ABSTRACT
A historical survey reveals that there have been quite a few severe accidents in the industrial and transport sectors because of hydrogen use. The determinant causes for a major event may be classied in one of the following categories [1]:
• Mechanical or material failure • Corrosion attack • Overpressurization • Enhanced embrittlement of storage tanks at low temperatures • Boiling liquid expanding vapor explosion • Rupture due to impact by shock waves and missiles from adjacent
explosions • Human error
Well-known accident databases, such as those of the United Nations Environment Programme and the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, MHIDAS (Major Hazardous Incident Data Service), and BARPI (Bureau d’Analyse des Risques et Pollutions Industriels), have been used to collect and classify past accidents related to hydrogen applications. The results are shown in Table 2.1 [2-8].
