Hydrogen Safety for Energy Applications
A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "A5: Hydrogen Energy".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 July 2025 | Viewed by 3605
Special Issue Editors
Interests: hydrogen safety; risk assessment; modeling; optimization; CFD; consequence analysis
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Interests: chemical safety; process safety; safety; safety management; risk assessment
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Hydrogen is the smallest and simplest element on earth and has been emerging as a sustainable energy carrier for the future. In addition, when hydrogen is used in mobility, power generation, or combustion, there is no emission of global warming gases. Hence, hydrogen is referred to as “future energy”. Although it is highlighted as an alternative energy source and carrier, hydrogen has a very high risk of explosion and fire. In order to safely use it, reliable safety management and controls are essential so that it can be used like gasoline or natural gas in the near future. Though issues of hydrogen safety for energy applications are critical, engineering designs, risk assessments, and codes and standards present different aspects of contemporary knowledge regarding the hazards, risks and safety connected with hydrogen systems. Therefore, it is significant for researchers to have a place to discuss and debate on these subjects.
The sections of this Special Issue cover the main hydrogen technologies and explore the scientific aspects of possible sources and consequences of accidental events that can occur when hydrogen is used, including in its vehicular applications. It also covers the physics and engineering of hydrogen safety; its social, policy and organizational aspects; the assessment, management and communication of risks; the effectiveness of control and management techniques for safety; standardization; legislation; inspection; insurance; costing aspects.
Most of all, “risk assessment”, as well as the safety measures/safety barriers applicable in such situations, are importantly considered.
The purpose of this Special Issue is to invite researchers (scholars, researchers, scholars) to present recent experiments, simulations and numerical studies in the field of hydrogen safety technology. Topics of interest in this Special Issue include, but are not limited to:
- Hydrogen refueling stations (HRS);
- Liquid hydrogen;
- Hydrogen facility ;
- Risk assessment model for hydrogen ;
- Safety distance for hydrogen facility;
- Hydrogen related incidents;
- Hydrogen fire & explosion ;
- Hydrogen incidents database;
- Prevention and mitigation of hydrogen incidents;
- H2 pressure relief devices;
- Protection layers;
- Cryogenic hazards for liquid hydrogen;
- Hydrogen vapor cloud explosion;
- Hydrogen pipelines and piping safety;
- Large-scale underground H2 pipelines;
- Engineering design considering safety;
- Hydrogen safety codes and regulations.
Dr. Seungho Jung
Dr. Chankyu Kang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- risk
- hydrogen refueling station (HRS)
- safety
- cryogenic hazards
- fire
- explosion
- jetfire
- VCE
- hydrogen fuel cell vehicle (HFCV)
- code
- standard
- regulation
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