03Research theme 03

Leakage, Dispersion, Explosion & Fire

The cross-cutting safety theme for new fuels. It reframes the question from “how do we disperse gas?” to “how do we detect a leak early enough to act?”, and designs for realistic leakage rather than the fiction of zero leakage.

Research scope

◆Ammonia as a toxicity hazard, not only a fire and explosion hazard
◆Early leak detection as the research objective, not just dispersion
◆Dynamic, maritime-specific testing: ship motion, wind and ventilation
◆International benchmarking of consequence-modelling codes

Library

Reports and guidance relevant to this theme.

EMSA2024

Study investigating the safety of ammonia as fuel on ships (NH3SAFE)

A five-part study on ammonia properties, regulations, component reliability and risk assessment of ship designs.

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EMSA2024

Study investigating the safety of hydrogen as fuel on ships (HSAFE)

Mapping of safety risks, hazard identification and risk analysis for hydrogen fuel systems and specific ship types.

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Clean Hydrogen JU / EU JRC2022

Analysis of the Hydrogen Incident and Accident Database (HIAD 2.0)

Statistics, lessons learned and recommendations from analysis of hundreds of recorded hydrogen incidents.

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