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Updated to include the latest advances, the book highlights physiological, physical, and chemical hazards associated with hydrogen production, storage, distribution, and use systems. It is organized to address questions associated with the hazards of hydrogen and the ensuing risk associated with its industrial and public use.
List of contents
1. Introduction. 2. Historical Survey of Hydrogen Accidents. 3. Hydrogen Properties Associated with Hazards. 4. Hydrogen Hazards. 5. Hazards in Hydrogen Storage Facilities. 6. Hazards of Hydrogen Use in Vehicles. 7. Inherently Safer Design. 8. Safety Management Systems. 9. HySafe: Safety of Hydrogen as an Energy Carrier. 10. Case Studies. 11. Effects of Hydrogen on Materials of Construction. 12. Future Requirements for Hydrogen Safety. 13. Legal Requirements for Hydrogen Safety.
About the author
Fotis Rigas is a professor of Chemical Engineering at the National Technical University of Athens in Greece and has been a Visiting Professor at the National Autonomous University of Mexico. His current research and academic activities are in the areas of process safety, chemical engineering kinetics, and bioremediation of contaminated sites. He has published or presented over 180 papers in the fields of his activities and is a reviewer of papers in 54 international scientific journals. He is within the top 2% worldwide of scientists in their main subfield discipline in the year 2023, according to a Stanford University bibliometrics study.
Summary
Updated to include the latest advances, the book highlights physiological, physical, and chemical hazards associated with hydrogen production, storage, distribution, and use systems. It is organized to address questions associated with the hazards of hydrogen and the ensuing risk associated with its industrial and public use.
