
3. Hydrogen hazards and safety
During operations involving hydrogen, an ignition or explosion would occur if the following three conditions were simultaneously met :
presence of hydrogen in its flammable range ;
presence of oxygen in excess of the oxygen concentration limit (5% oxygen at ambient pressure and temperature);
ignition source (spark, electrostatic discharge, hot spot, open flame, hot surfaces, etc.) exceeding the minimum ignition energy of hydrogen (16 to 17 μJ in air).
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Bibliography
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Standards and norms
- Liquid hydrogen – Filling system interface for land vehicles - ISO 13984 - 1999
- Liquid hydrogen – Fuel tanks for land vehicles - ISO 13985 - 2006
- Hydrogen fuel quality – Product specification - ISO 14687 - 2019
- Considérations fondamentales pour la sécurité des systèmes à l'hydrogène - ISO/TR 15916 - 2015
- Hydrogen generators using fuel processing technologies – Part 1: Safety - ISO 16110-1...
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Aaqius (CH) – hydrogen technologies http://www.aaqius.com/
Airbus (EU) – ZEROe program https://www.airbus.com/en/innovation/zero-emission/hydrogen/zeroe
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