The 2022 Center for Hydrogen Safety Americas Conference is scheduled to be an in-person event in Anaheim, CA, please find on-site information here.
Detailed program with abstracts on confex: CLick Here for CONFEX PROGRAM
| Start Time | End Time | Day 1 - Tuesday, September 20 |
| 8:00 AM | 8:30 AM | Check-in & Breakfast |
| 8:30 AM | 8:40 AM | Conference Introduction Nick Barilo - Director of Center for Hydrogen Safety |
| 8:40 AM | 8:50 AM | Opening Presentation Joseph Cappello - Iwatani Corporation |
| 8:50 AM | 9:20 AM | Keynote: Annemarie Purmer - Nel Hydrogen Safety Culture in A Developing Hydrogen Economy |
| 9:20 AM | 9:25 AM | Question and Answer Panel |
| 9:25 AM | 9:40 AM | Coffee Break |
| 9:40 AM | 11:15 AM | Session 1 - Safe Storage Of Hydrogen |
| 9:40 AM | 10:00 AM | Ethan Hecht - Sandia National Laboratories Basis for Updated Bulk Liquid Hydrogen Separation Distances in NFPA 2 |
| 10:00 AM | 10:20 AM | Bjorn Paulsson - Paulsson, Inc Safe Large Scale Underground Hydrogen Storage Achieved By Optical Sensor Array Monitoring |
| 10:20 AM | 10:40 AM | Sumanth Addagarla- BayoTech Safety in Storage and Transportation of Hydrogen in MEG’s |
| 10:40 AM | 10:55 AM | Keith Lovegrove - Ardent Underground Large Scale Safe Hydrogen Storage - the Missing Link to a Green Hydrogen Future |
| 10:55 AM | 11:15 AM | Question and Answer Panel |
| 11:15 AM | 11:35 AM | Coffee Break |
| 11:35 AM | 12:50 PM | Session 2 - Safety Issues Affecting The Production Of Hydrogen |
| 11:35 AM | 11:55 AM | Scott Wozniak - Honeywell UOP Designing Safety & Sustainability in Hydrogen - Lifecycle of Safety from Discovery to Delivery |
| 11:55 AM | 12:15 PM | Danielle Murphy - WHA International, Inc. Oxygen Hazards Awareness for Electrolyzers |
| 12:15 PM | 12:35 PM | Adrian Pierorazio - Jensen Hughes What Can Hydrogen Learn from Propane and LNG? |
| 12:35 PM | 12:50 PM | Question and Answer Panel |
| 12:50 PM | 1:50 PM | Lunch Break |
| 1:50 PM | 3:25 PM | Session 3 - Hydrogen and Natural Gas |
| 1:50 PM | 2:10 PM | Chris San Marchi - Sandia National Laboratories Hydrogen-Assisted Fatigue and Fracture of Pipeline Materials in Natural Gas Infrastructure: Trends and Implications on Structural Integrity |
| 2:10 PM | 2:30 PM | Jennifer Medina & Sara Jarmakani - SoCalGas Design and Operation Considerations of Natural Gas, Hydrogen and Blended Gas |
| 2:30 PM | 2:50 PM | Ryan McKimmie - Spartan Controls Ltd. Hydrogen Odorization – Implications, Challenges and Solutions |
| 2:50 PM | 3:05 PM | Dexin Wang - GTI Energy Hydrogen Segregation Study for the Safe Transport and Use of Hydrogen-Natural Gas Blends |
| 3:05 PM | 3:25 PM | Question and Answer Panel |
| 3:25 PM | 3:35 PM | Break |
| 3:35 PM | 4:20 PM | Session 4 - Safety In The Transport And Distribution Of Hydrogen |
| 3:35 PM | 3:55 PM | Rob Early - Compressed Gas Association Hydrogen Transportation and Storage |
| 3:55 PM | 4:10 PM | Aldonza Jaques - Federico Santa Maria Technical University Anomalous Hydrogen Permeation in Polymers |
| 4:10 AM | 4:20 PM | Question and Answer Panel |
| 4:20 PM | 4:25 PM | Close out from the Conference Chairs |
| 4:30 PM | 5:30 PM | CHS - Social Hour |
| Start Time | End Time | Day 2 - Wednesday, September 21 |
| 8:00 AM | 8:30 AM | Check-in & Breakfast |
| 8:30 AM | 8:40 AM | Introduction from the Conference Chairs |
| 8:40 AM | 8:50 AM | Center for Hydrogen Safety Presentation Nick Barilo - Center for Hydrogen Safety |
| 8:50 AM | 9:20 AM | Keynote: Andrei V. Tchouvelev - Hydrogen Council Safety & Regulatory Program of the Hydrogen Council |
| 9:20 AM | 9:25 AM | Question and Answer Panel |
| 9:25 AM | 9:40 AM | Coffee Break |
| 9:40 AM | 11:15 AM | Session 5 - Lessons Learned For Hydrogen Safety |
| 9:40 AM | 10:00 AM | Derek Miller - Air Products Hydrogen Venting: Lessons Learnt for Safe Design and Operation |
| 10:00 AM | 10:20 AM | Kwang Seok Kim - Korea Gas Safety Corporation Introduction of the Release Incident at Hydrogen Refueling Station in South Korea |
| 10:20 AM | 10:40 AM | Scott Davis - Gexcon US Lessons Learned from an Explosion Involving a Small-Scale Commercial Hydrogen Electrolyzer |
| 10:40 AM | 10:55 AM | Ken Wohlgeschaffen - Chevron Methanator Temperature Runaway Results in a Fire |
| 10:55 AM | 11:15 AM | Question and Answer Panel |
| 11:15 AM | 11:35 AM | Coffee Break |
| 11:35 AM | 12:45 PM | Session 6a - Hydrogen Safety In End Use Applications |
| 11:35 AM | 11:55 AM | Owen Quake - bp Hydrogen Detonation – A ‘Credible’ Risk To Be Managed |
| 11:55 AM | 12:10 PM | Darren Malik - BakerRisk VCE Testing of Very Lean Hydrogen-Air Mixtures |
| 12:10 PM | 12:30 PM | Kevin Hartmann - NREL Component Failure Taxonomy and Leak Rate Quantification for Hydrogen System Safety and Reliability |
| 12:30 PM | 12:45 PM | Question and Answer Panel |
| 12:45 PM | 1:45 PM | Lunch |
| 1:45 PM | 3:25 PM | Session 6b - Hydrogen Safety In End Use Applications |
| 1:45 PM | 2:05 PM | William Lowry - BakerRisk & Mark Blackwell - Cummins Inc. Project Lifecycle and Hydrogen Hazards Analysis Roadmap |
| 2:05 PM | 2:25 PM | Scott Davis - GexCon US Improving Our Understanding of Hydrogen through Testing and Advanced Modeling to Avoid Possible Pitfalls and Ensure Its Safe Use |
| 2:25 PM | 2:45 PM | Matthew Post - NREL The NREL Sensor Laboratory: Hydrogen Detection in Support of H2@Scale Applications |
| 2:45 PM | 3:05 PM | Phil Clark - Omitz LLC The Hydrogen Economy Safety Culture Sweet Spot: A Codes and Standards Gap Analysis |
| 3:05 PM | 3:25 PM | Question and Answer Panel |
| 3:25 PM | 3:30 PM | Close Out from the Conference Chairs |
| 4:00 PM | 5:00 PM | Managing Board Meeting |
| 5:00 PM | 6:00 PM | RE+ Exhibit Hall Happy Hour CHS Attendees can attend! Please show conference badge to security |
| Start Time | End Time | Day 3 - Thursday, September 22 |
| 8:00 AM | 8:30 AM | Check-in & Breakfast |
| 8:30 AM | 8:40 AM | Introduction from the Conference Chairs |
| 8:40 AM | 9:10 AM | Keynote: Bill Elrick - Fuel Cell Partnership Hydrogen Safety as the Foundation for Expanded Market Development |
| 9:10 AM | 9:15 AM | Question and Answer Panel |
| 9:15 AM | 9:30 AM | Coffee Break |
| 9:30 AM | 11:05 AM | Session 7 - Vehicle Safety : Design, Refueling, and Storage |
| 9:30 AM | 9:50 AM | Julian Arevalo - First Element Fuel The Intersection of Personal Safety and Systems Safety at Public Hydrogen Refueling Stations |
| 9:50 AM | 10:10 AM | Craig Webster - TesTneT Canada Inc. How Safe Are High Pressure Hydrogen Fuel Tanks? |
| 10:10 AM | 10:30 AM | Narendra Pal - Hornblower Group Inc. Design Approach for Maritime Hydrogen Vessels |
| 10:30 AM | 10:45 AM | Elizabeth Saade Saade - Nikola Corporation Evolution of Tank Material Temperatures during the Hydrogen Fueling Process |
| 10:45 AM | 11:05 AM | Question and Answer Panel |
| 11:05 AM | 11:20 AM | Coffee Break |
| 11:20 AM | 12:30 PM | Session 8 - Hydrogen Safety Public Education And Awareness |
| 11:20 AM | 11:40 AM | Rob Early - Compressed Gas Association Hydrogen: Safety Is Step One |
| 11:40 AM | 12:00 PM | Bryan Jonson - West Sacramento Fire Department Hydrogen, Public Safety, and the Fire Department’s Perspective |
| 12:00 PM | 12:15 PM | Jim Molloy -Technology Solutions Group Competence Is the Key to Safe Hydrogen [Pre-Recorded Presentation] |
| 12:15 PM | 12:30 PM | Question and Answer Panel |
| 12:30 PM | 1:30 PM | Lunch Break |
| 1:30 PM | 2:15 PM | Session 9 - CHS Hydrogen Safety Public Awareness Panel |
| 1:30 PM | 2:15 PM |
Moderator: Nick Barilo [Center for Hydrogen Safety] |
| 2:15 PM | 2:55 PM | Close Out from Nick Barilo |
