A review of hydrogen-air cloud explosions: The fundamentals, overpressure prediction methods, and influencing factors

Q Hu, X Zhang, H Hao - International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Hydrogen is one of the most promising renewable energies that has been observing rapid
development over the past years. Recent accidental explosion incidents and the associated …

[HTML][HTML] Recent advances in combustion science related to hydrogen safety

JX Wen, ES Hecht, R Mevel - Progress in Energy and Combustion Science, 2025 - Elsevier
Hydrogen is a key pillar in the global Net Zero strategy. Rapid scaling up of hydrogen
production, transport, distribution and utilization is expected. This entails that hydrogen …

Safety investigation of hydrogen energy storage systems using quantitative risk assessment

ST Le, TN Nguyen, S Linforth, TD Ngo - International Journal of Hydrogen …, 2023 - Elsevier
Hydrogen energy storage systems are expected to play a key role in supporting the net zero
energy transition. Although the storage and utilization of hydrogen poses critical risks …

Inhibition of hydrogen–oxygen/air gaseous detonations using CF3I, H2O, and CO2

DS Kumar, AV Singh - Fire Safety Journal, 2021 - Elsevier
The ignition of hydrogen-air mixtures can cause intense explosions. To ensure the safe
utilization of hydrogen fuel and prevent catastrophic explosion accidents, the inhibiting effect …

[HTML][HTML] Consequence analysis of vapour cloud explosion from the release of high-pressure hydrogen storage

B Sun, T Loughnan - International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
Gaseous hydrogen is commonly stored under high pressures due to its low volumetric
storage density. The safety concerns about its release and potential accidents, such as …

Experimental investigation on the effect of a barrier wall on unconfined hydrogen explosion

Y Zhou, Y Li, W Gao - International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract 27 m 3 unconfined hydrogen explosion experiments are conducted to investigate
the effect of barrier wall on explosion characteristics. The results show that the flame …

[HTML][HTML] Towards accident prevention on liquid hydrogen: A data-driven approach for releases prediction

MG Alfarizi, F Ustolin, J Vatn, S Yin… - Reliability Engineering & …, 2023 - Elsevier
Hydrogen is a clean substitute for hydrocarbon fuels in the marine sector. Liquid hydrogen
(LH 2) can be used to move and store large amounts of hydrogen. This novel application …

Comparison of the explosion characteristics of hydrogen, propane, and methane clouds at the stoichiometric concentrations

Q Zhang, D Li - International journal of hydrogen energy, 2017 - Elsevier
Numerical simulations were performed to study explosion characteristics of the unconfined
clouds. The examined cloud volume was 4 m× 4 m× 2 m. The build-in obstruction inside the …

Hydrogen jet vapor cloud explosion: a model for predicting blast size and application to risk assessment

S Jallais, E Vyazmina, D Miller… - Process safety …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Releases of hydrogen at elevated pressures form turbulent jets in unconfined &
uncongested regions may trigger vapor cloud explosion (VCE) as well as jet fire hazards. In …

A method for the estimation of overpressure generated by open air hydrogen explosions

ED Mukhim, T Abbasi, SM Tauseef… - Journal of Loss Prevention …, 2018 - Elsevier
The existing methods for calculating overpressure resulting from a vapour cloud explosion
(VCE) were tested for their ability to predict overpressures from unconfined hydrogen …