Overview

Hydrogen is a highly flammable and volatile gas, requiring specific safety measures in its storage and handling to prevent accidents. This presentation outlines key practices to ensure the safe use of hydrogen.

With a readily expanding interest in hydrogen as a future fuel, and SA leading the way with proposed hydrogen electrolysers and power stations the safe management of hydrogen is going to become a bigger reality within process industries. In this presentation, Billy will outline and discuss the key requirements for safe storage and handling of hydrogen.

About Boc

BOC is committed to working with government, research bodies, professional institutions, and industry to progress new technology, skills and infrastructure that will advance the global hydrogen economy. As a member of Linde plc, BOC is part of the world’s leading industrial gases company with expertise and technology that covers the entire hydrogen supply chain.

BOC currently supplies hydrogen for industrial applications across Australia and New Zealand. BOC has been operating in Australia for over 90 years, with operations in every state and territory spanning 35 production sites, 850 gas agents and 56 Gas & Gear stores.

Linde plc is a member of the Hydrogen Council, working over many decades to innovate across the entire value chain, from production (conventional or renewable) and conditioning, to transport and refuelling. The company employs approximately 80,000 people globally and serves customers in more than 100 countries worldwide.

BOC/Linde, the organization globally supplies hydrogen, liquefied petroleum gas, liquefied natural gas and engineering technologies for mobility and stationary energy markets. With proven expertise in the safe handling and transport of hydrogen in both gaseous form in gas cylinders packs and liquid form through tube trailers and cryogenic road tankers.

In recent years, BOC has been involved in a broad range of hydrogen development and research opportunities in Australia including working with CSIRO on its hydrogen cracking and membrane purification project. While globally, Linde has set up more than 150 hydrogen refuelling stations across 15 countries and recorded over 1 million successful car refuelling.

Speaker

Billy Chan, Senior Engineer, BOC Australia Limited

Billy Chan is a Chartered Chemical Engineer with 3 decades of experience providing technical leadership for the innovation, design and safety of gas manufacturing processes and gas cylinders at BOC/Linde.

Billy is a member of the Standards Australia Technical Committee ME93, which is working to mirror the international ISO/TC197 standards for hydrogen technologies – and build connections with the community, infrastructure developers and regulatory bodies. Developing consistent standards at a national and international level is a major theme of the National Hydrogen Strategy. Billy is currently serving as Convenor of Working Group 10 - Hydrogen Production, Storage, Handling since the inception of ME93 in 2018. Since 2001, Billy has been a member of the Standards Australia Technical Committee ME02 which is working with the drafting and revision of standards relating to gas cylinders, and mirroring work with ISO TC58. Billy has been serving as a Chair of ME02-04 - Gas Cylinder Operations.

Billy received his BEng (Hons) in Chemical Engineering from University of Wales (Swansea College) UK, Master of Engineering Studies in Environmental Engineering from the University of Sydney, Australia and Postgraduate Certificate in Management from MGSM, Macquarie University, Australia. Billy is currently reading his Industry Doctorate Program part-time at the University of Technology, Sydney with his research topic 'Techno-economical analysis of storage of hydrogen subsurface on a large scale'.

Time

17:30–19:00 ACDT.

Agenda

• 17:30 ACDT – Doors Open (Networking)
• 18:00 ACDT – Presentation Commences
• 18:30 ACDT – Presentation Ends
• 19:00 ACDT – Doors Close

Price

• IChemE, EA/Chemical College, RACI members​ rate (including GST): Free
• Non-member rate (including GST): $10.00
• Student and early career researchers rate (including GST): Free​

Software

The presentation will be delivered via Microsoft Teams. We recommend downloading the app from the Microsoft website, rather than using the web
portal.

Webinar archive

This webinar is free of charge and open to all to attend, but if you wish to access the slides and a recording to replay on demand then you will need to be a member of the Joint Chemical Engineering Committee (JCEC) South Australia.