIWA

10:00 -> 10:15 -> PRESENTATION
Gas Dispersion Data Analysis

A review of experimental data focusing on how natural gas and hydrogen gas disperses and accumulates within an enclosure.

GEORGINA ORR - Senior Consultant - KIWA

10:15 -> 10:30 -> PANEL DISCUSSION

NICK RYAN - Director - STEER ENERGY
PAUL McLAUGHLIN - Principal Consultant - KIWA
GEORGINA ORR - Senior Consultant - KIWA

10:30 -> 10:45 -> PRESENTATION
Gas Ignition and Explosion Data Analysis

A review of experimental data focusing on natural gas and hydrogen gas ignition behaviour and a comparison of observed methane and hydrogen deflagrations.

NIKHIL HARDY - Senior Energy Consultant - KIWA

10:45 -> 11:00 -> PRESENTATION
Consequence Modelling Assessment

A comparative modelling assessment of the consequences in the event of a gas leak and ignition event for natural gas and hydrogen gas.

SAM GREG, Senior Consultant - ARUP

11:00 -> 11:15 -> PRESENTATION
Safety Assessment: Conclusion’s Report
(Incorporating Quantitative Risk Assessment)

A comparative risk assessment of natural gas versus hydrogen gas, including a quantitative risk assessment; and identification of control measures to reduce risk and manage hydrogen gas safety for a community demonstration.

SOPHIE BROWN, Risk Consultant - ARUP 

11:15 -> 11:30 -> PANEL DISCUSSION

NIKHIL HARDY - Senior Energy Consultant - KIWA
SAM GREG, Senior Consultant - ARUP
SOPHIE BROWN, Risk Consultant - ARUP
MARK CROWTHER - Technical Director - KIWA (MODERATOR)

11:30 -> END OF EPISODE

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09:30 -> WELCOME ADDRESS

09:30 -> 09:45 -> PRESENTATION
Experimental Testing – Domestic and Commercial Pipework Leakage

Comparison of leak rates for hydrogen and methane gas from various domestic gas joints and fittings seen in typical domestic and commercial gas installations.as network.

NICK RYAN - Director - STEER ENERGY

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