Our Hydrogen Solutions
Due to its flammability, buoyancy, ability to embrittle metals, and other properties requiring engineering control, ensuring the safe use of hydrogen systems can be a challenging process. Being aware of hydrogen hazards and taking early precautions to design a safe hydrogen system is critical. These precautions apply not only to hydrogen-powered energy plants, vehicles (mobility), and ships, but also to all facilities that produce and use hydrogen.
Expertise and Experience
SWL is an engineering and consulting firm specializing in the design and management of safe systems covering all stages of the hydrogen sector. Our technical experts have extensive experience at every point in the hydrogen supply chain and throughout the entire facility life cycle.
Hydrogen and Process Safety Solutions
We have extensive expertise in various industrial applications, including both compressed and liquefied hydrogen. As SWL, we raise safety standards in the hydrogen industry with the comprehensive engineering, consulting, and training (basic and advanced) solutions we offer. This helps our customers optimize their operational performance and achieve their environmental sustainability goals.
Advanced Computing and Modeling Tools
As SWL, we adopt an innovative approach to ensure the safe use of hydrogen. Using specialized software, we model critical scenarios such as gas-liquid releases, jet fires, and deflagrations in detail. By applying advanced safety methodologies such as Quantitative Risk Analysis (QRA), we directly contribute to your business continuity as your process partner.
Hydrogen Services
SWL’s hydrogen safety and consulting services
Strategic Safety Consulting for the Hydrogen Vehicle Development and Integration Center
Turkey’s leading automotive companies, while designing the vehicles of the future with hydrogen technologies, undoubtedly prioritize safety and full compliance with international standards above all else. The centers where prototype vehicles are developed, tested, and system integrations are carried out must be designed to the highest safety standards due to the unique risks associated with hydrogen.
As SWL Global, we offer our valued industrial partners in hydrogen vehicle manufacturing an Expert Opinion/Expert Assessment Service that guides them through every stage of the process, from the concept phase to business continuity and operational excellence. Our goal is to ensure that your Hydrogen Vehicle Development and Integration Center projects are not only innovative but also fully compliant with global standards such as NFPA, ATEX, and ISO, delivering maximum safety and efficiency.
SWL Expert Assessment Service: End-to-End Safety from Concept to Certification
We turn your vision of establishing a Hydrogen Vehicle Development and Integration Center into a reality that is internationally recognized, safe, and certifiable. Whether it involves expanding existing facilities or a greenfield project, our multidisciplinary team of experts is with you every step of the way.
Our Strategic Security and Compliance Solutions:
- Design and Concept Validation:
- A thorough review of your current safety concepts and plans in line with international best practices and standards (NFPA, ISO standards, etc.).
- Proactive identification and reporting of potential risks, operational blind spots, and compliance deficiencies during the design phase.
- Evaluation of your mechanical, electrical, and automation designs in terms of safety integrity.
- Hazard and Risk Analysis (HAZOP and PKD):
- HAZOP Study: Systematic analysis of process hazards, particularly for hydrogen filling systems and storage units, and evaluation of possible deviations and scenarios.
- Preparation of the Explosion Protection Document (EPD): Within the scope of ATEX regulations, classification of hazardous areas (Zones), identification of potential i
- Explosion Simulation: Modeling the dispersion behavior of gas and the effects of explosion pressure in a potential hydrogen leak scenario through simulations, thereby optimizing the placement of ventilation systems and safety sensors.
- Equipment and System Integrity Assessment:
- Pipeline and Equipment Inspection: Verification of material selection, welding procedures, and installation suitability for high-pressure hydrogen pipelines in accordance with standards.
- Pipeline and Equipment Inspection: Verification of material selection, welding procedures, and installation suitability for high-pressure hydrogen pipelines in accordance with standards.
- Safety Instrumented Systems (SIS) Assessment: Examination of the placement, configuration, and safety integrity levels (SIL) of hydrogen detectors, emergency shutdown systems (ESD), and flame detectors.
- Certification and Approval Process Management:
- We are preparing a roadmap that includes all the steps necessary for your Hydrogen Vehicle Development and Integration Center to become an internationally recognized facility.
- We guide you through every step of the process, from preparing the technical file to the inspection process.
- Depending on your project requirements, we coordinate the certification process with our international process partners, ensuring your facility is accepted on a global scale.
Why SWL Global?
Because we are not just an expert who interprets standards, but a process partner who is in control of every detail of your project. With our multidisciplinary team of experts, our engineering knowledge, and our global experience in hydrogen, we ensure that your investment is secure from the very beginning. We are by your side as a reliable partner in achieving Turkey’s goals in the field of hydrogen vehicles.
Erken Aşama Risk Analizi
SWL provides comprehensive analyses to identify potential hazards and take early precautions during the design phase of hydrogen projects. Our technical experts help you avoid costly changes by assessing safety and operational risks in the early stages of your project. We assist in the safe design of your hydrogen systems using internationally recognized methodologies such as HAZID, HAZOP, FMEA, and QRA.
