TY - VIDEO A1 - Popiela, Bartosz T1 - Better with age? Discussion of creep phenomena during initial loading of type 4 composite pressure vessels N2 - A video for the Rudy Scavuzzo Student Paper Competition at ASME PVP 2025. The topic of the presentation is the impact of creep phenomena during initial loading on the safety of type 4 composite pressure vessels. T2 - ASME Pressure Vessels & Piping Conference (ASME PVP 2025) CY - Quebec, Canada DA - 20.07.2025 KW - Composite KW - Pressure vessel KW - Safety KW - Creep PY - 2025 PB - Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM) CY - Berlin AN - OPUS4-63763 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Mair, Georg W. T1 - Open Issues of Insuring Safety of CPVs by Strength Testing N2 - This presentation mentions the most important safety items that should be improved from the perspective of Germany. These are the improvement of the understanding and definition of term "safety", the agreement on procedures for the measurement of safety and the issue of degradation in combination with the safety level to be ensured until end of life. For using probabilistic experience for the whole production adequate measures for surveillance of the production should additionally become mandatory to be taken into account. The essential aspects of these issues are shortly explained and highlighted by especially aspects of the slow burst testing with respect to non-cycle fatigue sensitive designs and the hint on the general scatter of properties (Monte-Carlo simulation). T2 - 1st Meeting of the informal working group on Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Vehicles Global Technical Regulation No. 13 (Phase 2) CY - Brussels, Belgium - European Commission Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs Automotive and Mobility Industries (DG GROW C.4) DA - 17.10.2017 KW - Safety KW - Scatter KW - Cycle-fatigue sensitivity KW - ECE R134 KW - GTR 13 KW - Degradation PY - 2017 AN - OPUS4-42638 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Mair, Georg W. T1 - Competence centre H2Safety@BAM N2 - Dr Mair presents the competence centre “H2Safety@BAM”. He starts with a spectacular hydrogen accident on the Tempelhofer Feld (Berlin) in 1894, comes to the foundation of the competence centre in the context of the hydrogen strategies of Germany and the EU and explains their safety-focused orientation in order to create and maintain confidence in hydrogen technologies. Beyond the long-term changes in energy supply, in Sept. 2022 there are enormous cost leaps in gas supply, which puts hydrogen as an energy carrier in a different light. Based on this, he presents the structure of the Competence Centre with its 5 competence areas and the corresponding contact persons. This is underpinned by a slide on each of the work packages in the fields of competence. At the end of the presentation, he explains the focus of the competence area "Component Testing, Component Safety and Approval", for which he is responsible. This is the question of cost reduction by using the whole potential of digitalisation in connection with the safety surveillance of the storage systems. The run of a fully digital system is of great importance for both, for the hydrogen supply of large consumers via road and rail and for storage systems in stationary plants. A robust and well-thought-out digitalisation in all levels of documentation will lead to a new quality in monitoring safety porperties, integration of new components and cost reduction. T2 - TÜV Rheinland H2-Safety-Day für Berlin und Brandenburg CY - Dahlewitz, Germany DA - 22.09.2022 KW - H2Safety@BAM KW - Market Rump Up KW - Safety KW - Reliabillity KW - Hydrogen Supply PY - 2022 AN - OPUS4-56983 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Günzel, Stephan T1 - Safety aspects of hydrogen transportation N2 - In this presentation safety aspects of hydrogen transportation are discussed. At first, the regulatory background and level of safety are presented. In the second part, the modelling of consequence due to sudden rupture of pressure receptacles is explained. Finally, the results are used to define a limit for consequence to enable an acceptable and safe transport of hydrogen. T2 - 3rd Germany-Korea Hydrogen Conference CY - Berlin, Germany DA - 27.09.2022 KW - Safety KW - Hydrogen KW - Wasserstoff KW - Gefahrgut KW - Consequence PY - 2022 AN - OPUS4-59902 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Günzel, Stephan T1 - Safety assessment of hydrogen gas storage systems N2 - In this lecture, the safety assessment of hydrogen gas storage systems is presented using the example of composite pressure vessels. The main element is a probabilistic approval approach based on five steps. Firstly, the testing and evaluation of properties at the beginning of life are shown. Secondly, methods for artificial aging and the