TY - CONF A1 - Theiler, Géraldine T1 - Tribological behavior of polymeric materials in hydrogen N2 - In this talk, an overview of BAM research activities related to Hydrogen is given with a brief presentation of the Competence Center H2Safety@bam. The second part focuses on current projects dealing with the tribological behavior of polymeric materials in Hydrogen. In particular, results regarding the performances of PTFE -free and sustainable materials are given and promising candidates are suggested along with friction mechanisms. T2 - International Hydrogen Energy Development Forum & HYDROGENIUS SYMPOSIUM 2025 CY - Kyushu, Japan DA - 17.12.2025 KW - Hydrogen KW - Friction KW - Wear KW - PTFE-free KW - Sustainable material PY - 2025 AN - OPUS4-65364 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Grimault de Freitas, Tomás T1 - From Research to a Standard: The Hollow Specimen Technique for High-Pressure Hydrogen Gas Testing N2 - As the world moves towards a decarbonised economy, the demand for sustainable and low-carbon alternatives is growing rapidly. Hydrogen has an important role to play in this transition, but in order to make the most of hydrogen as an energy carrier, a comprehensive understanding of its impact on the integrity of structural materials is necessary. Metallic materials, mainly steels, are the most commonly used structural materials in various components throughout the hydrogen supply chain. Ensuring their sustainable and safe use in hydrogen technologies is a crucial factor in the development of the hydrogen economy. This is particularly important since hydrogen can promote crack formation and ultimately lead to premature failure in these materials when combined with mechanical load. This process is commonly known as Hydrogen Embrittlement and can occur in almost all the steels used for the hydrogen technologies. Extensive materials qualification is required for the rapid implementation of hydrogen technologies, however, most accepted, and standardised test methods for determining the effect of gaseous hydrogen on metallic materials describe complex and costly procedures that are only available to a very limited extent worldwide. The hollow specimen technique is a simple and economical method that has the potential to overcome the limitations of the current methods and complement them for qualifying metallic materials under high-pressure hydrogen gas. Unlike the conventional autoclave technique, this method requires significantly lower amounts of hydrogen, resulting in fewer safety measures and no need for complex equipment or a specialised laboratory. The technique's low investment and testing costs, simple operation, and shorter testing time make it an optimal for widespread use around the world, thereby increasing the output of results. Initial studies have demonstrated the feasibility of assessing hydrogen effects in metallic materials using the hollow specimen technique. This led to the establishment of an ISO committee to standardise the method. However, there are open questions that currently prevent the technique from being standardised for hydrogen testing. These open questions relate to specimen geometry, inner hole surface and gas quality and are being addressed in the H2HohlZug project, of which the overall aim is to systematically close the gaps towards a standard. This contribution presents the structure and milestones of the project, followed by initial results. T2 - CETIM Workshop Technique H2 CY - Nantes, France DA - 11.12.2025 KW - Hydrogen KW - Hydrogen Embrittlement KW - Hollow Specimen Technique KW - High-Pressure Gaseous Hydrogen KW - TransHyDE KW - H2HohlZug KW - Standardisation PY - 2025 AN - OPUS4-65103 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Ebell, Gino T1 - Einfluss von Korrosionsprozessen auf die Verbundfestigkeit Feuerverzinkter Betonstähle in der Erstarrungsphase von Beton N2 - Die Wechselwirkung von hoher Alkalität und feuerverzinktem Betonstahl in der Frischbetonphase generiert einen Störung in der Verbundzone. diese Störung basiert sowohl auf der Wasserstoffentwicklung in der Frischbetonphase bis zur diffusionskontrollierten Decksschichtbildung als auch auf die erstarrungsverzögernde Wirkung von Zinkionen auf die CSH-Phasenbildung. Diese werden zwangsläufig infolge anfänglicher starker Korrosionsprozesse frei, und reichern sich in der Verbundzone an. Hier kann es beim normgerechten Ausschalen nach 24h zu weiteren Störungen des Haftverbundes kommen das davon Auszugehen ist das die Erstarrung der CSH-Phasen in der Verbundzone noch nicht begonnen hat. T2 - Forschungsbeiratssitzung der Forschungsvereinigung Feuerverzinkung CY - Darmstadt, Germany DA - 04.12.2025 KW - Korrosion KW - Verzinkter Betonstahl KW - Hydrogen PY - 