Towards Sustainable Energy: Risk Analysis and Assessment of Hydrogen Energy
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Energy Sustainability".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 June 2025) | Viewed by 1762
Special Issue Editors
Interests: hydrogen safety; flame acceleration
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Dear Colleagues,
As a typical sustainable energy carrier, hydrogen energy has great potential for future development. It can be widely used in hydrogen energy vehicles, power generation, aerospace, and other fields. However, due to its attractive properties, such as high diffusivity, low ignition energy, and wide explosion range, hydrogen has a high risk of leakage and explosion in production, storage, and use. This Special Issue hopes to attract experts from all over the world and provide an open platform for the presentation and discussion of new findings, information, and data on hydrogen safety, from basic research to applied development and from good practice to standardization and regulatory issues.
In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following:
- Release and dispersion of gaseous and liquid hydrogen;
- Physical (e.g., thermal/overpressure) effects on surroundings and consequence analysis;
- Hydrogen fire and explosion dynamics;
- Safety technologies for preventing and mitigating hydrogen fires and explosions;
- Hydrogen effects on materials and components;
- Safety of hydrogen fueling stations;
- Risk analysis and safety management of hydrogen systems;
- Emergency management/response technology and applications;
- Safety in hydrogen infrastructure;
- Safety in hydrogen transportation;
- Safety in hydrogen vehicles;
- Safety in hydrogen-based energy storage systems;
- Hydrogen safety in other practices and industries;
- Hydrogen codes and standards;
- Hydrogen and sustainable energy.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Xuxu Sun
Dr. Ping Li
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- sustainable energy
- hydrogen safety
- risk analysis
- emergency management
- fire and explosion dynamics
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