Recent Developments in Hydrogen Safety, Are We Headed to a Safer Fuel Alternative? | AIChE

Recent Developments in Hydrogen Safety, Are We Headed to a Safer Fuel Alternative?

Authors 

Israni, K. - Presenter, Environmental Resources Management (ERM)


We continue to live in a world, where change is constant and challenges such a climate changes and world economy are constantly affected by the way industries operate. In the recent times, there need for alternate fuel sources has gained more momentum that ever. For the past few years, there have been tremendous discussions amongst learned groups on the use of hydrogen for this purpose.

While from an environmental perspective, this solution seems to a right choice, the safety side of things provide a very different perspective.

This paper will discuss the recent developments towards the safer use of hydrogen, and any regulatory changes that will impact the balance between the environmental and safety preferences over the use of hydrogen, using a risk based approach.