As the hydrogen economy grows, industry standards and guidelines have quickly become outdated or difficult to navigate. For many new applications, hydrogen-specific standards do not yet exist, and industry is dependent on risk analysis to avoid hydrogen combustion events. WHA International is paving the way to help ensure a safe future for everyone involved with hydrogen.
For over 30 years, WHA International has helped industries around the world understand and mitigate the risks associated with oxygen, hydrogen, and other hazardous fluids. Based on our experience and knowledge of established methodologies, we’ve developed a Hydrogen Combustion Risk Analysis (HCRA) method, customized to the unique hazards of hydrogen today.
Our risk analysis solutions can be applied to both components and systems utilizing hydrogen or hydrogen blends.
Analyzes the overall risks and relationships between components and subsystems within a hydrogen system. Considers design as well as operational and administrative controls.
Analyzes the parts, materials, and overall risks within components intended for use in hydrogen systems.
We offer combustion risk analyses at several different levels, depending on the level of detail you need.
High-level review intended to provide rapid feedback. Typically appropriate for verbal remote review.
Same approach as a Level 1, but includes a short summary report documenting the results.
Our most extensive hazards analysis for hydrogen systems and components, including detailed probability rankings and recommended hazards mitigation strategies.
Our hydrogen risk analysis approach sets the bar for industry, providing technical risk analysis for your unique installation and operating conditions. The approach analyzes the probability of operations and failure modes that can lead to combustible mixtures and ignition events resulting in fire, deflagration, or detonation. It also considers the consequences of combustion as they relate to personnel safety, system objectives, and functional capability. Our analysis may be supported by quantitative data, modeling, and/or custom testing.
Services include:
Our experience qualifies us to perform hydrogen combustion risk analysis for a number of industry applications, including:
Our risk analysis services incorporate principles from industry standards relevant to clients’ unique requirements and applications.