effect on the residual strength are presented. Thirdly, testing against dedicated accidents is introduced. Fourthly, effects on the surveillance of production quality are discussed. Finally, degradation and the end of life are estimated. Background information and examples are given for each step. The assessment presented is a method applicable for many safety-related systems. T2 - Masterstudiengang Wasserstofftechnologie - Modul 8: Safety and Public Acceptance – Sicherheitsaspekte, Akzeptanz und werkstofftechnische Herausforderungen des Wasserstoffs CY - Online meeting DA - 25.08.2023 KW - Safety KW - Hydrogen KW - Wasserstoff KW - Bewertung KW - Assessment PY - 2023 AN - OPUS4-59899 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Günzel, Stephan T1 - Safety assessment of hydrogen gas storage systems N2 - In this lecture, the safety assessment of hydrogen gas storage systems is presented using the example of composite pressure vessels. The main element is a probabilistic approval approach based on five steps. Firstly, the testing and evaluation of properties at the beginning of life are shown. Secondly, methods for artificial aging and the effect on the residual strength are presented. Thirdly, testing against dedicated accidents is introduced. Fourthly, effects on the surveillance of production quality are discussed. Finally, degradation and the end of life are estimated. Background information and examples are given for each step. The assessment presented is a method applicable for many safety-related systems. T2 - Joint European Summer School 2021 on Fuel Cell, Electrolyser, and Battery Technologies CY - Online meeting DA - 12.09.2021 KW - Safety KW - Hydrogen KW - Wasserstoff KW - Bewertung KW - Assessment PY - 2021 AN - OPUS4-59905 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Günzel, Stephan T1 - Safety assessment of hydrogen gas storage systems N2 - In this lecture, the safety assessment of hydrogen gas storage systems is presented using the example of composite pressure vessels. The main element is a probabilistic approval approach based on five steps. Firstly, the testing and evaluation of properties at the beginning of life are shown. Secondly, methods for artificial aging and the effect on the residual strength are presented. Thirdly, testing against dedicated accidents is introduced. Fourthly, effects on the surveillance of production quality are discussed. Finally, degradation and the end of life are estimated. Background information and examples are given for each step. The assessment presented is a method applicable for many safety-related systems. T2 - Joint European Summer School 2023, Hydrogen Safety CY - Online meeting DA - 17.09.2023 KW - Safety KW - Hydrogen KW - Wasserstoff KW - Bewertung KW - Assessment PY - 2023 AN - OPUS4-59903 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Günzel, Stephan T1 - Safety assessment of hydrogen gas storage systems N2 - In this lecture, the safety assessment of hydrogen gas storage systems is presented using the example of composite pressure vessels. The main element is a probabilistic approval approach based on five steps. Firstly, the testing and evaluation of properties at the beginning of life are shown. Secondly, methods for artificial aging and the effect on the residual strength are presented. Thirdly, testing against dedicated accidents is introduced. Fourthly, effects on the surveillance of production quality are discussed. Finally, degradation and the end of life are estimated. Background information and examples are given for each step. The assessment presented is a method applicable for many safety-related systems. T2 - Joint European Summer School 2022, Hydrogen Safety CY - Athens, Greece DA - 18.09.2022 KW - Safety KW - Hydrogen KW - Wasserstoff KW - Bewertung KW - Assessment PY - 2022 AN - OPUS4-59904 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Popiela, Bartosz T1 - Better with age? Discussion of creep phenomena during initial loading of type 4 composite pressure vessels N2 - A presentation on the impact of creep phenomena during initial loading on the safety of type 4 composite pressure vessels. A statistical evaluation of slow burst tests shows an increase of the survival rate of initially loaded composite pressure vessels (sustained load and increased pressure) compared to the ones tested in a brand-new state. T2 - ASME Pressure Vessels & Piping Conference (ASME PVP 2025) CY - Quebec, Canada DA - 20.07.2025 KW - Composite KW - Pressure vessel KW - Safety PY - 2025 AN - OPUS4-63760 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Orellana Pérez, Teresa T1 - European policy framework regulations codes and standards for safe hydrogen technologies N2 - This lecture describes the history of hydrogen from the first scientific discoveries in the 18th century to the current technological and political developments