TY - JOUR A1 - Reinecke, E.-A. A1 - Hübert, Thomas A1 - Tkatschenko, I. A1 - Kessler, A. A1 - Kuznetsov, M. A1 - Wilkins, M. A1 - Hedley, D. A1 - Azkarate, I. A1 - Proust, C. A1 - Acosta-Iborra, B. A1 - Gavrikov, B. A1 - De Bruijn, P.C.J. A1 - Marangon, A. A1 - Teodorczyk, A. A1 - Grafwallner, A. T1 - Integration of experimental facilities: a joint effort for establishing a common knowledge base in experimental work on hydrogen safety N2 - In the area of hydrogen safety, research facilities are essential for the experimental investigation of relevant phenomena, for testing devices and safety concepts, as well as for the generation of validation data for the various numerical codes and models. Within the framework of the European HySafe Network of Excellence (NoE), the 'Integration of Experimental Facilities (IEF)' activity has provided basic support for joint experimental work. Even beyond the funding period of the HySafe NoE in the 6th Framework Program, IEF represents a long-lasting effort for the sustainable integration of experimental research capacities and expertise of the partners from different research fields. In order to achieve a high standard in the quality of experimental data provided by the partners, emphasis was put on the know-how transfer between the partners. On the one hand, documentation on the experimental capacities was prepared and analyzed. On the other hand, a wiki-based communication platform was established, supported by biannual workshops covering topics ranging from measurement technologies to safety issues. Based on the partners' contributions, a working document was created on best practice including the joint experimental knowledge of all partners with regard to experimental set-ups and instrumentation. The paper gives an overview of the IEF partners and the network activities over the last five years. KW - Hydrogen safety KW - Experiments PY - 2011 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2010.04.162 SN - 0360-3199 VL - 36 IS - 3 SP - 2700 EP - 2710 PB - Elsevier CY - Oxford AN - OPUS4-23257 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Hübert, Thomas A1 - Boon-Brett, L. A1 - Palmisano, V. A1 - Bader, Mark Andreas T1 - Developments in gas sensor technology for hydrogen safety N2 - Gas sensors are applied for facilitating the safe use of hydrogen in, for example, fuel cell and hydrogen fuelled vehicles. New sensor developments, aimed at meeting the increasingly stringent performance requirements in emerging applications, are reviewed. The strategy of combining different detection principles, i.e. sensors based on electrochemical cells, semiconductors or field effects in combination with thermal conductivity sensing or catalytic combustion elements, in one new measuring system is reported. This extends the dynamic measuring range of the sensor while improving sensor reliability to achieve higher safety integrity through diverse redundancy. The application of new nanoscaled materials, nanowires, carbon tubes and graphene as well as the improvements in electronic components and optical elements are evaluated in view of key operating parameters such as measuring range, sensor response time and low working temperature. KW - Hydrogen sensor KW - Hydrogen safety PY - 2014 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2014.05.042 SN - 0360-3199 VL - 39 IS - 35 SP - 20474 EP - 20483 PB - Elsevier CY - Oxford AN - OPUS4-32379 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -