Power Engineering - Web-based hydrogen safety curriculum launching July 1

NEWINGTON, Conn., June 18, 2003 -- A new web-based training curriculum focused on the safe use, transport, and storage of gaseous and liquid hydrogen and the design of hydrogen-power products will launch July 1 at www.hydrogensafety.com. The in-depth program was developed by Steve Woods, one of the lead authors of the NASA hydrogen safety training program and primary author of the recently issued ISO Technical Report on the safe handling of hydrogen.

The SAFEH2™ curriculum from Hydrogen Safety, LLC consists of nine core modules focusing on "need-to-know" hydrogen properties, potential hazards, and proven control techniques. Eight additional modules then detail issues associated with fuel cell and facility design and operations, specific hazards analyses, risk management strategies, design strategies, and more.

"This is a first-of-its-kind approach to providing easily accessed, critical training to those exposed to the inherent dangers and liabilities of hydrogen, regardless of industry," said Woods, a principal of Hydrogen Safety, LLC. "The science of hydrogen power is outpacing the training and education to bring this power safely into the public sector. We need to strike a balance, and this curriculum will help."

SAFEH2™ is targeted at engineers, scientists, technicians, power plant managers and operators, facility managers using hydrogen as part of their production processes, and safety professionals involved in the production and/or use of gaseous and/or liquid hydrogen. The program is also appropriate for those who supply, design, or manufacture hydrogen equipment, RAM professionals, supervisors, facility design engineers, test team personnel, insurance inspectors, and safety personnel.

"Anyone involved in handling hydrogen should be trained to do so safely. A very small percentage of hydrogen in air is easily ignited, the flame is invisible and extremely intense, and hydrogen has no odor so there are really no warnings on leaks," said Woods. "We need to step up to mitigating the potential of these accidents through training that heightens situational awareness and appropriate response."

Headquartered in Newington, Connecticut, Hydrogen Safety, LLC focuses exclusively on the public risk and corporate liability issues surrounding the implementation of hydrogen-based power, including insurance, safety training, facility inspection, product and systems validation, risk management, and technology.

For More Information on the Press Release Contact Mike Kotwick at m.kotwick@hydrogensafety.com or Douglas Rode at d.rode@hydrogensafety.com. Hydrogen Safety, LLC., 66 Cedar Street Newington, CT, 06111. Phone: 1-860- 594-7183. Fax: 1-860-594-7184.

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