for the market ramp-up of hydrogen technologies. The European policy framework for safe hydrogen technologies is explained comprehending the European Green Deal, European Climate Law, European Hydrogen Strategy, Clean Hydrogen Partnership, etc. Safety in hydrogen technologies is governed by international and European regulations and standards. An overview on regulatory bodies, technical committees, regulations, directives, standards, and technical guidelines with special attention on the BAM-GGR 021 is given in this lecture. T2 - Joint European Summer School 2022, Hydrogen Safety CY - Athens, Greece DA - 18.09.2022 KW - Hydrogen KW - Safety KW - Regulations KW - Standards PY - 2022 AN - OPUS4-59295 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Orellana Pérez, Teresa T1 - Guest lecture: European policy framework regulations codes and standards for safe hydrogen technologies N2 - This lecture describes the history of hydrogen from the first scientific discoveries in the 18th century to the current technological and political developments for the market ramp-up of hydrogen technologies. The European policy framework for safe hydrogen technologies is explained comprehending the European Green Deal, European Climate Law, European Hydrogen Strategy, Clean Hydrogen Partnership, etc. Safety in hydrogen technologies is governed by international and European regulations and standards. An overview on regulatory bodies, technical committees, regulations, directives, standards, and technical guidelines with special attention on the BAM-GGR 021 is given in this lecture. T2 - MSc Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Technologies at the University of Birmingham (LM Hydrogen Safety, MSc FCHT module C7B) CY - Birmingham, UK DA - 21.10.2022 KW - Hydrogen KW - Safety KW - Regulations KW - Standards PY - 2022 AN - OPUS4-59296 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Orellana Pérez, Teresa T1 - European policy framework for safe hydrogen technologies N2 - This lecture describes the history of hydrogen from the first scientific discoveries in the 18th century to the current technological and political developments for the market ramp-up of hydrogen technologies. The European policy framework for safe hydrogen technologies is explained comprehending the European Green Deal, European Climate Law, European Hydrogen Strategy, Clean Hydrogen Partnership, REPowerEU Plan, Renewable Energy Directive and its Delegated Act, Net Zero Industry Act, etc. T2 - Joint European Summer School 2023, Hydrogen Safety CY - Athens, Greece DA - 17.09.2023 KW - Hydrogen KW - Safety KW - Policies PY - 2023 AN - OPUS4-59297 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Orellana Pérez, Teresa T1 - Regulations codes and standards for safe hydrogen technologies N2 - Safety in hydrogen technologies in Europe is governed by international and European regulations and standards. An overview on regulatory bodies, technical committees, regulations, directives, standards, and technical guidelines with special attention on the BAM-GGR 021 is given in this lecture. T2 - Joint European Summer School 2023, Hydrogen Safety CY - Athens, Greece DA - 17.09.2023 KW - Hydrogen KW - Safety KW - Regulations KW - Standards PY - 2023 AN - OPUS4-59300 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Hajhariri, Aliasghar T1 - Steps towards a safe integration of LH2 into energy systems N2 - Liquid hydrogen (LH₂) is a promising energy carrier for decarbonizing heavy-duty transport and future energy systems. However, its cryogenic storage poses significant challenges, particularly regarding safety and insu-lation efficiency. In mobile applications, multilayer insulation (MLI) under vacuum conditions is widely used due to its lightweight and high thermal resistance. Yet, under accidental scenarios such as fire exposure, MLI can degrade rapidly—leading to increased heat ingress and potential hazards like BLEVE or jet fires. To enable the safe integration of LH₂ into transport infrastructure and, eventually, broader energy supply chains, critical safety concerns must be addressed to gain public and industrial acceptance. This study inves-tigates the thermal degradation behavior of MLI under extreme conditions and introduces a model to quan-tify its impact on heat transfer. The results demonstrate that insulation integrity plays a pivotal role in sys-tem safety, and tailored mitigation strategies can be developed accordingly. These findings contribute essen-tial knowledge toward safer LH₂ storage and support the broader adoption of hydrogen as a sustainable energy vector. T2 - DKV-Tagung 2025 CY - Magdeburg, Germany DA - 19.11.2025 KW - Hydrogen Storages KW - Liquid Hydrogen KW - Safety KW - Energy efficiency KW - Process development PY - 2025 AN - OPUS4-64853 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Hajhariri, Aliasghar T1 - Safer Insulation For LH2 (How to do a Business Development) N2 - To expand the hydrogen supply value chain, the transportation of this highly energy-dense material in its liquid phase presents significant challenges. However, developing an efficient and cost-effective insulation solution can substantially improve the economic feasibility of large-scale hydrogen transport. Such improvements not only enhance the profitability of storing and delivering high energy content within a limited volume, but also strengthen the overall value of the supply chain. Ultimately, this will support more efficient integration of hydrogen into the energy system and improve its economic viability. T2 - Workshop of Entrepreneurship HWR University CY - Berlin, Germany DA - 18.10.2025 KW - Super-Insulation KW - Liquid Hydrogen KW - Safety KW - Supply Chain PY - 2025 AN - OPUS4-64498 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Schmidt, Anita T1 - Safety in transport of Li-ion batteries N2 - Safety in transport is the pre-requisite for bringing Lithium-ion batteries on the market. In order to consider the different types and degree of hazards, UN has set out to define a new classification system based on testing. BAM has participated in the test rounds and presents here the results. T2 - Technical Workshop on Advanced Materials Challenges and Standardisation Needs for Net Zero Technologies (AMCSNZT-2023) CY - New Delhi, India DA - 09.10.2023 KW - Lithium-ion batteries KW - Propagation testing KW - Safety PY - 2023 AN - OPUS4-59274 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Mair, Georg W. A1 - Günzel, Stephan A1 - Bock, Robert T1 - Risk management and consequence control in hydrogen transport - volume dependent pressure limitation as a scientific approach for consequence control N2 - With technological development, the transport units for compressed gases are becoming larger and their number is increasing. Simultaneously, the filling pressure for hydrogen in transport has increased far beyond the 200 bar, which has been the common European standard for decades. In total, this increases the potential consequences of an incident, which needs to get limited for ensuring acceptance in current practice with pressure vessels from large serial production. Consequently, the measures for new developments of extremely large and highly pressurised pressure vessels should meet a risk based higher level of requirements. For this purpose, the so-called pressure-volume product was proposed as a safety related criteria to the relevant regulatory bodies in 2020. The approach was accepted, and a working group was set up at the United Nations for developing a broadly accepted limitation of today's established pressure vessels compared to future units with even more gas content. The path to the finally decided limit value of 1.5 million bar litres is presented here for hydrogen with its individual steps: ‘Boundary between major accident and disaster’, ‘The effect of pressure waves on the human body’, ‘The propagation of pressure waves’, ‘The reference value for population density’ and ‘Impact of pressure waves’. This result of the UN working group has been accepted in December 2023 and will lead to a binding limitation of the pressure volume product for the so called pressure receptacles by 2027. The work on units larger than this pV-limit is going on at ISO level. T2 - 11th International Conference on Hydrogen Safety ICHS 2025 CY - Seoul, South Korea DA - 22.09.2025 KW - Safety KW - Hydrogen transport KW - Major accident KW - Pressure wave KW - Population density KW - UN Model Regulations PY - 2025 SP - 1 EP - 14 AN - OPUS4-64199 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Camplese, Davide A1 - Cozzolino, Chiara A1 - Scarponi, Giordano Emrys A1 - Eberwein, Robert A1 - Otremba, Frank A1 - Cozzani, Valerio T1 - Safety Assessment of MLI Super-Insulation Systems for Cryogenic Liquid-Hydrogen Tanks in Fire Scenarios N2 - In the context of green energy transition, cryogenic tanks insulated by MLI and vacuum are emerging as a leading solution to store hydrogen in heavy-duty vehicles. However, the integrity of such tanks can be jeopardized by fire. In such a scenario, MLI materials degradation can occur, leaving the tank unprotected from the fire heat flux, with consequent rapid pressurization and a high risk of failure. This study presents a safety assessment of non-combustible MLI under fire exposure based on the estimation of the time to mechanical failure of the equipment. This is calculated through an innovative model that simulates the thermomechanical response of the tank, including the MLI thermal degradation and the pressure-relief valve (PRV) operation. The application to several case studies that consider a typical LH2 tank featuring a wide range of MLI configurations demonstrated the likelihood of failure in case of