Benefits of Early-Stage Risk Analysis
- Identifying potential safety issues during the design phase
- Preventing costly changes
- Reducing project delays
- Compliance with legal regulations
- Increasing the confidence of project stakeholders
SWL supports you in strengthening your risk management strategies in the hydrogen industry, starting from the conceptual design phase. It serves as a reliable process partner in your risk assessment and certification processes, enabling you to develop safe hydrogen applications during the energy transition process.
Risk Exposure Mapping
SWL creates comprehensive risk exposure maps by conducting detailed analyses of both internal and external risks at hydrogen facilities. These maps visualize potential risk areas, enabling more effective planning of safety measures and development of emergency protocols. Using CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics) modeling and advanced risk analysis software, we determine the impact zones of hydrogen leaks, fires, explosions, and other hazardous scenarios.
Risk Haritalaması Süreci
Risk exposure mapping is critical for assessing the environmental impacts of hydrogen systems and their potential effects on nearby facilities. This process includes:
- Identification of potential risk areas within and around the facility
- Assessment of potential impacts on neighboring facilities and communities
- Identifying risk areas for emergency planning
- Determining risk levels to prioritize safety measures
SWL’s risk exposure mapping service helps ensure the correct calculation of safety distances for facilities, the optimization of facility layout plans, and compliance with local regulations, while also aiming to create a safer environment for employees and surrounding communities.
Verification of Safe Practices
SWL comprehensively verifies the compliance of hydrogen systems with relevant national and international standards and regulations, thereby helping to ensure safe operating conditions. Our team of experts helps ensure the safe operation of your systems and compliance with legal requirements by assessing compliance with hydrogen safety standards such as NFPA 2, ISO TC 197, CAN/BNQ 1784-000, ASME, and GTR No. 13.
Scope of the Verification Process
Verifying safe operations is a critical step in ensuring the safe operation of hydrogen systems. This process includes:
- Evaluation of existing safety systems and procedures
- Verification of compliance with international standards and local regulations
- Identifying deficiencies and areas for improvement
- Proposing corrective actions and verifying them after they have been taken
- Establishing monitoring and feedback mechanisms for continuous improvement
SWL’s verification services offer a comprehensive approach, ranging from design reviews to field inspections, certification, and basic and advanced training for technical experts. Our services ensure that your hydrogen facilities, equipment, and systems meet global safety standards.
Hydrogen Release and Explosion Modeling
SWL comprehensively evaluates the effectiveness of safety measures by using advanced computational simulations to predict hydrogen release and explosion risks in advance. Our technical experts simulate potential hazards in hydrogen systems, analyzing scenarios such as release, dispersion, jet fires, and deflagration under different conditions (wind speed, leak diameter, environment structure) to provide a better understanding of the risks.
Modeling Techniques and Tools
SWL utilizes the most advanced software tools and techniques for hydrogen release and explosion modeling. These modeling studies include:
- Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) analyses (Service No: HYD.4.1)
- Modeling of jet fires and deflagrations (Service No.: HYD.4.2)
- Simulation of oscillation scenarios (Service No.: HYD.4.3)
- Estimation of blast pressure and impact areas (Service No: HYD.4.4)
- Analysis of the results of fire and explosion scenarios (Service No.: HYD.4.5)
These advanced engineering analyses help determine safe distances for your hydrogen facilities, develop emergency plans, and optimally position protective barriers. Through our detailed modeling studies, we can proactively identify potential risks and hazards, develop proactive safety strategies, and ensure the safe operation of your facilities.
Structural Response Verification
SWL provides comprehensive structural validation services by evaluating the behavior of structural components in hydrogen systems under potential accident scenarios using advanced engineering analyses. Our expert structural analysis team models the response of hydrogen facility buildings and equipment to explosions, fires, and other emergencies to ensure that structures meet safety requirements. These analyses, performed using Finite Element Analysis (FEA) and specially developed software, are critical to verifying the resilience and integrity of your facilities.
Structural Assessment Process
Structural response verification involves the safety assessment of buildings and equipment in hydrogen facilities. This process includes:
- Structural response verification involves the safety assessment of buildings and equipment in hydrogen facilities. This process includes:
- Evaluation of equipment supports and structural connections
- Performing design checks for structural strength and integrity
- Analysis of structural performance under various load conditions
- Development of structural reinforcement proposals
SWL’s structural response verification service helps ensure that the structural components of your hydrogen facilities provide adequate protection against potential hazards, while enabling you to identify necessary design improvements for technical expert/personnel safety, equipment protection, and operational continuity. Our analyses are conducted in accordance with national and international building codes and standards, thereby contributing to your facilities meeting both safety and compliance requirements.
Applications for Hydrogen Safety Studies
SWL offers a comprehensive approach to ensuring hydrogen safety. By systematically assessing risks and determining safety levels, we contribute to your business continuity by providing practical solutions and recommendations to improve your safety performance.