2025 AN - OPUS4-65054 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - El Harrab, Hayat A1 - Askar, Enis A1 - Franken, T. A1 - Mauss, F. T1 - Experimental and Reaction Kinetic Study of Hydrogen Ignition Behavior at Ignition Limits N2 - The paper presents the results of the experimental and reaction kinetic investigation of hydrogen ignition at different pressures, highlighting its non-linear behaviour and effects of radical wall termination. The reaction kinetic simulation predicts the three characteristic ignition limits caused by radical and thermal auto-ignition and is in close agreement with the experimental measurements. The introduction of radical wall termination in the reaction mechanism allowed us to investigate the effect of the autoclave wall and vessel size on the hydrogen ignition behaviour. The first ignition limit is determined by the chain initiation reaction H_2+O_2→2 OH and shows a strong sensitivity towards wall termination of O, H and OH radicals. The third ignition limit is dominated by the reaction paths HO_2+HO_2→H_2 O_2+O_2 and H_2 O_2+M→2 OH+M which is why it shows a strong sensitivity towards wall termination of HO₂ and H₂O₂ radicals. The second ignition limit is influenced by the wall termination of O, H, OH, HO2 and H2O2 radicals. Increasing the radical wall termination rate by increasing the adsorption rate of the radicals at the wall leads to an increase of the auto-ignition temperature at the same pressure. T2 - 13th Mediterranean Combustion Symposium CY - Corfu, Greece DA - 01.06.2025 KW - Hydrogen KW - Auto-ignition Temperature KW - Radical Wall Termination Reaction KW - Ignition Limit PY - 2025 AN - OPUS4-64762 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Grimault de Freitas, Tomás T1 - Hollow Specimen Method for Tests in High-Pressure Hydrogen Gas: The Role of Strain-Rate and Surface Quality N2 - As the world moves towards a decarbonised economy, the demand for sustainable and low-carbon alternatives is growing rapidly. Hydrogen has an important role to play in this transition, but in order to make the most of hydrogen as an energy carrier, a comprehensive understanding of its impact on the integrity of structural materials is necessary. Metallic materials, mainly steels, are the most commonly used structural materials in various components throughout the hydrogen supply chain. Ensuring their sustainable and safe use in hydrogen technologies is a crucial factor in the development of the hydrogen economy. This is particularly important since hydrogen can promote crack formation and ultimately lead to premature failure in these materials when combined with mechanical load. This process is commonly known as Hydrogen Embrittlement and can occur in almost all the steels used for the hydrogen technologies. Extensive materials qualification is required for the rapid implementation of hydrogen technologies, however, most accepted, and standardised test methods for determining the effect of gaseous hydrogen on metallic materials describe complex and costly procedures that are only available to a very limited extent worldwide. The hollow specimen technique is a simple and economical method that has the potential to overcome the limitations of the current methods and complement them for qualifying metallic materials under high-pressure hydrogen gas. Unlike the conventional autoclave technique, this method requires significantly lower amounts of hydrogen, resulting in fewer safety measures and no need for complex equipment or a specialised laboratory. The technique's low investment and testing costs, simple operation, and shorter testing time make it an optimal for widespread use around the world, thereby increasing the output of results. Initial studies have demonstrated the feasibility of assessing hydrogen effects in metallic materials using the hollow specimen technique. This led to the establishment of an ISO committee to standardise the method. However, there are open questions that currently prevent the technique from being standardised for hydrogen testing. These open questions relate to specimen geometry, inner hole surface and gas quality and are being addressed in the H2HohlZug project, of which the overall aim is to systematically close the gaps towards a standard. This contribution presents the structure and milestones of the project, followed by initial results. T2 - HyLab | HyTalks CY - Online meeting DA - 12.11.2025 KW - Hydrogen KW - Hydrogen Embrittlement KW - Hollow Specimen Technique KW - High-Pressure Gaseous Hydrogen KW - TransHyDE KW - H2HohlZug PY - 2025 AN - OPUS4-64749 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Kromm, Arne T1 - From the field to the lab and back: Evaluating the integrity of welded components using scaled experiments N2 - This contribution addresses the question of how the behaviour of complex parts or components in industrial practice can be simulated using simple welding experiments in the laboratory. It is demonstrated how so-called mock-ups can be utilised for this purpose. In particular, a test rig specially designed for scaled welding experiments is shown. It allows mechanical restraints and stiffnesses to be simulated, as well as typical welding process parameters and post weld heat treatments. Selected examples show how solidification crack growth during welding of high-strength steels can be quantified, under which conditions stress relaxation cracks occur during the heat treatment of heat-resistant steels, and how the integrity of pressurised hydrogen pipelines can be assessed during repair welding. T2 - 4th International Conference on Advanced Joining Processes 2025 CY - Coimbra, Portugal DA - 16.10.2025 KW - High strength steel KW - Stress relief cracking KW - Hydrogen PY - 2025 AN - OPUS4-64505 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Kröll, Mirco T1 - Tribological performance of polymer compounds in gaseous hydrogen N2 - In this study, friction and wear of conventional and alternative high performance polymer compounds, typically used for components of compressors, were investigated in gaseous hydrogen and nitrogen up to 80 bar of gas pressure. The compounds used were a commercial PEEK matrix with 10 wt.% each of PTFE, graphite, and short carbon fibres, a PPS matrix with 10 wt.% each of PTFE and graphite, and an experimental PA12 matrix with PTFE chemically coupled with an oleyl alcohol. Due to the cylindrical shape of the polymer samples, the contact area and pressure change if wear occurs. Therefore, experimental results of pre-screening tests have been used as input for FEM and an analytical model to determine the decreasing contact pressure over time. Afterwards, the outcome of the models was used to determine the duration of the experiments to reach typical contact pressures of seals in hydrogen compressors. T2 - ASMET TriboCorrosion International Conference 2025 CY - Vienna, Austria DA - 23.10.2025 KW - Hydrogen KW - Polymer KW - Tribometer KW - Comparability KW - Harmonisation KW - Oil-coupled compounds KW - Coefficient of Friction KW - Wear KW - FAIR data KW - Standardisation KW - Tribology KW - Database KW - i-TRIBOMAT PY - 2025 AN - OPUS4-64473 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Rhode, Michael A1 - Masoud Nia, Niloufar A1 - Nietzke, Jonathen A1 - Kannengiesser, Thomas T1 - Ti and Nb microalloying of HSLA steels and its effect on hydrogen diffusion and trapping N2 - Fine-grain, high-strength, low-alloy (HSLA) structural steels with yield strengths > 600 MPa are now the state of the art in construction applications such as mobile cranes and civil engineering. HSLA grades derive their strength from a combination of specific heat treatment and the underlying chemical composition. In this context, Ti or Nb are essential to obtain a fine-grained microstructure as well as the necessary carbides or nitrides for precipitation strengthening. In this context, the specific effect of Ti or Nb-rich compounds on hydrogen trapping and diffusion is well known for special laboratory cast alloys, but unknown for realistic steel compositions. For this reason, a series of S690Q-based alloys were synthesized, close to a real steel composition, but with well controlled Ti or Nb additions in different amounts. Specimens were obtained from these alloys by electrochemical discharge machining (EDM). The specimens were tested using the well-established electrochemical permeation technique. From the experimental results, the hydrogen diffusion coefficients and the analytical subsurface hydrogen concentration were calculated. In addition, the hydrogen trapping behavior at elevated temperatures was interpreted by thermal desorption analysis (TDA) using different heating rates of hydrogen charged samples. The results showed that in contrast to metallurgically "pure" laboratory cast alloys, realistic chemical compositions were similar in their hydrogen trapping behavior, despite some small differences. All investigated steel grades exhibited shallow and reversible hydrogen trapping, regardless of their chemical composition. Of course, the experiments only allowed the calculation of effective diffusion coefficients and trapping energies, which represent an average of the entire microstructure. Nevertheless, HSLA steels are typically joined by arc welding, which includes the risk of delayed hydrogen assisted cracking. From the point of view of welding practice, however, a more or less identical hydrogen diffusion behavior means that no special "metallurgically specific", justifiable measures need to be considered, despite the well-established processes such as "soaking" or dehydrogenation heat treatment. T2 - MPAC 2025 CY - Stuttgart, Germany DA - 06.10.2025 KW - HACC KW - Hydrogen KW - HSLA PY - 2025 AN - OPUS4-64337 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Rhode, Michael T1 - Component test for simulation of in-service welding on hydrogen pipelines N2 - Hydrogen is set as the energy carrier of tomorrow and most countries will achieve large-scale hydrogen transport through the conversion of the natural gas (NG) grid and the construction of new pipelines. The interaction between hydrogen and the pipeline materials differs fundamentally from that of NG, as hydrogen is readily absorbed into the material. Considering the possible hydrogen embrittlement (HE), the compatibility of the pipeline materials (low-alloyed steels with a wide strength/thickness range) must be investigated. However, pipelines require intervention for maintenance, repair, or grid expansion with welding on/onto the pipelines while in service, i.e. the well-known "hot tapping" and "stoppling". The challenges compared to NG can be broadly divided into the possible austenitization of the inner pipe material exposed to hydrogen and the welding itself. Both result in a significant increase in hydrogen solubility and could potentially pose challenges in terms of HE. Emphasis is placed on the word "could" because knowledge of "hot tapping" on hydrogen pipelines is scarce due a lack of service experience. To this end, this study proposes a concept for a component-like demonstrator with the objectives: (1) safe feasibility of "hot tapping" on pressurized model hydrogen pipeline sections, (2) facilitate ex-post sample extraction for the purpose of quantifying the absorbed hydrogen concentrations, and (3) ensure in-situ temperature measurement during welding to monitor the pipeline surface temperature. For safety reasons in the event of an unintentional "burn-through", a solid cylinder was inserted in the demonstrator to restrict the hydrogen gas volume to a small, pressurized layer. Reference pipeline surface temperature measurements were ensured on comparable, unpressurized geometries. The investigated range of welding conditions was investigated for representative material/thickness combinations (DN60 to DN300), suggesting the feasibility of the demonstrator for the determination of reliable in-service welding conditions for both installed and new pipelines for hydrogen service. T2 - 49th MPA Conference CY - Stuttgart, Germany DA - 06.10.2025 KW - Hydrogen KW - Pipeline KW - In-service welding KW - Component test PY - 2025 AN - OPUS4-64317 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Ekici, Nilsah T1 - Introduction of The SHIMMER Database for Safe Hydrogen Injection in The European Natural Gas Infrastructure N2 - An important step in the transportation strategy for hydrogen is its injection into the existing natural gas grid, which allows accelerating the transition to a low-carbon economy, in other words, hydrogen economy. The European Commission has established hydrogen roadmaps and strategies that emphasize the safe and efficient integration of hydrogen into the natural gas network to support this transition. In line with the objectives of the road map, several funded projects have been established, among others – the Safe Hydrogen Injection Modelling and Management for European Gas Network Resilience (SHIMMER) project. One of the main goals of this project is establishing a database containing a comprehensive repository of information regarding materials, standards, European pilot projects, and operational conditions parameters for the European gas network gathered from open sources as well as transmission and distribution system operators participating in the project. The SHIMMER database has an extensive structure consisting of 262 pipeline entries, each with details such as length, design pressure, inner diameter, and installation year and more. The following contribution elaborates on how the SHIMMER database was established as reliable source of information to be available for the public. The database allows consistent assessments of hydrogen compatibility across different countries, offering a structured framework to help overcome the challenges inherent to the assessments of the components for the injection of hydrogen across Europe. Further, the SHIMMER database provides a valuable information source for future research on the European gas networks. T2 - ICHS 2025 CY - Seoul, South Korea DA - 22.09.2025 KW - Database KW - Hydrogen KW - Gas Grid KW - Low-carbon KW - Pipeline Steel PY - 2025 AN - OPUS4-64288 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -