2008 Spring Meeting & 4th Global Congress on Process Safety

(116c) Nfpa Hydrogen Technologies Code Project

Author

Rivkin, C. H. - Presenter, National Fire Protection Association


The paper will discuss the development of NFPA 2, a comprehensive hydrogen safety code. The paper will discuss the contents of this document with particular attention focused on new requirements for siting hydrogen storage systems. These new requirements would use Computational Fluid Dynamic modeling and risk assessment procedures to develop requirements that are based on both technical analyses and defined risk criteria. The intent is to develop requirements based on procedures that can replicated based on the information provided in the code document. This effort will require documentation of the modeling inputs and risk criteria and analyses in the supporting information for the code.