[BK 3.10] Sustainable foundations of green hydrogen technologies and infrastructure
Topic outline
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Level of the higher education
Second (Master`s)
Field of knowledge
13 Mechanical Engineering
Specialty
132 Materials Science
Educational program
Materials Science
Discipline status
elective
Form of study
full-time
Year of preparation, semester
1st year, spring semester – 2nd year, autumn semester
Scope of the discipline
5 ECTS credits (150 hours)
Semester control/control measures
differentiated credit
Class schedule
lectures – 2 hours per week (30 hours); seminars – 1 hour per week (15 hours); independent work – 105 hours
Language
English
Information about the course developer / lecturer
Department of Applied Physics and Materials Science (E.O. Paton Institute of Electric Welding, NAS of Ukraine).
Lectures and seminars: Doctor of Technical Sciences, Oleksii Milenin, asmilenin@ukr.net, 067-457-95-99
Platform for online connection
Google Meet
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- UN Sustainable Development Goals and their interconnections with energy transition
- Systems thinking and the role of engineers in sustainable development
- Principles of sustainable engineering and energy justice
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- Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) methodology and application to hydrogen technologies
- Life Cycle Management (LCM) and Life Cycle Costing (LCC)
- Design for Environment (DfE) and Eco-Design principles
- Product-Service System (PSS) and Integrated Product Policy (IPP)
- Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) and carbon footprint accounting
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- Circular economy in infrastructure, materials, and energy systems
- Resource efficiency, waste valorization, and renewable resource cycles
- Carbon neutrality vs. Net Zero strategies and accounting
- Power-to-X technologies (Power-to-Gas, Power-to-Ammonia, Power-to-Liquids)
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- Role of hydrogen in the clean energy transition
- Overview of hydrogen production methods (electrolysis, biomass, photochemical, etc.)
- Hydrogen storage technologies (compressed, liquid, hydrides, porous materials)
- Transportation and grid balancing (hydrogen blending, fuel cells, and synthetic fuels)
- Sustainability trade-offs: environmental, economic, and social impacts
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- Levelized Cost of Hydrogen (LCOH): methodology, sensitivity factors
- Energy Return on Investment (EROI) for hydrogen production pathways
- Carbon intensity and emission factors per kg of H₂
- Socio-economic indicators for hydrogen economy performance
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- Hydrogen isotopes (protium, deuterium, tritium) and molecular forms (ortho, para)
- Physical and thermodynamic properties: phases, energy density, compressibility
- Hydrogen solubility and diffusion in solids
- Interaction with structural materials
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- Fire diamond and hazard identification
- Lower and upper flammability limits
- Minimum ignition energy and typical ignition sources
- Explosion dynamics and safety distances
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- Hydrogen permeability and kinetic diameter
- Density, viscosity, and leakage behavior through seals and joints
- Detection methods: catalytic, thermal conductivity, optical, electrochemical sensors
- Strategies for leak prevention and early warning systems
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- Mechanisms of hydrogen embrittlement: absorption, diffusion, trapping, decohesion
- Influence of diffusible hydrogen on mechanical properties
- Microstructural sensitivity (grain boundaries, inclusions, dislocation density)
- Embrittlement testing and predictive modeling
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- Overview of candidate materials for hydrogen service: steels, copper, vanadium, nickel, titanium, polymers, composites
- Influence of temperature, pressure, and hydrogen concentration
- Coatings and surface treatments to improve resistance
- New materials and additive manufacturing for hydrogen components
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- Comparative thermodynamic and safety parameters (H₂, CH₄, C₃H₈, gasoline vapor)
- Autoignition temperature, flammability range, and detonability
- Environmental impacts of combustion products
- Safety design implications and mitigation principles
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- Design codes and calculation methods for hydrogen pipelines
- Design pressure, temperature derating, and material performance factors
- Pipeline location classification and risk-based design
- Prescriptive vs. performance-based approaches
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- Non-destructive testing methods for hydrogen pipelines
- Typical defects: cracks, corrosion metal losses, geometry anomalies
- Schematization and allowability assessment of defects
- Static and fatigue strength assessment for welded joints and heat-affected zones
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- Types of maintenance: reactive, preventive, conditional, predictive, prescriptive
- In-service repair techniques and risk mitigation
- Hydrogen-related cold cracking and repair operability
- Lifecycle management and integrity assurance
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- Key regulatory and design documents:
- ASME B31.12 (Hydrogen Piping and Pipelines)
- API RP 941 (Steels for Hydrogen Service)
- IGC Doc 121/14 (Hydrogen Safety)
- SA HB 225, ISO/NP TS 19875-1 (Hydrogen Infrastructure)
- International harmonization and standardization challenges
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