Green hydrogen will play an impor\u00adtant role in energy supply in the future. In the tran\u00adsi\u00adtion to a sus\u00adtain\u00adable energy supply, it plays a key role in terms of energy tran\u00adsi\u00adtion and cli\u00admate neu\u00adtrality. The energy car\u00adrier is used in industry, for example, when steel\u00admaking, in the glass industry, for mobility as fuel for trans\u00adport vehi\u00adcles or for recon\u00adver\u00adsion to elec\u00adtricity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There are some safety risks involved with hydrogen because the gas is highly flam\u00admable, as well as colour\u00adless and odour\u00adless. The main haz\u00adards are leaks, which can lead to fires or explo\u00adsions. Acci\u00addents during pro\u00adduc\u00adtion, trans\u00adport or use can have major con\u00adse\u00adquences for human, plant and envi\u00adron\u00adment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\u201cIt\u2019s likely that scal\u00adable and mod\u00adular sys\u00adtems will pre\u00advail \u2013 not only in engi\u00adneering but also in the safety system\u2019s hard\u00adware and soft\u00adware archi\u00adtec\u00adture.\u201d<\/p>\nThomas Braasch, Key Account Man\u00adager<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
What are the legal regulations and standards for handling hydrogen safely?<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
There are numerous inter\u00adna\u00adtional and national stan\u00addards, such as ISO 19880\u20131 for hydrogen refu\u00adelling sta\u00adtions and IEC 60079 for poten\u00adtially explo\u00adsive atmos\u00adpheres. These stan\u00addards define require\u00adments for the design, instal\u00adla\u00adtion and oper\u00ada\u00adtion of hydrogen plants. There\u2019s also the Cyber Resilience Act, an EU reg\u00adu\u00adla\u00adtion that sets a min\u00adimum level of cyber\u00adse\u00adcu\u00adrity for all net\u00adworked prod\u00aducts on the EU market. It will be fully applic\u00adable from 2027.
<\/p>\n\n\n\nWhat role does safe automation technology play in dealing with hydrogen?<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
Many users and man\u00adu\u00adfac\u00adturers under\u00adstand hydrogen safety pri\u00admarily as an issue of the robust\u00adness and tight\u00adness of the com\u00adpo\u00adnents used. How\u00adever, there is much more to it: safe automa\u00adtion solu\u00adtions pro\u00advide proven solu\u00adtions for safe and dynamic mon\u00adi\u00adtoring of process vari\u00adables as well as entire process sequences. At the same time, the require\u00adments of oper\u00adator pro\u00adtec\u00adtion, access per\u00admis\u00adsions and OT secu\u00adrity mea\u00adsures are becoming increas\u00adingly impor\u00adtant \u2013 not least because of the require\u00adments of the supply chain (key\u00adword \u201ccrit\u00adical infra\u00adstruc\u00adture\u201d), the require\u00adments of NIS2 and the upcoming Machinery Reg\u00adu\u00adla\u00adtion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\u201cWith the increasing dig\u00adital net\u00adworking of plants and sys\u00adtems in the pro\u00adduc\u00adtion, storage and appli\u00adca\u00adtion of hydrogen in industry, Indus\u00adtrial Secu\u00adrity is becoming increas\u00adingly impor\u00adtant.\u201d<\/p>\nThomas Braasch, Key Account Man\u00adager<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
What solutions does Pilz have to offer?<\/h5>\n\n\n\n