exposure to a hydrocarbon pool fire, providing also comprehensive insights into the impact of the insulation characteristics and operating conditions on the time to failure. T2 - Loss Prevention 2025 CY - Bologna, Italien DA - 09.06.2025 KW - LH2 KW - LNG KW - Fire KW - Insulation KW - Safety KW - Tank PY - 2025 DO - https://doi.org/10.3303/CET25116036 SN - 2283-9216 IS - 116 SP - 211 EP - 216 PB - AIDIC AN - OPUS4-63739 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Eberwein, Robert A1 - Hajhariri, Aliasghar A1 - Camplese, D. A1 - Scarponi, G. E. A1 - Cozzani, V. A1 - Otremba, Frank T1 - Insulation Materials Used in Tanks for the Storage of Cryogenic Fluids in Fire Scenarios N2 - The importance of tanks for storing cryogenic fluids in the energy industry is increasing because of ongoing political conflicts and the implementation of more environmentally friendly energy sources. Key representatives for the application of cryogenic tanks are natural gas in the form of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) and hydrogen, e. g. in the form of Liquefied Hydrogen (LH2), for which significantly higher transport capacities can be achieved with the same transport volume using cryogenic storages than with storages based solely on overpressure. What applies to all cryogenic transported fluids in common is their condition that must be maintained. Hence heat flows into the preserved fluid must be minimized. Thermal super Insulations (TSI) based on e. g. multilayer insulations (MLI), perlites, and vacuum are utilized for this purpose and have already proven themselves in similar applications. However, for the use of tanks for cryogenic fluids in the transport sector, there is insufficient knowledge regarding the course and consequences of incidents, which is due to the still short period of use and the few documented incidents, hence few investigations carried out in this field. Typical scenarios in the transport sector represent car accidents with collisions, fires, and their combination, which are associated with extraordinary loads on the tank. The focus of this study is to investigate the behavior of TSI as a result of their thermal exposure to a heat source representing a fire. It is worth mentioning that this could lead to an increase of the heat flux into a tank by several orders of magnitude, and to permanent damage of the TSI, ultimately rapid release of flammable gas as well as a Boiling Liquide Expanding Vapour Explosion (BLEVE). For this purpose, a high temperature thermal vacuum chamber (HTTVC) has been developed that allows thermal loading of MLI or perlites in a vacuum and simultaneous measurement of heat flow through this TSI. The HTTVC is designed to represent realistic insulation conditions and to withstand thermal loads from typical design fires. The HTTVC was applied to investigate TSI based on MLI and vacuum. It is shown that the thermal stress caused permanent damage to the TSI, with shrinkage, phase change, pyrolysis, and condensation being significant damage mechanisms. The results are relevant for the evaluation of accident scenarios and can thus contribute to the improvement of TSI and the development of emergency measures for the protection of persons and infrastructures. T2 - ASME 2023 Pressure Vessels & Piping Conference (PVP2023) CY - Atlanta, Georgia, USA DA - 16.07.2023 KW - LH2 KW - LNG KW - Fire KW - MLI KW - Safety PY - 2023 AN - OPUS4-57974 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Eberwein, Robert A1 - Heßmann, Jennifer A1 - Werner, Jan A1 - Scarponi, Giordano Emrys A1 - Cozzani, Valerio A1 - Otremba, Frank T1 - Investigation of realistic fire scenarios involving cryogenic storage tanks N2 - The number of vehicles using or transporting cryogenic fuels such as Liquefied Hydrogen (LH2) or Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) increases fast in the land transportation sector. Does this also entail new risks for instance from a BLEVE? A key to answer this question is to research representative fires by its characterization and its effect on the insulation. At BAM’s technical test side in Germany, a test series was started to answer this question among others. This paper presents results on a pool fire under a colorimeter, that simulates a tank. The investigation points out, that the full fire characterization approach allows to represent the fire. The findings are relevant for the investigation of a representative design fire that is applicable for the approval and improvement of tanks as well as to research accident scenarios and their consequences. T2 - 18th EFCE International Symposium on Loss Prevention and Safety Promotion in the Process Industries CY - Bologna, Italy DA - 08.06.2025 KW - LH2 KW - Insulation KW - Fire KW - Liquefied Natural Gas KW - Safety PY - 2025 AN - OPUS4-63425 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -