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Hydrogen Safety 2020

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Gas generators provide a number of benefits

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Dangers of Hydrogen Cylinders

 Hydrogen cylinders contain up to 9000L compressed gas
 Enough gas to cause a significant explosion or fire
 Hydrogen gas can ‘auto-ignite’ if released quickly enough
 Hydrogen gas is flammable at concentrations between 4.1% (lower
explosion level) and 78% (upper explosion level)
 A number of accidents caused by hydrogen have occurred in
laboratories
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Recent hydrogen-related accidents

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Kerri Heckrow, NPD Lab Manager, Evergreen Packaging, NC, USA

Generator Safety

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Generator Safeguards

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Consecutive failures required for critical H2 build-up

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Certification

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More on Lab Gas Safety

H2 Safety - blog
Lab Safety Focus - blog
Hydrogen Lab Safety - poster
Changing carrier gas from He to H2 – app note

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