HIAD e hydrogen incident and accident database M. Cristina Galassi a , Efthymia Papanikolaou a , Daniele Baraldi a, *, Espen Funnemark b , Erling Ha ˚ land b , Angunn Engebø b , Gerd Petra Haugom b , Thomas Jordan c,d , Andrei V. Tchouvelev c,e a Institute for Energy, European Commission DG-JRC, P.O. Box 2, Petten 1755 ZG, The Netherlands b Det Norske Veritas AS, Høvik N1322, Norway c IA-HYSAFE, Rue du Tro ˆne 98, Bruxelles 1050, Belgium d KIT, IKET Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe Postfach 3640, Karlsruhe 76021, Germany e A.V. Tchouvelev & Associates Inc., 6591 Spinnaker Circle, Mississauga, Ontario L5W 1R2, Canada article info Article history: Received 16 December 2011 Received in revised form 1 June 2012 Accepted 5 June 2012 Available online 28 June 2012 Keywords: Hydrogen safety Incident and accident database Communication platform Lesson learnt Risk assessment abstract The Hydrogen Incident and Accident Database (HIAD) is being developed as a repository of systematic data describing in detail hydrogen-related undesired events (incidents or accidents). It is an open web-based information system serving various purposes such as a data source for lessons learnt, risk communication and partly risk assessment. The paper describes the features of the three HIAD modules e the Data Entry Module (DEM), the Data Retrieval Module (DRM) and the Data Analysis Module (DAM) e and the potential impact the database may have on hydrogen safety. The importance of data quality assurance process is also addressed. Copyright ª 2012, Hydrogen Energy Publications, LLC. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. 1. Introduction Hydrogen technologies are expected to play a key role in implementing the transition of the energy systems from fossil-fuel-based to a more sustainable lower-carbon ones [1e3]. A clear political message on hydrogen potential role was communicated in 2003 both by the European Union and the United States which agreed on cooperating for the establish- ment of the hydrogen economy [4]. In this context, interna- tional and national joint efforts have fostered scientific research towards the development of safe and reliable tech- nologies for hydrogen production, storage, transport and consumption. Examples are the numerous European co- funded projects within the 6th and 7th Framework Pro- gramme [5] e.g. the European Integrated Hydrogen Project, HyApproval, StorHy, NATURALHY, HySafe and others. Mean- while, coordinated research efforts have been also continu- ously increased from the side of oil companies and automotive industries, who are investing in alternative energy systems, including hydrogen technologies [6]. In the 7th * Corresponding author. Institute for Energy and Transport, European Commission DG-JRC, P.O. Box 2, 1755 ZG Petten, The Netherlands. Tel.: þ31 224565023. E-mail addresses: maria-cristina.galassi@ec.europa.eu (M. Cristina Galassi), daniele.baraldi@jrc.nl (D. Baraldi), espen.funnemark@ dnv.com (E. Funnemark), erling.haland@dnv.com (E. Ha ˚ land), angunn.engebo@dnv.com (A. Engebø), gerd.petra.haugom@dnv.com (G.P. Haugom), thomas.jordan@kit.edu (T. Jordan), atchouvelev@tchouvelev.org (A.V. Tchouvelev). Available online at www.sciencedirect.com journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/he international journal of hydrogen energy 37 (2012) 17351 e17357 0360-3199/$ e see front matter Copyright ª 2012, Hydrogen Energy Publications, LLC. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2012.06.018