Links

The partners that have been involved in the HYPER project are:

Fullname of partner organisation	Country	website
University of Manchester	UK	www.manchester.ac.uk
Health and Safety Executive	UK	www.hse.gov.uk
Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe GmbH	DE	www.fzk.de
Vaillant GmbH	DE	www.vaillant.de
Sandia National Laboratories	USA	www.sandia.gov
Institut National de l'Environnement Industriel et des Risques	FR	www.ineris.fr
PlugPower Holland BV	NL	www.plugpower.com
Exergy Fuel Cells s.r.l.	IT	www.morphic.se/en/Exergy
Russian Research Centre-Kurchatov Institute	RU	www.kiae.ru
Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique	FR	www.cea.fr
National Centre for Scientific Research Demokritos	GR	www.demokritos.gr
University of Ulster	UK	www.ulster.ac.uk
University of Pisa	IT	www.unipi.it
Ecofys Netherlands BV	NL	www.ecofys.com
Pro-Science Gesselschaft fur wissenschaftliche und technische Dienstleistungen GmbH	DE	www.pro-science.de

GUIDE

1 Introduction and Scope
2 Introduction to fuel cell systems and their associated hazards
- 2.1 Fuel cell systems
  - 2.1.1 Types of fuel cell
  - 2.1.2 Components of a fuel cell system
- 2.2 Hazards associated with fuel cell installation and operation
  - 2.2.1 Hazards of fuels other than hydrogen
  - 2.2.2 Fire and explosion hazards
- 2.3 Properties and characteristics of hydrogen
3 General and higher level requirements
- 3.0 Introduction
- 3.1 Design and manufacturing requirements
- 3.2 Installation requirements
- 3.3 Regulatory approval considerations
- 3.4 Operational/maintenance considerations
4 System-specific and siting considerations
- 4.0 Introduction
- 4.1 Hydrogen generation
  - 4.1.1 Generation options
  - 4.1.2 Standards and guidance
- 4.2 Hydrogen containment and piping
- 4.3 Siting
- 4.4 Explosion prevention and protection
- 4.5 Hydrogen sensing
- 4.6 Fire precautions
- 4.7 Interconnectivity
5 Permitting Route
- 5.0 Introduction
- 5.1 Outline approval checklist for commercial/industrial installations
- 5.2 Outline approval checklist for domestic/residential installations
Appendix
- Appendix A1: Table of Regulations related to domestic natural gas systems
- Appendix A2: Useful regulations, codes and standards
- Appendix A3: Case Studies
- Appendix A4: CE certification
- Appendix A5: Experimental Results Summary
- Appendix A6: Modelling results summary
- Appendix A7: Detection techniques: commercially available technologies for hydrogen detection
- Appendix A8: Suggested Risk Assessment Methodology
- Appendix A9: Abbreviations
- Appendix A10: References