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Principles of Hydrogen Safety

2025/26 Part-time Postgraduate Short course and CPD

Award

Contributes to the Postgraduate Certificate of Professional Development.

Faculty

Faculty of Computing, Engineering and the Built Environment

School

Belfast School of Architecture and the Built Environment

eLearning

This course is taught online so you can study where you want, when you want.

Credit points

30

Start date

22 September 2025

Overview

This course focuses on the fundamentals of hydrogen safety applicable to existing and foreseeable hydrogen and fuel cell systems and infrastructure.

Summary

This course focuses on the fundamentals of hydrogen safety science and engineering. This course combines a variety of disciplines in an engineering framework 'Principles of Hydrogen Safety' that includes but not limited to relevant RCS.

Insight into these principles is developed to enable the participant to understand the origin and phenomenology of hydrogen safety problems involving unscheduled releases and dispersion of expanded and under-expanded jets, ignition mechanisms, microflames, hydrogen jet fires and associated hazard distances, etc. Case studies reinforce the best practice in hydrogen safety.

About this course

About

This short course seeks to develop in students the knowledge and skills in the fundamentals of hydrogen safety applicable to existing and foreseeable hydrogen and fuel cell systems and infrastructure. The students will learn scientific and engineering principles of hydrogen safety to understand the origin and phenomenology of hydrogen safety problems.

The study of hydrogen safety engineering principles will be underpinned by online engineering tools and case studies.

This course aims to:

• Provide participants with an understanding of theories and methodologies that form the fundamentals of hydrogen safety engineering so that they may undertake professional activities, including but not limited to consultancy, research and scholarship.
• Provide an appropriate knowledge base of the state-of-the-art in hydrogen safety engineering and key regulatory issues pertaining to hydrogen safety.
• Provide participants with up-to-date knowledge in hydrogen releases and dispersion, ignition, flames and jet fires, permeation and embrittlement etc.
• Develop a capability for independent learning to expand participants' knowledge in the principles of hydrogen safety, and to understand how the boundaries of knowledge in this field are advanced through research.
• Provide participants with a conceptual understanding of the principles of hydrogen safety so that they will be able to critically evaluate and use research information for the provision of hydrogen safety, e.g. hazard distances, through relevant case studies.
• Develop participants with the ability to deal with complex hydrogen safety problems involving releases and dispersion, ignitions and jet fires by applying the principles of hydrogen safety and using contemporary engineering tools.

Linked programmes

PgCertPD Postgraduate Certificate of Professional Development

Assessment

Written Assignment (Coursework) [100%]

Two pieces of coursework, one in the first half, and one in the second half of the semester.

Each piece of coursework contributes 50% to the overall module mark. Each piece of the coursework will incorporate problem-based solutions and qualitative questions. The coursework may incorporate tests of factual knowledge, problem solving. The assessment will be integrated with the working environment of students where possible.

Online self-assessment quizzes: each lecture is concluded by an online self-assessment quiz. The online self-assessment quizzes are formative assessment but do not count towards the module mark. Successful completion of the quiz of a lecture enables access to a subsequent lecture.

Attendance

This course is delivered fully online for 12 weeks in Semester 1, starting 22 September 2025, with no on campus attendance requirements.

Please note, dates and timetabling may be subject to change.

Entry requirements

Any undergraduate degree.

English Language Requirements

Applicants whose first language is not English must meet the minimum English entrance requirements of the University and will need to provide recent evidence of this (certified within the last two years).

Most of our courses require a minimum English level of IELTS 6.0 or equivalent, with no band score under 5.5. Trinity ISE: Pass at level III also meets this requirement.

Start dates

• 22 September 2025

Teaching, Learning and Assessment

Fees and funding

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Northern Ireland, Republic of Ireland and EU Settlements Status Fees: £To be confirmed

England, Scotland, Wales and the Islands Fees: £To be confirmed

International Fees: £To be confirmed

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