Speaker Prof. Nicola Paltrinieri, associate professor at Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) and ISA visiting fellow at UNIBO, Department DICAM
Date: 06 OCTOBER 2021 from 9:00 to 12:00
Event location: Sala del Consiglio, Via U. Terracini 28, 40131 Bologna - In presence and online event
Type: Seminar
In the search for low-carbon fuels with high-energy content, hydrogen represents an end-point. It almost nullifies transportation emissions and, at the same time, is strategic for the renewable energy sector, as overproduction peaks may be turned into hydrogen. However, technological and societal issues of hydrogen use are still present and must be overcome to enable such a technological shift.
Insufficient knowledge about safety issues related to widespread roll-out of hydrogen technology represents a major bottleneck for industry, authorities, end-users and the general public. To avoid unnecessary restrictions, it is necessary to increase the knowledge on safe use of hydrogen, thereby mitigating potential hazards to widespread implementation. Hence, validating risk assessment models against experiments and establishing and disseminating knowledge and guidelines for hydrogen safety is of key importance for the future hydrogen society.
This seminar will provide an overview of the hydrogen energy strategy adopted by Norway and the NTNU Team Hydrogen. Moreover, it will address the associated risks that are still lurking in the journey towards a safe and decarbonised society.
Nicola Paltrinieri is associate professor of risk analysis and leader of the NTNU Team Hydrogen at NTNU (Norway). He is also adjunct professor in offshore HSE management at the university of Bologna (Italy). He has earned a PhD in Environmental, Safety and Chemical Engineering from the University of Bologna. From 2012 to 2016 he was research scientist at the department of Safety Research, SINTEF Technology and Society (Norway) and in 2012 he held a postdoctoral position at the university of Bologna. He is chartered engineer in the British Engineering Council register and charted scientist in the British Science Council register. He serves as associate editor of the journal “Safety Science”. He is member of the editorial boards of the “Journal of Marine Science and Engineering”, “Journal of Risk Research” and “Safety in Extreme Environments”. He is member of the board of the NTNU Team Hydrogen. He is member of the board and treasurer of the Society of Risk Analysis – Europe. He serves as Norwegian delegate of the Working Party on Loss Prevention and Safety Promotion within the European Federation of Chemical Engineering. He is co-chair on Accident and Incident modelling, European Safety and Reliability Association Technical Committee. He serves as member of the of the scientific committees for the ESREL, Loss Prevention and CISAP conferences.