Outcomes from the french national project drive : Experimental data for the evaluation of hydrogen risks onboard vehicles, the validation of numerical tools and the edition of guidelines

Olivier Gentilhomme (1) , Isabelle Tkatschenko (2) , Guillaume Joncquet (3) , Fabien Anselmet (4)

1 INERIS - Institut National de l'Environnement Industriel et des Risques
2 SFME - Service Fluide numériques, Modélisation et Etudes
3 PSA PAC - PSA PAC Poissy
4 IRPHE - Institut de Recherche sur les Phénomènes Hors Equilibre

The ever-increasing use of hydrogen in the transport sector requires very high safety standards. However, due to the lack of information regarding the safety level of hydrogen systems, risk assessments tend to be over cautious in determining the consequences of accidental releases and could impose restrictive technical regulations. This drove the National Institute if Industrial Environment and Risks (INERIS) along with the French Atomic Energy Commission (CEA), the French automotive manufacturer PSA PEUGEOT CITROËN and the Research Institute on Unstable Phenomena (IRPHE) to submit with success a project called DRIVE to the National Research Agency.

Domaines: Mécanique des fluides [physics.class-ph]; Mécanique des fluides [physics.class-ph]

Olivier Gentilhomme, Isabelle Tkatschenko, Guillaume Joncquet, Fabien Anselmet. Outcomes from the french national project drive : Experimental data for the evaluation of hydrogen risks onboard vehicles, the validation of numerical tools and the edition of guidelines. International Conference and Trade Fair on Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies, Oct 2008, Hambourg, Germany. pp.100-119. ⟨hal-00319754v2⟩