Abstract
As of 2003, 15 hydrogen refuelling stations (HRSs) have been deployed in the Netherlands. To become established, the HRS has to go through a permitting procedure. An important document of the permitting dossier is the quantitative risk assessment (QRA) as it assesses the risks of the HRS associated to people and buildings in the vicinity of the HRS. In the Netherlands, a generic prescribed approach exists on how to perform a QRA, however specific guidelines for HRSs do not exist. An intercomparison among the QRAs of permitted HRSs has revealed significant inconsistencies on various aspects of the QRA: namely the inclusion of HRS sub-systems and components, the HRS sub-system and component considerations as predefined components, the application of failure scenarios, the determination of failure frequencies, the application of input parameters, the consideration of preventive and mitigation measures as well as information provided regarding the HRS surroundings and the societal risk. It is therefore recommended to develop specific QRA guidelines for HRSs.
Highlights
The number of hydrogen refuelling stations (HRSs) in Europe is steadily growing
Successor, PGS35:2015 [6], which contains all provisions of relevant laws related to HRSs and as such provides a reference to permitting authorities to determine to which safety related rules and conditions these HRSs have to comply
The quantitative risk assessment (QRA) is an important document of that dossier as it assesses the risks of the HRS associated to people and buildings in the vicinity of the HRS
Summary
The following full text is a publisher's version. For additional information about this publication click this link. Please be advised that this information was generated on 2022-02-23 and may be subject to change. Hydrogen refuelling stations in the Netherlands: An intercomparison of quantitative risk assessments used for permitting. Michel Honselaar a,*, Guzay Pasaoglu b, Adwin Martens c a European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Directorate C e Energy, Transport & Climate, P.O. Box 2, NL-1755 ZG, Petten, The Netherlands b Institute for Management Research, Radboud University, NL-6500 HK, Nijmegen, The Netherlands c WaterstofNet vzw, Open Manufacturing Campus, Slachthuisstraat 112 Bus 1, B-2300 Turnhout, Belgium article info. Article history: Received 27 November 2017 Received in revised form 12 April 2018 Accepted 14 April 2018 Available online 30 May 2018
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