This course provides guidance for design and construction of facilities with hydrogen systems including layout, ventilation, electrical, leak detection, and emergency response.
Description
Who Should Attend
Those involved in design of facilities with hydrogen systems
What You’ll Learn
Key safety design issues for hydrogen facilities
Hazard controls and mitigations
Elements of emergency system design
Key construction issues
Outline
Lesson 1: General Safety Considerations
Hydrogen facility design considerations
Lesson 2: Dilution Ventilation and Venting
Safety considerations: dilution ventilation and venting
Dilution ventilation
Venting
Lesson 3: Electrical Equipment
Safety considerations: electrical equipment
Lesson 4: Leak and Flame Detection and Emergency Shutdown
Safety considerations: leak/flame detection and emergency shutdown
Leak detection
Flame detection
Emergency Shutdown
Lesson 5: Storage and Construction
Safety considerations: storage and construction
Storage
Construction
Signs and Labels
Final Quiz
Course content
Learning Outcomes
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Grounding and bonding techniques and verification checks.2
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Understands explosion protection strategies: avoidance, control, mitigation.3
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Use safety equipment proficiently, including gas detectors, ventilation systems, and emergency shutdown systems.2
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Ensure strict compliance with hydrogen safety regulations, codes, and standards.3
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Execute technical inspections of materials, equipment, and systems.2
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Process Safety Manager
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Process Safety Specialist
To provide deep technical expertise and authoritative guidance on the management of major accident hazards, ensuring that process safety risks are effectively identified, assessed, and controlled throughout the asset lifecycle. This role supports complex decision-making, leads specialist studies, and drives continuous improvement by integrating advanced risk methodologies, engineering insights, and regulatory compliance into operational and strategic initiatives. In the steel industry, the Process Safety Specialist plays a pivotal role in sustaining barrier integrity, enabling innovation, and mentoring others to build organisational capability in high-hazard environments.
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