1. Hydrogen Incident and Accident Database
International Conference on Hydrogen Safety
ICHS 2011
September 12-14, 2011
San Francisco, California-USA
HIAD
Hydrogen Incident and Accident Database
M. C. Galassi1, E. Papanikolaou1,
D. Baraldi1, E. Funnemark2, E. Håland2,
A. Engebø2, G.P. Haugom2, T. Jordan3,4,
A. V. Tchouvelev3,5
1JRC 2DNV 3IA-HySafe 4KIT 5AVT

2. OUTLINE HIAD History HIAD database Data Analysis Concluding remarks
Main features
Structure
Data Quality Assurance
Data Analysis
Concluding remarks

3. HySafe NoE
The European Network of Excellence for Hydrogen Safety ( )
Mission
Contributing to a safe transition towards a sustainable development in Europe by facilitating the safe introduction of hydrogen technologies and applications
OBJECTIVES
Strengthen and focus, integrate fragmented research on hydrogen safety → competitive scientific and industrial community
Promoting public awareness and trust in hydrogen technologies
Development of an excellent safety culture

4. IA-HySafe
IA-Hysafe is the focal point for all hydrogen safety related issues
Founded as an international non-profit institution by the EC co-funded NoE
Partners from public research institutions, authorities, universities, standard developing organizations and representatives from automotive as well as energy companies
MISSION & VISION
To facilitate the international coordination, development and dissemination of hydrogen safety knowledge by being the focal point for hydrogen safety research, education and training.
Hydrogen will be introduced as a safe and sustainable energy carrier.
Research:
Basic and Applied Research, Code development and application, Supporting RC&S by determinitic simulations
Industry: Development and Marketing of Technologies and Services, e.g. Risk Assessments, Cost driven, highly IP protective, driver for RC&S
Authority: RC&S development and application

5. HIAD WHY HIAD? Hydrogen is already used in many applications
Main challenges
Different applications present different safety and regulatory issues
Lack of comprehensive database on hydrogen incidents and accidents
Needs for risk assessment methodologies tailored for hydrogen applications
HIAD

6. HIAD HIAD MAIN FEATURES
HIAD aims to be an up-to-date repository of any accidental event related to hydrogen technology
Developed and established within HySafe NoE
Designed to be a multi-task tool
Open platform for lessons learned and risk communication
Data source of useful information for risk assessment
Hosted at JRC’s ODIN portal
Through ODIN, users can register and request access to HIAD
Fully operational with about 300 events recorded (~250 quality assured)
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7. HOME PAGE
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8. HIAD STRUCTURE HIAD 3 modules DEM DRM DAM DEM – Data Entry Module
Users can register as “event provider” and insert/update events directly on the database
DRM – Data Retrieval Module
Allows the user to access hydrogen events recorded on HIAD
DAM – Data Analysis Module
Is a tool for conducting online simple analyses of the data recorded into the database
EVENTS
DATABASE
DEM
DRM
DAM
HIAD

9. DATA ENTRY MODULE
DEM
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10. OPTIONS OF PARAMETERS FOR DATA INPUTS
DATA ENTRY MODULE
OPTIONS OF PARAMETERS FOR DATA INPUTS
1.Pre-event conditions: Date and time of event, Weather conditions, Geographical location, Type of H2 application, Operation phase or mode
2.Nature of event: Systems and components affected or involved, Chain of events, Causal relations, Relevant safety systems and emergency response, Release, fire and explosion specifications/details
3.Consequences of event: Fatalities and injuries, Property, environment and economical loss and damage
4.Post-event actions: Clean-up and restoration, Legal/legislation initiatives, Lessons learned, Investments made
5.References: Hyperlinks/references to files and documents, web-sites, etc., Specification of attachments, e.g. maps, drawings, photos, etc.

11. DATA RETRIEVAL MODULE
DRM
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12. DATA ANALYSIS MODULE
DAM
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13. I) Events since 1985: number of events
DATA ANALYSIS
HIAD
I) Events since 1985: number of events

14. II) Events since 1985: total number of
DATA ANALYSIS
HIAD
II) Events since 1985: total number of
involved people.

15. DATA QUALITY ASSURANCE
Each event undergoes the QA process.
An event is published in HIAD only after QA process.
Data entry by the user (available only to the provider and QAEG)
Data verification by the QA Expert Group
Data published on the external database and available to the public
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16. INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATIONS
Task 31 International Energy Agency Hydrogen Implementation Agreement.
Additional collaboration with H2incidents.org
Initial exchange of data between the 2 databases
Plan to expand data exchange.
Plan to collect event data with a common template for both databases within Task31

17. CONCLUDING REMARKS
HIAD is a repository of any accidental event related to hydrogen technology
Future developments
Renewal process and updating
Improve user-friendliness
New text-template for data entry
Additional collaboration with American H2Incidents Database

18. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION !