UK-HyRES aims to define and tackle the research challenges blocking the wider use of low carbon fuels in the UK – funded by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) through the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)

Aims of the workshop included:

  • Capturing and sharing real-world health and safety challenges experienced in hydrogen projects
  • Shaping the research agenda by identifying and prioritising key questions for further research and investigation
  • Accelerating the safe deployment of hydrogen by connecting delegates with relevant resources, expertise and information
  • Strengthening the hydrogen safety network by fostering meaningful connections between process safety specialists, end users, and the wider hydrogen community

Who was this workshop for?

  • Practitioners in the area of hydrogen health and safety
  • Process safety experts
  • Professionals in the high temperature processing industries: glass, metals, ceramics and cements
  • Suppliers of hydrogen or equipment to the high temperature processing industries
  • Other industry professionals interested in networking and knowledge transfer

Registered participants included:

Abbott Risk Consulting, ADI Treatments Ltd, Air Products, AMRC, Aston University, Baker Risk, Cairn Risk Consulting, Cardiff University, Cast Metals Federation, DEKRA UK Ltd, Energy Institute, Health & Safety Executive, Heidelberg Materials, Ibstock, Ichelmersh, Lloyds Register, Lucideon, Materials Processing institute, Michelmersh Bricks PLC, National Gas, National Gas Transmission, Otto Simon, Oxford Hydrogen, Process Safety, Tetra Tech RPS, Therser UK, University of Sheffield, Wienerberger

Overview of the Session:

10:00 Prof. Joan Cordiner, UK-HyRes: Welcome and introduction to the workshop

10:15 Prof. Stuart Hawksworth,  Health and Safety Executive: Hydrogen safety

10:30 Dr. Harmanpreet Singh, UK-HyRes: Gaps in health and safety identified in the literature

10:45 Break into round table discussion groups: From your (or your customer’s perspective) what are the gaps in the existing standards?

11:15 Feedback to the room

11:30 Break into round table discussion groups: What hydrogen projects are you (or your customers) currently working on, and what H&S challenges have you encountered?

12:00 Feedback to the room

12:15 Lunch & networking

13:00 Clare Dunkerley, Otto Simon: Risk based approach to the design and build of hydrogen infrastructure

13:15 Break into round table discussion groups: What technological knowledge gaps (related to health and safety) does your (or your customer’s) industry face?

13:45 Feedback to the room

14:00 Break into round table discussion groups: Based on past experience, what are the key things that companies considering the use of hydrogen should know, or avoid doing? e.g useful standards, sources of information, lessons learned

14:30 Feedback to the room

14:45 Final thoughts and close